Poppy
Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.
Top Billed Cast
Ken Wynne
Emperor of China
Nichola McAuliffe
Queen Victoria
David Firth
Jack Idle
Christopher Hurst
Randy
Andrew Thomas James
Randy
Featured Crew
Alexander Reid
Costume Design
Peter Nichols
Writer
Monty Norman
Music
John Rook
Lighting Director
David G. Hillier
Director
Monty Norman
Writer
Onna White
Choreographer
John Reddie
Sound Designer
Charles Thompson
Producer
William Lockwood
Property Builder
Peter Nichols
Lyricist
Derek Zieba
Sound Designer