Performance

Venue	Pavilion Theatre
Town	Bournemouth
County	Dorset
From	15th December 2001
To	12th January 2002
When	19:30, Mats 14:30
Prices	From £10.50. To £13.50.
Pavilion Theatre (V906)
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:: (T1937878122)

+ Dancers from The Stage Door School of Dancing.

Producer	Martin Dodd
Producer	Peter Frosdick (for UK Productions)
Author	Tom Bright
Choreographer	Simon Shelton
Director	Roy Hilton (music)
Director	Simon Rawlings
Performer	Sid Owen (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Wayne Sleep (Sarah the Cook)
Performer	Anna Karen (Fairy Bowbells)
Performer	Rik Gaynor (Idle Jack)
Performer	Natalie Cole (Tommy the Cat)
Performer	Harry Dickman (King Rat)
Performer	Barry Daniels (Alderman Fitzwarren)
Performer	Karen Roberts (Alice Fitzwarren)
Performer	Mike Jerome (Captain)

Listing:: L1949474989

Production details

+ Dancers from The Stage Door School of Dancing.

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