Panto Programme Cinderella - sponsored by Stansted Airport

BIG ADVENTURE
PRODUCTIONS
Big Adventure Productions
in association with South Mill Arts
Programme

This performance
has been
sponsored by
London Stansted
Airport

Creative
Team
Producer / Director
Costume
Lighting Designer
Company Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Head Chaperone
Musical Support
Photography
Graphic Design
Ian McFarlane
Big Adventure Productions
Conor O’Sullivan
Megan Bly
Zach Griffin
Anne Hummersone
James Lark
Philip Raymond
Joe Bottomly for Pyjama Media
With special thanks to
Jonny Danciger
Nicholas Van Bommel
Maureen McFarlane
Alexandra Kind
Angela Kindell

Venue
Team
Operations Director
Artistic Programmer
Museum Curator
Curatorial Assistant
Learning and Outreach Co-ordinator
Event Manager
Event Supervisor
Event Supervisor
Event Supervisor
Event Supervisor
CareTaker
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing
Technical Manager
Technician
Technician
Paula Holland
Emma Filby
Chris Lydamore
Alex Andrijevic
Janet Shepherd
Sarah Monk
Allison Humphreys
Richard King
Jo Fegan
Elizabeth Murphy
John Luther
Jen Austin
Hazel Hawkins
Seren Stephen
Scott Gaddes
Jayden Henderson
Jay Williams

Ian McFarlane
Big Adventure Productions
Ian is a London based theatre maker and producer of Big Adventure
Productions. He has worked across the UK as a writer, director,
choreographer and producer. Ian is delighted to return to South Mill
Arts, after producing and staging last year’s Jack & the Beanstalk.
His recent work includes producing the UK staged reading of the musical Till.
Other credits include Forver Oz, a new play based on the Oz books by L. Frank
Baum at the OSO Arts Centre, London in February 2022. He followed this with
The Revellers Society, an immersive cabaret show that began life in 2020.
In 2021, Ian remounted Around The World In 80s Days, at the Blackpool
Grand Theatre. He originally wrote and directed the show, as part of the
venue’s 125th birthday celebrations, in 2019. He also toured The Revellers
Society (2020/2021) and directed The Further Adventures of Peter Pan, at the
Bournemouth Pavilion (2021) Infants tour (2021).
His other work as director and writer includes Betwixt! (Trafalgar Studios)
The Three Musketeers (Kenton Theatre) Enchanted (Courtyard Theatre)
Forever Oz (Assembly Theatre) Sleeping Beauty (Rhodes Arts Complex)
Jack & the Beanstalk & Sleeping Beauty (Kenton Theatre) Directing work
includes Sherlock Holmes: To Kill a Canary (Kenton Theatre) The Women
(Hextable Theatre) Burying Your Brother In The Pavement (The Cockpit)
Arden City (Sight specific) Aladdin for QDOS Pantomimes (Hull New Theatre);
Nine (The Albany) Peter Pan (Richmond Theatre) for First Family Entertainment;
Peter Pan (Aylesbury Waterside Theatre) for First Family Entertainment and
the UK Premier of Zombie Prom (Landor Theatre).
Workshops include Romanoff & Juliet, The Night Before Christmas, Twist
& Shout, The Hound of the Baskervilles (also writer) The Crucible, Drat!
The Cat! and Pink!
Find Ian on Twitter @IanMcFarlaneEsq

Cast
Etta Williams - Ella
Training: London College of Music & Codarts, Rotterdam
Credits in training include: Catherine in Pippin, Kate in The
Wild Party, Wendy in Peter Pan
Credits include: Mother Goose, Shooting Stars Entertainment,
Ronnie/Swing in Zog Uk Tour, Jill in Jack & The Beanstalk.
Etta is delighted to be spending the festive season at South Mill
Arts.
Alastair Hill - Prince Christopher
Alastair graduated from the University of Warwick in 2012 and
went on to complete an MA in Musical Theatre at Guildford
School of Acting. He has toured the UK with all three versions
of Dreamboats and Petticoats amongst tours of Saturday
Night Fever and Iolanthe. Most recently, he has toured the
UK, China and Taiwan in a musical production of Titanic. He
has appeared in several pantos and is delighted to be back in
Bishop’s Stortford after appearing as ‘The Crooked Man’ in last
year’s Jack and the Beanstalk.
Credits:
Credits: Titanic (UK & Asia Tour), Dreamboats & Petticoats,
Dreamboats and Petticoats: Bringing on Back the Good Times,
Dreamboats and Miniskirts (UK Tours), Cinderella (Darlington
Hippodrome and Newbury Corn Exchange), The Fix and The
Dreaming (Union Theatre), Iolanthe (UK Tour), Saturday Night
Fever (UK Tour), Dick Whittington (Basildon Towngate Theatre),
20:40 (Omnibus Theatre), Around the World in 80s Days
(Blackpool Grand Theatre).

Matthew Kellett - Buttons
Matt has toured the UK extensively, most often with The National Gilbert
and Sullivan Opera Company and Charles Court Opera, performing lead
roles in the works of Gilbert and Sullivan including: Sgt of Police (The Pirates
of Penzance), Giuseppe (The Gondoliers), Robin Oakapple (Ruddigore),
Strephon (Iolanthe) and Dick Deadeye (Charles Courts Opera’s HMS
Pinafore - winner ‘best opera’ - Offies 2020) among many others.
In panto, Matt has performed for many seasons at The King’s Head Theatre
in Islington, most recently in the title role of Beowulf (winner ‘best panto’ -
Offies 2022). Previous panto appearances include: Buttons (Buttons:
Another Cinderella Story), Joe Christmas (The Nativity Panto), El Tabasco
(Pinocchio) & all seven of Snow White’s Dwarfs (Mirror Mirror).
Matt has also appeared in roles at Opera Holland Park, Wexford Festival
Opera, the Iford Arts Festival, understudied at Music Theatre Wales and
performed on BBC Radios 3 & 4. He trained at the Royal Northern College
of Music and Trinity College of Music, where he was awarded the silver
medal for vocal studies.
Aimée Moore - Semolina
Training: Laine Theatre arts
Professional theatre credits include: Singer/Dancer on P&O Australia
cruises (Grayboy Entertainment), Amber in the UK & Ireland tour
of Hairspray, Connie/1st Cover Stephanie in UK & Ireland Tour
of Saturday Night Fever, 1st Cover Holly in The Wedding Singer
(Wembley Troubadour Theatre), Rumpleteaser in Cats (Kilworth
House), Village Lass/1st Cover Babette in Beauty & The Beast (UK
tour & The London Palladium)
Film and TV credits: Miranda Hart’s “My Such Fun Celebration” (BBC
1), Tomorrow Morning (Film).
Aimée is thrilled to be spending Christmas at South Mill Arts.
Kirsten Henderson - Gretel (cover Ella / Semolina)
Training:
First Class Ba(Hons) Degree in Musical Theatre from Performance
Preparation Academy (PPA) 2020-2023
The Dance School Of Scotland 2018-2020
Credits in Training include:
Wednesday in “The Addams Family”, Ensemble in “Fame” and Dance
Captain/Soloist in “Rent”
Kirsten is absolutely delighted to be making her professional debut at
South Mill Arts!

Lauren Chinery - Sorbet
Lauren trained in Musical Theatre at PPA, Guildford.
Credits include: Liz in Blonde Bombshells of 1943 (Bolton Octagon),
Fairy Goodwin/Bo Peep in Jack and the Beanstalk(Southmill Arts),
Babs in Dreamboats and Petticoats: Bringing on Back the Good
Times (2022 UK Tour), Fairy Bow Bells in Dick Whittington (Newark
2021 and Chatham 2018), Jordan Baker in Gatsby (Zedel Picadilly
2019 and Online Stream from Cadogan Hall 2021), Singer in The
Last Vampire (Workshop for The Belgrade, Coventry), Peter Pan in
Peter Pan (Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds), Choreographer for
Summer Street (Tour, AJN Productions), Dorothy Gish/Ensemble
in The Biograph Girl (Finborough Theatre), Maggie Brown in Miss
Nightingale (London Hippodrome), Bella in Beauty and the Beast
(CAST, Doncaster), Babs in Dreamboats and Petticoats (2017 UK
Tour), Myrtle Wilson/Lucille in Gatsby (Leicester Square Cabaret
Theatre).
Lauren loved her time at Southmill last year, and is very excited to be
back this year as part of this dramatic duo!
Chris Curlett - Hansel (cover Buttons / Prince Christopher)
Chris trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with a
full scholarship from the Leverhulme Trust.
Theatre: Chester in ‘Rapunzel (U.K. Tour), Bob Cratchit in ‘A
Christmas Carol’ (European Tour) Officer Barrel in ‘Urinetown’
(Sherman Theatre), Mack the Knife in ‘Threepenny Opera’ (Richard
Burton Theatre) Ensemble in ‘Sweeney Todd’ (The Curve, Leicester)
Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Regional Tour), Billy in ‘The Rise
and fall of Little Voice’ (South London Theatre), Muddles in ‘Sleeping
Beauty’ (Winsford Lifestyle Centre)
Concert: Saturday Night Live (Her Majesty’s Theatre), Hear my Song
(Battersea Barge), A Christmas Concert (Dora Stoutzker Hall) and
Mack in Mack and Mabel (RWCMD).
Film/Commercials: ‘Nativity 3- Dude, where’s my Donkey?’ Welsh
National Opera’s “This is Me” for Pride Month. Chris has appeared
in commercials for Fun City Lazer Quest, Dr Marten and The London
Dungeon. Chris can be seen around the world on many promotional
materials for “The Dungeons” including The Netherlands, China and
the USA.

Mason Harper - Senior Ensemble
Mason has been dancing since of the age of 4 and is currently
studying dance at Harlow college, covering Ballet, Commercial,
Contemporary and Jazz. He has also been in many Shows /
pantomimes here at south mills art’s including Beauty and the beast
2018 , Sleeping Beauty 2019. I have also done Nativity the musical
in 2022 and Fame the musical 2023 with BSA
I can’t wait to be part of this incredible team of Cinderella, this year.
I wish everyone in the show a massive good luck and also a merry
Christmas and a happy new year!
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Junior Ensemble
Charmed
Phoebe Winder
Florence Winder
Radia Fecih
Maya Cormack-Ford
Dream
Sandy Bennett-Cardy
Aphra Bennett-Cardy
Niamh Ainsworth
Chloe Joly Beltran
Magic
Jamie Stevens
Tallullah Strano
Laura Bradshaw
Emily Ellis
Abigail Moore