With the title Disposing of The Body, it sounds like a thriller but really isn't, says Alan Copsey who is directing the play for the Funtington Players.
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00:00 Good morning, my name is Phil here at Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers. Lovely to
00:05 speak to Alan Copsey this morning. Now Alan, you are directing the next piece for the Funtington
00:11 Players, Hugh Whitemore's Disposing of the Body, and that's a misleading title in some
00:17 ways. We're not talking thriller, are we?
00:19 No, that's right. I mean, it's not as the title suggests. It's not whodunit. I mean,
00:27 it's quite a good title to draw people into the theatre, I think, but that's not what
00:33 it is. It's an intriguing play and we'll send the audience home at the end of the play with
00:39 a big...
00:40 It's more of a drama, is it then? It's about relationships.
00:43 It's a serious drama about human relationships and human frailties.
00:47 And I know you mustn't give too much away, and I wouldn't want you to, but just set the
00:52 scene then.
00:53 Well, it's about a couple who retire in their probably late 50s from London to the country
01:02 and they become involved with their next door neighbours. The woman next door volunteers
01:10 to act as a secretary for the man and they subsequently get involved in a fairly heated
01:19 affair of their...
01:20 Dot, dot, dot. It sounds good.
01:23 Absolutely. And that causes all kinds of issues and problems, including thinking about
01:32 the body.
01:33 And I shan't ask you whose body. But Hugh Whitemore is an interesting playwright, isn't
01:40 he?
01:41 He is indeed. I mean, he's best known for writing probably Pack of Lies and Breaking
01:47 the Code, both good plays which in fact made into films in the past. And he's also well
01:55 known for screenwriting. He wrote Gathering Storm, I think, '84, Charing Cross Road.
02:06 Oh, yeah. And it's lovely that you have this next instalment for the players because you
02:11 are one of the groups that have come back really well post-pandemic. I think you and
02:15 I can both think of groups that haven't re-emerged, but Huntington Players have done and have
02:20 done well, haven't you?
02:21 Yeah, I think we owe that to the fact that we have a very strong support. We always sell
02:27 well and hopefully put on interesting plays.
02:31 Brilliant. Well, lovely to speak to you. Thanks for your time and good luck with the play.
02:36 Thank you.
02:37 Yeah, very thanks, Phil.
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