Acid Drops (2001)

Rachael Lane as Stella and Gavin Martin as Johnny in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Rachael Lane as Stella and Gavin Martin as Johnny in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Helen Colley as Carole and Rachael Lane as Stella in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Helen Colley as Carole and Rachael Lane as Stella in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Helen Colley as Carole, Rachael Lane as Stella and Simon Polley as Dee in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Helen Colley as Carole, Rachael Lane as Stella and Simon Polley as Dee in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Simon Polley as Dee and Gavin Martin as Johnny in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Simon Polley as Dee and Gavin Martin as Johnny in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Gavin Martin as Johnny, Helen Colley as Carole and Richard Simmons as Stuart in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Gavin Martin as Johnny, Helen Colley as Carole and Richard Simmons as Stuart in Christmas with Johnny and Dee by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Noni Lewis as Diane, Paul Mohan as Dean and Dan Winter as Tea Leaf in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Noni Lewis as Diane, Paul Mohan as Dean and Dan Winter as Tea Leaf in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Dan Winter as Tea Leaf and Paul Mohan as Dean in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Dan Winter as Tea Leaf and Paul Mohan as Dean in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Dan Winter as Tea Leaf and Paul Mohan as Dean in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Dan Winter as Tea Leaf and Paul Mohan as Dean in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Noni Lewis as Diane and Dan Winter as Tea Leaf in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Noni Lewis as Diane and Dan Winter as Tea Leaf in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Dan Winter as Tea Leaf and Paul Mohan as Dean in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Dan Winter as Tea Leaf and Paul Mohan as Dean in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Noni Lewis as Diane in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Noni Lewis as Diane in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Noni Lewis as Diane and Dan Winter as Tea Leaf in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001
Noni Lewis as Diane and Dan Winter as Tea Leaf in Have-a-Go Hero by Tim Massey, QEH Theatre, Bristol, 26 October 2001

Synopsis

A double-bill comprising Christmas with Johnny and Dee and Have-a-Go Hero.

In Christmas with Johnny and Dee, the saddest men in Bristol hijack a double-decker bus and force everyone on board to spend Christmas with them. While the driver and passengers have other plans for the festive season, they find Johnny and Dee's enforced bonhomie strangely infectious, and Christmas at gunpoint turns out not to be so very different from the usual yuletide celebrations…

Have-a-Go Hero centres on the action after Dean Stepford, a self-made security systems company boss, takes out a burglar with a baseball bat. The entrepreneur is further enraged when the thief wakes up and threatens to slap an assault charge on him.

Production Details

  • Produced by cpa@uwe (Centre for Performing Arts at the University of the West of England)
  • QEH Theatre, 26 and 27 October 2001
  • Cast: (Christmas with Johnny and Dee) Helen Colley (Carole), Rachael Lane (Stella), Gavin Martin (Johnny), Simon Polley (Dee), Richard Simmons (Stuart); (Have-a-Go Hero) Noni Lewis (Diane), Paul Mohan (Dean), Dan Winter (Tea Leaf)
  • Directed by Ned Milne (Christmas with Johnny and Dee) and Joyce Branagh (Have-a-Go Hero)
  • Designed by Jess Wright
  • Lighting design by Kris Nuttall

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