Pools Paradise by Philip King is set in Reverend Lionel Toop’s vicarage in Merton cum Middlewick. Characters include Penelope, who dabbles in a football pool with the help of their maid, Ida, and Ida’s suitor, Willie Briggs. The farce ensues when the triumvirate wins, or when they think they have won more than 20,000 pounds. Adding more comic elements are the old maid parishioner, Miss Skillon, and Penelope’s out of this world uncle, The Bishop of Lax. Confusion reigns supreme and the plot becomes secondary.

PERFORMANCE DATES: April 8 – May 1, 1999

CAST:  Penelope Toop – Darleen Smith, Ida – Kristina Morgan, Rev. Lionel Toop – Kent Ross, Miss Skillon – Sarah Simpson, Willie Briggs – Joey Walker, Rev. Humphrey – Paul D. Marshall, The Bishop of Lax – Greg White

CREW: Director – Don Steele, Stage Manager/Key Grip/Set Design – Monica Mills, Light Board Operator/Sound Board Operator – Connie Penick, Set Design – Barry Metcalf, Sherry Polkinghorn, Rod Crick, Virginia Crick, Costume Design – Dee Miller

MENU: Cabbage and pepper hash, corned beef, corn, oven baked potatoes, scones, crumble pudding.  Catering provided by Brona Love, Linda Bethke, Linda Owens, Deedee Miller, Kathy Morgan, Steve Morgan, Denis Ann Bamberger, Sherry Polkinghorn, Faye Trent, Milly White, Karen Koontz, Kelly Carroll.

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