A Christmas Variety Show
A selection written by various authors
December 1988
Faringdon Community Theatre, The Pump House, 5 Market Place, Faringdon
Tickets: Tickets were available from White Bros (hairdressers), 7 Cornmarket, Faringdon.
A full evening of dance, drama and lots more entertaining performances, all commanded by your host Peter Wentworth.
- The Burgoyne School of Dancing – Melanie Andrews et al.
- A Christmas Pantomime – “Red Hot Cinders!!”. Produced by Kathleen Hill.
- “The Folk Singer” – Dave Headey.
- ”Ventriloquial Verbosity” – Tim Reeves and partner.
- “The Music Man” – Olive Palmer.
- “Almost a Gentleman” – “Almost” Billy Bennett.
- A melodrama – “Gentle Johanna’s Amazing Adventure” or ”Virtue Victorious”. Written and produced by Evelyn Stoodley.
See programme for details.
Cast (in order of appearance):
Host - Pete Wentworth
Narrator - Gail Mander
Cinderella - Caroline Wentworth
Mother - Elizabeth Barron
Ugly Sisters - Alastair Barron; Stephen Wentworth
Fairy Godmother - Ruth Angell
Prince Charming - Tracy King
Herald - Steven Riddle
Maria Dowell
Neil Comley
Jo Riddle
Tracey Howell
Margaret Barron
Lynn Mander
Christine Wood
Eva Conduit
The Folk Singer - Dave Headey
Ventriloquial Verbosity - Tim Reeves
The Music Man - Olive Palmer
Hazel Riddle
George Young
Deirdre Hamley
Kathleen Hill
Olive Palmer
Eileen Heath
See programme for further details.
Production No.97 (number of shows performed unknown). Production created and presented by member(s) of the dramatic society.