Annie Wood, Annika Cove, Bethany Mitchell, Bryony Westwood, Helena Mitchell, Jasmine Tompkins, Lauren Wrightson, Lily Kyle, Matt Flain, Natasha Jacob

PRODUCTION TEAM

DIRECTOR - Richard Cox

MUSICAL DIRECTOR - Colin Woolmer

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/DANCE CAPTAIN.CHOREOGRAPHER - Sally Manning

COSTUME DESIGNER - Fiona Morgans

CHOREOGRAPHER - Sharon Westwood

STAGE MANAGER - Matt 'Greeny' Green

PRODUCTION MANAGER - Anthony Mitchell

PROPS - Graeme and Rita Duncanson

COMMITTEE:

CHAIRMAN - Richard Cox, SECRETARY - Sandie Thomson, TREASURER - Elain Halloway

Teresa Hollingshead, Tina Goodman, Rachel Glover, Sally Manning, Fiona Morgans, Sharon Westwood

SYNOPSIS

Now a traditional fairytale, Dick Whittington is based on the real-life story of Richard Whittington, who leaves his family home to seek his fame and fortune in London. In the tradion of pantomime, there is magic, evil, love and slapstick.

The show opens with Dick meeting Fairy Bow-Bells who tells him he will become Lord Mayor of London. She provides him with a boon companion - a talking cat. Dick wanders into London and immediately falls in love with Alice, the Alderman's daughter. He also gets work from the Alderman, who charges him with the security of the Mayoral chain. This is the object the evil King Rat has his eye on, as whoever has the mayoral chain on Boxing day becomes Lord Mayor of London. King Rat orders his henchmen, the Ratlings, and Anton Dec, his general dogsbody, to retrieve the chain from Dick's safekeeping, which they succeed in doing. The ratlings and King Rat escape London, leaving Dick, Alice, Cat and the house cook Dame Delia in despair.

Leaving London on the good ship 'Enterprise', Dick, Alice, Cat, and Dame Delia face terror when a storm causes the boat to capsize. They and the rest of the crew become marooned on a tropical island inhabited by what look like cannibals. However, the Queen of the Island, Padme, became vegetarian after she was ill when she ate someone who disagreed with her. Also on the island, and with evil plans to rule it and take all the treasures he can, is our old friend, King Rat. But Rats don't like cats, and Cat soon cuts King Rat and the Ratlings down to size. Dick is able to recover the Mayoral Chain and they all return to London, ladened with many treasures from a grateful Queen, and just in time for Christmas!