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23rd April 2002 to 27th April 2002 |
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The Show | Dramatis personę | The Production Team | The Orchestra |
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"Mack & Mabel" boasts everything from slapstick comedy, bathing
beauties, love songs to great chorus numbers.
The show follows the career of Mack Sennett, the king of the silent movies, from 1911 (when it all began) through his move from the tiny studio in Brooklyn, New York to Hollywood, Los Angeles, his relationship with Mabel Normand (the kid from the deli who used to deliver the lunch orders), his loss of Mabel to a rival director (Taylor), Mabel's return, his creation of the Keystone Cops, his loss of Mabel again to the same rival director, to 1932 when his studio closes down due to the rise of movies with sound (the talkies). However, we have a happy ending as Mabel returns after the death of Taylor. |
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Mack Sennett |
Clive Webb |
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Mabel Normands |
Katy Davies |
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Lottie Ames |
Jo Coleman |
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Frank |
Steve Knight |
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Fatty Arbuckle |
Ross MacInnes |
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Ella |
Jane Watkinson |
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Andy |
Carl Caputo |
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Kleiman |
John Hope |
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Fox |
David Berridge |
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William Desmond Taylor |
Paul Sugden |
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Freddie |
Paul Phillips |
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Reporters |
Helen Davies, Karen Thorp |
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Actor (voice over) |
David Berridge |
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Actress (voice over) |
Gina Abbatt |
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The Writer |
Andrew Temperley |
| Head goon |
Mike Chapman |
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| Second goon |
Len Evans |
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Watchman |
Jim Parkinson |
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Tap dancers |
Gina Abbatt, Susan Akroyd, Donna Germain, Joelle Kerry, Isobel Nash, Joyce Smith, Elizabeth Streeter |
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Other dancers |
Fiona Lester, Alison Wright |
| Chorus |
Andrea Adlam, Fiona Aucott, Susanna Blamire-Brown, Hilary Chapman, Samantha Dolding, Stella Eastwood, Jane Farrar, Charlotte Ferrin, David Fletcher, Thomas Handley, Graham Hedley, Jacquie Hick, David Lodger, Philip Orton, Julia Smith, John Taylor, Joanne Pearce-Westrop, Bill Whittuck |
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Director & choreographer |
Ann Hertler-Smith |
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Musical director |
Peter Holt |
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Director's assistant |
Eve Davies |
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Stage manager |
Barry Sawyer |
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Assistant stage manager |
Nicola Shipp |
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Sound |
Antony Askew |
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Lighting |
Robert Boyle |
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Stage crew |
Saverio Bongo, Denise Clarke, Matthew Cooper, Tamzin Evers, Atalie Gaines, Iain Galley, Rachael Merser, James Shipp, Phil Taylor, Deborah Wade, Sue Wilding |
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Wardrobe Mistress |
Jane Forster |
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Assisted by |
Margaret Baker, Andie Baron, Janet Biggs, Sarah Burbridge, Yioda Panayiotou, Mararet Sawyer, Avis Storey |
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Costumes |
Midland Costumes, Crewe |
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Property Master |
Peter Garrett |
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Assisted by |
Jane Clark, Rosalind Edwards, Doreen Grey, Tim Wales |
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Replica camera |
Stan Owen |
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Make-up |
Eileen Coates, Sam Dolding, Maggie Dollimore, Sue Heath, Pat Hill, Pam Homan |
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Production manager |
Lesley Duggan |
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Production secretary |
Jean Day |
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Programmes & publicity |
Paul Sugden |
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Ticket secretary |
Graham Hedley |
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Rehearsal accompanists |
Peter Jenkin |
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Prompts |
Gill Knifton, Yioda Panayiotou |
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Front of House manager |
Stan Owen |
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Stewards / Programme sales |
Jeanie Owen |
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Assisted by |
Members and Friends of the Society |
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Librarian |
David Berridge |
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Photography |
Michael Readman |
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Production refreshments |
Janet Biggs |
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Violins |
Jenny Wigram (leader), Claire Wilson, Hywel Davies |
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| Viola |
Donald Thompson |
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Cello |
Rosemary Leak |
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| Reeds |
Gary Cooney, Andy Potts, Phil Mercer, Susie Faithfull |
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Trumpets |
Geoff Lawrence, Claire Allen, Mark Willets |
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Horn |
Alf Ruddles |
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Trombones |
Richard Skelton, Andy Watson |
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| Percussion |
Richard Tait |
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Bass |
Adrian Warrick |
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Drums |
Kevin Miles |
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