Performance

Venue	Coliseum Theatre
	Also: Studio Theatre, Roundabout
Town	Oldham
County	Greater Manchester
From	26th November 2011
To	14th January 2012
When	Times vary, check with Box Office
Prices	From £6.75. To £18.00.
Coliseum Theatre (V497)
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:: (T02106307511)

Producer	Oldham Coliseum Theatre
Author	Fine Time Fontayne
Director	Kevin Shaw
Design	Celia Perkins
Performer	Fine Time Fontayne (Sarah the Cook)
Performer	Andonis Anthony (King Rat)
Performer	Justine Elizabeth Bailey (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Liz Carney (Fairy Bowbells)
Performer	Richard J Fletcher (Billy Suet)
Performer	Lisa Holliman (Alice Fitzwarren)
Performer	Simeonn Truby (Alderman Fitzwarren)

Listing:: L1304159741

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