Details

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.

Cast/Performers

Naomi Wilkinson (Dick), Chris Harris (Sarah the Cook), Mark Moraghan (King Rat), Jon Monie (Idle Jack), Richard Colson (Alderman Fitzwarren), Laura Clements (Alice Fitzwarren)

Creatives/Company

Corporate Sponsor: Bath Chronicle
Producer: Martin Dodd (for UK Productions in association with Theatre Royal Bath)
Lighting: Neville Milsom
Choreographer: Lewis Butler
Musical Director: Gareth Williams
Director: Chris Harris
Company: Dorothy Coleborn School of Dance