Council house dwellers Betty, Reeny, Vera and their men regard themselves as a close knit family team despite their concealed jealousies and occasional recriminations. When Betty's daughter Sandra announces she is pregnant and intends to live unmarried with her student lover, the news explodes like an atom bomb.
Performed on September 16th & 17th 2016 at the East Didsbury Methodist Church
Breezeblock Park, by Willy Russell, the author of Educating Rita and Stags & Hens, is a comedy-drama about the sadness and madness of family life for 3 middle aged couples and their children on a Liverpool council estate in the 1970's. First produced in 1975, it was a sell-out success staring Julie Walters and Pete Postlethwaite.
"Consistently funny.... Should have no trouble attracting a large audience." - Variety
"Entertaining.... Authentic characters." - London Sunday Times
Written by Willy Russell
Directed by Sian Griffiths
Produced by Jess Payne
Cast
Betty - Alex Grundy
Syd - Luke Chant
Sandra- Debbie McGregor
Vera - Emma-Jane Brazier
Tommy - Mike Johnson
Reeny - Hannah Staunton
Ted - David Hynes
John - Kate Atty
Tim - Rob Goodison
Crew
Wardrobe - Claire Nissenbaum
Sound & Lights - Simon McIntosh & Paola Arzuffi
This amateur production of “Breezeblock Park” is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD.