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Half a Sixpence 1986

Cast and Crew

Cast List:

ARTHUR KIPPS (An apprentice Shopman, an Orpan): Eric Pover

SID PORNICK (Also an apprentice, a Socialist): Graham Breeze

BUGGINS (Another apprentice, a Pessimist): Robin Cooper

PEARCE (The fourth apprentice, a Dandy): Shane Holland

FLO BATES (Shopgirl): Helen Withers

VICTORIA (Shopgirl): Sue Pointon

KATE (Shopgirl): Victoria Bakewell

EMMA (Shopgirl): Debbie Templar

MR. SHALFORD (The owner of the Emporium): Geraint Wilkes

MR. CARSHOT (Head Floor-walker): John Tranter

MRS. BOTTING: Rosina Fullwood

MRS. WALSINGHAM: Norma Downing

ANN PORNICK (Sid’s Sister): Annette Evans

UNDERSTUDY: Joanna Wilding

CHITTERLOW (An Actor Playwright): Mike Harrison

LAURA (A Barmaid): Joanna Wilding

HELEN WALSINGHAM (An Enlightened Young Lady): Delia Edwards

YOUNG WALSINGHAM (Helen’s spoiled brother, a Lawyer) Nigel Whyles

STUDENTS: Claire Griffiths, Alyson Douglas, Jennie Elliot, Dean Hughes

LADIES OF THE CHORUS: Phyllis Anderson, Linda Brewster, Lorraine Brookfield, Alison Crofts, Margaret Evans, Rosemary Harper, Mary Jones, Myrtle Lambah, Georgina Lewis, Sally Rigby, Karen Searle, Justine Stanton, Maureen Small, Norma Smith, Muriel Surrall, Barbara Wilding, Mary Young

GENTLEMEN OF THE CHORUS: Bill Anderson, Rodney Frost, Ian Hart, Ray Hindley, Tony Mchale, Damian Tomkinson, Mike Williams

PHOTOGRAPHER: Jonathan Goodwin

GWENDOLIN (A Cheeky Parlour Maid): Lorraine Tomkinson


Production Crew:

Producer: Eve Cooper

Musical Director: Ian Pickford

Choreographer: Maureen Small, Victoria Bakewell

Stage Manager: Charles Perry

Assistant Stage Manager: Mike Law

Stage Crew: Terry Pike, Roy Smart, Andrew Murray, Dennis Evans, Mark Law, Norman Jones, Darren Fullwood, Peter Alltree, Mike Green, Brian Massey

Lighting: Brian Eades

Sound: Mike Oldcorn

Wardrobe: Jose Downing assisted by Liz Downing, Sarah Downing, Maureen Jones, Val Davies

Make-Up: Chris Simmonds, Nora Ball, Mary Law

Props: Susan Goater

Hon. Accompanists: Pam Pickford, Ann Stubley

Prompt: Lesley Moore

Calls: Julie Small, David Massey

Ticket Sales: Harold Cooper

Front of House: Graham Onions assisted by Society Members & Friends

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