A Christmas Variety Show
A selection written by various writers
December 1988
Faringdon Community Theatre, The Pump House, 5 Market Place, Faringdon
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).