Performance

Venue	Eventim Apollo
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	22nd December 2000
To	21st January 2001
When	Mon-Sat 19:30, Dec 22 at 19:00, Sun 13:00, Mats various days, contact theatre.
What is currently on at Eventim Apollo (V265)

Dick Whittington and His Cat

T0508824252
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.

Archive :: production:T0508824252, panto:S01059686152, venue:V265

Production details

Music taken from Emerson, Lake and Palmer.

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Company

Producer	Effective Theatrical Productions
Author	Bryan Blackburn
Director	Jim Davidson
Performer	Jim Davidson (Dick)
Performer	John Virgo (Captain Creep)
Performer	Victor Spinetti (King Rat)
Performer	Freddie Lees (Dick Whittington)
Performer	John Lyons
Performer	Dave Kristian
Performer	Alan Morley
Performer	Louisa Landon
Performer	Wanda Harper
Performer	Jane Kennedy
Performer	Leslie Bloxham
Performer	Andrea Durrant
Performer	Annette Harry
Performer	Simone Spiteri
Performer	Tasha Leeper
Performer	Emma Howells
Performer	Odette Newman
Performer	Lynsey Rankine
Performer	Mike Toon
Performer	Steve Hughes
Performer	Phil Hill
Performer	Anton Winmill
Performer	Michaela Berry
Lighting	Nigel Catmur
Costume	Midland Costumes
Sound	Rick Price
Choreographer	Jane Kennedy

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