Alan Bennett

Directed by Jackie Herbert

Puss in Slippers

Richard Tydeman

Compere	Kit Kirby
Lawyer	Ryan Fairley
Patience	Sophie Allen
Yum-Yum	Abigail Garbett
Little Buttercup	Lucy Speed
Puss	William Moir
Dacius	Ben Garbett
Queen Mother	Ellie Jackson
Ladies of the Court:
Mary	Freddie Unwin
Grace	Leo Kirby
Letitia	George Jackson
Supporting Cast	Members of YiPPies

Directed by Lesley Wolowiec

The Production Team

Technical Crew	Mike Breeze, Russ Herbert & Tony Gibson
Sound And Lighting	Jacek Wolowiec
Make Up	Lynne Gibson
Costume	Ann Dorman, Lynne Gibson and Pat Francis
Publicity	Jack & Jean Burgess & Kevin Parker
Programmes	Kevin Parker
Prompt	Avril Dorey
Front Of House Team led by	Chrissie Stephenson Oliver
Refreshments	Jean Burgess & Gill Mohin

Programme Notes

Last Panto in Painswick

by David Tristram

Painswick Players is in trouble. The membership has dwindled to four - the audiences aren't much bigger - and if they don't come up with some rent money soon, they are going to be thrown out.

Harassed director ‘Gordon’ (Kevin Parker) seeks a new way to bring in reluctant audiences "There's only one thing that sells

tickets these days" he argues "Sex!" Prim and proper Margaret (Ann Dorman) is horrified, builder Bernard (Jack Burgess) couldn’t care less as long as he doesn’t have to act and only has to make a simple set, and Joyce, poor simple Joyce (Lesley Woloviec) tries so hard but is one “It’s

behind you” short of a Panto.

So begins the chaotic and hilarious build-up to an evening of extraordinary comedy and drama – a side splitting evening we are sure you will never forget.

Last Panto in Painswick has three scenes with only short breaks in between.

Puss In Slippers

by Richard Tydeman

YiPPies are making their debut performance in Painswick with this very amusing 'Potted Panto' Puss in Slippers by Richard Tydeman.

YiPPies (that's Young Painswick Players) was launched in September, this

year, and has proved to be immensely popular. It has attracted some very talented youngsters, but you'll only see 50% of our members here tonight, as the others are already hard at work on our next production, The Magicians Nephew by C.S. Lewis, to be staged in March 2006.

We hope you enjoy tonight's performance and we're sure you'll agree with us that the future looks very bright for our Young Painswick Players.

Puss in Slippers is a Panto Mini Drama with no boots on.

“Tonight, without the least excuse,

We very proudly introduce

To all you Mums and Dads and nippers,

Our Mini Panto, “Puss in Slippers””

A wry and rhyming look at a traditional pantomime tale in three scenes;

Scene 1 An Ancient Mill

Scene 2 A Royal Palace

Scene 3 The Ogre’s Mansion

Pictures

Last Panto in Painswick

Puss in Slippers

A Tail of Two Kitties reviewed (courtesy Painswick Beacon, January 2006)

On a wet and windy evening - the 1st of December - the audience blew in out of the cold and found such a welcoming hall at the Painswick Centre, with festive tables laid out and the promise of mulled wine and mince pies to come - a lovely informal layout for a fun evening. There was a double bill for this evening: Jackie Herbert was making her directorial debut with a one act play by David Tristram - Last Panto in Painswick (the author had made it possible to ‘localise’ name and events) and the Yippies were making their debut performance, after the formation of the Young Painswick Players last September, with Puss in Slippers.

It must have been pretty tricky for Jackie directing such an illustrious cast as Jack Burgess, Kevin Parker, Lesley Woloviec and Ann Dorman but successfully direct it she did: the local drama group was on its last legs (so to speak), and with all four remaining actors each pulling in different directions, things did not look promising, and the scenario of trying to find a date when all four of the committee (comprising the entire drama group) could all attend, was side-splitting and all too familiar!!

After the very welcome mulled wine and mince pies, it was time for the Yippies, who threw themselves into Puss in Slippers by Richard Tydeman, in great style. It was superb to see the young people enjoying themselves so much and the boys who dressed up as young ladies, aspiring to be the consort to the Prince, showed real talent which one would hope to see exploited in future productions. Well done to Lesley and Jackie for giving so much of their time and energy to such a fantastic resource for Painswick young people.

Gill Cox

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