Erin Arts Centre 6th March 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet from Talking Heads by Alan Bennett<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Performed by Stephanie Gray, directed by Stephen Craige (Legion Players)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carry On by Jennie Webb<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Performed and directed by Sarah Lockyer (Rushen Players)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sound and lights Ron Beswick<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Review by Barnaby Lockyer<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Miss Fozzard eventually finds her feet while Beth prepares herself for ‘the next leg of her journey’. So it is that a play on body parts features in both of these clever monologues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alan Bennett is well known for his Talking Heads, exploring human eccentricity with precision and wit; LA-based playwright Jennie Webb writes what she calls \u2018domestic absurdism\u2019, focusing on women\u2019s experience\u2014as does Bennett.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legion Players bring gentle background music to Bennett’s work and break up the narrative by means of subtle movement and convincing mime. Miss Fozzard is at home to us, initially in slippers, and we the audience felt increasingly at home with her in her dignified, clear but often laugh-out-loud performance, the delivery of lines focusing exactly as it should on the pleasures of mischievously playful language and the gradual disclosure of character and relationships. Costume and props aided this development most effectively. It seemed appropriate under the circumstances that perky peony buds should replace drooping roses in a vase on the table, and the unboxed scarlet high heels revealed at the end of the piece confirmed Miss Fozzard\u2019s emancipation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rushen Players\u2019 Carry On featured a piece of red luggage and no other prop, but expressive acting and gesture to convey parts of the body associated with the poetic images of lost friends and relatives remembered were not only relatable but also powerfully moving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The event was a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Society, in memory of Susie Beswick, a stalwart of drama on the Island. It took place just over a year after a staging of Under Milk Wood at Erin Arts, which paid tribute to Susie’s life and love of theatre, and brought together her family and friends, including those she had worked with over the years. I know she\u2019d have also appreciated the language and poignant humour of tonight\u2019s plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Erin Arts Centre 6th March 2026 Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet from Talking Heads by Alan Bennett Performed by Stephanie Gray, directed by Stephen Craige (Legion Players) Carry On by Jennie Webb Performed and directed by Sarah Lockyer (Rushen Players) Sound and lights Ron Beswick Review by Barnaby Lockyer Miss Fozzard eventually finds her feet … Continue reading Miss Fozzard Finds Her Feet & Carry On<\/span>