Poppy
120 mins
Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.
Ken Wynne
Emperor of China
Nichola McAuliffe
Queen Victoria
Christopher Hurst
Randy
Andrew Thomas James
Randy
Andrea Chance
Cherry
Samantha Hughes
Cherry
Antonia Ellis
Dick Whittington
Jimmy Cassidy
Clerk
Stewart Mackintosh
Clerk
Tano Rea
Clerk
John Watts
Lin Tse-Tsii
David Bacon
Teng Tin Chen
Philip Tsaras
Tiger
Antony Simons
Elephant
Mark White
Elephant
Samantha Hughes
Chinese Dancer
Mark White
Lord Palmerston
Farrah
Set Designer
William Lockwood
Property Builder
Michael S. Landes
Executive Producer
Derek Zieba
Sound Designer
Bill Glaze
Production Manager
John Rook
Lighting Director
Albert Schwartz
Executive Producer
Peter Nichols
Writer
Alexander Reid
Costume Design
Peter Nichols
Lyricist
Clive Morris
Lighting Design
Ian MacPherson
Orchestrator
David G. Hillier
Director
Onna White
Choreographer
John Reddie
Sound Designer
Charles Thompson
Producer