{"id":5428,"date":"2025-04-15T01:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T01:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/?page_id=5428"},"modified":"2025-11-07T01:06:19","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:06:19","slug":"2025-the-watsons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/?page_id=5428","title":{"rendered":"2025 | THE WATSONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alexplayersse7\/albums\/72177720330149651\/' title='The Watsons by the_alexandra_players, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54905769287_aaf410889f_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='THE WATSONS'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Watsons<br><\/strong>by Laura Wade<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PERFORMED<\/strong><br>Wednesday 28th to Saturday 31st May 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DIRECTED BY<br><\/strong>Jackie Hartley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CAST<\/strong><br>Emma Watson &#8211; Bethany Denne<br>Elizabeth Watson &#8211; Grace Barnott Palin<br>Margaret Watson &#8211; Emma Parsons<br>Robert Watson &#8211; Lee Copp<br>Mr Watson &#8211; Roy Moore<br>Nanny &#8211; Paula Smoothy<br>Tom Musgrove &#8211; Richard Macmillan<br>Lord Osbourne &#8211; Felicity Blair<br>Miss OSborne &#8211; Jenny Mortimer<br>Mr Howard &#8211; Supratim Mitra<br>Charles Howard &#8211; Lena Foulds<br>Mrs Edwards &#8211; Marsha Turner<br>Mr Edwards &#8211; Dave Angel<br>Laura &#8211; Alex Parker<br>Officers of the Militia &#8211; Keith Hartley, Andrew Spence, Mark Higgins<br>Bertie &#8211; Mark Higgins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>What happens when a story is left unfinished?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Watsons begins as a witty period drama based on Jane Austen\u2019s incomplete novel \u2014 but things soon take an unexpected turn. As the plot hangs in limbo, characters begin to question their roles, their futures, and who is really in control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Sharp, inventive and delightfully surprising, this is a play that turns Austen inside-out and asks big questions with humour and heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">TheWatsons #LauraWade #AmateurTheatre #SELondon #Amdram #Greenwich #Charlton #Blackheath #Drama #Comedy #JaneAusten #ModernTheatre #TheAlexandraPlayers #SE7 #SE3 #SE10 #SE18 #Plumstead #Woolwich #SupportLocalTheatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000063457-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"731\" src=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000063457-1024x731.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000063457-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000063457-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000063457-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000063457-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000063457-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1000063457-150x107.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Watsonsby Laura Wade PERFORMEDWednesday 28th to Saturday 31st May 2025 DIRECTED BYJackie Hartley CASTEmma Watson &#8211; Bethany DenneElizabeth Watson &#8211; Grace Barnott PalinMargaret Watson &#8211; Emma ParsonsRobert Watson &#8211; Lee CoppMr Watson &#8211; Roy MooreNanny &#8211; Paula SmoothyTom Musgrove &#8211; Richard MacmillanLord Osbourne &#8211; Felicity BlairMiss OSborne &#8211; Jenny\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/?page_id=5428\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":5383,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5428","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5428"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5604,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5428\/revisions\/5604"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alexandraplayers.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}