Daisy Pulls It Off

Parkshot Studio

May 2002

Director – Clare Henderson-Roe

Production Manager – Peter Czarja

Daisy Pulls It Off is a comedy play by Denise Deegan. It is a parody of wholesome adventure stories about life in a 1920s girls’ English boarding school, such as those by Angela Brazil. The original London production of the play opened at the Gielgud Theatre in 1983 and ran for 1,180 performances.

Energetic Daisy Meredith, a girl from a poor background, is forced to face and overcome snobbish prejudice and schoolgirl pranks from the wealthier girls.

Along the way she and her best friend, zany Trixie Martin, search for the missing treasure that could save the fortunes of the exclusive Grangewood School for Young Ladies. Along the way, Daisy must overcome false accusations, save the lives of her nemeses and discover that the mysterious stranger seen around the grounds is her long-lost father

CAST

Daisy Meredith – Deb McDowell

Trixie Martin – Jan Croxson

Clare Beaumont – Clare Taylor

Alice Fitzpatrick – Janet Simpson

Sybil Burlington – Jane Marcus

Monica Smithers – Jane Poole-Wilson

Belinda Mathieson – Phillippa Crompton

Dora Johnston – Lizzie Brignall

Winnie Irving – Nicky Young

Mother – Lizzie Brignall

Miss Gibson – Barbara Thomas

Miss Granville – Lynne Shirley

Mademoiselle – Denise Truscott

Mr Scoblowski – Terry Saunders

Matron – Marion McLaren

School Pianist – Sheila Fitzgerald

Mr Thompson (Father) – Will Brooks

CREW

Set Design – Wesley Henderson Roe

Costume Manager – Helen Smith

Lighting Designer – Mike Bradbury

Sound Designer – Stuart Vaughan

Sound Operation – Tony Makepeace

Stage Manager – Tony Makepeace

Props – Jane Bean