Performance

Venue	South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre
	Other spaces: Studio Theatre, Recital Room
Town	Bracknell
County	Berkshire
From	29th November 2003
To	4th January 2004
When	10:00, 13:30, 14:00, 16:30, 19:00. Times vary check with Box Office
Prices	From £8.50. To £12.50.
What is currently on at South Hill Park Arts Centre, Wilde Theatre (V731)

Dick Whittington

T0448870733
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:T0448870733, panto:S5912, venue:V731

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Company

Producer	South Hill Park
Producer	Freeflow Productions
Author	Bart Lee
Author	Tim Woodburn
Lyrics	Bart Lee
Music	Ron McAllister
Director	Bart Lee
Director	Tim Woodburn (assistant)
Design	Victoria Spearing
Lighting	Alan Valentine
Performer	Lee Harris (Dick Whittington)
Performer	Matt Emery (Kook the Cat)
Performer	Tim Major (Dame Polly)
Performer	Bart Lee (King Rat)
Performer	Chad Gomez (Simple Simon)
Performer	Adrian McDougall (Alderman Fitzwarren)

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