The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Red Brick Auditorium, Square Chapel, Halifax
March 2013
The adaptation begins with a group of children being separated from their families at Waterloo station, the youngsters being evacuated during wartime. They arrive at a professor's house and are allowed to roam wherever they like as they try to keep themselves occupied on a rainy day.
This adaptation of the novel by C S Lewis is by Theresa Heskins and was first performed at tne New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
CAST
Peter - Joe C
Susan - Isobelle
Edmund - Sol
Lucy - Juliette
Father - Jack
Mother - Molly
Professor - Joe M
Mrs McReady - Rosie
Mr Tumnus - Daniel
White Witch - Josephine
Quenn's Driver - Tom
Mrs Beaver - Katy
Mr Beaver - William F
Maugrim - Billy
Father Christmas - Jake
Aslan - William P
Parents, Wives, Girlfiends, Guards, Soldiers, Day trippers,
Naiads, Dryads, Guants, Ogres, Centaurs, Eagles,
Leopards, Squirrels, Foxes, Horrors, Wraiths, Wolves,
Ghouls, Spectres and many, many more ...
Aidan Holly
Beth Joanne
Catherine Jonathan
Ceri Jujin
Charlotte Penny
Emma Robyn
Fin Sam
George
Directed by Stephen Finegold
Assisted by Gillie Kerrod
Movement by Jez Gregg
Music composed and played by Matthew Finegold
Flue played by Catherine
Lighting by Matt Blackmore
Sound by Richard Olive
Set by Tony Clark
Props by Helen Wright, Tracy Drake & Jayne McNulty
Animation by James Huson
Costume by Gill Brown, Tracy Drake & Alison Roberts