CULTURAL ELTHAM Arnold
Ridley who played Private Godfrey
in Dad’s Army wrote The Ghost Train in 1925. Simon Petrozzi-Ward returns after nine years to direct this classic entertaining comedy drama. Teddie, a very silly young man played by Jon Meakin has pulled the communication cord to stop the train just to collect his hat that blew away. Thus stranding a group of passengers at a small Cornish railway station as they have missed their connecting train. The psychotic stationmaster Saul (Val
Youngman)
tells this group weird and disturbing tales of a ‘Ghost Train’ but they ignore his warnings and prepare to remain in the waiting room overnight. After the
sudden death of Saul, followed by the arrival of a young neurotic lady Julia (Sarah Maxwell) who has seen the ghost train and is having a nervous breakdown due to it impending arrival, the passengers regret ignoring Saul.
Without spoiling the ending for those who have not seen one of the three film versions, all does not go as planned for the perpetrators involved whilst Teddie is revealed to be the hero of the piece and the ruse is up.
Set in Fal Vale station’s waiting room, using period music accompanied by up to date sound effects, dry ice, and lighting to create the train. The cast have been rehearsing since July, and their use of accents adds to the authentic 1930s feel. This is the debut at Bob Hope for
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Don't Miss the Ghost Trains preview by Beattie Slavin
Lesley Robins, Grace Blackman, Kevin Coward, David Fisher and Grahame Ward and a long overdue return for Val Youngman. Sarah Maxwell Nigel Taylor are both veterans of the BHT stage plus Anne Hempstead, Ian Welch and Rob Chambers complete the cast & are appearing in their second season.
This is November’s must see production at the Bob Hope Theatre, and tickets are selling fast. If you dawdle you may miss the train.
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