WINKIE

Written and directed by Nigel Ensor

at Globe Theatre, Dunedin
From 12 Jul 2012 to 22 Jul 2012

Reviewed by: Kimberley Buchan; Barbara Frame (Otago Daily Times);

Winkie is a man-child, a forty-year old man with serious learning difficulties who thinks and behaves like a four-year old child. His only carer is his mother, his only environment his small, safe home. Then his mother dies and Winkie's care becomes the responsibility of his sister and her less than sympathetic fiancé.

Winkie's story is one of love and neglect, of sacrifices made – and of cynical self-interest. A sad and illuminating, all too relevant tale for our time.

Globe Theatre, Dunedin
Thursday 12th to 22nd July 2012
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Cast (in order of appearance)

Mrs Doris Walls Yvonne Jessop

Annette Walls, her daughter Stefany Frost

Wilson Scrimgeour, her fiancé Emmett Hardie

Gavin Walls, Mrs Walls' son Chris Summers

Sharon Stark, a solicitor Millie Lovelock

Crew:

Stage Manager John Campbell

Asst. Stage Managers Golda Matthias, John Belville

Set Design Nigel Ensor

Set Construction Don Knewstubb, Phill Todd, William Torr,
Helen Davies, Helen Fearnley, Ray Fleury

Set Finishing Rohana Weaver

Lighting Design and Rig Alex Ross

Lighting/Sound Operator George Wallace

Wardrobe Sofie Welvaert

Properties Christine Johnstone, Ray Fleury

Photography Sofie Welvaert

Publicity Roslyn Nijenhuis, Alex Ross

Front of House Ellie Swann