Monday 14th - Saturday 19th April 2025
ENCHANTED APRIL
We have two wheelchairs spaces as indicated on the seating plan above.
To check availability and book please contact the Box Office on 01926 856548 (or email us through our Contact Us page)
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Rediscover laughter and romance in the Italian sunshine
by Matthew Barber
Directed by Maurice Smith
Winter, 1922. With the tragedy of the Great War a recent memory, Britain finds itself dealing with loss and change at all levels of society.
Lotty and Rose, middle-class housewives with all too middle-class lifestyles, are stuck in comfortable but lacklustre marriages. When the opportunity arises to travel abroad without their husbands for a month, the pair enlist two other ladies and embark on a trip that sees them swapping their grey, urban lives for the idyllic serenity of a rented Italian castle.
Join us amidst the sunshine and wisterias in this joyously life-affirming tale, sure to leave you positively glowing.
Age recommendation: Age 10 years and above or at parent’s discretion. Please note there is a brief and comical moment whereby a male peformer’s backside is briefly exposed.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International on behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd.
PERFORMANCE DATES & TIMES
We have two wheelchair spaces available for each performance. To book wheelchair spaces, be added to the waiting list or ticket returns, please contact Box Office on 01926 856548 (or via our Contact Us page)
Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre
Barrow Road, Kenilworth CV8 1FN
We have two wheelchairs spaces as indicated on the seating plan above.
To check availability and book please contact the Box Office on 01926 856548 (or email us through our Contact Us page)
Click for Seating Plan
SHOW DETAILS
Rediscover laughter and romance in the Italian sunshine
by Matthew Barber
Directed by Maurice Smith
Winter, 1922. With the tragedy of the Great War a recent memory, Britain finds itself dealing with loss and change at all levels of society.
Lotty and Rose, middle-class housewives with all too middle-class lifestyles, are stuck in comfortable but lacklustre marriages. When the opportunity arises to travel abroad without their husbands for a month, the pair enlist two other ladies and embark on a trip that sees them swapping their grey, urban lives for the idyllic serenity of a rented Italian castle.
Join us amidst the sunshine and wisterias in this joyously life-affirming tale, sure to leave you positively glowing.
Age recommendation: Age 10 years and above or at parent’s discretion. Please note there is a brief and comical moment whereby a male peformer’s backside is briefly exposed.
This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International on behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd.
CAST, CREW & SCENE SYNOPSIS
Cast
Lotty Wilton – Paige Phelps
Mellersh Wilton – Ben Ionoff
Rose Arnott – Eleanor Lake
Frederick Arnott – Phil Spencer
Caroline Bramble – Gillian Halford
Antony Wilding – James McCabe
Mrs. Graves – Chris Carpenter
Costanza – Teresa Robertson
Crew
Director – Maurice Smith
Production Manager – Wendy Elliott
ASM – Jane Yates
Set Design – Michael Seeley
Lighting – Nigel Elliott
Sound – Colin Thomas
Prompt – Vicki Whitehill
Props – Corrina Jacob and Connie Locker
Wardrobe – Rosemary Gowers
Set built by Talisman Set build team
Thank you to all the front of house and bar volunteers.
Scene Synopsis
ACT 1 London 1922
Sc 1. London Ladies Club
Sc 2 The Wilton home
Sc 3 The Arnott home
Sc 4 In church
Sc 5 Home of Caroline Bramble
Sc 6 Home of Mrs Graves
Sc 7 Flat of Antony Wilding
Sc 8 Both the Arnott and Wilton homes
Sc 9 On a Train
ACT 2 Italy 1922
All set on the Terrace in San Salvatore
The character names are they appear in the script as are the scene venues. The cast list
when published was incorrect
