Performance

Venue	Hackney Empire
	Other spaces: Bullion Room Theatre, Acorn Theatre
Town	Outer London
County	Greater London
From	1st December 2007
Opened	5th December 2007
To	12th January 2008
When	Times vary, check with Box Office
Prices	From £9.50. To £19.50.
What is currently on at Hackney Empire (V309)

Dick Whittington and His Cat

T01314768825
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:T01314768825, panto:S01059686152, venue:V309

Special Performances

8 Dec 07 Sign Interpreted
8 Dec 07 Sign Interpreted
13 Dec 07 Sign Interpreted

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Company

Producer	Hackney Empire
Author	Susie McKenna
Director	Susie McKenna
Design	Lotte Collett
Costume	Lotte Collett
Musical Director	Steven Edis
Performer	Clive Rowe (Sarah the Cook)
Performer	David Ashley (King Rat)
Performer	Tameka Empson (Fairy Bowbells)
Performer	Kat (Idle Jack)
Performer	Tony Whittle (Aldeman Fitzwarren)
Performer	Hannah Jane Fox (Dick)
Performer	Sophia Ragavelas (Alice)
Performer	Mike Denman (Cat)

CORONAVIRUS: All UK venues closed on 16th March 2020, restrictions were lifted on 19th July 2021. Please note that iUKTDb archive listings between March 2020 and July 2021 may not be accurate as we did not receive details of all rescheduled and cancelled shows.