A Little Night Music is a love story based on the 1956 Swedish film Smiles of a Summer Night directed by Ingmar Bergman. The musical is the story of mismatched partners who get their relationships sorted out during the course of an amazing weekend.
The DMTC archive 1996
Durham Musical Theatre Company
A Little Night Music
199625th – 30th March 1996The Garland Theatre
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About the show.
Behind the scenes
The production team.
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- Stage Manager
- Dave Foxall
- Assistant Stage Manager
- Chris Dunne
- Stage Crew
- Joyce Allinson · Peter Burdess · Frank Cure · Rob Gair · Ian Gordon · Lawrence Jones · Sharon Muller · Peter Nattrass · Philip Robinson · Brenda Robson · Alan Simon
- Lighting
- Stephen Wharton · Laura Eaton · Nick Little
- Properties
- Anne Robinson · Denise Brooksbank · Elizabeth Hayton · Melanie Spedding · David Robinson · Julie Fletcher · Joan Spence · South Shields Operatic Society · Inkprints
- Wardrobe
- Jean Graham · Jane Flowers · Judith Frisby
- Sound Design, Installation and Operation
- Tony Atkinson · Andrea Atkinson · Tony Atkinson Associates
- Make-up
- Margaret Chapman and Team
- Wig Supplier
- A. & A. Hair Studios Ltd., Edinburgh
- Wig Dressing
- Brenda Mullen
- Costumes
- Homburgs, Leeds · Society Wardrobe
- Accompanist
- Robert Humes · Barbara Stacey
- House Manager
- Harry Cottle
- Prompt
- Gillian Wilson
- Refreshments
- Joan Foxall · Val Cure · Mary Robinson · Margaret Sutton · Dorothea Tuckerman · Frank Tuckerman
- Acknowledgement
- Staff of New College, Durham · Tourist Information Office, Durham
- First Aid
- St. John Ambulance Brigade
- Programme Printing
- Sports & Leisure Publications
- Publicity Material
- Rainbow Print
- Publicity Assistance
- Durham City Library · George Hetherington · Mary Hetherington · Delia McNally · Eileen Glenton
- Photography
- Ramside Hall Hotel · Sheila Trow
- Scenery Assistance
- Mr. E. Colligan
- Technical Equipment
- High-Lights Theatre Services
- Flowers
- Mrs. Hedley
- Materials
- Chapman’s Curtains and Covers, Ltd.
- Furniture
- Christine Dobbie
- Chateau Cloth
- Border Studios, Selkirk
- Rostra
- Stage North
- Publicity
- Boots, Durham
On stage
Cast & company.
Principals / cast
- Madame Leonora Armfeldt
- Margaret Graham
- Desirée Armfeldt — her daughter, an actress
- Eileen Glenton
- Fredrika Armfeldt — Desirée’s daughter
- Rebecca Dixon
- Fredrik Egerman — a lawyer
- Anthony Smith
- Anne Egerman — his second wife
- Julie Bull
- Henrik Egerman — his son
- Matthew Grehan-Bradley
- Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm — a dragoon
- Clive Constance
- Countess Charlotte Malcolm — his wife
- Valenda Taylor
- Petra — the Egerman maid
- Angela Szalay
- Frid — Madame Armfeldt’s butler
- Bryden McKinnie
- Malla — Desirée’s maid
- Denise Beckford
- Mrs. Segstrom — an actress
- Mary Hetherington
- Mrs. Andersson — an actress
- Val Shield
- Chorus Soloist
- Lesley Franks · Heather McLoughlin · Dorothy Wroe · Stephen Wroe
- Page
- Anthony Dixon · Joe Gair
The company
- Alan BallChorus
- Denise BeckfordChorus
- Kevin BrownChorus
- Allison CarseChorus
- Peter ClaphamChorus
- Doreen CothayChorus
- Sheila CottleChorus
- Harry DallardChorus
- Janet DixonChorus
- Mike DixonChorus
- Christine DobbieChorus
- Marjory ElliottChorus
- Lesley FranksChorus
- Mary GordonChorus
- Mary HamiltonChorus
- Bill HarlandChorus
- Mary HetheringtonChorus
- Sarah HoodChorus
- Mollie HughesChorus
- Darren JamesChorus
- Hilton JamesChorus
- Peter JonesChorus
- Julie KnightonChorus
- Heather McLoughlinChorus
- Audrey MorrisonChorus
- Kevin ShieldChorus
- Val ShieldChorus
- David SimpsonChorus
- Sheila TrowChorus
- Maureen WalkerChorus
- Dorothy WroeChorus
- Stephen WroeChorus
A moment on stage
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