Performance

Venue	Watford Palace Theatre
Town	Watford
County	Hertfordshire
From	27th November 2008
Opened	2nd December 2008
To	3rd January 2009
Prices	From £11.50. To £20.00.
Watford Palace Theatre (V55)
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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:: (T875506355)

Supported by John Lewis Watford and Herts Mercury

Producer	Watford Palace
Author	Joyce Branagh
Director	Joyce Branagh
Design	Keith Orton
Musical Director	John Rigby
Choreographer	Nikki Woollaston
Lighting	John Harris
Director	Kay Magson (casting)
Performer	Dale Superville (the cat)
Performer	Howard Coggins (Dame - Sarah the Cook)
Performer	Liza Pullman (Fairy Bow Bells)
Performer	Alice Jackson (King Neptune's daughter Alice)
Performer	Jeff Nicholson (King Neptune / Alderman Fitzwarre)
Performer	Tom Bradley (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Natasha Cox (Nat the Rat)
Performer	Peter Holdway (King Rat)

Listing:: L356232998

Fund Raising Gala Performance - Saturday 13 December 19:00

Production details

Supported by John Lewis Watford and Herts Mercury Fund Raising Gala Performance - Saturday 13 December 19:00

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Special Performances

20 Dec 08 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)

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