Celebration

by Keith Waterhouse and Willis Halldirected by Nina Goldthorpe
June 1989
The Civic Theatre

Leeds Arts Centre performed Celebration in June 1989.

Cast

Edgar Lucas, the bride’s fatherBarrie Ward
Rhoda Lucas, the bride’s motherChristine Wilson
Jack Lucas, their sonChris Rowley
Irene Howes, their neiceShirley Hamer
Arthur Broadbent, Rhoda’s uncleGeorge Westmoreland
Bernard Fuller, the bridegroomDavid Mallinson
Lilian Howes, Edgar’s sister, Irene’s motherJean Blundell
Alice Fuller, Bernard’s auntJune Stevenson
Christine Lucas, the brideAmanda Benton
Edna Fuller, Bernard’s motherAudrey Barker
Frank Broadbent, Rhoda’s brotherPhilip Weston
Lionel Fuller, Alice’s son, Bernard’s best manMichael Blackburn
Margo Fuller, Lionel’s wifeSam McAdam
Stan Dyson, Irene’s boyfriendDaniel Inman
May Beckett, Arthur’s long time companionBetty Triggs
Tommy Lodge, Arthur’s friendDennis Stevenson

Backstage team

DirectorNina Goldthorpe
Stage ManagerEdwin Barraclough
Assistant Stage ManagerDenise Forton
Set DesignGeorge Teale
 Denise Forton
 Margaret Savage
BackstageMartyn Drake
LightingPeter Waddicor
SoundLaurie Ball
Set Dressing & PropsDoreen Parker
 Joyce King
 Richard Francis
PromptGeoffrey Hillyard
WardrobeLAC Team
Box OfficeMaggie Rhodes
 George Barker
Publicity PhotographsOllie Goldthorpe
Front of HouseMargaret Savage

Archive documents

The following documents from the production are in the LAC archive.

Download: Programme
(4.8 MBytes)
Download: Newsletter
(82 KBytes)

Add to the archive

We’re always looking to add to our archive of past productions – if you have any other memories of Celebration, we would be very pleased to hear from you.

Other productions

Leeds Arts Centre has also performed Celebration on another occasion, in 1962 – more details of that production can be found by following the link to its page in this archive.