Introducing the Cast of “Another Evening at Fawlty Towers”

It’s back by popular demand! We will present three more episodes from the classic BBC comedy written by Connie Booth and John Cleese: “The Anniversary”, “Gourmet Night” and “Waldorf Salad”.

Rehearsals are well underway and we are fortunate to have a great cast for this year’s “Fawlty Towers” show.  “Another Evening at Fawlty Towers” opens November 21st at the Pumphouse Theatre and runs until November 29, 2014.  Tickets and show times are available online:  www.workshoptheatre.org

Some of the cast of “Another Evening at Fawlty Towers” produced by Workshop Theatre Society in Calgary, Alberta. From left to right: Steven Hansen Smythe as “Basil Fawlty”, Sarah Gibbs as “Sybil Fawlty”, Natalie Buckley as “Polly”, Daniel Rose as “Manuel”, Filip Zivanovic as “Terry”. Photo courtesy of Sharon Olsen of Sharon Lynn Photography.

THE CAST OF CHARACTERS APPEARING IN ALL THREE EPISODES:

• Steve Hansen Smythe as Basil Fawlty
• Sarah Gibbs as Sybil Fawlty
• Daniel Rose as Manuel
• Natalie Buckley as Polly
• Jeremy Mackenzie as Major
• Sharon Olsen as Miss Gatsby
• Jane Tetley as Miss Tibbs

Scene from the BBC episode of “The Anniversary” – Courtesy of http://www.fawltytowersguide.co.uk

THE CAST OF CHARACTERS OF “THE ANNIVERSARY”:

• Derek Coulthard as Reg
• Kathleen Shore as Alice
• Anne Hodgson as Virgina
• Peter Warne as Arthur
• Gino Sawoia as Roger
• Filip Zivanovic as Terry
• Jenn Maclean as Kitty
• Angela Giffin as Audrey

“The Anniversary” is directed by Alan LeBoeuf.

It is the morning of Basil and Sybil’s fifteenth wedding anniversary, and Basil has made some special arrangements in order to surprise Sybil. Some of her friends are coming over, and Manuel is going to cook his mother’s special paella.

Basil forgot his and Sybil’s wedding anniversary last year, and this year, as a nice surprise for Sybil ( or probably because he wants to rub Sybil’s nose in it ) decides to throw a party with all her friends invited without telling her about it. Basil shows obvious enjoyment while feigning forgetfullness of the significance of the date as Sybil displays deep sadness that he has forgotten again. Of course, Basil’s plans backfire spectacularly when Sybil storms off.

Airdate: 19 February 1979
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THE CAST OF CHARACTERS OF “WALDORF SALAD”:

• Kathleen Shore as Mrs. Johnston
• Derek Coulthard as Mr. Johnston
• Anne Hodgson as Miss Gurk
• Kloee Huberdeau as Miss Hare
• Peter Warne as Mr. Libson
• Filip Zivanovic as Terry
• Jenn Maclean as Mrs. Arrad
• Rob Fulton as Mr. Arrad
• Mark MacGillivray as Mr Harry Hamilton
• Angela Giffin as Mrs. Hamilton

“Waldorf Salad” is directed by Kayte Davies.

Dinner time is exceptionally busy at Fawlty Towers and as usual the service is appalling. Several dissatisfied customers later, Basil has to attend to some new guests at reception. The Hamiltons are an American couple and Mr Hamilton is especially loud and brash, criticising England and really getting up Basil’s nose.

Airdate: 5 March 1979
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A Scene from “Gourmet Night” (BBC episode) – Photo courtesy of http://www.blendspace.com

THE CAST OF CHARACTERS OF “GOURMET NIGHT”:

• Kathleen Shore as Mrs. Heath
• Derek Coulthard as Colonel Hall
• Anne Hodgson as Mrs. Hall
• Kloee Huberdeau as Mrs. Twitchen
• Peter Warne as Mr. Twitchen
• Gino Sawoia as Andre
• Filip Zivanovic as Kurt
• Reegan Walker as Master Ronald Heath
• Rob Fulton as Mr. Heath

“Gourmet Night” is directed by Bob Cooper.

A Touch of Class shows how Basil leaves no stone unturned in his pandering to the upper classes. This theme continues in Gourmet Night when Basil organises a night of fine dining for four “respected” members of the community, the food being cooked by his new chef, Kurt. Basil seems to have some strange pie-in-the-sky notion that Fawlty Towers will one day cater to the “cream” of Torquay society. When his “fine” new chef, Kurt, gets drunk, Basil’s hopes of achieving these ambitions seem further away than ever.

Airdate: 17 October 1975
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