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Dick Whittington
Newcastle Theatre Royal
Until Sunday 17th
January 2016
Read the North East Theatre Guide Review of Dick
Whttington here: http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/review-dick-whittington-at-newcastle.html
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| Photo: Keith Pattison |
Twenty local girls aged 7 to 11 years will be
making their mark and setting the blueprint for future stardom this year when
they appear on the Theatre Royal stage in the blockbuster panto Dick Whittington, The Magical Pantomime
Adventure.
For
the last 27 years the Marron Theatre Arts stage school in Blaydon has been
supplying young dancers to star as the Panto
Babes in the famous Newcastle Theatre Royal panto alongside national
celebrities and West End stars. The
talented group of girls will between them perform in 91 shows over the course
of the season, and many will go on to pursue professional careers in performing
arts.
The
twenty young performers selected for this year’s panto Dick Whittington will be intensively rehearsing at their Blaydon
studio and the Theatre Royal every night after school right up until panto
opening night on 24 November. From then
on, they will split into two groups of ten, each doing two performances a day
on alternate days right up until the panto ends on Sunday 17 Jan ‘16.
Vicki Richardson, who runs the school, said:
“Performing in the Theatre Royal panto is one of the highlights of the year for
our girls – it’s a lot of hard work but they absolutely love it and always have
a great time.”
The
first ever performance by the Marron Babes at Newcastle Theatre Royal was in
1988, when they performed alongside three other local dance schools and TV star
Les Dennis in Babes in the Wood.
Vicki
added: “That show was so successful that we were chosen as the preferred dance
school, and went on to make history as the Theatre Royal’s Marron Panto
Babes.
“At
Marron we have a proud tradition of helping budding performers from pre-school
classes to the professional stage and the panto is a great springboard for them
too. We have many past pupils now
gracing stages throughout the world, and famous alumni include Lauren Hall who
is currently starring in Gypsy in the
West End, Emma Caffrey who is touring with Dirty
Rotten Scoundrels, Charlotte Martin who is in Singing in the Rain in Cork and of course Amy Bruce, who is now a
regular member of the Panto dance ensemble.”
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| Photo: Keith Pattison |
The current Babes ensemble also features Infant
Ballet Champion Freya Burdon-Watson, who at only eight years old recently took
gold at the Redcar Ballet Championship.
Read
the North East Theatre Guide Review here: http://nomorepanicbutton.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/review-dick-whittington-at-newcastle.html
Tickets:
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| Photo: Keith Pattison |
The Babes can be seen in
Dick Whittington at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Tuesday 24 November 2015 until Sunday 17 January 2016.
Tickets are available from £12.50 (pay less online) and can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from the Theatre Royal Box
Office on 08448 11 21 21 (all calls are
charged at 7p a minute plus your phone company’s access charge, calls from
mobiles may vary, please contact your operator for details).
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