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Blithe Spirit – Meet the cast – Madame Arcati ( Helena Gomm )
When Charles and Ruth Condomine invite Madame Arcati into their home to conduct a séance, they firmly believe that she is a charlatan and will provide useful material for the character of the fraudulent medium that Charles is planning to include in his next book. However, it turns out that – though undoubtedly eccentric – […]
Read MoreBlithe Spirit – Meet the cast – Edith ( Esme Wayland Pratt )
This is Esme’s fourth production with West Meon Theatre, and she is delighted to be playing Edith in Blithe Spirit. At 17, Esme is currently studying acting alongside her A levels, so taking on Coward’s wonderfully chaotic maid has been a brilliant opportunity to put some of that training into practice. Edith may not always […]
Read MoreBlithe Spirit – Meet the cast – Charles Condomine ( Johnny Wayland Pratt )
Blithe Spirit is my first Noël Coward, and I couldn’t have asked for a sharper or more enjoyable introduction. Charles Condomine is polished, dry, clever and almost entirely insufferable, which makes him enormous fun to play. He has the wonderful ability to behave appallingly and then explain it as if he is the only reasonable […]
Read MoreBlithe Spirit – Meet the Cast – Dr Bradman (Mick Keegan)
I have been performing with West Meon Theatre (WMT) for 26 years now and I am a familiar face with WMT audiences. However, this is the first time I have performed with this particular group of WMT actors, though I have worked with Helena Gomm before. It has been an exciting experience – engaging with […]
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