British American Theatre Company

BATS: Don’t Dress For Dinner (9-10 Oct ’10)

“Hurtling along at the speed of light, this breathtaking farce is a near faultless piece of theatrical invention.” – London Guardian

“A nifty comedy about double adultery and gourmet cooking….” London Sunday Times

Bernard is planning a weekend with his mistress. He has hired a gourmet cook, is packing his wife Jacqueline off to her mother’s, and has invited his best friend, Robert, to provide an alibi. It is foolproof. What could possibly go wrong? Suppose Robert doesn’t know why he has been invited? Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers? What happens if the cook is mistaken for the mistress and the mistress can’t cook? Mix these ingredients and you have the recipe for an evening of hilarious confusion…where nothing can go right!

STARRING: Peter Martin – Zena Waters – Adrian Veale Inge Hodl – Melanie Willow – Graham Duthie

Tickets: Adult €13 / Student €10

Website: http://www.batsantwerp.be

BATS: Amadeus (19-22 Oct 2011)

Cast
Glenn Vaughan	Antonio Salieri
Tom De Beckker	Amadeus
Saskia Van Nuffelen	Constanze Weber
Inge Hödl	Venticella 1
Annelies Lightband	Venticella 2
David Steen	Emperor Joseph
Adrian Veale	Count Orsini-Rosenberg
Peter Muller	Von Strack
Peter Martin	Baron Van Swieten

Crew
Robert Meyvisch	Director
Jill Franks	Assistant director
Inge Hödl	Producer
Ilbige Cigdem Arik	Stage manager
Laurent Dziubas	Stage crew
Trix Van der Have	Stage crew
Pol Van Rymenant	Sound
Sven Mazet	Lights
Ian Bennett	Set
Jef De Boeck	Set
Bob Lagdon	Set
Frank Mahieu	Set
Trix Van der Have	Set
Anna Vankerckhoven	Props
Liz Van Dessel	Costumes
Jill Barnard	Front of house
Jill Franks	Front of house
Magda Lockefeer	Front of house
Valerie Mott	Front of house
Zoë Van ’t Hof	Front of house
Dries Verbeke	Front of house
Inge Massaert	Box-office
Inge Hödl	Programme
Dermod O’Reilly	Transport

BATS: Cinderella in Monsterland (28-30 Jan 2012)

Cast
Katrina Drake	Cinderella
Anouchka Verstraelen	Drax
Tom De Beckker	Frankenmonster
Ester Duthie	Nurse Sweetcheeks
Richard Kastein	Zombie
Peter Madden	Uncle Fastass
Ricardo Silva	Bonkers
Sid Wilkins	Mrs Queenly
Bobby Mostertman	Villain
Lorraine Thompson	Sheba
Lynne Marinus	Kitty
Zoë Van der Linden	Fifi
Joanna Drake	Witch
David Reinhold	Liver
Eric Tytgadt	Onions
Dasha Daschuk	Prince Sidney
Paul Lightband	Vicar
Yannick Dambrain	P. Rada
Benoit Thuer	M. Blahnik

Chorus

Pat Arn, Jill Barnard, Yannick Dambrain, Lynn De Geyter, Susan Duthie, Ursula Kohl, Filip Lauwers, Iain Law, Magda Lockefeer, Valerie Mott, Pali- dan Paerhati, Myriam Schoeters, Ingrid Stals, Benoit Thuer, Els Van Dam, Trix van der Have, Emily Van Driessen, Kathleen Van Mol, Peter Van Mol, Albert Van der Linden, Zoë Van der Linden, Annemie Vervliet

Dancers

Eline Adriaensen, Lina Corrigan, Finnian Digan, Francesca Digan, Julia Di- gan, Annelies Dierckx, Lotte Dierckx, Alannah Holderbusch, Kirsten Richards, Moän Roelandt, Hanne Verhelst, Zoë Van der Linden

Baby Bats

Line Baguet, Leah Holderbusch, Heleen Lockefeer, Lisa Lockefeer, Zenzi Lupp, Eden Mattys, Mana Mehta, Maya Mehta, Hanne Verhelst

The Closet Fairies

Laurent Dzubias, Iain Law, Paul Lightband, Peter Muller, Albert Van der Linden

Crew
Roger Duthie	Director
Barbara Duthie	Assistant director
Graham Duthie	Author
Inge Hödl	Producer
Ian Bennett	Stage manager
Bob Lagdon	Assistant stage manager
Sam Bennett	Stage crew
Kerry Lagdon	Stage crew
Luc Vervliet	Sound
Jan Gilebeert	Lights
Kerry Lagdon	Follow-spot
Zena Waters	Set design
Ian Bennett	Set
Graham Duthie	Set
Bob Lagdon	Set
Trix van der Have	Set
Myriam Leroux	Props
Anna Vankerckhoven	Props
Emmy De Bock	Choreography
Annelies Lightband	Choreography
George Thompson	Chorus
Ils Van Roey	Baby Bats
Liz Van Dessel	Costumes
Inge Massaert	Make-up coordinator
Students from Denise Grésiac	Make-up
Inge Hödl	Programme
Benoit Thuer	Transport
Pat and Fernand Arn	Front-of-house
Yannick Dambrain	Front-of-house
Lynn De Geyter	Front-of-house
Janice Silva	Front-of-house
Magda Lockefeer	Front-of-house
Inge Massaert	Front-of-house
Myriam Schoeters	Front-of-house
Els Van Dam	Front-of-house
Valerie Mott	Front-of-house

BATS: Calendar Girls (24-27 Oct 2012)

Calendar Girls

by Tim Firth, based on the Miramax film

screenplay by Juliette Towhidi and Tim Firth

directed for BATS by Tom De Beckker

A group of extraordinary women, members of a very ordinary Yorkshire WI, persuade one another to pose for a charity calendar with a difference – no more photos of Wharfedale bridges or Norman churches for them. Overcoming their initial reserve, the friends drop their dressing gowns, their modesty spared only by artfully placed cakes, knitting and flower arrangements.

Puzzling their husbands, mortifying their children and riding the wrath of the outraged WI, they spark a global phenomenon. But as media interest snowballs, the Calendar Girls find themselves exposed in ways they’d never expected, revealing more than they’d ever planned. A very English story with a very English heart, Calendar Girls is quirky, poignant and hilarious.

Adapted by Tim Firth from the Miramax film of the same name, it is based on an uplifting and very inspiring true story.

Performances on 24, 25, 26, 27 (20.00) and 28 (15.00) October 2012 – Tickets are €15 (€13 for students and >65)

BATS: Dick Whittington (26-28 Jan)

n this classic English tale we learn of the boy who goes to London to look for the streets paved in gold, and who eventually becomes Lord Mayor London three times. Look out Boris!

We get all the elements of traditional English pantomime. Goodies and baddies, boys being girls, and girls being boys, the topsy turvy world of pantomime takes you into a world of very English fantasy.

Will King Rat triumph over his arch enemy the Fairy Queen? Oh no he won’t! But then again – he just might. If you are not there to cheer Dick on.

BATS: My Boy Jack (17-25 April 2015)

By David Haig
Directed by Jill Franks
BATS Little Theatre, Paardenmarkt 111, 2000 Antwerp

The year is 1913 and war with Germany is imminent. Rudyard Kipling’s determination to send his myopic son Jack to war triggers a bitter family conflict which leaves Britain’s renowned patriot devastated by the warrings of his own greatest passions: his love for children – above all his own – and his devotion to Kind and Country.

‘My Boy Jack’ was first staged at Hampstead Theatre, London, in 1997, with David Haig himself playing Rudyard Kipling. Ten years later it was filmed for television with Daniel Radcliffe as Jack and Haig as Kipling.

To commemorate WWI, BATS is bringing this moving play to the Antwerp stage.

Dates
17, 18, 22, 23, 24 & 25 April 2015 – 8 pm
19 April 2015 – 3 pm

Tickets
€12 (adults), €10 (students, >65)

Bookings
bats_tickets@yahoo.com
0495 31 76 87

BATS: Jack and the Beanstalk (28-30 Jan 2017)

Can Jack, his Mum, Simon, Daisy the Cow and Flunkit save poor Demelza from a fate worse than death? Will the sneaking, snivelling Slime succeed in bringing the Giant’s foul plan to a successful conclusion, or will Edena the Eco Fairy come to the rescue? Read more about Jack And The Beanstalk.

BATS is delighted to present a classic reworking of the beloved fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk, by Ben Crocker, directed by Barry O’Halpin.

Arenberg Schouwburg, Sat 28 January 2017 at 20:15, Sun 29 January 2017 at 15:00, Mon 30 January 2017 at 20:15. Bookings online

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