Performance

Venue	Theatre Royal
	Also: Studio, Stage 2
Town	Norwich
County	Norfolk
From	23rd December 2000
To	27th January 2001
When	Check with theatre for times.
Theatre Royal (V72)
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Dick Whittington and His Cat

Work:: Dick Whittington and His Cat (S01059686152)

Pantomime about a boy and his cat who set off to London to make their fortune - usually with Dick's Brother (Idle Jack) and mother - there they usually meet Baron Fitzwarren and sail away to seek treasure. In some versions King Rat goes with them to steal the treasure, in others they reach a land infested with rats where they haven't heard of cats and Dick does a deal, returning home rich he becomes Lord Mayor of London. Based extremely loosely on a real person (Richard Whittington, 1350 to 1423), there is a statue of the cat outside the Whittington Hospital in North London where Dick is supposed to have heard the bells say "Turn again Whittington, Lord Mayor of London" as he trudged away from the city. First recorded panto on this theme was in 1814.

Production:: (T0180189621)

Author	Desmond Barrit
Author	Rikki Jay
Director	Desmond Barrit
Music	Roger Davison
Choreographer	Alison Golding
Costume	Diane Martin
Lighting	Ian Greeves
Performer	Paul Shane (King Rat)
Performer	Faith Brown (Fairy Bow Bells)
Performer	Rikki Jay (Idle Jack)
Performer	Rodger Bremble (Sarah the Cook)
Performer	Grant Neal (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Tara Wilkinson (Alice Fitzwarren)
Performer	Helen McDermott (Sultana of Boomberoomba)
Performer	Rodger Bremble
Performer	Tara Wilkinson
Performer	Peter Whitbread
Performer	Grant Neal
Performer	Robert Gill

Listing:: L01493416014

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Special Performances

13 Jan 01 Sign Interpreted

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