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Heartbreak House
by George Bernard ShawNOVEMBER 2025
Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd: Curtain 7:30pm
Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin
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Programme Notes
In Heartbreak House, Shaw uses eccentric characters, witty dialogue and absurd situations
to create an entertaining and memorable comedy.
The play is about the Hushabye family and their guests,
who gather at Captain Shotover's ship-shaped house for a weekend of emotional
turmoil,
romantic entanglements, and social critique on the eve of World War I.
Young Ellie Dunn navigates her engagement to the industrialist Boss Mangan
and
her attraction to the deceptive Hector Hushabye,
while the eccentric Captain
Shotover tries to invent a weapon of mass destruction.
The play concludes with
a bang - literally! - that kills two characters,
leaving the guests and the audience shaken and bemused.
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| Directed by | Sarah Lockyer |
| Cast (in order of appearance) | |
| Nurse Guinness | Sharon Roberts |
| Ellie Dunn | Robyn Hughes |
| Captain Shotover |
Jack Verity |
| Lady Ariadne Utterworth |
Ailsa Harrop |
| Hesione Hushabye | Julia Moon |
| Mazzini Dunn | Barnaby Lockyer |
| Hector Hushabye |
Juan Bridson |
| Alfred 'Boss' Mangan |
Robert Clayton |
| Randall Utterworth |
Steve Blower |
| Billy Dunn |
Steve Jones |
| Backstage Crew | |
| Prompt |
Brian Matthews |
| Set |
Ron Beswick, Ian Galloway, David Leiserach |
| Programme | Ron Beswick, Sarah Lockyer |
| Props & Costume |
The Cast |
| Lights & Sound | Mike Lean, Ron Beswick |
| Front of House |
Brian Matthews |
| Poster | Adrienne Sanderson, Dave Sherriff |
| Raffle |
Jane & Norman McGregor-Edwards |
