Saturday 2 September 2023 - 7:30pm

Act 1: Butter in a Lordly Dish – An Agatha Christie radio play presented ‘from the radio studio’ by Winton Players

• Sir Luke Enderby, eminent prosecution barrister and seasoned womaniser, bites off more than he can chew, when the case of a serial killer comes back to haunt him. A tense one act thriller that’s contains one of Christie’s most gruesome murders.

Act 2: The Movie Star, The Mother and The Mystic, written by and starring Alicia Novak.

• It’s the 1920s. A movie star, a mother and a mystic each tell their story in this solo show performed by Alicia Novak. Infused with the music and sensibilities of the 1920’s jazz age - a time of great prosperity, and great disillusionment, The Mystic, The Mother and The Movie Star will take you back to the dawn of the modern era with its longings, aspirations and struggles 

The Performers

Winton Players

Founded in 1947, Winton Players is the longest running Amateur Dramatics societies in Petersfield performing two major plays and a pantomime each year at the Petersfield Festival Hall together with other productions at smaller venues.  They presented a very well received production of Three Men in a Boat in the open-air theatre at the Half Moon Music and Drama festival in 2022.  See more about them at https://www.wintonplayers.co.uk/.

Alicia Novak

Alicia Novak is a Canadian actress, writer and singer born and raised in Montreal. She has written and performed four solo pieces including Where’s The Fire? (Firehall Arts Centre), and part of the trilogy Confessions (Alley Theatre). She also wrote and produced and acted in the short film Somebody Squared. She is a graduate of Studio 58, one of Canada’s top professional theatre conservatoires. 

Theatre credits include Martha in The Children’s Hour (Ensemble Theatre Co.), Eve in The Diaries of Adam and Eve (Ensemble Theatre Company), Witch/ Ensemble in Macbeth (Urban Shakespeare Collective) Noémie in Porc-épic (Théatre la seizieme). 

Film and TV credits include: The Group (Final Boss) which was screened at Fright Fest in Leicester Square in 2022, A Killer’s Mistake (Netflix), Untold Stories of the ER, and Maux Mystères. She also voices several characters in Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 video game.  

About the Fringe

Entertainment Events are delighted to launch the first ever Petersfield Fringe Festival hosted at Churcher’s College, showcasing an eclectic range of shows with a mix of original works, hidden gems and favourite classics. This Fringe Festival is raising funds for The Rosemary Foundation