Good Morning Alamo! by Mark R. Giesser at Tabard Theatre

Alces Productions Ltd presents Good Morning Alamo! written & directed by Mark R. Giesser, at Tabard Theatre, a fringe venue in Chiswick, west London, from 16 Jan to 9 Feb 2013.

The cast includes Stephen Cavanagh (Andreas Gerber) , Steven Clarke (Harry Birchfield), Richard Emerson (George Kimball), Riona O Connor (Bridget Ross), James Palmer (Francisco Castaneda), Zoe Teverson (Charlotte Vernon).

Mexico, 1835; where two English expats find themselves on opposite sides of a revolution. Genteel English painter Charlotte Vernon, mistress of an officer in the Mexican army, determines to prove her worth by chronicling the campaign to suppress Texan rebels. Shoemaker Harry Birchfield joins the rebellion in a bid to get rich. Their ambitions collide as the rebels make a suicide stand at the Alamo. But when it comes to immigrants and martyrdom, things don’t always go according to plan, and the winner doesn’t always settle history.  

- by Darren Dalglish