Secret Bridesmaids' Business (2000)

Production still for "Secret Bridesmaids' Business". L-R: Roz Hammond as Angela, Jane Hall as Meg Bacon, Joan Sydney as Colleen Bacon. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Secret Bridesmaids' Business (2000)

By Elizabeth Coleman

24 January 2000 – 19 February 2000 Merlyn Theatre

Playbox Theatre Company,

Theatre Remount

It is the night before Meg's wedding. She and her bridesmaids are planning to kick up their heels as the final hours before the big day tick down. However not everything goes to plan as a last minute scandal threatens to ruin the whole affair.

Elizabeth Coleman's wonderful characters bring this seriously funny play to life. Never far from reality, it exposes the insanity that can be created as the wedding juggernaut threatens to swerve out of control. Marriage may be a wonderful thing, but after a night like this, well, could it really be worth it?

A return season with largely new cast before going on a national tour of 45 venues.

Production still for "Secret Bridesmaids' Business". L-R: Scott Irwin as James, Jane Hall as Meg Bacon, Joan Sydney as Colleen Bacon. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Secret Bridesmaids' Business".  Jane Hall as Meg Bacon. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Secret Bridesmaids' Business". L-R: Jane Hall as Meg Bacon, Joan Sydney as Colleen Bacon. Photographer: Jeff Busby
Production still for "Secret Bridesmaids' Business". L-R: Jane Hall as Meg Bacon, Joan Sydney as Colleen Bacon. Photographer: Jeff Busby
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Production still for "Secret Bridesmaids' Business". L-R: Scott Irwin as James, Jane Hall as Meg Bacon, Joan Sydney as Colleen Bacon. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Secret Bridesmaids' Business". Jane Hall as Meg Bacon. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Secret Bridesmaids' Business". L-R: Jane Hall as Meg Bacon, Joan Sydney as Colleen Bacon. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Secret Bridesmaids' Business". L-R: Jane Hall as Meg Bacon, Joan Sydney as Colleen Bacon. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Cast

Creatives

Catherine Hill

Catherine Hill

Dramaturg, Director

Shaun Gurton

Shaun Gurton

Designer

Elizabeth Coleman

Elizabeth Coleman

Playwright

Rob Dallas

Stage Manager

Richard Dinnen

Richard Dinnen

Tour Manager

Alan Maguire

Head Mechanist