Performance

Venue	Queen's Theatre Hornchurch
Town	Hornchurch
County	Essex
From	29th November 2008
Opened	1st December 2008
To	10th January 2009
When	Times vary, check with Box Office
Prices	From £13.00. To £17.50.
Queen's Theatre Hornchurch (V41)
Current/Future Listings
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Dick Whittington

Work:: Dick Whittington (S5912)

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:: (T2059836798)

Producer	Queens Hornchurch
Performer	Lindsay Ashworth (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Shaun Hennessy (King Rat)
Performer	Simon Jessop (Idle Jack)
Performer	Sam Kordbacheh (Tommy the Cat)
Performer	Michell Long (Alice Fitzwarren)
Performer	Laura Penneycard (Fairy Bowbells)
Performer	Marcus Webb (Alderman Fitzwarren)

Listing:: L0146147695

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Special Performances

10 Dec 08 Sign Interpreted Interpreted by Ivan Osborne
8 Jan 09 Audio Described Described by Jon Polden
8 Jan 09 Captioned
8 Jan 09 Sign Interpreted Interpreted by Ivan Osborne

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