St. Michael Player's To Perform Daisy Pulls It Off
An evening of fun and adventure at Grangewood School in 1923
Stephanie Stretton stars as Daisy
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September 28, 2023
The next production from the St. Michael’s Players will be a staging of Daisy Pulls it off the West End hit by Denise Deegan which ran for over 1,000 performances.
You are promised an evening of fun and adventure as you enter the hallowed halls of Grangewood School in the present to be whisked back one hundred years to 1923 to meet Daisy Meredith, Grangewood’s first scholarship pupil.
Will Daisy overcome class prejudice, fiendish classmates, frame-ups and crumbling cliffs in her bid to stay at her dream school?
Stephanie Stretton who stars as Daisy says, “I feel very lucky to be playing the title role in ‘Daisy Pulls It Off’ and have been welcomed with open arms by St. Michael’s Players. The play touches upon discrepancies between ‘elementary’ and private schools which are as prevalent now
as in 1923, but is predominantly about friendship and resilience and how with humour, quick wit and a treasure hunt anything can be solved!”
Sue Darrieulat a St Michael’s Players veteran who plays Winnie, ‘a precociously talented Year 7’ says she was attracted to the play because, “I get to wear a gymslip again!”
Director Neil Dickins says he chose the play because, “It jumped off the page. I could instantly visualise the characters and how we could bring Grangewood School to life using a minimal set and loads of physical comedy. The cast and crew have been more than up to this challenge. In fact, it’s been a constant process of incorporating one good idea after another.”
The play takes place each evening at 7.45pm from Wednesday 4 October to Saturday 7 October when there will be an extra matinee performance at 4pm.
It is being held at the usual venue of St. Michael’s Centre on Elmwood Road (W4 3DY).
Tickets are available from £10 online. More details are on the St. Michael’s Players web site including information about a pre-theatre dinner deal offer.
St. Michael's Players is one of the longest established drama groups in London. It has been staging plays in West London since 1949. In a good year it will present two full length performances in the Spring and the Autumn, a one-act play in the Summer and its famous panto at Christmas.
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