Secret Diary of Adrian Mole
By Sue Townsend
By arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd
Season April 1992
Venue Belconnen Theatre
TheStory
In his diary, adolescent Adrian records the triumphs and tragedies of everyday life with unconsciously wry humour. Episodes from the diary, peopled with characters from Adrian's school, home and neighbourhood, are brought to life in a very funny play.
Adrian is dogged by disaster - his mother runs off with the man next door and his father seeks comfort with a woman of doubtful reputation. Even his inner triumphs are tinged with disappointment. Bert Baxter, to whom he is assigned as a 'Good Samaritan' is not a nice old age pensioner and the delectable Pandora, once she is his, has no intention of being a submissive and adoring helpmate.
Yet in the end, as Georgie and Paulie, Bert and Queenie and others affirm, life can be worthwhile, if we want it to be, and Adrian will keep on writing poetry, however atrocious the results.
ProductionTeam
| Director | John Alsford |
| Assistant Director | Anne Beard |
| Musical Director | Jenni Mersiades |
| Production Manager | Eileen Boyldew |
| Stage Manager | Janine O'Dwyer |
| Set Design | John Alsford, Philip Russell |
| Costume Design | Nola Myles |
| Lighting Design | Nicole Rebikoff, Annie Alsford, Mark Truebridge |
| Sound Design | David Priddle, Chris Boyldew |
Cast
| Adrian Mole | Tim Constantine |
| Pauline Mole | Claudia Oakley |
| George Mole | David Priddle |
| Mr Lucas | Peter Benisch |
| Mrs Lucas | Kate Tricks |
| Grandma | Judith Everall |
| Nigel/Barry Kent | Duncan Thomsan |
| Pandora | Kim Scorpecci |
| Kids in Disco/Schoolkids | Leith Manley, Ryan Clarke, Siobh'an Boyldew, Adam Skelton, Jane Riches |
| Bert Baxter | Jim Jones |
| Doreen Slater | Helen Butt |
| Electricity Official | John Alsford |
| Mr Scruton | Peter Benisch |
| Matron | Anne Beard |
| Queenie | Eileen Boyldew |
Orchestra
| Piano | Jenni Mersiades |
| Keyboard | Peter McDonald / Malini Devadas |
| Drums | Barry Pigram |