Steel Magnolias

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Synopsis

Robert Harling's gentle comedy about the importance of trivia in helping people soldier on, set in the Beauty Parlour of Truvy Jones, somewhere in Louisiana. It is here, in a span of three years, where Truvy's customers (Clairee, Ouiser, M'Lynn, and Shelby) and here eager but inexperienced assistant, Annelle, engage in the delight of small-town gossip.

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Cast

Truvy: Kate Glassock
Anelle: Paula Neath
Clairee: Eileen Leonard
Shelby: Katie Hart
M'Lynn: Sue Pinks
Ouiser: Pam Howland
Voice of D.J.: Geoffrey Richer

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Notes

Set Design: Chris Howland
Stage Manager: Malcolm Pugh
Prompt: Sheila Evans
Props: Trudy Evans, Eileen Rose
Lighting: Malcolm Pugh, Paul Bryce
Costume and Make-Up: Ladies of the Society
Hair: Truvy and Annelle
Stage Construction and Crew: The Bryces (Jan, Paul, Richard), Chris Howland, Steve

Many thanks to Raymond's Hairdressers in Borough Green for donating the equipment for us to get it right; ECO Beauty and Design in Tunbridge Wells for supplying the sinks for us to wash it out when we weren't getting it right; Rosemary Dryland for providing us with endless coffee in rehearsals as we persevered in trying to get it right; and Julie Hart who, with patience and expertise, advised us how it all looks when it is right, showed us what to do to get it right, and repaired it for us when we didn't!

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