Taking our Time 2006
The Red Brick Auditorium, Square Chapel, Halifax
March / April 2006
'Taking Our Time', a Red Ladder play set in the Calder Valley of the 1840's, chronicles the lives of the Greenwood family as they struggle to come to terms with the changing lives of the handloom spinners of West Yorkshire as the industrial revolution changes landscapes and lifestyles.
CAST
James Ackroyd - Adam
Mill girl, Knocker Upper - Alex R
William - Alex S
Piece worker, Ackroyd's Daughter - Amber
Performer at fair, Mill girl - Annabel
Annie - Bethan
Peter, Dancer - Calum
Jack Bidwell, Performer at fair - Daniel Sc
John Greenwood - Daniel Sm
Jenny - Elise
Elsie, Pub Song - Florence
Piecer worker, Dancer, Pub Song - Helen R
Narrator - Helen W
Mill girl, Knocker Upper - Holly
Soldier - James E
Narrator - James T
Performer at fair, Mill Girl - Kate
Dorothy - Katie A
Performer at fair, Piece worker - Katie B
Performer at fair, Mill girl - Katy
Mrs Ackroyd, Piece worker - Lauretta
Major Burnside, Performer at fair, Dancer - Laurie
Mrs Edwards, Performer at fair - Lucy
Ackroyd's Daughter, Dancer, Piece Worker - Madeleine
Mary Greenwood - Martha
Fred, Soldier, Dancer - Max
Peacher, Soldier, Dancer - Michael
Performer at fair, Dancer, Piece worker - Miriam
Clown - Prav
Sarah - Ruth
Mr Miller, Soldier, Piece worker - Sam
Performer at fair, Mill girl - Sophia
Mill Girl, Danncer - Stephanie
Keyboards - Dave Nelson
Bass Guitar - Matthew Finegold
Guitar / Banjo - Stephen Finegold
Percussion - Ben Page
Violin - Holly Page
Clarinet - Helen Wright
Directed by Gillie Kerrod & Frank Brown
Choreography by Jez Gregg
Musical Direction by Dave Nelson
Set by Tony Clark & Louise Clark
Props by Louise Clark & Laurence Dowson
Lights & Sound by Matt Blackmore & Chris Keegan
Costume by Tracy Drake, Aileen Walker & Alison Roberts