Profile: Elspeth Dales

Loft credits (click a play title to view details)

• Stage manager/Props, The Vortex (2017)
• Charlotta, The Cherry Orchard (2017)
• Miss Prism, The Importance of Being Earnest (2017)
• Props, Oliver! (2016)
• Dr Helen Armstrong, And Then There Were None (2016)
• Props, Three Sisters (2015)
• Props, Godspell (2015)
• Props, The Exorcism (2015)
• Stage manager, Relatively Speaking (2014)
• Props, Privates on Parade (2014)
• Mrs Gogan, The Plough and the Stars (2014)
• Stage manager, Wuthering Heights (2013)
• Props, West Side Story (2012)
• Stage manager, Talking Heads (2012)
• Props, Time of My Life (2012)
• Stage manager, Piaf (2012)
• Props, Rent (2011)
• Miss Granville, Daisy Pulls it Off (2011)
• Props, My Boy Jack (2011)
• Company, Women’s Words (2011)
• Props, The Lady in the Van (2010)
• Stage manager, Noises Off (2010)
• Props, Hay Fever (2010)
• Assistant stage manager, Absent Friends (2009)
• Stage manager, Never the Sinner (2009)
• Company, Women’s Writes (2009)
• Stage manager, Educating Rita (2009)
• Foible, The Way of the World (2008)
• Doris Wagstaff, Dry Rot (2008)
• Sara Turing, Breaking the Code (2008)
• Props, Crown Matrimonial (2008)
• Assistant stage manager, Absurd Person Singular (2007)
• Stage manager, Don’t Dress for Dinner (2007)
• Judith, Aristocrats (2007)
• Props, Relative Values (2007)
• Stage manager, Christmas Music Hall (2006)
• Stage manager, Boston Marriage (2006)
• Stage manager, Caught in the Net (2006)
• Stage manager, Boy Gets Girl (2006)
• Phyllis, Season’s Greetings (2005)
• Props, The Final Problem for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson (2005)
• Stage manager, GamePlan (2005)
• Stage manager, A Russian in the Woods (2004)
• Props, Macbeth (2004)
• Peggy, Talking Heads (2002)
• Ismene, The Theban Plays (2002)
• Miss ffoliot-ffoulkes, Murder on the Nile (2001)
• Mme von Meck, None but the Lonely Heart (2001)
• Stage manager, Pericles, Prince of Tyre (2000)
• RB Monody, Absolute Hell (1997)
• Director, French Without Tears (1997)
• Mrs Grigson, The Shadow of a Gunman (1997)
• Director, Emma (1996)
• Agnes, Dancing at Lughnasa (1996)
• Maid, Rebecca (1996)
• Saunders, Fallen Angels (1995)
• Christine Linde, A Doll’s House (1994)
• Andromache, The Trojan Women (1994)
• Luciana, The Comedy of Errors (1994)
• Annie, The Accrington Pals (1992)
• Alfred, Toad of Toad Hall (1990)
• Old Lady, Cabaret (1990)
• Director, On Approval (1988)
• Charlotta Ivanovna, The Cherry Orchard (1987)
• Barbara Jackson, Pack of Lies (1987)
• Director, The Winslow Boy (1986)
• Mariana/Francisca, Measure for Measure (1985)
• Miss Gossage, The Happiest Days of Your Life (1985)
• Miss Foxhill, Suddenly Last Summer (1985)
• Yelena Andreyevna, Uncle Vanya (1983)
• Ida, See How They Run (1982)
• Director, Toad of Toad Hall (1981)
• Olwen Peel, Dangerous Corner (1980)
• Desdemona, Othello (1979)
• Justina, The Wizard Who Worked Wonders (1979)
• Director, Confusions (1979)
• Susan, Happy Family (1978)
• Eva Jackson, Absurd Person Singular (1977)
• Florence Crompton, Spring and Port Wine (1977)
• Lady Plymdale, Lady Windermere’s Fan (1977)
• Irina, Three Sisters (1976)
• Company, The Owl and the Pussycat Went to See (1976)
• Helena, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1975)
• Courtier/Soldier, The Tinder Box (1975)
• Maid, The Miser (1974)

Elsewhere

• Grace, Entertaining Angels (2012, Fruitcake Theatre Company/The Bear Pit)
• Mrs Tancred, Juno and the Paycock (2008, Talisman Theatre)

Notes

Elspeth passed away on 26 December 2019.

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