Arabian Knights
About the Show:
by Richard Lloyd
So you think you know all about Richard the Lionheart and the Crusades? Did you know that Richard defeated Saladin with the aid of an old teapot? Or that the Holy Land was peopled by eunuchs, spaced-out assassins, suspiciously masculine English dames, pantomime camels, flying carpets and bizarre genies? Then come with us to the time of the Third Crusade to the Holy Land and see sinister water sellers, demented camels, a valiant heroine, and a grown woman nourished only by turnips, in this hilarious, original and thoroughly entertaining pantomime.
Show Times:
1st-3rd, 8th-10th December 2005
Cast:
- Paul Halford - Haroun, a story teller
- Simon Early - Dame Dollop, an English, um, lady
- Freddie Hughes - Brat, a brat
- Mill Goble - Thomasina, a heroine
- Brian Aldred - Saladin, a cruel villain
- Robin Adams - Onion Bhaji, a crawling courtier
- Sam Allen - Al Kazeltzah, a powerful djinn
- Tony Cullen - Oshgosh, a failed guard
- Julia Wilks - Babu, a failed everything
- Sophie Sheppard - Hasan the Bandit, a master of disguise
- Lynda Hughes - The Evil Yasmin, a nasty piece of work
- Paul Halford - Ibn Dun, a lapsed eunuch
- Cheryl Pilley - Ali-Kat, a retired assassin
- Denise Allen-Hughes, Allan Pooler - Mustapha Spit, a bizarre camel
- Freddie Hughes, Chrystal Ives, Sophie Ives, Eleanor Nutt, Charlotte Wood, Rebecca Wood - Chorus of townsfolk and palace flunkies
- Michelle Eaton-Thompson, Samantha Zatonska, Jo Zatonska, Sam Allen, Denise Allen-Hughes - Simon's Angels, our dance troupe
Crew:
- Chris Denman - Stage Manager
- Maggie Aldred, Anne Ives - Wardrobe
- Ben Wood, Simon Wood - Prompt
- David Ives, Michelle Hook, Richard Pilley, Allan Pooler, Mark Hughes, Erica Crouse - Technical Crew
- Anne Ives - Box Office
- Maggie Aldred, Ted Burrough, Alan Crouse - Bar, Refreshments and Front of House
- Briand Aldred - Poster and Programme Cover
- Tony Cullen, Lynda Hughes - Programme Design
- Cheryl Pilley - Publicity
- Erica Crouse - Set Design and Co-ordination
- Company members - Set Construction
- Tony Cullen - Props
- Chris Orr - Piano
- Jeff Sanderson - Drums
- Simon Wood, Ben Wood - Director
St. Jude's Players