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

Roger Lloyd Pack (Sarah the Cook), Sam Kelly (Alderman Fitzwarren), Debbie Chazen (Fairy BowBells), Derek Elroy (Tommy the Cat), Miles Jupp (Second Mate), Toby Sedgwick (First Mate), Caroline Sheen (Alice), Summer Strallen (Dick), Danny Worters (Lazy Jack)

Creatives/Company

Producer: BITE06
Author: Mark Ravenhill
Director: Edward Hall
Design: Michael Howells
Lighting: Ben Ormerod
Choreographer: Emma Tunmore
Sound: Matt Mackenzie
Musical Director: Sarah Travis