

Jack of Diamonds
May-June 2022

Cast list (in order of appearance)
Jack Newman..................Terry Crowe
Rose................................Linda Edwards
Wilf..................................Geoff Hastwell
Blanche...........................Dawn Ross
Flora................................Rebecca Gardner
Miss Harper.....................Leanne Robinson
Barney Effward................Chris Dewar
Mortimer..........................Josh Van't Padje
Policeman........................Phil Rodda
Announcer (offstage).......Wendy Williams
News reporter (offstage)..Geoff Hastwell
Production Team
Production Manager.......Samara Gambling
Director...........................Harry Dewar
Stage Manager...............Samara Gambling
Set .................................Janet Jauncey
Props .............................Wendy Williams
Sound & Lighting............Stuart Gregory
...........Janet Jauncey
Website/Programme........Linda Edwards
Poster..............................Harry Dewar
FOH Coordinator ............Samara Gamling
Photography.....................Brady Gambling
Raffle Baskets..................Samara Gambling
Many thanks to Marg Kneebone at Century 21 for raffle baskets, and Mercury Printing for the posters and programmes.
Rehearsal Photos




Synopsis
Jack, the eponymous “Jack of Diamonds” from the title, is a former jeweller who made his living buying and selling diamonds via late-night TV ads. He lives in a rather luxurious, privately owned retirement home, along with fellow residents Rose, Flora and Blanche. Unbeknownst to the four of them, however, the man to whom they’ve entrusted their life savings—a smooth-talking financial wizard named Barney Effward—has been arrested for bilking his clients out of their savings through a Ponzi scheme. Faced with financial ruin—and, consequently, the prospect of being shipped off to a government run retirement facility that is anything but luxurious—the four retirees suddenly find themselves confronting the author of their miserable fate when Effward suffers a medical collapse and is literally delivered among them. Pandemonium ensues as the four residents try to choose between exacting their revenge and recouping their losses. (https://marciakash.com/scripts/jack-of-diamonds/)
Review
The TASA Review was published at: https://tasaonline.org.au/reviews/jack-of-diamonds-noarlunga-theatre-company/