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. + Dancers from The Stage Door School of Dancing.

Cast/Performers

Sid Owen (Dick Whittington), Wayne Sleep (Sarah the Cook), Anna Karen (Fairy Bowbells), Rik Gaynor (Idle Jack), Natalie Cole (Tommy the Cat), Harry Dickman (King Rat), Barry Daniels (Alderman Fitzwarren), Karen Roberts (Alice Fitzwarren), Mike Jerome (Captain)

Creatives/Company

Producer(s): Martin Dodd, Peter Frosdick (for UK Productions)
Author: Tom Bright
Choreographer: Simon Shelton
Director(s): Roy Hilton (music), Simon Rawlings