Aladdin

A pantomime by John Field
or The Genie with the Light Brown Hair

 

Tower Theatre, Canonbury
December 17th, 1988 -
January 1st, 1989

Aladdin


Cast List

Widow Twanky, a poor washerwoman : John Field
Aladdin, her son : Fiona Clark
Wishee-Washee, her other son : Alan Boyle
The Emperor of China, a mighty monarch : Ben Crocker
The Princess Baldroubadour, his daughter : Rose Marie Vernon
The Princess Imperial, his spinster sister : Margaret Kitchingman
Passion Flower, an upwardly mobile handmaiden : Penny Aston
Abanazar, Prince of Wizards, the greatest magician the world has ever known : Peta Barker
Balthazar, the Slave of the Ring, a saucy sprite : Tony O'Brien
Beatrice, the Genie of the Lamp, a sophisticated sprite : Gail Littlewood
Lotus Blossum, a major domo : Chris Gregory
Chinese citizens, Rocks, Bodyguards : Sue Lacey, Margaret Kitchingman, Ella Kenion, Colin Boulter, Claire Wood, Chris Gregory, Gail Littlewood
Bats : Ken Haines, Roanne Carey, Alan Boyle, Abby-Lee Knight, Gail Littlewood

The Band
Sydney Lee (keyboards)
Ken Saatchi or Eddie Cattle (percussion)

Production Team

Director : Penny Tuerk
Musical Director : Sydney Lee
Set Design : Martin South
Lighting Design : Stephen Ley
Costume Design : Phyl Lee
Choreography : Sue Lacey
Bats and Dragons : Ken Haines

Stage Manager : Laurence Tuerk
ASMs : Roanne Carey, Lotte Wynder, Ken Haines, Simon Rhind-Tutt, Nick Insley, Sarah Ambrose, Abby-Lee Knight, Penny Kirkman
Sound recording : Penny Tuerk
Lighting and sound operators : Helen Smith, Dinah Irvine, Sheila Burbidge, Malcolm Wynder, Stephen Ley
Wardrobe : Phyl Lee, Sue Gardner, Carmel Johnston, Betty Reading
Set construction and rigging : Chris Seal, Richard Willis, Thomas Dahlmann, Bill Leahy, Peter Edwards, Colin Guthrie, Marc Fioré, Jim Spall, Paul Davies, Denis Turner, David Taylor

Aladdin