A Sapphic slapstick sing-along send-up of Upstairs-Downton Abbey… The Lezzwood Players stick two saucy fingers up to the classic turn-of-the-century British drawing-room drama!
In the picturesque village of Lezzton-Under-Whelmd (twinned with Dul-las-Ditchwater), the strict social order of an Edwardian household is upset when a mysterious murder leads to implausible plot-lines and tragic lapses in continuity…
What is Miss Scarlet up to with the rope and the lead piping? Who has been tipping the velvet with Mrs White? What is the significance of an identical birthmark shaped uncannily like an aerial view of Hebden Bridge? And why is Mrs Danvers so weird?
With whispers of insurgent Suffragettes, can the old order survive until tea time?
The LEZZWARDIANS was another original Lezzwood Players show created by the warped mind of our resident comic genius, Kate Norrish, with murder, mischief, mystery and music-hall style songs. Oh, and smut.
The Lezzwardians – Murder at Lezzton Abbey
- Original Script by Catriona Norrish
- Original Songs, Music and Instrumentation by Dungareen Jean & Deb Fisher
- Directed by Dungareen Jean
Cast & Characters
- Miss ‘Dandie’ Danvers – Jane Walker
- Mrs White, the cook – Cathy Beaumont
- Polly, the housemaid – Sophie Kay
- Molly Mustard stable girl – Kezia Bibby
- Miss Scarlet, the governess – Caroline Gibbs
- Lady ‘Patsy’ Peacock – Kate Norrish
- Posy Peacock – Bobalina Jones
- Major Bertie Peacock – Jen Grant
- Edith Cuntly – Ruby Beaumont
- Mary Cuntly – Jess Trundle
- Lady Sybil Cuntly – Kezia Bibby
Songs
- ‘Know Your Place’ [original]
- ‘The Trick of It’ [original]
- ‘Key To The Plot’ [original]
- ‘Come to the Fayre’ [original]
- ‘Give Us A Flash’ [original]
- ‘Gloria’s Muff!’ [Tune: Hippopotamus , Flanders & Swann]
- ‘Know Your Place Reprise’ – with counter-melody [original]
- ‘Stand and Deliver’ [Tune: Stand and Deliver, Adam & the Ants]
- ‘Sisters! – [Ain’t nobody tougher than a sufferagette]’ [original]
Performances took place in 2017 at the Barn Theatre, Southwick.
All photographs: Hannah Brackenbury . Even more photos on our Facebook page here