Tower Theatre Company : The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife

The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife

by Del Shores

Directed by Allan Stronach

Tuesday 10th - Saturday 14th April, 2012

The Tower Theatre performing at the Bridewell Theatre

Photography by Matthew Addison

Cast
Blues Singer : Maria Waters
J.D Winkler : Matthew Vickers
Willadean Winkler : Jo Donnelly
Rayleen Hobbs : Diane Carr
La Sonia Robinson : Melisa Minton

Pianist : Colin Guthrie

Production Team
Director : Allan Stronach
Musical Director : Colin Guthrie
Set Design : Michael Bettell
Costume Design : Karen Walker & Eugene Reeder
Lighting Design : Stephen Ley
Sound Design : Phillip Ley

Stage Manager : Lesley Scarth
Assistant Stage Manager : Clare Smith
Fight Arranger : Rich Gittins
Lighting Operator : Ruth Anthony
Sound Operator : Jill Ruane
Set Development and Construction : Keith Syrett, Michael Bettell and members of the cast & crew

This is Maria Waters's fourth show with the Tower - she appeared most recently in Brighton Beach Scumbags. Other Tower credits include Putting it Together in 2008 and The Fabulous Eddie & Otis Soul Revue in 2009. She worked with the wonderfully talented Colin Guthrie on both of those shows and is pleased as punch that she is getting to do it again now! She is also a member of SEDOS and last year directed Assassins. She will be appearing in Spring Awakening in May. Other credits include Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Belle in My Favorite Year, Mrs Phagan in Parade and the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, all with SEDOS. She has also taken leading roles with other companies in Abigail's Party, Lady Windermere's Fan, Blood Brothers, Into the Woods and Follies.

Diane Carr's first appearance with the Tower Theatre was in the 1994 one woman production of Shirley Valentine. Since then she has been lucky enough to play a wide variety of parts such as Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd), Charity (Sweet Charity), Mari Hoff (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice), Joanne (Company), Miss Hannigan (Annie), Hortense (The Boy Friend), Ouisa (Six Degrees of Separation) and any other Sondheim she could get. Elsewhere, she has been Auntie Mame (Mame), Miss Adelaide (Guys and Dolls), Jeanette (La Cage Aux Folles) and most recently the long suffering, tone deaf and very French Edith in 'Allo 'Allo. She's now very much looking forward to working with Allan Stronach again, playing an ageing, scantily clad, big haired, trailer trash cocktail waitress failure.

Matthew Vickers's first production with the Tower Theatre was Popcorn in 2003. He has since acted in a variey of plays including Separate Tables, Absent Friends, The Lieutenant of Inishmore and more recently Dinner and Darker Shores.

This is Jo Donnelly's third show with Tower in as many seasons, having joined last autumn. Previous shows have taken her from materialistic tart Carol in Stags and Hens to selfish sister Meg in Crimes of the Heart. Jo trained at the London College of Theatre Studies and her singing has seen her featured as lead vocalist for a signed band. She holds a degree in Visual Communication Design and is the co-founder and Creative Director at branding agency Do Good Branding.

Melisa Minton trained full-time at the Barbara Speake Theatre School in London where she found her love for Musical Theatre. This then inspired her to go to college and university to study Musical Theatre and she has just graduated. She enjoys watching musicals regularly as this inspires her to carry on training to reach her goals and aspirations of being a Musical Theatre performer. Working with the Tower Theatre Company has been a new but an amazing opportunity for Melisa and she is very enthusiastic about doing the show. She is currently a student at the Pineapple dance studios Performing Arts school and at Sylvia Young's Theatre School on a part-time basis.

In 26 years as a Tower member Colin Guthrie has musical directed, directed and acted in many shows. Recent musicals have included The Boy Friend, Lark Rise, The Fabulous Eddie and Otis Soul Revue and he is composing music for this summer's Minack show, David Copperfield. Acting roles have included Mozart in Amadeus, Ian in Shining City and, most recently, William Cain in Her Naked Skin. He has directed many shows, including the last play to be produced at the Tower's old home in Canonbury, Strangers on a Train. By day, Colin is a sound engineer for BBC Radio Drama.

	This is Maria Waters's fourth show with the Tower - she appeared most recently in Brighton Beach Scumbags. Other Tower credits include Putting it Together in 2008 and The Fabulous Eddie & Otis Soul Revue in 2009. She worked with the wonderfully talented Colin Guthrie on both of those shows and is pleased as punch that she is getting to do it again now! She is also a member of SEDOS and last year directed Assassins. She will be appearing in Spring Awakening in May. Other credits include Mrs Lovett in Sweeney Todd, Belle in My Favorite Year, Mrs Phagan in Parade and the Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, all with SEDOS. She has also taken leading roles with other companies in Abigail's Party, Lady Windermere's Fan, Blood Brothers, Into the Woods and Follies.			Diane Carr's first appearance with the Tower Theatre was in the 1994 one woman production of Shirley Valentine. Since then she has been lucky enough to play a wide variety of parts such as Mrs Lovett (Sweeney Todd), Charity (Sweet Charity), Mari Hoff (The Rise and Fall of Little Voice), Joanne (Company), Miss Hannigan (Annie), Hortense (The Boy Friend), Ouisa (Six Degrees of Separation) and any other Sondheim she could get. Elsewhere, she has been Auntie Mame (Mame), Miss Adelaide (Guys and Dolls), Jeanette (La Cage Aux Folles) and most recently the long suffering, tone deaf and very French Edith in 'Allo 'Allo. She's now very much looking forward to working with Allan Stronach again, playing an ageing, scantily clad, big haired, trailer trash cocktail waitress failure.
	Matthew Vickers's first production with the Tower Theatre was Popcorn in 2003. He has since acted in a variey of plays including Separate Tables, Absent Friends, The Lieutenant of Inishmore and more recently Dinner and Darker Shores.			This is Jo Donnelly's third show with Tower in as many seasons, having joined last autumn. Previous shows have taken her from materialistic tart Carol in Stags and Hens to selfish sister Meg in Crimes of the Heart. Jo trained at the London College of Theatre Studies and her singing has seen her featured as lead vocalist for a signed band. She holds a degree in Visual Communication Design and is the co-founder and Creative Director at branding agency Do Good Branding.
	Melisa Minton trained full-time at the Barbara Speake Theatre School in London where she found her love for Musical Theatre. This then inspired her to go to college and university to study Musical Theatre and she has just graduated. She enjoys watching musicals regularly as this inspires her to carry on training to reach her goals and aspirations of being a Musical Theatre performer. Working with the Tower Theatre Company has been a new but an amazing opportunity for Melisa and she is very enthusiastic about doing the show. She is currently a student at the Pineapple dance studios Performing Arts school and at Sylvia Young's Theatre School on a part-time basis.			In 26 years as a Tower member Colin Guthrie has musical directed, directed and acted in many shows. Recent musicals have included The Boy Friend, Lark Rise, The Fabulous Eddie and Otis Soul Revue and he is composing music for this summer's Minack show, David Copperfield. Acting roles have included Mozart in Amadeus, Ian in Shining City and, most recently, William Cain in Her Naked Skin. He has directed many shows, including the last play to be produced at the Tower's old home in Canonbury, Strangers on a Train. By day, Colin is a sound engineer for BBC Radio Drama.

The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife
	by Del Shores Directed by Allan Stronach
	Tuesday 10th - Saturday 14th April, 2012	The Tower Theatre performing at the Bridewell Theatre