Close Encounters
(Lunch Hour / One for the Road / Politics in the Park)
by
John Mortimer / Harold Pinter / Iain Heggie
September
2018
SYNOPSIS
Lunch Hour:
A quirky, surreal comedy, set in the 1960’s, about a young woman and an older man spending their lunch hour together in a hotel room. How did they manage it? Sex before marriage was still a great taboo and standards had to be kept!
One for the Road:
This is a chilling study of power and powerlessness. Set in an unnamed totalitarian state, this play presents a violent, disturbing portrait of political horror in which an interrogator torments a tortured prisoner and his imprisoned wife and child.
Politics in the Park:
Grass roots dialogue, wit and repartee: two ladies sitting in a Glasgow park sort out their sisterly relationship in view of the latest developments in their lives: husbands and hobbies, sons and careers, childhood memories, jealousy and regret...
DIRECTOR
Anne Jiricny (Lunch Hour)
Terry Menard (One for the Road)
Markus Wyler (Politics in the Park
CAST
Lunch Hour:
Man
Luke Walker
Girl
Chistina Schwarz
Manageress
Karen Siber
One for the Road:
Nicholas
Ronald Aus der Au
Victor
Bruce Gailey
Gila
Keghani Kouzoujian
Politics in the Park:
Jinty
Stephanie Sorgo*
Effie
Deborah Somers
Extras
Oli Pont, Irene Lautenbach, Ronald Aus Der Au, Sapphira Fasani, Keghani Kouzoujian, David Bond
*Due to illness, the role of Jinty was read by Valery Niggli
PRODUCTION PHOTOS
BEHIND THE SCENES
Production Coordinator
Tim Purdue
Stage Managers
Helena Sievi, Jim Carson, Andrea-Manuela Rüttimann
Sound Design
Terry Menard
Music
Oli Pont
Lighting Design
Andreas Stahl
Lights and Sound
Arseniy Klimovskiy, Phil Margolis
Stage Concept Design
Anita Gander
Set Construction
Tim Purdue, Andrew Suda, Members of the Club
Props
Katya Ankudinov, Casts, Directors
Costumes
Anita Gander, the Casts
Hair and Make-up
Maureen Grimm, Vivien Apafi
Front of House Lead
Tricia Tomlinson Schmid
Front of House
Martin Russell, Cornelia Berchtold, Marianne Alewine, Lynda Klomann, Insaf Mteraf, Christina Whiting, Deborah Marolf, Deirdre Eliasson, Sarah Emch-Jones
Photography
Tim Purdue, Oli Pont
Prompters
Irene Lautenbach, Anna-Katharina Kilp, Beatrice Hungerbühler
The Voice of Nicky (Lunch Hour)
Alice Knapton
Scottish Accent Coach
Noeleen Blaich
Mentor to Directors
Valery Niggli, Sarah Osborne, David Roscoe, Tricia Tomlinson Schmid
Publicity
Martin Chwierut
Flyer Design
Kristina Hrvolova
Programme Design
Polar Studios
Ticketing
Ciaran Corsar, Members of the Club
Transportation
Andrew Suda