Bouncing with bonhomie towards everyone, she is shocked by the sheer venom of one snob in particular. 8 reviews. The title role is a first for Beth Evans, and she throws herself eagerly and effectively into the search for lost treasure, hockey heroics and daring cliff rescue. My own area of interest is comedy, as anyone who knows me understands, so it had to be something light-hearted and fun too and a conversation with an actress in another company led me to Denise Deegan's romp through 1920's boarding school adventures. Daisy Pulls It Off… His conjuring of an instant library on an essentially bare stage is one pocket masterpiece. Deegan, Denise (2017) Daisy Pulls It Off. No_Favorite. No, I don't know what the "it" is that she pulls off, you old silly Wilhelmina. The privileged students are determined … Arts, London Lyn Gardner. to enable us to tackle any play that we thought we might have a go at, but the pendulum has swung a little and now we have more female members then male and quite simply we weren't giving them the right opportunities. Her other plays include 'The Project' and 'No Birds Sing'. Featuring the school song written by the anagrammatical Beryl Waddle-Browne (AKA Andrew Lloyd-Webber). Together they search for missing treasure, overcome false accusations, save the life of Daisy's nemesis and discover the identity of the mysterious stranger seen around the grounds. Read more. Also thank you for supporting local theatre, without you making the effort to come and see us we would simply cease to exist and unless you want crowds of amateur actors convening in shop doorways after dark, accosting you with snatches of Hamlet while you try and buy your leeks please keep coming and bring all your friends! It is a 'show within a show' - the Grangewood girls themselves are performing Daisy Pulls It Off for their families and friends. Until recently the Bench has been very lucky to have a good mix of age range and sexes (at least one of each!) Lashings of Tuck! Production dates 10th, 11th & 12th December ‘Daisy Pulls it Off’s author, Denise Deegan, went to a state school, but she was heavily influenced by the girls’ boarding school stories of Enid Blyton and others. She lives in Wales, and is a member of the North East Wales Search and Rescue mountain team and the Welsh Border Morris Dancers. Daisy Pulls It Off centres on the attempts of super achieving scholarship girl Daisy Meredith to make her mark on the snobby setting of Grangewood School for Young Ladies. Daisy Pulls It Off. Daisy Pulls It Off Cast Size Cast Size 18f, 2m Suggested Use Suggested Use UIL Approved Poor Daisy Meredith faces snobbish prejudice from her jealous schoolgirl rivals at private Grangewood School; excelling on the hockey-pitch and in the classroom, she still has boundless energy to search (assisted by best chum Trixie) for the missing treasure that would save the fortunes of her beloved school. [Performance] (Unpublished) Abstract. Daisy Pulls It Off characters breakdowns including full descriptions with standard casting requirements and expert analysis. Set in 1927 and peppered with words like 'spiffing' and 'ripping' this schoolgirl romp trips along at a good pace. The privileged students are determined to make Daisy look bad in the eyes of the administration. Daisy Pulls it Off was first performed at the Nuffield Theatre in Southampton in 1983 and went on to the West End. 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