Daisy Pulls It Off

By Denise Deegan

Synopsis:

It's 1927 and Daisy Meredith, a poor but bright child, has won a scholarship to Grangewood School for Girls. It's a dream come true for an elementary school pupil, but can it live up to her expectations?

Daisy is welcomed into the fourth year by madcap and poet Trixie Martin, excels at academic work, hockey and singing and is, of course, honourable and straight in all things. But she also encounters snobbery and deceit in the rich, conceited Sybil and school toady, Monica. This pair lie, cheat and conspire to get her expelled.

Talented youngsters from the incredibly popular Next Stage Youth perform this gloriously witty parody about life in a "gel's boarding school".

Dates: 24-26 Aug @ 7.30pm; 31 Aug - 4 Sep @ 7.30pm; 4 Sep @ 2.30pm

Location: The Mission Theatre, Bath

Tickets: £8 (£6 Concessions)

Box Office: 01225 428600 email (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 01225 463362 online at http://www.bathfestivals.org.uk

Director/s | Cast:

Ann Garner

Director

Sophie McDermott

Daisy Meredith Cast 1

Katya Rushford

Trixie Martin Cast 1

Bibby Curtis

Sybil Burlington Cast 1

Malika Foster

Monica Smithers Cast 1

Niamh O’Sullivan

Clare Beaumont Cast 1

Rhiannon Osborne

Alice Fitzpatrick Cast 1

Flora Stone

Belinda Mathieson Cast 1

Ellie Hawking

Mother/ Dora Johnston Cast 1

Amy Baldwin

Miss Granville/ Pupil Cast 1

Alisha Ganapathy

Mademoiselle/Winnie Irving Cast 1

Marielle Thomas

Miss Gibson Cast 1

Tom Babbage

Mr Scoblowski All Casts

Poppy Harrison

Daisy Meredith Cast 2

Verity Ferris

Trixie Martin Cast 2

Fiona Jamieson

Sybil Burlington Cast 2

Ellie Sims-Hilditch

Monica Smithers Cast 2

Holly Aldous

Clare Beaumont Cast 2

Rose Jeremiah

Alice Fitzpatrick Cast 2

Katy Blake

Belinda Mathieson Cast 2

Blu Sadriani

Mother/ Dora Johnston/ Miss Granville Cast 2

Becca Coates

Mademoiselle/ Winnie Irving Cast 2

Lydia Cook

Miss Gibson Cast 2

Maddy McGlynn

Daisy Meredith Cast 3

Emma Phillips

Trixie Martin Cast 3

Sacha Czarnuscewicz

Sybil Burlington Cast 3

Emma Cross

Monica Smithers Cast 3

Anna-Fleur Rawlinson

Clare Beaumont Cast 3

Laura Blake

Alice Fitzpatrick Cast 3

Emily Barratt

Belinda Mathieson Cast 3

Alice Sibley

Mother/ Miss Granville/ Dora Cast 3

Lydia Bowden

Miss Gibson Cast 3

Philip Davies

Mr Thompson Cast 1

Joe Quintana

Mr Thompson Cast 2+3

Review/s of Daisy Pulls It Off:

Review 1: Preview: Venue Magazine

Ace Bath Youth troupe Next Stage Youth stage Denise Deegan's tongue-in-cheek jolly-hockey-sticks drama, in which the heroine Daisy, a barely-educated East-End girl, mixes it with the posh gels at Grangewood School for Girls. Daisy tries her utmost to be a perfect schoolgirl and prove to doubting staff and fellow pupils that she belongs at Grangewood. Welcomed into the fourth year by madcap and poet…click here to read the whole review.

By Venue Magazine

Review 2: Next Stage Youth are in a class of their own

More than 50 youngsters from in and around Bath will be putting on their gym slips and picking up their jolly hocky sticks to take part in an astonishing theatrical feat at the city's Mission Theatre. Since the hugely successful production of His Dark Materials by members of Next Stage Youth a couple of years ago, the young people's theatre has swollen from about 20 youngsters to getting on for 60.…click here to read the whole review.

By Christopher Hansford, Bath Chronicle

Review 3: Chronicle Review

Daisy certainly pulls it off in Next Stage Youth’s ambitious production of Denise Deegan’s ripping yarn, a comedy traditionally played by adults in the role of children. Set in a posh boarding school in the 1930s, Daisy Pulls It Off is a parody of the likes of The Famous Five or Angela Brazil’s school stories. There is snobbery, larks in the dorm, a hunt for hidden treasure and a dramatic cliff…click here to read the whole review.

By Jackie Chappell, Bath Chronicle

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