SEPARATE TABLES

1993

Directed by Bob Adams, written by Terence Rattigan

SEPARATE TABLES is a theatre classic set in a small seaside private hotel in Bournemouth, it examines social attitudes towards lifestyles and behaviours of some of the guests, deemed morally reprehensible in 1950s Britain.

MP John Malcolm (Brett Fielding) an alcoholic writer lives in anonymity after his release from prison for assaulting his ex-wife. He is "sort of" engaged to the staid hotel manageress Miss Cooper (Me) who is madly in love with him and in turmoil when his glamorous wife Anne (Salona Koczan) arrives hoping for a reconciliation.

Other guests include elderly Major Pollock played by Rick Crawford (trying to escape a scandalous past after being convicted of a "despicable"act years earlier) young couple Jean and Charles (Bex Hutchins , Steven Knight.)

The movie starring Burt Lancaster and Rita Hayworth won Oscars for David Niven (Major) and Wendy Hiller (Miss Cooper)

BACK ROW: Brett Fielding, Sherry Barnes, Salona Koczan, Jeanette Bock, Chris Fyfe, Kylie Vacher

FRONT ROW:  Joyce Hamilton, Pam Bland, Dave Kimber, Bex Hutchins, Annamaria Ede, Steven Knight, Rick Crawford

Brett Fielding as MP John Malcolm and Salona Koczan as his wife, Anne Malcolm

Kylie Vacher and Bex Hutchins