Performance

Venue	Bristol Hippodrome
Town	Bristol
County	City of Bristol
From	11th December 2010
Opened	14th December 2010
To	2nd January 2011
When	14:00, 19:00 except Sundays, Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve at 13:00, 17:00. No Mat Dec10 11. No perf. Dec10 13, 20, 25, Jan11 1
Prices	From £19.50. To £29.00.
Bristol Hippodrome (V856)
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:: (T01417854878)

Corporate Sponsor	Robinsons
Producer	First Family Entertainment
Performer	Barbara Windsor (Fairy Bowbells)
Performer	Andy Ford (Idle Jack)
Performer	Eric Potts (Sarah the Cook)

Listing:: L965454447

Reviews

Dick Whittington review
15Dec10: Bristol Hippodrome's panto with Barbara Windsor, Andy Ford and Eric Potts

Special Performances

16 Dec 10 Sign Interpreted Interpreter Tony Evans
22 Dec 10 Captioned Captioner Chris Lambert
23 Dec 10 Audio Described Describer Irene Richards

CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.