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THE VACKEES – LIST OF CHARACTERS Londoners Kip (an East End evacuee) Kip’s Mother Mr Duncan Constance (A London schoolteacher) Chuck; Mack; Eric; Arthur Eileen; Kath; Nan; Elsie; Molly (London Evacuees) Additional vackees London mothers and fathers In Darchett Village Buzz Brown (leader of the Darchett gang) Lance; Stan; George; Fred; Dot (members of the [...]

The Vackees – list of Songs Act One: 1 Wireless Music 1 (Instrumental) 2 London Kids (Darchett gang) 4 Moving On (London parents; Vackees) 5 Please Someone Choose Me (Darchett adults; Vackees) 5a Please Someone Choose Me (reprise) (Eileen; Kath) 5b Constance and Maybee’s Choose Me (Mr Constance; Miss Maybee) 6 When This War Is [...]

The next musical production at the Dovehouse Theatre will be The Vackees, March 23rd-26th 2011. Auditions will be held in the autumn, but in the meantime here are some details about the story, characters and songs.

SMASH’s next production at the Dovehouse Theatre in March 2011 (23rd-26th) is The Vackees.

As usual it has a large cast of all ages. We were pleased to see 38 people at our workshop to find out more about the production on July 21st. We reviewed the story, listened to some of the music and tried out different characters and developed various scenes – in London and in the country village to where the Vackees were moved.

If you would like further information please email smash@solihull-methodist.org.uk. View more details about the story, the characters, the songs.
The auditions will be held in the autumn – more details here as soon as they are available.

SMASH’s latest production at the Dovehouse Theatre, performed on 24th-27th March 2010, was a musical version of the very popular story, The Railway Children.

Our cast of 47 (and our audiences) really enjoyed this show which has something for everyone.

Read more about the show, photos and audience reaction »

STOP PRESS! Next production: March 23-26th 2011 – The Vackees

ACT ONE Scene 1: The London House and Surrounding Streets Song: Prologue (Perks) Song: Christmas is here! (Family, servants, carol singers) Song: You can never return (Perks) Scene 2: Charing Cross Station Song: Together (Mother, Bobbie, Peter, Phyllis) Scene 3: The Cottage Song: You may enter a tunnel (Perks) Scene 4: The Hillside Scene 5: [...]

Perks, a stationmaster Father, a civil servant Mother, his wife Bobbie (Roberta) his daughter Peter, his son Phyllis, his younger daughter Ruth, his maid Cook, his cook Carol Singers Mr Barrie Dr Forrest Lord Fleet Ethel Flo Mrs Ransome Gert The Perks family:      Mrs Perks      Colin Perks      Elsie Perks      Ginger Perks      Patch Perks Village Children [...]

London, Christmas Day 1905 A Christmas Party is in full swing (CHRISTMAS IS HERE) but further celebrations are cancelled after two men call to see father (who works for the Foreign Office). Mother tells the children (Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis) that Father has had to go away on business and that she does not know [...]

March 2009, Solihull Methodist Church Hall

Just So cast list announced.