Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Louise Gold took-over over the feature role of
Baroness Bomburst, at The London Palladium, from 16 March 2004 to Sunday 4
September 2005.
Fellow actor Christopher Biggins, clearly enjoyed
appearing with Louise at The London Palladium, and, as he said
“Added to which it’s a fantastic show and I’m
doing it with the most fantastic actress Louise Gold who’s playing my Baroness
– we’re like an old married couple. It’s fantastic.” Christopher Biggins
to Tom Bowtell, THE
Louise
herself summed up appearing in the show, with Christopher Biggins, by saying:
“It was jolly good fun. ... We just laughed
and laughed for a year and a half. I hope the audience loved it too.” Louise
Gold to Alex Kasriel,
Cast
16th March
2004 to ? June 2004
Commentator
-
Coggins - Ray
C. Davis
Jeremy Potts
- Daniel Bartlett or Jack Montgomery or Perry Milward
Jemima Potts
- Isabel Wroe Wright or Shannon Stroud or Georgia Davies-Legg
Truly
Scrumptious - Scarlett Strallen
Boris - Richard
Long
Goran - Christopher
Ryan
Caractacus
Potts - Gary Wilmot
Grandpa
Potts - Tony Adams
Phillips
(Lord Scrumptious’s clerk) -
Lord
Scrumptious - David Henry
Sid - Jaymz
Denning
Violet - Catie
Marie Entwistle
Baron
Bomburst - Christopher Biggins
Captain - David
Henry
Baroness
Bomburst - Louise Gold
Childcatcher
- Lionel Blair
Inventors - Jaymz
Denning, Ray C. Davis, Cliff Brayshaw, Robert Traynor,
Ben Stock, and, Nigel Garton
Toymaker - Freddie
Lees
Ensemble: - Adam
Bracegirdle, Stephanie Bron, Michael Broughton, Ray C.
Davis, Ross Dawes, Katie Jane Derbyshire, Emma Dodd, Adrian
Edmeades, Catie Marie Entwistle, Ross Fountain, Aaron
Francis, Nigel Garton, Madelaine Harland, Simon Harvey,
Robert Kramer, Sarah Meade, Caroline Miller, Grant Neal,
Hayley Reed, Joe Ryan, Ben Stock, Summer Strallen, Robert
Traynor, and, Lisa Walker.
Understudies
Caractacus Potts - Ross Dawes, Ben Stock
Truly Scrumptious - Summer Strallen, Stephanie
Bron
Grandpa Potts - Ray C. Davis, Cliff
Brayshaw
Baron Bomburst - David Henry, Jaymz Denning
Baroness Bomburst - Catie Marie Entwistle
Childcatcher - Nigel Garton, Grant
Neal
Toymaker/Coggins -
Boris - Robert Traynor, Ben Stock
Goran - Nigel Garton, Leo Bidwell
Lord Scrumptious -
Captain -
Coggins - Nigel Garton
Commentator/Phillips - Cliff Brayshaw, Leo
Bidwell
Sid - Ross Dawes, Tim Harwood
Violet - Caroline Miller, Sarah Meade
Inventors - Leo Bidwell, Ross Dawes,
Tim Harwood, Robert Kramer
Jeremy Potts - Alastair Crosswell, or, Peter
Humphreys, or, Myles Taylor
Jemima Potts - Lucy Horley, or, Jenny
Driver, or, Megan Puckey
Swings - Justin Barley, Leo Bidwell,
Chadd Garvie, Samuel Hall, Tim Harwood, Saskia Lockey,
and, Claire Morland
Children
Jordana Belaiche, Arron Bell, James
Burgess, Lauren Calpin, Adam Cartwright, Alastair
Crosswell, Corinne Douglas, Megan Edwards, Kachann Ellis,
Patrick Harper, Jamie-Ray Hartshorne, Lucy Horley, Stephanie
King, Georgina Osen, Matthew Protheroe, Daisy Steere,
and Callum Waller.
or:
Jordan Bethell, Emily Deamer, Jenny
Driver, Roscoe Fenton, Georgia Figgis, Peter Humphreys,
Hannah Kenneally-Muir, Esther Langley, Jessica Morris, Thomas
Morrison, Jamie O’Sullivan, Myles Senior-Campbell, Zoe
Shand, Ryan Wright,
or:
Imogen Bailey, Embla Bishop, Abigail
Climer, Ciara Costello, Oliver Hutley, Alexander Kersley,
Conor Mannion, Mark O’Dea, Megan Puckey, Chloe Rich,
Billy Roberts, Hayley Smith, Myles Taylor, Katie Walker,
Jessica Woods, Karim Zeoual, Mitchell Zhangazzha.
? June 2004 to 5th
September 2004
Commentator
-
Coggins - Ray
C. Davis
Jeremy Potts
- ? Daniel Bartlett or Jack Montgomery or Perry Milward
Jemima Potts
- ? Isabel Wroe Wright or Shannon
Stroud or Georgia Davies-Legg
Truly
Scrumptious - Scarlett Strallen
Boris - Richard
Long
Goran - Christopher
Ryan
Caractacus
Potts - Gary Wilmot
Grandpa
Potts - Tony Adams
Phillips (Lord
Scrumptious’s clerk) -
Lord
Scrumptious - David Henry
Sid - Jaymz
Denning
Violet - Catie
Marie Entwistle
Baron
Bomburst - Christopher Biggins
Captain - David
Henry
Baroness
Bomburst - Louise Gold
Childcatcher
- Lionel Blair
Inventors - Jaymz
Denning, Ray C. Davis, Cliff Brayshaw, Robert Traynor,
Ben Stock, and, Nigel Garton
Toymaker - Freddie
Lees
Ensemble: - Adam
Bracegirdle, Stephanie Bron, Michael Broughton, Ray C.
Davis, Ross Dawes, Katie Jane Derbyshire, Emma Dodd, Adrian
Edmeades, Catie Marie Entwistle, Ross Fountain, Aaron
Francis, Nigel Garton, Madelaine Harland, Simon Harvey,
Robert Kramer, Sarah Meade, Caroline Miller, Grant Neal,
Hayley Reed, Joe Ryan, Ben Stock, Summer Strallen, Robert
Traynor, and, Lisa Walker.
Understudies
Caractacus Potts - Ross Dawes, Ben Stock
Truly Scrumptious - Summer Strallen, Stephanie
Bron
Grandpa Potts - Ray C. Davis, Cliff
Brayshaw
Baron Bomburst - David Henry, Jaymz
Denning
Baroness Bomburst - Catie Marie Entwistle
Childcatcher - Nigel Garton, Grant
Neal
Toymaker/Coggins -
Boris - Robert Traynor, Ben Stock
Goran - Nigel Garton, Leo Bidwell
Lord Scrumptious -
Captain -
Coggins - Nigel Garton
Commentator/Phillips - Cliff Brayshaw, Leo
Bidwell
Sid - Ross Dawes, Tim Harwood
Violet - Caroline Miller, Sarah Meade
Inventors - Leo Bidwell, Ross Dawes,
Tim Harwood, Robert Kramer
Jeremy Potts - Alastair Crosswell, or, Peter
Humphreys, or, Myles Taylor
Jemima Potts - Lucy Horley, or, Jenny
Driver, or, Megan Puckey
Swings - Justin Barley, Leo Bidwell,
Chadd Garvie, Samuel Hall, Tim Harwood, Saskia Lockey,
and, Claire Morland
Children
?
From 7th
September 2004 to ? December 2004
Commentator
-
Coggins - Ray
C. Davis
Jeremy Potts
- Myles Taylor or Patrick Harper or Sonny Martin
Jemima Potts
- Becky Carewe-Jefferis or Georgia Figgis or Kirsty Downing
Truly
Scrumptious - Scarlett Strallen
Boris - Richard
Long
Goran - Christopher
Ryan
Caractacus
Potts - Jason Donovan
Grandpa
Potts - Tony Adams
Phillips
(Lord Scrumptious’s clerk) -
Lord
Scrumptious - David Henry
Sid - Jaymz
Denning
Violet - Catie
Marie Entwistle
Baron
Bomburst - Christopher Biggins
Captain - David
Henry
Baroness
Bomburst - Louise Gold
Childcatcher
- Stephen Gately
Inventors - Jaymz
Denning, Ray C. Davis, Cliff Brayshaw, Robert Traynor,
Ben Stock, and, Nigel Garton
Toymaker - Freddie
Lees
Ensemble: - Adam
Bracegirdle, Stephanie Bron, Michael Broughton, Ray C.
Davis, Ross Dawes, Katie Jane Derbyshire, Emma Dodd, Adrian
Edmeades, Catie Marie Entwistle, Ross Fountain, Aaron Francis,
Nigel Garton, Madelaine Harland, Simon Harvey, Robert
Kramer, Sarah Meade, Caroline Miller, Grant Neal, Hayley
Reed, Joe Ryan, Ben Stock, Summer Strallen, Robert
Traynor, and, Lisa Walker.
Understudies
Caractacus Potts - Ross Dawes, Ben Stock
Truly Scrumptious - Summer Strallen, Stephanie
Bron
Grandpa Potts - Ray C. Davis, Cliff
Brayshaw
Baron Bomburst - David Henry, Jaymz
Denning
Baroness Bomburst - Catie Marie Entwistle
Childcatcher - Nigel Garton, Grant
Neal
Toymaker/Coggins -
Boris - Robert Traynor, Ben Stock
Goran - Nigel Garton, Leo Bidwell
Lord Scrumptious -
Captain -
Coggins - Nigel Garton
Commentator/Phillips - Cliff Brayshaw, Leo
Bidwell
Sid - Ross Dawes, Tim Harwood
Violet - Caroline Miller, Sarah Meade
Inventors - Leo Bidwell, Ross Dawes,
Tim Harwood, Robert Kramer
Jeremy Potts - Jack Dedman, or, Billy
Mahoney, or, Oliver Hutley
Jemima Potts - Megan Puckey, or,
Daisy Steere, or, Laura Regan
Swings - Justin Barley, Leo Bidwell,
Chadd Garvie, Samuel Hall, Tim Harwood, Saskia Lockey,
and, Claire Morland
Children
Jacqueline Alcarva, James Burgess, Antony De
Liseo, Jack Dedman, Corrine Douglas, Kachaan Ellis, Joseph
Finn, Kimberley Green, Katie Phillips, Megan Puckey, Louis
Redif, Shyanne Sanders, Aamir Sharma, Khai Shaw, Shannon
Sullivan, Luke Thornton, and, Fleur Woolf.
or:
Robert Brao, Myles Senior Campbell, Wesley
Clack, Megan Ford, Jael Fowakes, Harriet Harvey, Stephanie
King, Miles Leven, Billy Mahoney, Rebecca McElroy, Renee
Ocran, Jamie O’Sullivan, Natalie Paris, Richard Smith,
Daisy Steere, Callum Waller, and, Koco Zavaleta.
or:
Nia Acquaye, Imogen Bailey, Ciara
Costello, Joshua Delim, Jenny Driver, Oliver Hutley, Sofia
Manger, Thomas Moll, Katherine O’Dea, Mark O’Dea, Hannah
Partridge, Laura Regan, Kiera Rhomes, Billy Roberts, Hayley
Smith, BJ White, and, Ryan Wright.
From ? December 2004
to 13 March 2005
Commentator
-
Coggins - Ray
C. Davis
Jeremy Potts
- Myles Taylor or Patrick Harper or Sonny Martin
Jemima Potts
- Becky Carewe-Jefferis or Georgia Figgis or Kirsty Downing
Truly
Scrumptious - Scarlett Strallen
Boris - Richard
Long
Goran - Christopher
Ryan
Caractacus
Potts - Jason Donovan
Grandpa
Potts - Tony Adams
Phillips
(Lord Scrumptious’s clerk) -
Lord
Scrumptious - David Henry
Sid - Jaymz
Denning
Violet - Catie
Marie Entwistle
Baron
Bomburst - Christopher Biggins
Captain - David
Henry
Baroness
Bomburst - Louise Gold
Childcatcher
- Stephen Gately
Inventors - Jaymz
Denning, Ray C. Davis, Cliff Brayshaw, Robert Traynor,
Ben Stock, and, Nigel Garton
Toymaker - Freddie
Lees
Ensemble: - Adam
Bracegirdle, Stephanie Bron, Michael Broughton, Ray C.
Davis, Ross Dawes, Katie Jane Derbyshire, Emma Dodd, Adrian
Edmeades, Catie Marie Entwistle, Ross Fountain, Aaron
Francis, Nigel Garton, Madelaine Harland, Simon Harvey,
Robert Kramer, Sarah Meade, Caroline Miller, Grant Neal,
Hayley Reed, Joe Ryan, Ben Stock, Summer Strallen, Robert
Traynor, and, Lisa Walker.
Understudies
Caractacus Potts - Ross Dawes, Ben Stock
Truly Scrumptious - Summer Strallen, Stephanie
Bron
Grandpa Potts - Ray C. Davis, Cliff
Brayshaw
Baron Bomburst - David Henry, Jaymz
Denning
Baroness Bomburst - Catie Marie Entwistle
Childcatcher - Nigel Garton, Grant
Neal
Toymaker/Coggins -
Boris - Robert Traynor, Ben Stock
Goran - Nigel Garton, Leo Bidwell
Lord Scrumptious -
Captain -
Coggins - Nigel Garton
Commentator/Phillips - Cliff Brayshaw, Leo
Bidwell
Sid - Ross Dawes, Tim Harwood
Violet - Caroline Miller, Sarah Meade
Inventors - Leo Bidwell, Ross Dawes,
Tim Harwood, Robert Kramer
Jeremy Potts - Tom Dawkins, Jack
Townsend, George Tebbutt
Jemima Potts - Roxy Searle, Rachel
Rawlinson, Georgia Russell
Swings - Justin Barley, Leo Bidwell,
Chadd Garvie, Samuel Hall, Tim Harwood, Saskia Lockey,
and, Claire Morland
Children
Olivia Aaron, Sophie Ash, Olu Bakare,
David Calvert, Mary Cameron, Josh Cuthbert, Tom Dawkins,
Freya Denham, Diana Ilarde, Ediz Mahmut, Lee Massay,
Christopher Palmer, Daisy Rankin, George Salmons, Roxy
Searle, Molly Steere, and, Claryce Tuck.
or:
Jessica Allen, Amy Ambrose, Millie
Binks, Georgia Boreham, Jamie Boubezari, Andre Francis,
Imisi Joseph, Joel Kaas, Danielle Kiff, Emma Mack, Elwin
McSheffery, Laurence Michalowski, Stephanie Mingo, Mesut
Husseyin, Jackson Nicholson-Navin, Georgia Russell, and, Jack
Townsend.
or:
Louis Baker, Billie Joe Boyd, Leanne
Chilton, Ashley Clish, Emma Cook, Jack Cooper, Samantha
Corrway, Sonny Muharrem, Vanessa Olusesan, Jack Palmer,
Rachel Rawlinson, Adam Saunderson, Stephanie Snook, Jack
Sparkes, George Tebbutt, Zak Watts, and, Hayley Wheeler.
From 15 March 2005 to
19 June 2005
Commentator
-
Coggins - Ray
C. Davis
Jeremy Potts
- Joe Ashman or Richard Smith or Patrick Harper
Jemima Potts
- Georgia Grant or Natasha Jules-Bernard or Kirsty Downing
Truly
Scrumptious - Jo Gibb
Boris - Richard
Long
Goran - Christopher
Ryan
Caractacus
Potts - Brian Conley
Grandpa
Potts - Tony Adams
Phillips
(Lord Scrumptious’s clerk) -
Lord
Scrumptious - David Henry
Sid - Jaymz
Denning
Violet - Catie
Marie Entwistle
Turkey
Farmer - Cliff Brayshaw
Baron
Bomburst - Christopher Biggins
Captain - David
Henry
Baroness
Bomburst - Louise Gold
Childcatcher
- Alvin Stardust
Inventors - Jaymz
Denning, Ray C. Davis, Cliff Brayshaw, Robert Traynor,
Ben Stock, and, Nigel Garton
Toymaker - Freddie
Lees
Ensemble: - Stephanie
Bron, Philip Catchpole, Ray C. Davis, Katie Jane
Derbyshire, Emma Dodd, Adrian Edmeades, Catie Marie
Entwistle, Ross Fountain, Aaron Francis, Teddy French,
Nigel Garton, Paul Gyngell, Helen Harper, Simon Harvey,
Derek Hough, Robert Kramer, Sarah Meade, Alice Mogg,
Grant Neal, Hayley Reed, Ben Stock, Carrie Sutton, Robert
Traynor, and, Lisa Walker.
Understudies
Caractacus Potts - Paul Gyngell, Ben Stock
Truly Scrumptious - Stephanie Bron, Carrie
Sutton
Grandpa Potts - Ray C. Davis, Cliff
Brayshaw
Baron Bomburst - David Henry, Jaymz
Denning
Baroness Bomburst - Catie Marie Entwistle,
Emma Dodd
Childcatcher - Nigel Garton, Grant
Neal
Toymaker/Coggins -
Boris - Robert Traynor, Ben Stock
Goran - Nigel Garton, Leo Bidwell
Lord Scrumptious -
Captain -
Coggins - Nigel Garton, Robert Traynor
Commentator/Phillips - Cliff Brayshaw, Leo
Bidwell
Sid - Leo Bidwell, Paul Gyngell
Turkey Farmer
-
Violet - Sarah Meade, Lisa Walker
Inventors - Leo Bidwell, Ross
Fountain, Robert Kramer, Grant Neal
Jeremy Potts - Tom Dawkins, Jack
Townsend, and, George Tebbutt
Jemima Potts - Roxy Searle, Rachel
Rawlinson, and, Georgia Russell
Swings - Justin Barley, Leo Bidwell,
Michael Broughton, Chadd Garvie, Samuel Hall, Claire
Morland, and, Kate Tydman
Children
Olivia Aaron, Sophie Ash, David
Calvert, Mary Cameron, Josh Cuthbert, Tom Dawkins, Anthony
De Liseo, Freya Denham, Diana Ilarde, Ediz Mahmut, Lee
Massay, Christopher Palmer, Daisy Rankin, George Salmon,
Roxy Searle, Molly Steere, and, Claryce Tuck.
or:
Jessica Allen, Amy Ambrose, Millie
Binks, Georgia Boreham, Jamie Boubezari, Andre Francis,
Imisi Joseph, Joel Kaas, Danielle Kiff, Emma Mack, Elwin
McSheffery, Lawrence Michalowski, Stephanie Mingo, Mesut
Husseyin, Jackson Nicholson-Navin, Georgia Russell, and, Jack
Townsend.
or:
Louis Baker, Billie Joe Boyd, Leanne
Chilton, Ashley Clish, Emma Cook, Jack Cooper, Samantha
Corrway, Sonny Muharrem, Vanessa Olusesan, Jack Palmer,
Rachel Rawlinson, Adam Saunderson, Stephanie Snook, Jack
Sparkes, George Tebbutt, Zac Watts, and, Hayley Wheeler.
From 21 June 2005 to
4 September 2005
Commentator
-
Coggins - Ray
C. Davis
Jeremy Potts
- Joe Ashman or Richard Smith or Patrick Harper
Jemima Potts
- Georgia Grant or Natasha Jules-Bernard or Kirsty Downing
Truly
Scrumptious - Jo Gibb
Boris - Richard
Long
Goran - Christopher
Ryan
Caractacus
Potts - Jason Donovan
Grandpa
Potts - Tony Adams
Phillips
(Lord Scrumptious’s clerk) -
Lord
Scrumptious - David Henry
Sid - Jaymz
Denning
Violet - Catie
Marie Entwistle
Turkey
Farmer - Cliff Brayshaw
Baron
Bomburst - Christopher Biggins
Captain - David
Henry
Baroness
Bomburst - Louise Gold
Childcatcher
- Alvin Stardust
Inventors - Jaymz
Denning, Ray C. Davis, Cliff Brayshaw, Robert Traynor,
Ben Stock, and, Nigel Garton
Toymaker - Freddie
Lees
Ensemble: - Stephanie
Bron, Philip Catchpole, Ray C. Davis, Katie Jane
Derbyshire, Emma Dodd, Adrian Edmeades, Catie Marie
Entwistle, Ross Fountain, Aaron Francis, Teddy French,
Nigel Garton, Paul Gyngell, Helen Harper, Simon Harvey,
Derek Hough, Robert Kramer, Sarah Meade, Alice Mogg,
Grant Neal, Hayley Reed, Ben Stock, Carrie Sutton, Robert
Traynor, and, Lisa Walker.
Understudies
Caractacus Potts - Ross Dawes, Ben Stock
Truly Scrumptious - ?, Stephanie Bron
Grandpa Potts - Ray C. Davis, Cliff
Brayshaw
Baron Bomburst - David Henry, Jaymz
Denning
Baroness Bomburst - Catie Marie Entwistle
Childcatcher - Nigel Garton, Grant
Neal
Toymaker/Coggins -
Boris - Robert Traynor, Ben Stock
Goran - Nigel Garton, Leo Bidwell
Lord Scrumptious -
Captain -
Coggins - Nigel Garton
Commentator/Phillips - Cliff Brayshaw, Leo
Bidwell
Sid - Ross Dawes, Tim Harwood
Turkey Farmer
-
Violet - ?, Sarah Meade
Inventors - Leo Bidwell, Ross Dawes,
Tim Harwood, Robert Kramer
Jeremy Potts - ?
Jemima Potts - ?
Swings - Justin Barley, Leo Bidwell,
Michael Broughton, Chadd Garvie, Samuel Hall, Claire
Morland, and, Kate Tydman
Children
?.
or:
?.
or:
?.
Production Team
Producers
- Eon Productions, Dana Broccoli, Frederick Zollo, Nicholas
Paleologos, Jeffrey Sine, Miriam Productions, and Michael
Rose Ltd, for Chitty (UK) Ltd
Original
stage production - 16 April 2002 at The London Palladium, with Nicola
McAuliffe as Baroness Bomburst
Based on the
1968 film, with Anna Quayle as Baroness Bomburst
Based
on the book by - Ian Fleming
Adaptation
for the stage - by
Music and
Lyrics by - Richard M Sherman and Robert B Sherman
Additional
Material - Ivan Menchell
Director - Adrian
Noble
Children’s Director
- Edward Goggin
Designer - Anthony
Ward
Musical
Staging And Choreography - Gillian Lynne
Resident
Choreographer - Frank Thompson
Dance
Captains - Catie Marie Entwistle, and, Samuel Hall
Fight
Director - Terry King
Lighting
Designer - Mark Henderson
Sound
Designer - Andrew Bruce
Orchestrations
And Dance Arrangements - Chris Walker
Backstage Team
16th March
2004 to 5th September 2004
Resident
Director - Jo Davies
Production
Musical Director - Robert Scott
Assistant
Musical Director - Greg Arrowsmith
Children’s
Musical Director - Steve White
Orchestra: -
Musical Director/Supervisor - Robert Scott
Flute/Clarinete/Alto Sax/Piccolo - Carl
O’Shea
Oboe/Cor Anglais - Nicki Woods
Clarinet/Flute/Piccolo - James Mainwaring
Bass Clarinet/Flute/Baritone Sax/Clarinet - Jeff
Daly
Horn - Tom Rumsby
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Toby Coles
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Ben Gant
Trombone/Euphonium - Richard Edwards
Trombone/2nd Assistant MD - Adrian
Lane
Keyboard/Accordian/Assistant MD - Greg Arrowsmith
Keyboard 2 - Steve White
Drum Kit/Percussion - Barry Brewer
Percussion - Dave Gonella
Guitar/Mandolin/Banjo - Pete Walton
Violin/Mandolin - Sonya Fairbairn
Violin/Mandolin - Michael Gray
Viola/Violin - Adrian Turner
Cello - Martin Bradshaw
Bass/Bass Guitar - Steve McManus
Company
Manager - Nick Bromley
Stage
Manager - Jo Miles
Deputy Stage
Manager - Loretto Bircham
Assistant
Stage Managers - Ian Hawkins, Morag
Lavery, Michael Shaw, Olivia Dermot Walsh, and, Francesca
Zambra
Sound
Operators - Veronique Haddelsey, James Meadwell, Steve Barnes,
and, Lucy Baker
Automation -
Adam Harvey, Ashley Cole, Gemma Pollard, and, Simon
John Nott
Wardrobe
Mistress - Debbie Bennett
Wig Master -
Phil Harris
From 7th
September 2004 to ? December 2004
Resident Director
- Jo Davies
Production
Musical Director - Robert Scott
Assistant
Musical Director - Greg Arrowsmith
Children’s
Musical Director - Steve White
Orchestra: -
Musical Director/Supervisor - Robert Scott
Flute/Clarinete/Alto Sax/Piccolo - Carl
O’Shea
Oboe/Cor Anglais - Nicki Woods
Clarinet/Flute/Piccolo - James Mainwaring
Bass Clarinet/Flute/Baritone Sax/Clarinet - Jeff
Daly
Horn - Tom Rumsby
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Toby Coles
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Ben Gant
Trombone/Euphonium - Richard Edwards
Trombone/2nd Assistant MD - Adrian
Lane
Keyboard/Accordian/Assistant MD - Greg Arrowsmith
Keyboard 2 - Steve White
Drum Kit/Percussion - Barry Brewer
Percussion - Dave Gonella
Guitar/Mandolin/Banjo - Pete Walton
Violin/Mandolin - Sonya Fairbairn
Violin/Mandolin - Michael Gray
Viola/Violin - Adrian Turner
Cello - Martin Bradshaw
Bass/Bass Guitar - Steve McManus
Company
Manager - Nick Bromley
Stage
Manager - Loretta Bircham
Deputy Stage
Manager - Francesca Zambra
Assistant
Stage Managers - Olivia Dermot-Walsh, Jonathan Hall,
Morag Lavery, Kirsty Nixon, and, Michael Shaw
Sound
Operators - Veronique Haddelsey, James Meadwell, and, Douglas
McIntyre
Automation -
Adam Harvey, Damian Oliver, Simon John Nott, and, Adam
Culver
Wardrobe
Mistress - Debbie Bennett
Wig Master -
Phil Harris
From ? December 2004
to 13 March 2005
Resident
Director - Russell Labey
Production
Musical Director - Robert Scott
Assistant
Musical Director - James McKeon
Children’s
Musical Director - Matthew Brind
Orchestra: -
Musical Director/Supervisor - Robert Scott
Flute/Clarinete/Alto Sax/Piccolo - Steve
Foster
Oboe/Cor Anglais - Nicki Woods
Clarinet/Flute/Piccolo - Carl O’Shea
Bass Clarinet/Flute/Baritone Sax/Clarinet - Jeff
Daly
Horn - Richard Dilley
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Toby Coles
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Ben Gant
Trombone/Euphonium - Richard Edwards
Tromebone - Simon Gunton
Keyboard/Accordian/Assistant MD - James McKeon
Keyboard 2 - Richard Shackleton
Drum Kit/Percussion - Barry Brewer
Percussion - Dave Gonella
Guitar/Mandolin/Banjo - Pete Walton
Violin/Mandolin - Sonya Fairbairn
Violin/Mandolin - Ann Morfee
Viola/Violin - Adrian Turner
Cello - Martin Bradshaw
Bass/Bass Guitar Andy Maycock
Company
Manager - Nick Bromley
Stage
Manager - Loretta Bircham
Deputy Stage
Manager - Francesca Zambra
Assistant
Stage Managers - Olivia Dermot-Walsh, Jonathan Hall,
Morag Lavery, Kirsty Nixon, and, Michael Shaw
Sound
Operators - Veronique Haddelsey, James Meadwell, Douglas
McIntyre, and, Claire Hibberd
Automation -
Damian Oliver, Miki Jablkowska, Simon Nott, and, Adam
Culver
Wardrobe
Mistress - Debbie Bennett
Wig Master -
Phil Harris
From 15 March 2004 to
19 June 2005
Resident
Director - Russell Labey
Production
Musical Director - Robert Scott
Assistant
Musical Director - James McKeon
Children’s
Musical Director - Matthew Brind
Orchestra: -
Musical Director/Supervisor - Robert Scott
Flute/Clarinete/Alto Sax/Piccolo - Steve
Foster
Oboe/Cor Anglais - Nicki Woods
Clarinet/Flute/Piccolo - Carl O’Shea
Bass Clarinet/Flute/Baritone Sax/Clarinet - Jeff
Daly
Horn - Richard Dilley
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Toby Coles
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Ben Gant
Trombone/Euphonium - Richard Edwards
Tromebone - Simon Gunton
Keyboard/Accordian/Assistant MD - James McKeon
Keyboard 2 - Richard Shakleton
Drum Kit/Percussion - Barry Brewer
Percussion - Dave Gonella
Guitar/Mandolin/Banjo - Pete Walton
Violin/Mandolin - Sonya Fairbairn
Violin/Mandolin - Ann Morfee
Viola/Violin - Adrian Turner
Cello - Martin Bradshaw
Bass/Bass Guitar Andy Maycock
Company Manager - Nick Bromley
Stage
Manager - Loretta Bircham
Deputy Stage
Manager - Kirsty Nixon
Assistant
Stage Managers - Michael Shaw, Jonathan Hall, Patrick
Stanier, Emma Gerish, and, Annalysa Godin
Sound
Operators - Veronique Haddelsey, James Meadwell, Douglas
McIntyre, and, Claire Hibberd
Senior
Automation - Miki Jablkowska
Automation -
Gavin Wells. Simon Parsons, and, Adam Culver
Wardrobe
Mistress - Debbie Bennett
Wig Master -
Phil Harris
From 21 June 2005 to
4 September 2005
Resident
Director - Jo Davies
Production
Musical Director - Robert Scott
Assistant
Musical Director - James McKeon
Children’s
Musical Director - Matthew Brind
Orchestra: -
Musical Director/Supervisor - Robert Scott
Flute/Clarinete/Alto Sax/Piccolo - Steve
Foster
Oboe/Cor Anglais - Nicki Woods
Clarinet/Flute/Piccolo - Carl O’Shea
Bass Clarinet/Flute/Baritone Sax/Clarinet - Jeff
Daly
Horn - Richard Dilley
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Toby Coles
Trumpet/Cornet/Flugel - Ben Gant
Trombone/Euphonium - Richard Edwards
Tromebone - Simon Gunton
Keyboard/Accordian/Assistant MD - James McKeon
Keyboard 2 - Richard Shakleton
Drum Kit/Percussion - Barry Brewer
Percussion - Dave Gonella
Guitar/Mandolin/Banjo - Pete Walton
Violin/Mandolin - Sonya Fairbairn
Violin/Mandolin - Ann Morfee
Viola/Violin - Adrian Turner
Cello - Martin Bradshaw
Bass/Bass GuitarAndy Maycock
Company
Manager - Nick Bromley
Stage
Manager - Loretta Bircham
Deputy Stage
Manager - Francesca Zambra
Assistant
Stage Managers - Olivia Dermot-Walsh, Jonathan Hall,
Morag Lavery, Kirsty Nixon, and, Michael Shaw
Sound
Operators - Veronique Haddelsey, James Meadwell, Douglas
McIntyre, and, Claire Hibberd
Automation -
Damian Oliver, Miki Jablkowska, Simon Nott, and, Adam
Culver
Wardrobe
Mistress - Debbie Bennett
Wig Master -
Phil Harris
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for a Review/Account of the
show.
Louise Gold last appeared at The
London Palladium in a big West End show sixteen years previously in Ziegfeld; Although she did appear in a one night
charity gala there in 1991, Kids At Heart.
Incidentally, Nicola McAuliffe who originated the role of Baroness
Bomburst on stage at The London Palladium also appeared in Kids At Heart. Nearly 27 years ago Louise Gold
first appeared at The London Palladium in The Royal Variety Performance
(1977).
For the first three days after the big March 2004 cast
change, Jeremy and Jemima were played by the first listed pair of children, but
(according to Miss H K-M) the sewer kids ensemble was played by the middle
listed group of children.
Of the 44 adults in the (March 2004) cast, at least seven
were trained at the Arts Educational schools
(2 swings, 3 Ensemble, and 2 Principals), and all but one at the London School
(of those 6, 3 of them attended the school’s pupils department, and 3 went
there for the 3 year Musical Theatre course).
A number of the grown-ups in the (March 2004) cast
(including at least four of the principals), made their professional stage
debuts as child-actors, these include: Scarlett Strallen (Jessie in Annie
Get Your Gun, and various pantomimes, amongst others things), Summer Strallen (in pantomime), Tony
Adams (in The RSC, played First Twin in Peter Pan at The
Scala Theatre), Lionel Blair (Watch On The Rhine in
the West End), and, David Henry (The Boy Prince in Kings Rhapsody
in South Africa). And it might be noted that Louise Gold never appeared
professionally as a child (she was too tall), she was still in her last year at
school when she made her professional stage debut at the age of 17 (as Fairy
Bowbells in Dick Whittington at The
Malvern Festival Theatre).
Scarlett Strallen has also worked under the
names Scarlett Vaincourt-Strallen, and sometimes Scarlett V. Strallen
It is quite likely that Summer Strallen may
have worked under the name Summer Vaincourt-Stallen, and possibly also Summer
V. Strallen.
It seems quite likely that George Salmons
referred to as appearing in the cast between December 2004 and 13 March 2005,
and George Salmon referred to as
appearing in the cast between 15 March to 19 June 2005 could be the same
person, with the name misspelt in one of the programme listings.
Cast member Ray C. Evans was in the film
version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Twenty nine and a half years ago, Louise Gold
got her first proper grown-up acting job in a tour of Hair,
whose production manager
Coincidentally, director Adrian Noble’s father
and actress Louise Gold’s mother were both notable members of
Christopher Biggins had also previous
appeared at The London Palladium in Kids At
Heart, his recording credits include Simply
Musicals. He may have appeared in Dear Ralph;
and he has gone on to appear in Side By Side By
Sondheim 30th Anniversary Gala.
In an interview in Musical Stages (issue 46) Louise
Gold and Christopher Biggins claimed to have no history of ever
having worked together. However they were previously billed to appear in a one
night performance of The Soap Opera. However,
while Louise Gold recollects appearing in that show, Christopher
Biggins it seems does not, although that show’s author Martin Yates
says that he definitely did.
Tony Adams previously appeared in The Royal Variety Performance
(1982).
Christopher Ryan was a member of The
Young Ones, and as such his recording credits include Utterly Utterly Live Comic Relief
Gary Wilmot and Christopher
Biggins previously appeared in Regents
Park 70th Anniversary Gala.
Louise Gold and Ben Stock had
previous appeared together in Gentlemen
Prefer Blondes.
Adaptation writer, the versatile
One songwriters Richard M Sherman and Robert
B Sherman best known songs (not from Chitty) is It’s A Small World,
which has not only been performed by The Muppets on The Muppet Show, Louise Gold also
sang it in her cabaret act, LOUISE
GOLD...By Appointment.
Adrian Noble previously directed Louise
Gold in The Cherry Orchard.
Gillian Lynne’s many legendary
choreographic credits include The Muppet Show which Louise Gold puppeteered on; and Cats
which Summer Strallen was in the last cast of.
Gillian Lynne may have previously done
some choreography on Will-Aid
Andrew Bruce also worked on the sound
design for the last big hit
Chris Walker was one of the conductors
and Cole Porter - Night And Day,
and, The Great Musicals – Laughter And Tears.
Steve McManus’s recording credits
(playing the Bass) include: Noel/Cole:
Let’s Do It (Recording) and Defiant Dames.
He has previously appeared in A Time To
Start Living, may have appeared in Comedy
Tonight, and went on to appear in Happily
Ever After.
Christopher Ryan and Louise Gold
had previously appeared on television in Rachel
And The Roarettes
Christopher
Ryan had previously appeared in Alice In
Wonderland, on which Louise Gold
puppeteered.
Michael Broughton and Summer Strallen
had previously appeared together in the Grange Park Opera production of Anything
Goes.
Many years ago, back in his Crossroads
days, while appearing on The Royal Variety Performance, at The
London Palladium, Tony Adams accidentally kicked a chorus boy into
the orchestra pit, thereafter the choreographer Alan Harding, has always
referred to him as the man who kicked one of his dancers into
The Palladium pit! And he isn’t the only television performer in this cast,
with a story to tell about appearing in The Royal Variety Performance,
at The
Gary Wilmot’s recording credits
include The Greatest
Musicals of the 20th Century.
Musical Stages
magazine, Issue 46, Summer 2005, contains an excellent interview by
editor Lynda Trapnell with Louise Gold and Christopher Biggins
(along with some interruptions from Tony Adams and Freddy Lees)
Louise Gold
ended her stint in the show with the end of the London Production. The show has
since gone out on tour, starting with Jane Gurnett (whose previous
credits include appearing with Louise Gold in: My
Fair Lady and Anna Rexic & The Compulsives) in the role
of The Baroness. That role has since been taken over in
Ray C. Davis and Louise Gold had previously appeared together
in
Joseph And
The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Norwich Production).
It is not clear whether Sound Operator Lucy Baker is the same person as that
of the same name in the “With Special
Thanks To” in the credits for the film Muppet
Treasure Island.
It is not clear whether musician Richard Edwards is the same person as that of the same name in the
children’s choir in Joseph And The
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Reading Production).
Louise Gold spoke about
her work in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang on Tim
McArthur Interview.
Isabel
Wroe-Wright went on to appear at The New Ambassadors
Theatre as Young Clair in Kate Betts’s
play On
The Third Day.
Ray C. Davis, Louise Gold, and, Scarlett Strallen have gone on to appear as members of The Company Of Mary Poppins in a late
night FUNdraising special.
Scarlett
Strallen, Louise Gold,
Ray C. Davis, Kate Tydman, Rachel
Rawlinson, Georgia Russell, Roxy Searle, James Burgess, Lawrence
Michalowski, and, Ashley Clish
have gone on to appear in Mary Poppins, which
also has songs by Richard M. Sherman,
and, Robert B. Sherman; and for
which Andrew Bruce was the Sound
Designer and Lucy Baker a Sound
Operator.
Pete
Walton had previously played for Anything Goes
(stage show).
There seem to have been a few fairly funny goings on
concerning one notable corpser among the
company, as follows:
According to Miss H K-M, at one performance (sometime
between March and June 2004), in the middle of the second act, out on stage Louise
Gold burst out laughing, quite hysterically, and was therefore unable to
deliver a key line until she eventually regained control of herself. Thus
delaying the curtain-raising in the middle of the Bombe Sambe by
about five minutes.
According to audience member Ms D Summer’s
account (in her school’s magazine - see below) of the matinee performance on
Wednesday 4 October 2004, in their big scene together, Louise Gold and Christopher
Biggins managed to end up laughing at their own adlibs (having also managed
to make both the audience and the pit orchestra conductor laugh)
According to audience member Mark Harrison, at
the matinee performance on 20 October 2004, owing to the actions of some children
in the front row of the audience, at one particular part with Christopher
Biggins (presumably Chu Chi Face), Louise Gold
appeared to forget her lines and place in the song; with the result that she
ended the number in fits of laughter, as did the audience.
It is perhaps worth noting that the Musical Stages
review is by their ‘Guest Critic’ Vicky Tinker, whose father reviewed such
productions as: Nunsense, Ziegfeld (also at The London Palladium), The Boys From Syracuse, and, Noel/Cole: Let’s Do It.
Critics Comments
“Little disappointed in Christopher Biggins,
but Louise Gold as the Baroness was sensational.” CW Review, CLUB WIZARD, 13 May 2004
“The Truly Vulgarian Christopher Biggins was
surely born to play roly-poly Baron Bomburst, except that his comedy timing
needs a re-tune, especially in the cod Latin American duet with Louise Gold’s
camp Baroness.” Roger Foss, WHATS ON IN
“There was a bit of ad-libbing between
Christopher Biggins and his opposite number Louise Gold, which started from her
broken earring and graduated to full on messing about. Quite where the
improvisation and the prepared comedy moments were divided was anyone's guess.
Again, the audience went along for the ride and it was great.” Ashley Freize Incredible.org.uk’s
weblog.
“Baron
and Baroness Bomburst (Christopher Biggins in a wonderful wig and the
delightful hysterical Louise Gold) and their Vulgarians become true
adversaries.” Viv Hardwick, NORTHERN
ECHO (
“The
show has great songs. It has two of the most shameless old hams in the business
in Christopher Biggins and Louise Gold, who play Baron (or should that be
barren?) Bombast and his fishnet-stockinged