With the world première of Emily White’s Pavilion finishing its run at The Riverside in Newport, and the company’s large-scale promenade show Mold Riots having just taken to the streets, Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd Tamara Harvey and Executive Director Liam Evans-Ford today announce the full casts for their upcoming Christmas productions – Jack and the Beanstalk and A Christmas Carol – adapted for the stage by Alan Harris.
For A Christmas Carol, Liz Stevenson directs Matthew Bulgo (Bob/Fezziwig), Amy Drake (Mrs Aubin/Belle/Beggar), Steven Elliott (Scrooge) and Kerry Peers (Christmas Past/Mrs Roberts).
For Jack and the Beanstalk, Zoë Waterman directs Adam Barlow (Squire Simon), Katie Elin Salt (Fairy Daffodil), Lynwen Haf Roberts (Poison Ivy), Phylip Harries (Dame Tabitha Trott), Jessica Jolleys (Jill Stinker), Ben Locke (Tommy Trott), Alice McKenna (Harriet/Villager/Cow), Peter Mooney (Jack), Elin Phillips (Shake), and Luke Thornton (Vac).
A Theatr Clwyd production
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
By Christian Patterson
22 November – 18 January 2020
Press night: 27 November
Cast: Adam Barlow (Squire Simon), Katie Elin Salt (Fairy Daffodil), Lynwen Haf Roberts (Poison Ivy), Phylip Harries (Dame Tabitha Trott), Jessica Jolleys (Jill Stinker), Ben Locke (Tommy Trott),
Alice McKenna (Harriet/Villager/Cow), Peter Mooney (Jack), Elin Phillips (Shake), Luke Thornton (Vac)
Director: Zoë Waterman; Designer: Adrian Gee; Lighting Designer: Mark Howland
Sound Designer: Matthew Wills; Musical Director: Tayo Akinbode; Choreographer: Will Tuckett Casting Director: Kay Magson
Join Jack’s moo-sical journey up the beanstalk in this giant, magical, egg-cellent adventure!
Theatr Clywd’s acclaimed rock ‘n’ roll panto returns with a brand new script by Christian Patterson, full of super slapstick, bonkers frocks, sparkling sets and our brilliant dame, Phylip Harries.
Adam Barlow returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Squire Simon – he previously appeared in Beauty and the Beast. His other theatre work includes War Horse (National Theatre), Cyrano, The Merry Wives (Northern Broadsides), Jumpers for Goalposts, Our Day Out (Oldham Coliseum), and Inherit the Wind and I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire! (New Vic Theatre). For television his work includes Coronation Street (as Wayne Hayes), The Street and Burn It.
Katie Elin-Salt returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Fairy Daffodil – she previously appeared in Under Milk Wood, Season’s Greetings and Educating Rita. Her other theatre work includes The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Bolton Octagon), Out of Love, Black Mountain, How To Be a Kid (Paines Plough), Twelfth Night (Shakespeare’s Globe), The Comedy of Errors (National Theatre tour) and Crouch Touch Pause Engage (Out of Joint and National Theatre Wales). For television, her work includes Stella, Flash Prank and Tissues and Issues.
Lynwen Haf Roberts returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Poison Ivy – her previous work for the company includes Dick Whittington – The Purrrrrfect Rock ‘N’ Roll Panto and Sleeping Beauty - The Rock 'N Roll Panto. Other theatre credits include A Berlin Kabaret (UK tour), Iesu!, Deffro'r Gwanwyn (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru), Arandora Star (Theatr na nÓg), Fala' Surion, Hawl/Right (Frân Wen), Lleuad yn Olau, Cysgu'n Brysur (Arad Goch) and Sherman Swingers (Sherman Theatre).
Phylip Harries returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Dame Tabitha Trott – he previously appeared in Dick Whittington – The Purrrrrfect Rock ‘N’ Roll Panto, Little Shop of Horrors, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk and Sleeping Beauty. Other theatre credits include Milwr Yn Y Medddwl, Macbeth (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru), One Man, Two Guvnors (UK tour), Aberystwyth Mon Amour (Lighthouse Theatre), TOM – A Story of Tom Jones. The Musical (Theatr na nÓg), Much Ado About Nothing (Stafford Gatehouse Theatre). His television credits include The Light, Tourist Trap, Trollied, The Kennedys, Hinterland and Y Pris; and for film, King Arthur: Excalibur Rising and Masterpiece.
Jessica Jolleys plays Jill Stinker. She recently graduated from Rose Bruford College.
Ben Locke plays Tommy Trott. His theatre work includes Robin Hood and the Revolting Peasants, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing (Oddsocks Productions), Fugitive Songs (Borderline Confrontational) and Billy Young: A Life on Death Row (Lying Lips Theatre Company).
Alice McKenna returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Harriet/Villager/Cow – she previously appeared in Dick Whittington – The Purrrrrfect Rock ‘N’ Roll Panto. Her other theatre credits include Girls Don’t Play the Guitar (Royal Court Liverpool), Underneath a Magical Moon (US tour), Merrily We Roll Along (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre), Underneath a Magical Moon (York Theatre Royal) and Sensation – Music of The Who (UK tour).
Peter Mooney returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Jack – he previously appeared in Dick Whittington – The Purrrrrfect Rock ‘N’ Roll Panto. His other theatre credits include Macbeth and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (The Watermill Theatre and tour), A Midsummer Night’s Nap (The Garage), Once (The New Wolsey Theatre/Queen’s Theatre Hornchurch), Save + Quit (The New Theatre, Dublin), The Commitments (Palace Theatre/UK tour), Eye of the Storm (Theatr na nÓg) and Romeo and Juliet (The Watermill Theatre); and for film, The Usurpers and Viral.
Elin Phillips plays Shake. Her theatre work includes The Populars (Volcano Theatre), Henry V (The Barn Theatre), Dau (RCT Theatres), Penblwydd Poenus Pete (Theatr Iolo) and Alice in Wonderland (Sherman Theatre). For television, her work includes Îha Sheelagh, Gwaith Cartref, Zanzibar and Crash; and for film, Love Type D and Y Syrcas.
Luke Thornton returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Vac – he previously appeared in Sleeping Beauty and Aladdin. His other theatre work includes Midnight (Union Theatre), Summer Holiday (Bolton Octagon), Footloose (UK tour), Dusty (Charing Cross Theatre) and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (London Palladium).
Christian Patterson scripted his début pantomime Dick Whittington for Theatr Clwyd last year, having written award-winning pantomimes at other venues across the UK. He is currently directing Wave Me Goodbye for the company. As an actor his credits for the company include The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, Insignificance, All My Sons and Under Milk Wood. Other credits include The Way of the World (Donmar Warehouse), My Country (National Theatre), Blackbird (The Other Room) and Plays in a Bag – The Knowledge (Royal Court Theatre). His television credits include My Country, Ellen and Mr Selfridge; and for film, Pride and Malice in Wonderland. He won the Best Actor honour at the Wales Theatre Awards in 2016.
Zoë Waterman returns to the theatre to direct, continuing her collaboration with Patterson following last year’s Dick Whittington. She is the Associate Director at the New Vic Theatre where her credits include Playhouse Creatures and The Kitchen Sink. Other theatre credits include Sleeping Beauty (Theatr Clwyd), The Rubenstein Kiss, Amy’s View and After Miss Julie (Nottingham Playhouse), Remarkable Invisible, The Vertical Hour, Enlightenment and Shining City (Theatre by the Lake), The Bogus Woman (Theatre by the Lake/UK tour), Swan Song: an evening of music and song (Swan Theatre), The Demand (Shooting Fish Theatre Company), Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Jack and the Beanstalk (Loughborough Town Hall).
A Theatr Clwyd production
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Adapted for the stage by Alan Harris
13 December – 5 January
Press night: 18 December
Cast: Matthew Bulgo (Bob/Fezziwig), Amy Drake (Mrs Aubin/Belle/Beggar), Steven Elliott (Scrooge) and Kerry Peers (Christmas Past/Mrs Roberts)
Director: Liz Stevenson; Designer: Frankie Bradshaw; Lighting Designer: Matt Leventhall
Sound Designer: Alexandra Faye Braithwaite; Composer/Musical Director: Barnaby Race
Movement Director: Sian Williams; Casting Director: Peter Hunt CDG
It’s Christmas Eve and Ebenezer Scrooge is miserable and unhappy, can you help him find his Christmas spirit?
Explore a living, breathing Victorian street with residents to meet before being whisked away to a dream world where anything can happen and ghosts are just around the corner... A funny immersive family show filled with music and mystery.
Matthew Bulgo returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Bob/Fezziwig – he previously appeared in All My Sons and Lord of the Flies (also Sherman Theatre). His theatre credits include The Cherry Orchard, The Sleeping Beauties, Clytemnestra, A Christmas Carol (Sherman Theatre), The Insatiable, Inflatable Candylion, Praxis Makes Perfect (National Theatre Wales), I’m With The Band, Horizontal Collaboration (Traverse Theatre), Kenny Morgan (Arcola Theatre), Under Milk Wood (Royal and Derngate), The Prince Hamlet (Toronto Dance Theatre), Play, Silence (The Other Room) and Blue/Orange (Canoe Theatre). Bulgo is an Associate Director of Dirty Protest Theatre and also works as a playwright and dramaturg.
Amy Drake plays Mrs Aubin/Belle/Beggar. Her theatre credits include Babushka (Hard Graft Theatre), War and Peace (at Hurricane Speed), Keep Breathing (Reallife Theatre Company), Under The Market Roof (Junction 8 Theatre), Treasure Island (Lancaster Dukes Theatre) and Shakers (Deaf Dog Theatre). For television, her work includes Cold Feet; and for film, The Blast Project and Top Dog.
Steven Elliott plays Scrooge. He is an Associate Artist at Theatr Clwyd. His theatre work includes seasons at the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre Wales, the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and many other theatre companies throughout the UK. For television, his work includes The Crown, Da Vinci’s Demons, Mike Basset – Manager, Ghostboat, Judge John Deed and S4C’s English/Welsh series Porthpenwaig; and for film, The Watcher in the Woods, Les Misérables, Hamlet and Time Bandits.
Kerry Peers returns to Theatr Clwyd to play Ghost of Christmas Past/Mrs Roberts. Previous work for the company includes Wave Me Goodbye, Much Ado About Nothing, Jumpy, A Streetcar Named Desire and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Other theatre work includes The Words Are Coming Now (Theatre503), Pride and Prejudice (Nottingham Playhouse/ York Theatre Royal), The Father, Dead Funny – both Manchester Theatre Awards nominations, Brighton Beach Memoirs – Manchester Theatre Awards Winner (Oldham Coliseum), Peter Pan (Northcott Exeter), and Shirley Valentine (Frinton Summer Theatre). Television work includes Clink, Butterfly, Bulletproof, Hollyoaks, Waterloo Road and Shameless; and as series regulars in The Bill (as WDC Suzi Croft) and Brookside (Helen Carey).
Alan Harris’ plays include Sugar Baby (Edinburgh Fringe 2017, Soho Theatre 2018), How My Light is Spent (winner of the Judges’ Award at the 2015 Bruntwood Prize, produced by the Royal Exchange, Manchester, Sherman Theatre and Theatre By The Lake), Love, Lies and Taxidermy (Paines Plough, Theatr Clwyd and Sherman Theatre), The Opportunity of Efficiency (New National Theatre Tokyo / National Theatre Wales), A Good Night Out in The Valleys (the inaugural production of the newly formed National Theatre Wales), The Future For Beginners (liveartshow / Wales Millennium Centre), The Magic Toyshop (Invisible Ink / Theatr Iolo), Cardboard Dad (Sherman Cymru), Miss Brown To You (Hijinx Theatre), and Orange (Sgript Cymru). His latest play For The Grace of You Go I will feature in Theatr Clwyd’s season for 2020.
Liz Stevenson is the Artistic Director Theatre by the Lake, and Junction 8 Theatre. She won the 2015 JMK Young Director Award. Barbarians at the Young Vic was nominated for a 2016 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre. She was the Associate Director on the UK and Ireland tour of the National Theatre’s production of Macbeth. As a director, her other work includes The Secret Garden (York Theatre Royal, Theatre by the Lake), Under The Market Roof (Chorley Market, Junction 8 Theatre), Handbagged (Theatre by the Lake), How My Light Is Spent (Royal Exchange Theatre, Sherman Theatre, Theatre by the Lake), Macbeth (Dukes Theatre, Lancaster), Barbarians (Young Vic), Bluestockings, Too Fast and Midnight at The Hotel Beauregard (ALRA North).
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SEASON AT A GLANCE
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Anthony Hopkins Theatre
22 November – 18 January 2020
Press night: 27 November
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Emlyn Williams Theatre
13 December – 5 January
Press night: 18 December
Y TROL WNAETH DDWYN Y ‘DOLIG
Clwyd Room
27 December – 5 January 2020
Press night: 27 December
MILKY PEAKS
Emlyn Williams Theatre
20 March - 11 April
Press night: 30 March
FOR THE GRACE OF YOU GO I
Emlyn Williams Theatre
27 April – 9 May
Press night: 30 April
