Performance

Venue	Civic Theatre
Town	Leeds
County	West Yorkshire
From	7th December 2002
To	4th January 2003
When	Check with Box Office for times
Prices	From £7.00. To £7.00.
What is currently on at Civic Theatre (V974)

Dick Whittington and His Cat

T1556786745
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:T1556786745, panto:S01059686152, venue:V974

Special Performances

10 Dec 02 Sign Interpreted

Reviews

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Company

Producer	Chris Fox Productions (in association with Leeds Leisure Services)
Performer	Chris Fox (Fanny the Cook)
Performer	Mark Baylin (Idle Jack)
Performer	Liz Maher (Dick)
Performer	David John (Alderman Fitzwarren)
Performer	James English (King Rat)
Performer	Glynn Mills (Sergeant Ping)
Performer	Greg Mills (Constable Pong)
Performer	Jill Kemp (Alice)

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