Theatre Cares Late Night Cabaret Present:
The Company Of Mary Poppins
Louise
Gold starred as a member of The Company Of Mary Poppins (actually she puppeteered The Queen from Spitting Image), at Trafalgar
Studios Theatre, Studio 1,
at 23:30 on Monday 1 October 2007, performance given in aid of Theatrecares.
Cast
Zee Asha, Romy Baskerville, Jonny
Bowles, Clare Bonsu,
Charlie Bull, Lewis Butler,
Production Team
Musical Direction - Roger Davison
The Band
Keyboard – Roger Davison
Bass – Richard Pyrce
Drums – Justin Woodward
Credits
Production Manager – Kieran McGivern
Sound – Leigh Davies
Lighting - Peter Bragg
Poster Artwork – Stephen Crocker
For Trafalgar Studios
Theatre Manager – Adam Knight
Deputy Theatre Manager – Caroline Gooding
Box Office Manager – Martin Crosier
Deputy Box Office Manager – Matt Ward
Technical Manager – Ben ‘Sonny’ Evans
Deputy Technical Manager – JR
Studio Technician – Andrew Lawson
Head Usher – Olivia Caussanel
Stage Door – Emily Buck, Stefan Butler, and, Leo Haslam
For Theatrecares
Chair – David Pendlebury
Events & Development – Jane Deitch
Administrator – Oli Seadon
Photographer – Matt Jamie
Thanks to: – Roger Davison and the band, Sue Lardner, Cathy Marchant-Olympios, Leanne Watts, Desiree Birch, Jo Nielson, Vanya Pell, Kate Griffiths, Natalie Smith, Lauren Coull, Sam Craven-Griffiths, Alan Hatton, Graham Harrison, Christopher Marcus, Simon Gant, Emma Smith, Banky, Tony Heare & The Company Of Chicago, & Cameron Mackintosh Ltd
For
a full review/account of
this Late Night Cabaret,
please click here.
The
show featured the company of Mary Poppins.
(although your webmaster couldn’t find: Jonny
Bowles, Andrew Macdonald, Jonathan Sephton,
John Trakos,
Maria Ward listed). The Band were
all members of The Mary Poppins pit
orchestra. Sue Lardner, Cathy Marchant-Olympios,
Leanne Watts, Desiree Birch, Jo Nielson,
Vanya Pell, and, Kate Griffiths are all part of The Company too (wardrobe,
wigs etc). While Alan
Hatton is the Company Manager and Graham
Harrison, and, Christopher Marcus
two of his ASMs
The
performance was dedicated to Ned Sherrin, who died earlier that day. Ned Sherrin
had contributed to such theatrical performances as: Metropolitan Mikado, Will-Aid,
Ziegfeld (Stage Show), Kids At Heart, Chicago
& Company, Broadway To Brighton,
A Time To Start Living, Noel/Cole: Let’s Do It, Comedy Tonight, Side By Side By Sondheim, Side By Side By Sondheim 25th Anniversary
Gala, A Concert of highlights from the Ratepayers’ Iothanthe & Metropolitan Mikado, and, Side By Side By Sondheim 30th Anniversary
Gala. He also contributed material Ziegfeld
(Recording), and his radio credits included Ned
Sherrin’s Review Of Revue.
Theatrecares
was formerly known as West End Cares, whose FUNdraising productions included Chicago & Company, and, A Time To Start
Living. It’s volunteers have since transformed
into TheatreMAD,
and their productions include Flaunt It 2008.
Louise Davidson, and, Louise Gold
had previously appeared together in Something
For The Boys; and in Mamma Mia, where Louise Davidson had understudied Louise Gold.
Ray C. Davis, and, Louise Gold
had previously appeared in Joseph And The
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Norwich Production).
Ray C. Davis, Louise
Gold, and, Scarlett Strallen had
previously appeared together in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
David Pendlebury had appeared in Du Barry Was A Lady
(1993 Production), which Louise Gold
starred in.
It
may perhaps be worth mentioning that at one time or another, in one division of
the school or another the multitalented: Louise Gold, Scarlett Strallen, and Rebecca
Thornhill all trained at Arts Ed.
Louise Gold used to puppeteer Her Maj on Spitting Image, she has also done so on several
programmes about that programme, as well as on Comic Relif
1986 and at the Dress
Circle Grand Re-opening, and in her own cabaret act LOUISE GOLD...By Appointment. As a
musical-theatre actress she also sung Comedy Tonight (without a puppet) in
Comedy Tonight, Side By Side By
Sondheim, Regents Park 70th
Anniversary Gala, Curtain Up! and, Side By Side By Sondheim
30th Anniversary Gala.
The
programme did not credit any specific writers for the show. However this should
perhaps be credited to it’s four main stars. Much of
the Additional Material was written by Gavin
Creel and Rebecca Thornhill;
while there was also an amount of improvisation from Scarlett Strallen and Louise
Gold.
Cara Elston, Louise
Gold, and, Clare Rickard’s
recording credits include Oliver! (Recording).
which Roger Davison was also playing
keyboards on.
Cara Elston, Louise
Gold, Claire Machin, Clare Rickard, and, Roger Davison, along with Alan Hatton, Philip
Louise Gold, and, Jane McMurtrie went on to work on Gypsy.
Sondheim’s actual lyrics can also be found in Candide In Concert.
Critics Comments
Links about Theatrecares
Present: The Company Of Mary Poppins
TheatreMAD’s website: http://www.theatremad.org.uk/
Peter Bragg’s Photograph of the show: http://petebragg.com/photo/louise-gold/24337
(the picture shows Louise Gold performing The Queen, plus cast member Scarlett
Strallen)
Whatsonstage.com’s
Messageboard’s piece about the show: http://www.whatsonstage.com/board/index.php?showtopic=2341
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