Daisy Pulls it Off by Denise Deegan
Directed by Juliet Holden

Daisy Pulls It Off, first performed in 1983, is an affectionate pastiche of the classic girls’ school story, crammed full of slang like “topping”, “jolly” and “scrummy”. The play captures the innocence and uncomplicated essence of Angela Brazil’s schoolgirl novels from the 1920s which dealt with the highs and lows in the lives of middle-class schoolgirls: their charms, misfortunes and personal failures. Set in a prestigious all girls boarding school in a bygone era, the play follows our plucky heroine, Daisy Meredith, an elementary school girl and first scholarship student to attend Grangewood School. The privileged students are determined to make Daisy look bad in the eyes of the administration, which has its own problems. Can Daisy shake off the stigma of her poor school background and overcome the snobbish prejudice from her well-to-do schoolgirl rivals? Can she save the school from financial ruin before it’s too late? Who is that mysterious whistling gardener? And more importantly will there be enough jam for tea?

Hooray for Grangewood!!

Cast
Miss Gibson – Emma Kerby-Evans
Daisy Meredith – Karen Webb
Sybil Burlington – Lucy Bailey
Mother, Mademoiselle and Dora Johnson – Emma Colgan
Belinda Mathieson – Liz Nesfield
Clare Beaumont – Samantha Golton
Alice Fitzpatrick – Penny Allen
Trixie Martin – Ruth Huggett
Monica Smithers – Anthea Martin
Miss Granville and Winnie Irving – Helen Winston
Mr Scoblowski – Sean Chapman
Mr Thompson – Peter Medd
Music Teacher – Helen Jones
Jean Jeffrey – Luci Dalgety
Members of staff – Michelle Thomson, Mark Ireson

For more details, please contact Juliet Holden, Director

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