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A Mammoth Singing
Louise Gold
was scheduled to appear as a member of the cast of Nunsense,
a fundraising event in aid of The Terrence Higgins Trust, and, Frontliners, at The Piccadilly Theatre, on Sunday 13
December 1987.
Note: Please
note the cast listing and running order is not necessarily accurate, the
webmaster wasn’t present and so is using the original printed programme of events
as a guide. I don’t even know whether Ms Gold actually took part in this!
However those whose names are listed here in italics are definitely
known to have taken part.
The event was
scheduled to run from 12 Noon to 10:30pm.
Cast
All Day Compere – Clarke Peters
First Show 12 O’clock
Eileen Atkins
British Airways Groovers Steel Orchestra
Miguel Brown
Cantabile
“Girlfriends” Company
Norma Atallah
Clare Burt
Donna Champion
Jacqui Cryer
Tracey Halsey
Tina Jones
Julie Jupp
Heather Mathers
Jenna Russell
Gareth Snook
Sara Weymouth
Musician: Kate Young
Half Moon Panto
Nicola Blackman
Angela Curran
David Fielder
Simon Greenall
Julia Office
Ian Puleston-Davies
Musicians: Paul Abrahams, and, Maurice McEllroy
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses” Company
Samantha Bond
John Cullen
Jackie Dankworth
Peter Lennon
Andy Rattenbury
Kate Spiro
Paul Medford
National Theatre Company No. 73
“Nunsense Company”
Maxine Audley
Louise Gold
Pip Hinton
Anna Rees
Bronwen Stanway
“On The Other Hand”
Fay Presto
“String Of Pearls”
Dilys Watling
Musician: Leslie Hayes
Second Show 2:30pm
Musician Calum McLeod
Debbie Bishop
“The Compulsives”
“Eastenders”
Kathryn Apanowicz
Musician: Dave Brown
“
Steven Baker
Nicolas French
Jay Graham
Jean Jourdan
Kerry Lovegrove
Christina Matthews
Jemma Ward
Musician: John Langridge
“Girls and the Great Xar”
Jackie Arnold
Emma Freud
Amanda Garwood
The Great Xar
The Brough Boys
Hue And Cry
Kenny Lynch
Claire Rayner
Sinitta
“Starlight Express”
Company
Shezwae Powell
Lon Satton
Musician: Peter Hagen
Peter Straker
Helen Terry
Musician: Adrian York
Third Show 5 o’clock
Neil Bartlett
Gaye Brown, and, Philip Paul
Musician: Jonathan Cohen
Elaine Delmar
Musicians: Mario Castronari, Brian Dee, and, Mark Taylor
Daniel Day Lewis
Billy Geraghty
Liam Grundy
Carol Sloman
Emma Freud
Bob Harris, and, Kathy Louis
Gloria Hunniford
David Kernan
Musician: Jonathan Cohen
“Les Miserables” Company
Leon Ferguson
Kate Percival
Musicians: Mark Inscoe, and, Courtney Kenny
Lulu and the “Peter Pan” Company
The McGanns (Stephen McGann, Clare McGann, Paul McGann, Mark McGann, and, Joe McGann)
Ian McKellen
Sarah Jane Morris
“The Phantom Of The Opera” Company
Paul Arden-Griffith
Sally Ashfield
Wayne Aspinall
Anne Breckell
Justin Church
Janet Devenish
Lynn Jezzard
Karen Lowe
Patricia Merrin
Claire Moore
Marina Stevenson
Alison Townsend
Musician: Calum McLeod
Lilly Savage
Hank Wangford
Musicians: Martin Belmont, Cissy Footwear, and, Bobby Velentino
Ruby Wax
Fourth Show 7:30pm
Cass Allen
Musician: Clare James
Alan Bates
Madeline Bell
Christopher Biggins
Billy Bragg*
“Chess” Company
David Burt
Kevin Colson
Litsa Davies
Philip Griffiths
Liza Hobbs
Grainne Renihan
Duncan Smith
Staged by: Peter Walker
Musician: Trevor York
John Christie
Ronnie Corbett
Julie Covington
Erasure
Fenella Fielding
“Follies” Company
Linda Baron
Gillian Bevan
Maria Charles
Brad Graham
Simon Green
David Healy
Margaret Houston
Hope Jackman
Steven Lubmann
Jill Martin
Siobhan O’Kane
Evan Pappas
Debbie Poplitt
Jenny Scott-Malden
Sally Smith
Roy Sone
Dawn Spence
Kathy Terry
Barbara Toye
Sally Ann Triplett
Dorothy Vernon
Arrangements: Martin Koch
Samantha Fox
Claire & Leonard
Friedman
Adelaide Hall
Lesley Joseph, and, Patricia Hodge
Helen Lederer
Maureen Lipman
Mass Carib
Nicola McAuliffe
Sylvester McCoy
George Melly
Anton Rogers
Ned Sherrin
Labi Siffre
Carol Woods
Neil McArthur’s All Star Band
(The programme says the band were backing various artistes throughout the day, and playing between shows two & three, and, three & four).
Neil McArthur
Richard Allen
Howard Britz
Sharon D. Clarke
Andrew Huggett
Peter Hurt
Henry Lowther
Chris Pynee
Ian Shaw
Jeremy Taylor
Pete Thomas
Marie Waldren
Daryll Williams
James Woodrow
Ian Woods
Front Of House Performers
Musical Director – Stephen Warbeck
Stage Managers – Nigel Guy, and, Maureen Poole
“Menage A Trois”
Jason Carr
Jonathan Donne
Kathryn Hide
Merial Dickinson, and, Bruce Ogston
Margaret Houston
Dawn Spence
Sally Ann Triplett
Jenny Scott-Malden
“Platform 5”
Corianne Benbow
Claire Carpenter
Vivien Parry
Pat O’Toole
Sally Dexter
Melaine Howard, and, Ollie Blanchflower
Sue Beard
Carol Carey
Caroline Humphries
Carol Concert
Musical Director – Trevor York
“Man For All Seasons” Company
“Kiss Me Kate” Company
Andree Bernard
Jacqui Botswain
Carole Brooke
Richard Calkin
Raymond Chai
Caroline Dillon
Angela Hercules Joseph
Liz Izen
Berwick Kaler
Peter Ledbury
Melanie Marshall
Nicola McAuliffe
Robert Purvis
Tarno Rea
Mikaela Ryden-Taub
Stephen Thomas
Vinette
Arrangement: Tim Higgs
“Chess” Choir
Yvonne Bachem
Margaret Bankier
Sue Cullen
Rob Fardell
Steve Fortune
Philip Griffiths
Liza Hobbs
Debbie Holmes
Ellen Jackson
Tom Marandola
Terry Mitchell
Duncan Smith
Plus
John Barr
Gabby Bevan
Isla Blair
Caroline Bliss
Gary Bond
Mark Bond
Helena Bonham Carter
Joia Claire
Sally Dexter
Deborah Fox
Mark Fowler
Julian Glover
Alex Hanson
Helen Hobson
Patricia Hodge
Sally Ann Howes
Deirdre Lovell
Clare James
Annabel Levington
Ian Ogilvy
Nulla O’Sullivan
Allan Rice
Kelly Sanders
Stella Segar
Jayne Threadgold
Ed Wiley
and members of the “When Did You Last See Your Trousers” Company
Production Team
Event Inspired and Produced by Maria Friedman
Co-Producer – Kelly Hunter
Executive Producer – Roland Brine
Production Manager – Sonia Friedman
Assistant Production Manager – Mark Ormerod
Executive Committee – Anna
Gardner, Charlotte Hindle, Julie
Kinney, Inez Thorn, and,
Committee – Helen Anderson, Samantha Bond, Francis Cox, John Field, Leon Ferguson, Nigel Guy, George Hetherington, Liz Hobbs, Matthew Lynch, Jackie Morgan, Rita McDonel, Crispn Thomas, and, Johnny Worthy
Stage Manager – Sonia Friedman
Assistant to the Stage Manager – Ken Grant
Deputy Stage Managers – Jackie Morgan, and, Mark Ormerod
Stage Management – Sylvia Carter, Matthew Lynch, and, Meg Smith
Sound – Nic Jones,
Gary Giles, and,
Wardrobe – Helen Anderson
Terrance Higgins Trust Coordinator – Elizabeth Davies
Frontliners Coordinator – Peter Tilson
Some of the Groups appearing do not give the names of the individuals. Thus
is may be possible that some of the named performers who took part in one show,
may possibly have appeared in other shows as part of groups where the
individuals have not been named. Your
webmaster, for example, does wonder who “The
Compulsives” were.
*It is known that Billy Bragg who was scheduled to appear in the
Fourth show, did not in fact appear in the Fourth show, however, he did appear
in the Third Show.
On the
entry for this gala on The McGann Brothers’s fansite, it says that
this event was “Organised by Su Pollard”. However, your webmaster has found no
mention of Su Pollard in the programme. The programme does however very clearly
present Maria Friedman’s obvious involvement (and others associated with her).
This also mentions (and their webmaster was there) that Billy Bragg actually
appeared in the Third Show and not the Fourth show.
Bronwen Stanway’s firstname appears to
have been misspelt in the programme as Bronwyn Stanway.
It may also be noted that Jacqueline Dankworth usually seems to have used Jacqui as the
short of her name, but in this programme she is credited as Jackie (but the
spelling of that short does often vary). Also Debbie Bishop’s name is usually spelt as Debby Bishop. It would appear that Pam St Clement’s
name has been misspelt as Pam St Clements. While Sally
Ann Triplet’s name should actually have been spelt as Sally Ann Triplett. Meanwhile Grainne Renihan has been known to spell her name
as Grania Renihan as
well as Grainne. Anton
Rodgers should have been spelt as Anton
Rogers.
Maxine Audley, Louise Gold, Pip Hinton,
Anna Rees, and, Bronwen Stanway were appearing in Nunsense (stage show) at
the time of this event.
Louise Gold, Pip Hinton, Anna Rees,
and, Bronwen Stanway can
be heard on the album Nunsense
(recording).
Louise Gold, Christopher Biggins, and, Berwick
Kaler had previously appeared at The Piccadilly
Theatre in The Soap Opera.
Louise Gold, and, Sylvester McCoy went
on to appear at The Piccadilly Theatre
in Noises Off.
Angela Richards, Debby Bishop, Sinitta, Shezwae Powell, Gaye Brown, David Kernan, Ian McKellen, Claire
Moore, Alan Bates, Madeline Bell, Christopher Biggins, Ronnie Corbett, Fenella Fielding,
Linda Baron, Gillian Bevan, Simon Green, Lesley Joseph,
Maureen Lipman,
Ned Sherrin,
Sally Ann Howes,
and, Maria Friedman took part in Kids At Heart; which Clark Peters, Pam St Clement,
Emma Freud, Claire Rayner, Maria Stevenson, Ruby Wax,
Dawn Spence, Patricia Hodge, Nicola
McAuliffe, Carol Woods, Richard Calkin,
Isla Blair, and, Julian Glover may have appeared in. It could also be possible that The Brough Boys
might have taken part in this show (well a Harvey
Brough did take part in it).
Eileen
Atkins went on to become one of the creators of The House Of Elliott.
Cantabile,
Maxine Audley,
Dilys Watling, Angela Richards, Peter Straker, Jonathan Cohen, David Kernan,
Clare Burt, Gareth Snook, Jackie Dankworth,
Claire Moore, Philip Griffiths, Dawn
Spence, Bruce Ogston,
Rob Fardell,
and, Maria Friedman’s recording
credits include Cabaret.
Clare Burt, Christina Matthews, Shezwae Powell, Claire Moore, and, Helen
Hobson’s recording credits include Encore The
Very Best From The Musicals.
Clare Burt, Shezwae Powell, and, Jonathan Cohen’s recording credits include Cole Porter - Night And Day.
Clare Burt, Claire Moore, Christopher Biggins,
Grainne Renihan,
and, Sally Ann Triplett’s recording
credits include Simply Musicals.
Clare Burt’s recording credits include The Greatest Musicals of
the 20th Century.
Clare Burt, Angela Richards, Peter Straker,
Simon Green, Sally Ann Triplett, Lesley
Joseph, Patricia Hodge, and, John Barr went on to appear in A Love Letter To Dan.
Clare Burt, Jackie Dankworth,
Claire Moore, Gillian Bevan, and, Maria Friedman’s recording credits include Centre Stage Showtime!.
Clare Burt, Jackie Dankworth,
David Kernan,
and, Alex Hanson’s recording credits
include The Great Musicals – Laughter And Tears.
Clare Burt, Jackie Dankworth,
Jonathan Cohen, Claire Moore, Grainne Renihan, Trevor
York, Gillian Bevan,
and, Sally Ann Triplett’s recording
credits include Magic Of The Musicals.
Tina Jones, and, Christopher Biggins may have taken part in Dear
Ralph.
Julie Jupp, and, Angela
Curran’s film credits include Topsy
Turvy.
Julie Jupp’s recording credits include Topsy Turvy (Soundtrack album).
Jenna Russell, Christopher Biggins, and, Gillian
Bevan went on to appear in the Regents Park 70th Anniversary Gala.
Gareth Snook, Jackie Dankworth,
Evan Pappas, Deirdre Forrest, and, Maria
Friedman went on to appear in Merrily We
Roll Along, and on the associated album Merrily We Roll Along (Recording).
Gareth Snook went on to appear in Assassins, on which
Kate Young also worked on.
Gareth Snook, Philip Griffths,
Liza Hobbs, Bruce Ogston, and, Rob Fardell’s
recording credits include On The
Town.
Gareth Snook, Philip Griffiths, Liza Hobbs, Simon Green, Bruce Ogston, and, Rob
Fardell’s
recording credits include Anything Goes
(Recording) – Website Recommended Album.
Kate Young, Martin Koch, and, Sylvester McCoy had previously worked
on The Pirates of Penzance (Stage
Production).
Kate Young, Mark Inscoe,
and, Philip Griffiths went on to
work on Anything
Goes (Stage Production).
Nicola Blackman went on to appear in The
Taming Of The Shrew.
Angela Curran, Erasure, and, Samantha Fox’s television credits
include Roland Rat The Series.
Simon Greenall’s television credits include Alexei
Sayle’s Merry-Go-Round.
Angela Richards, Pam St Clement, Gaye Brown, David Kernan, Lesley Joseph, Ned Sherrin,
Angela Richards, Elaine Delmar, David Kernan,
Claire Moore, Fenella Fielding, Simon Green, Ned Sherrin, Neil McArthur,
Angela Richards, David Kernan,
and, Maria Friedman appeared in Sondheim At The
Barbican.
Angela Richards, David Kernan,
Fenella Fielding, Sally Ann Triplett, and, Ned
Sherrin went on to appear in the Side By Side By Sondheim 25th Anniversary
Gala.
Debby Bishop went on to appear in Kiss Me Kate,
and Hot’n’Spicey 2.
Pam St Clement, Gaye Brown, David Kernan,
Fenella Fielding, Linda Baron, Lesley Joseph,
Ned Sherrin,
and,
Christina Matthews’s film credits include Billy The
Kid And The Green Baize Vampire.
Christina Matthews, Shezwae Powell, Grainne Renihan, Simon Green, and, Maria Friedman’s recording credits include The History Of The
Musical.
Shezwae Powell, and, Myra
Sands went on to appear in Follies.
Neil Bartlett went on to adapt and design a musical version Lady Into Fox.
Gaye Brown, Myra Sands, Liza Hobbs, and, Debbie Holmes appeared in a concert of highlights from the Ratepayers’ Iolanthe & Metropolitan Mikado, with which Ned Sherrin
was also involved.
Gloria Hunniford, Martin
Koch, Sylvester McCoy, and, Anton Rogers had previously appeared in
The Royal Variety Performance
(1982).
David Kernan, Ned Sherrin,
David Kernan, and,
David Kernan, Claire
Moore, Gillian Bevan,
Ned Sherrin,
and, Helena Bonham Carter may have
appeared in Comedy Tonight.
David Kernan went on to appear in the
David Kernan, Christopher
Biggins, Simon
Green, Sally Ann Triplett, Maureen Lipman,
and, Ned Sherrin
went on to appear in the Side By Side By Sondheim
30th Anniversary Gala.
Myra Sands has gone on to appear in many Lost Musicals concert stagings including: By Jupiter,
One Touch Of Venus (1992 Production),
Du Barry Was A
Lady (1993 Production), New Girl In Town,
Red Hot & Blue, Something For The Boys, Panama Hattie, and, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Myra Sands also appeared in One Touch Of Venus (2000 Production), which
Joe McGann went on to work on The
Gondoliers, which Caroline Humphries
sometimes conducted.
Joe McGann went on to appear in
Ruby Wax’s
television credits include For Four Tonight.
Christopher Biggins went on to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang
Bang.
Liza Hobbs, Sally Ann
Triplett, and, Debbie Holmes
appeared in The Metropolitan Mikado,
which Ned Sherrin
was also involved with.
Grainne Renihan took
part in Dress Circle Grand Reopening.
Ronnie Corbett took part in A Celebration Of The Life And Work Of Dick Vosburgh.
Erasure’s
television credits include ABBA – The Mamma Mia Story.
Fenella
Fielding, Patricia Hodge, and, Ned Sherrin’s radio
credits include Ned Sherrin’s
Review Of Revue.
Gillian Bevan went on to appear in The Boys From
Syracuse.
Simon Green went on to appear in Flaunt It 2008.
David Healy’s film voice-over credits include Labyrinth.
It is possible
that Debbie Poplitt
could be Deborah Poplett
who appeared in Rachel And The Roarettes:
It seems
unlikely that the Barbara Toye appearing in the Follies Company, would be
the same person as the lady of the same name who was a production assistant on Noel/Cole: Let’s Do It.
Sally Ann Triplett went on to appear in Happily Ever After. Her recording credits
include The Best Of
The Musicals, and her television credits include Rita Rudner.
Martin Koch, and, Sylvester McCoy had
previously worked on The Pirates Of Penzance (Gala Performance), The Pirates Of Penzance
(Gala Preview), and, The
Pirates Of Penzance (Benefit Preview).
Martin Koch went on to work on Mamma Mia.
Martin Koch, and, Vivien Parry’s
television credits include ABBA – The Reunion.
Helen Lederer’s television credits include A
Kick Up The Archive.
Anton Rogers’s television credits include Julia
And Company.
Ned Sherrin was involved with Ziegfeld (stage show), and the associated record Ziegfeld (Recording).
The Company of Mary Poppins’s FUNdraising
late night gala was dedicated to Ned Sherrin.
Sharon D Clarke, and,
Stephen Warbeck’s composition credits include music for productions of The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and, The Cherry Orchard.
Bruce Ogston’s radio credits include Let ‘Em Eat Cake.
Liz Izen went on to appear in Calamity
Jane.
Alex Hanson’s recording credits include Great Duets From The
Musicals, and, The Great
Musicals – Dashing Heroes, Blushing Maidens.
Helen Hobson’s recording credits include The Great
Musicals – Wonderful Tales.
The stage
manager Matthew Lynch on the
production team committee, is one would presume, not the same person as the film recordist
of the same name on Muppet Treasure Island.
Crispin Thomas had previously appeared in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
(York Production).
Ronnie Corbett had previously taken part in Comic Relif 1986.
Myra Sands, and, Julian Glover have gone on to appear in Oliver!. They can be heard on the cast album Oliver! (Recording).
Critics Comments
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Links about Thin A Thon
The McGann
Brothers’ fansite’s
entry for this event: http://www.mcgannbrothers.org.uk/productssimple17.html (For some
strange reason this appears to state the event as being organised by Su
Pollard)
