Dreamers
or "Midsummer Night's Dream - The Panto"
A pantomime by Roger Leitch
Friday 27 January 2006 - Saturday 28 January 2006
& Friday 3 February 2006 - Saturday 4 February 2006
Faringdon Junior School, 26 Gloucester Street, Faringdon SN7 7HY
Directed by Debbie Lock
Producer: Carolyn Taylor
Musical Director: Cathy Lloyd
Performances start 2:30 pm and 7:30 pm. Doors open 30 minutes earlier. Each performance lasts approximately 2½ hours. Matinées on Saturdays only.
Tickets: £7. Concessions £5. Tickets were available from White Horse Country Wear, 6 Cornmarket, Faringdon.
‘Dreamers’ or ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream – The Panto’. is a magical pantomime with fairies, magic and mayhem but also has a traditional brolly waving dame and some mad soldiers. The cast numbers about 70 so there will be lots of large chorus numbers, singing and dancing. The story begins as the people of Faringdon wait to meet Michael, Prince of Wantage who is coming to marry their Princess Amanda. The King is all in favour of the marriage but Amanda is in love with Leo, who is rich but a commoner. They run away together into the magic forest, pursued by the Prince, the King’s army and everyone else who wants to try for the reward. When they arrive in the Forest they find more than they expected. As in a dream, the forest is not only home to magical creatures but also full of familiar faces from the world they have left. Watch out for more mayhem and mischief!
Photographs by Mark Loasby
Cast (in order of appearance):
Auntie Bee - Rob Thorpe
King/Beron - Adrian Wells
Queen/Tania - Katie Dyet
Princess Amanda - Alex Oliver
Prince Michael Herbert - Tom Kennedy
Leo - Mary Mountford-Lister
Zee - Lyndsey Kendrick
Bottom - Joe Benson
Topp - Karen Whiffen
General - Tim Gerry
Major - Luke Gerry
Sergeant - Jack Porter
Putt - Billie Geehan
Anna - Miriam Wells
Chancellor - Katie Goodwin
Soldiers - Oliver Billson; Laurence Cain; Charlie Clarke; Keith Merrick; Lizzie Mundell-Perkins;
Rosie Mundell-Perkins; Matthew Mountford-Lister; Jamie Rogers; Jake Thorpe; Nathaniel Williams
Fairies - Esmée Barwood; Beth Clarke; Marta Dyet; Sarah Foot; Charlotte Hopkins; Heather James; Jess Kenyon; Hannah Lardner; Dineo Luce; Clare Matthews; Maddy Oliver; Sarah Plush; Hazel Wells; Jenny Whiffen
Bugs - Esme Cottier; Lucy Hodgson; Becky Hodgson; Rhys Lewis; Max Jackson; Alice Stephens; Daisy Stevens; Matthew Swift; Charlie Thorpe; Ned Townsend; Brogan West; ; Tamara Williams
Gang - Ashley Ashdown; Callum Coard; Charlotte Cockcroft; Matt Cockcroft; Sarah Coward; Josh Hatton; Huw Lewis; Kate Mitchell; Josh Osment; Celia Russell; Sophie Russell; George Townsend; Rowan Twine; Michaela Williams; Rebekah Wisbey; Rosie Woods
Orchestra - Stephen Page; Debra Warner; Ellie Morton; Rory Mundell-Perkins; Isla Mundell-Perkins; Charlotte Sayers; Rebecca Whiffen; Richard Lock; Paul Wilcox
See programme for further details.
Production No.151 (6 shows were performed over 4 days).