Performance

Venue	Theatre Royal
	Also: Ustinov Studio,The Egg
Town	Bath
County	Bath & North East Somerset
From	16th December 2004
To	23rd January 2005
When	Times vary, check with Box Office.
Prices	From £9.50. To £19.50.
Theatre Royal (V854)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

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:: (T0350450047)

Producer	Peter Frosdick
Producer	Martin Dodd (UK Productions)
Director	Chris Harris
Director	Gareth Williams (music)
Choreographer	Heidi Marie White
Performer	Sid Owen (Dick)
Performer	Chris Harris (Sarah the Cook)
Performer	Jon Monie (Idle Jack)
Performer	Les Puppetiques En Noir
Performer	Patrick Miller (Captain)
Performer	Mark Buffery (King Rat)
Performer	Tania Whatley (Alice Fitwarren)
Performer	Margaret Strange (Tommy the Cat)
Company	Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance

Listing:: L1617184386

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Special Performances

8 Jan 05 Audio Described
9 Jan 05 Sign Interpreted

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