Performance

Venue	Buxton Opera House
	Also: Paupers Pit Theatre, Pavilion Arts Centre
Town	Buxton
County	Derbyshire
From	15th December 2001
To	1st January 2002
When	Contact theatre for times.
Prices	From £7.50. To £12.00.
Buxton Opera House (V424)
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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:: (T1629538027)

Company	Channel Theatre Company
Company	Buxton Opera House
Director	Paul Laidlaw
Lighting	Guy Dunk
Costume	Jo Deaville
Sound	Chris Powell
Director	Elliot Davis (music)
Choreographer	Martin Robinson
Performer	Shobu Kapoor
Performer	Stirling Rodger
Performer	Keith Drinkel

Listing:: L0529297710

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