Treasure Island

Tread the Boards presented their latest fun-filled family show on Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd February, Treasure Island at the Chrysalis Theatre at Camphill Milton Keynes. Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of pirates, mutiny and buried treasure was retold with fun and humour. The audience helped Jim foil the sinister Blind Pew and join Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver in their quest to find a legendary hoard of pirate plunder.
Tread the Boards theatre was founded in Newport Pagnell in 1986. It is a registered charity but started out as a group associated with a local Adult Education Centre, based at a drama studio.

The cast of this performance was:

Jim Hawkins - Sarah Marshall
Mrs Hawkins - Denise Robertson
Billy Bones - Mike Ames
Blind Pew - Matthew Smith
Pew's Henchmen - Steve Allen, John Hopkins
Dr. Livesey - Brian Brooks
Militia Captain - Ian Trott
Squire Trelawney - Shirley Jones
Shambles - Hilary Morris
Hermione - Rebecca Walters
Long John Silver - Faisal Mohiiuddin
Israel Hands - John Hopkins
Frency - Pauline Gruner
Bacon - Hilary Morris
Ecks - Nikky Pollard
Ben Gun - Steve Allen
Gorilla - Ian Trott
Villagers - Hilary Morris, Shirley Jones, Rebecca Walters
Skeletons - Matthew Smith, Mike Ames

Alex Fox