Our House - March 2020
Made in Dagenham - June 2016
Details
Essex 1968. Like millions of other working women, each morning Rita O’Grady is just trying to get her husband out of bed, get the kids off to school and get to work at the factory on time. But life is about to change forever when it’s announced that the girls in the stitching room of Ford’s Dagenham car plant will have their pay grade dropped to ‘unskilled’. Quickly drawing on a strength she never knew she had, Rita leads her friends in a battle against the might of Ford and the corruption of the Union supposed to protect them. As the girls’ inspiring journey gets bigger than anyone could have imagined, the pressure is too much for some, but can Rita keep up the fight and the happy home she’s worked so hard for?
Thursday 23rd - Saturday 25th June 2016
The Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford
Cast & Creatives
CAST
RITA O’GRADY | Charlotte Wilson
CLARE, Rita’s workmate | Georgia Marney
SANDRA, Rita’s workmate | Bryony Kay
CASS, Rita’s workmate | Esther Blenham
CONNIE, Rita’s workmate and shop steward | Helen Gillary
BERYL, Rita’s workmate | Ruth Huntman
EDDIE O’GRADY, Rita’s husband | Matthew Burcombe
GRAHAM O’GRADY, Rita and Eddie’s son | Jack Wolpert
SHARON O’GRADY, Rita and Eddie’s daughter | Isabelle Rice
MONTY, NUVB convenor | Jeremy Smith
SID, union shop steward | Lee Giles
BILL, union shop steward | Paul Willes
BARRY, an apprentice toolmaker | James Watson
PRIME MINISTER HAROLD WILSON | Peter Heaney
BARBARA CASTLE, Minister of Transport | Jackie Lowe
MR HOPKINS, Managing Director at Ford Dagenham | Richard Sheepwash
LISA HOPKINS, the Managing Director’s wife | Laura Maguire
MR MACER, Production Manager | Bill Edwards
MR HUBBLE, Personnel Director | Alan Gronner
MR TOOLEY, Ford US Executive | Russell Gillary
CORTINA MAN | Lee Giles
MR BUCKTON, the Headmaster of Graham’s school | Alan Gronner
CHUBBY CHUFF, a comedian | Bill Edwards
CLUB SINGER | Jacqui Rochester
CIVIL SERVANTS | Alan Gronner & Allan Yeoman
ENSEMBLE
Cassandra Fierstein
Ben Goosetree
Liz Gronner
Nicola Hill
Rachael Maguire
Jessica Reed
Colette Wilson
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CREATIVE TEAM
Director | Scott Harris
Musical Director | Jamie Bell
Choreographer | Joanne Shore
Set | Grant Alvarez
Lighting & Sound Design | Pete Abery, OFX Technical Services
Costume Design | Diana Fairbairn Smith, IODS, Stage Costume Dartford
Ford overalls provided by | Janet Huckle @ All Dressed Up
Additional Dresses | Brenda Brackley and Racheal Maguire
Props | Mo Jones
Wigs | John Gadd
Stage Manager |
