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| Cast | |
| George Martell | Mike Poole |
| Joanna Martell | Shirley Andrews |
| Fiona Martell | Ruth Carraway |
| Philip White | Ian Saxton |
| Sarah Robinson | Ann Kirby |
| Gina Leigh | Lesley Wright |
| Crew | |
| Stage Manager | Tim Hewitt |
| Assistant Stage Manager | Rosalind Sharpe |
| Set Design | Paul Jennings |
| Set Construction | Cast and Crew, Maureen Hardwen, Denise Poole |
| Properties | Freda Phillips |
| Lighting Design | Tim Hewitt |
| Lighting Operation | Andy Jackson |
| Sound | Bernard Tilley |
| Production Photographs | Denise Poole |
The director wishes to acknowledge the assistance given by these traders and dealer in providing furniture and properties for Relative Strangers: Suite Dreams, Welling; Grate Prospects, Welling; Argentum Antiques, Bexley and Fisher Business Centres, Dartford.
Review
Trevor Cowper's Relative Strangers, currently at the Edward Alderton Theatre, Bexleyheath, is a play with an identity crisis. It wants to be a situation comedy but the situations are so vividly recognisable that they totally overpower the comedy. This production, directed by Paul Jennings, does nothing to redress the balance, mainly because of the strong storyline but also because four of the six players have left a lot of work to be done on their characterizations.
Lesley Wright, as the feminist journalist Gina Leigh, is the most subdued I have ever seen her, and Ann Kirby, as girl-Friday Sarah, would have benefitted from a closer study of her role. Shirley Andrews' performance as Joanna Martell needs a great deal more light and shade.
Ian Saxton, as Philip White, at least looks the part of a successful architect and there was evidence to suggest that his part will improve as the run continues. Mike Poole (George Martell) and Ruth Carraway (Fiona) are excused from similar criticism. They at least have some idea of what Mr Cowper intended. The play runs until this Saturday.
Colin Shaw
Kentish Times | 14 May 1987
