KMT Pantomime Archive.pub.pdf - Over The Footlights

1987: Cinderella
Dec 17th 1987 - Jan 30th 1988 (63 performances)
Ugly Sisters: Alexis & Krystle
Until Jan 10 Nicholas Temple & David Gillespie
From Jan 12 Nigel Ellacott & Peter Robbins
June Shand (Prince Charming)
Caro Gurney (Dandini)
Iain Rogerson (Buttons)
Kerry-Jane Beddows (Cinderella)
Robert Quarry (The Broker’s Man)
Isobel Hurll (Fairy Godmother)
Peter Carr (Baron Hardup)
Scott Howard (The Lackey)
Jacqui Johns (The Upstairs Maid)
Paul Kyle (The Footman)
Laura Tapping (The Downstairs Maid)
& Sally Chipperfield’s Eskimo Dogs
Juveniles:
Group One: Katie Ballard, Mikada Fernandes, Nadine Hoffman, Debbie Jones,
Zoe Palmer, Joanna Tincey
Group Two: Katie Harvey, Katie Hazel, Treena Jones, Kathryn Ludlow,
Shelley Smith, Anna Welling. and Leigh Juniper
Musical Director: Laurence Payne
Percussion: Alan Grant
Choreographer: Loraine Porter
Costumes by Margaret Brice & Nigel Ellacott
Lighting & Sound by Andrew Stone
Stage Manager: Anthony Courts
Assistant Stage Managers: Natalie Cole,
Margaret Crombie, Wayne Eaton,
Steve Eke, James Tapping
Written by Nigel Ellacott
Directed by Vivyan Ellacott
David Gillespie had been booked to play Ugly Sister
several months in advance, and then was offered the part of
the Vicar in “Eastenders”, starting rehearsals on Monday
January 11th. It so happened that Nigel Ellacott & Peter
Robbins were playing Ugly Sisters in Aberdeen—where
their panto opened the first week of December and ended
on Sunday January 10th. Although it was a bit of a
scrabble, Nigel and Peter left Scotland Monday morning
and took over in Ilford on Tuesday evening—thus enabling
David Gillespie to accept his TV offer. Having to learn a
new script (though it had been written by Nigel) and
change shows overnight was quite a challenge—but they
rose to it with aplomb!