The Lady Vanishes
Adapted by Derek Webb
Based on the novel by Ethel Lina White
Directed by Emily Saint Smith
By arrangement with David Spicer Productions representing Stagescripts.
Season: 21st June - 26th July 2025
Preview night 20th June
Friday and Saturday nights at 7.30pm
Sunday matinée at 4.30pm
Running Time: 2 hours 15 minutes (including 20 minute interval)
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When Iris Carr befriends kindly governess Miss Froy on a train bound for England, she never imagines that she will become embroiled in a madcap caper, with a plot worthy of Hitchcock himself. After a brief nap, Iris awakes to find Miss Froy gone. What's more, all the other passengers claim never to have seen the woman at all. As Iris frantically searches the train for her new friend, a cast of outrageous characters thwart her every move (and keep the audience in stitches).
In this hilarious adaptation of Ethel Lina White's novel The Wheel Spins, Iris stops at nothing to prove the existence of Miss Froy. With the help of flirtatious Max and his haughty friend the Professor, Iris hurtles up and down the train, leaving no carriage (or cloche) unturned. Can Iris find Miss Froy before it's too late? Or will the audience die laughing before the lady reappears?
| Production | |
|---|---|
| Director | Emily Saint Smith |
| Assistant Director | Kate Stewart |
| Production Manager | Barry Nielsen |
| Crew | |
| Lighting Designer | Cian Byrne |
| Set Designer | Emily Saint-Smith |
| Production Designers | Alex Wylie, Ellen Pope, Jelena Popovic |
| Costume Designer | Susan Carveth |
| Sound Designer | Kate Stewart |
| Stage Manager | Lisa Ellis-Timbery |
| Set Construction | Peter Curtis |
| Character | Actor |
| Iris Carr | Joss Chalmers |
| Max | Jono Lukins |
| Professor | Ron Ringer |
| Doctor | Gabriel Jab'bar |
| Miss Froy | Penny Day |
| Mrs Barnes | Brooke Ryan |
| Evelyn Flood-Porter | Lynn Roise |
| Rose Flood-Porter | Sandra Bass |
| Reverend Barnes | Ben Pobjie |
| Mr Todhunter | Billy Allagiannis |
| Mrs Todhunter | Liminka Panther |
| Waiter | Anastasia Vokhmyakov |
| Baroness | Susan Carveth |
By arrangement with David Spicer Productions representing Stagescripts.