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Production Team

• Directors

  

  Full Name:

  Elli Course

  Degree:

  used to be History, now it's history!! Ha ha ha. Elli graduated in 2002 and now works at York Minster.

  Favourite Things:

  Cheese, sausages, thunder, glittery deeley-boppers, the Gospel of St John, guinea pigs, and the paintings of Hans Holbein jnr and Hieronomous Bosch.

  Further Information:

  Elli's love of music ranges from 18th century comic opera to 1960s folk-rock to 1980s cheese. Truly a Renaissance woman!

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  Full Name:

  Penny Grant

  Degree:

  Mathematics

  Favourite Things:

  Sunsets, mountains, little sausages, snow leopards and large, squashy cushions (preferably yellow and red ones).

  Further Information:

  Penny writes stories in her spare time but has yet to actually finish a masterpiece - works in the running include "Gooze", "The Quest for Real Life", "Thomas Controllicus" and "The Old Fashioned Assassin".

• Musical Director

  

  Full Name:

  Chris O'Gorman

  Degree:

  Music

  Favourite Things:

  Raindrops on Roses and Whiskers on Kittens (Woops, wrong show... Sorry)

  Further Information:

  Chris' quiet demeanour and friendly smile lure many people into believing that he is harmless. Don't be fooled! Chris is currently swindling thousands of pounds from the G&S account, and plans to buy Toffs, as his own private club to impress the laydees.

• Lord High Orchestrator

  

  Full Name:

  Simon Green

  Degree:

  Music

  Favourite Things:

  Gossiping loudly, wearing hats, elves and pixies.

  Further Information:

  Simon's ambition is to be the world's shortest man! He practises by squeezing himself into a series of small boxes every day.

• Technical Director

  

  Full Name:

  Oliver Fisher

  Degree:

  English Language & Linguistics

  Favourite Things:

  Bear pits, small rabbits with small noses and Ermintrude from The Magic Roundabout.

  Further Information:

  Oliver grows sunflowers in his spare time, and attends all the Austrian bierfests that he can get to.

Crew

• Technical Director

  

  Full Name:

  Oliver Fisher

  Degree:

  English Lanaguge & Linguistics

  Favourite Things:

  Simon's sweets

  Further Information:

  Oliver likes to have fun in his spare time. He is extremely cynical about the existence of fairies, but does believe that Mary Poppins can fly.

• Lighting Manager

  

  Full Name:

  Andy Vick

  Degree:

  Physics

  Favourite Things:

  Being a Gilbert & Sullivan Society Techie...

  Further Information:

  Promoted from a very helpful and extremely productive mere nothing (we're very grateful to him for his voluntary efforts in Iolanthe), Andy is now our Lighting Manager. Andy spends his spare time sitting in holes with Simon Thompson. He's also a bit of an artiste.....

• Lighting Consultant

  

  Full Name:

  Simon Thompson

  Degree:

  N/A....hehehehe

  Favourite Things:

  The York University Gilbert & Sullivan Society

  Further Information:

  Simon retired from crewing after Iolanthe but we managed to persuade him to return once more to lend his valuable knowledge to us....cos we is ignorant.

• Stage Manager

  

  Full Name:

  Heidi Starling

  Degree:

  English Language & Linguistics

  Favourite Things:

  Vomiting

  Further Information:

  Heidi had so much fun doing Iolanthe that she's back for more Stage Management. Vish is presumably the subservient partner in the relationship - Heidi being his boss. Woof.

• Crew

  

  Full Name:

  Keith McKillop

  Degree:

  Computer Science & Maths. Nuff sed.

  Favourite Things:

  Showering with laydeeeeeeeez

  Further Information:

  Keith spends his days maintaining his fabulous website, brushing his hair (I know.....you can't tell) or, as mentioned, showering with laydeeeeeeez.

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  Full Name:

  Vishal Patel

  Degree:

  Economics & Finance

  Favourite Things:

  Sweeping backstage or taking orders from Heidi (kinky).

  Further Information:

  A veteran of Gilbert & Sullivan now, Vish still enjoys his quality food...EFE's is a favourite. Vish has a passion for boybands - he has met Lee from Blue and simply adores *Nsync (yes he has calendars and stuff). Vish went to the opening ceremony of Euro Disney in Paris and owns a green parrot.

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  Full Name:

  David Baker

  Degree:

  CompSci

  Favourite Things:

  Televisions and related equipment.

  Further Information:

  Dave has acquired the title of Station Director at YSTV since we saw him last during Iolanthe - proof maybe that he wasn't working for Central Hall Musical when we saw him crewing for their show......grrrrrrrrr. Dave has one thing to say on his choice of degree: "boy do I regret it". Fair enough I say.

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  Full Name:

  Richard Ablitt

  Degree:

  Electronics

  Favourite Things:

  Musicals and Electronics (a CompSci/Electronics student who LIKES their degree????)

  Further Information:

  Richard was part of the sound crew for Central Hall Musical's show last term. Unlike Dave he admits that he used to work for the dark side and has converted...Dave is still pretending to himself.... Always wanted a cute doll of a character from Cats the musical? Richard's website has the answer.

Cast

Mary Poppins Tor Steventon	Bert Chris Charlton	Jane Lizzie Whitebread
Michael Stuart Gallagher	Mr Banks Mark Pim	Mrs Banks Rebecca Mellor
Ellen Emily Price	Katie Nana Kate Taylor	Mr Dawes Jnr. Steven Purvis
Admiral Boom Alex Mortlock	Mr Binnacle Frank Arnold	The Constable Nick Lay
The Birdwoman Karyl Toate	Mirror Mary Joy Ruff
and featuring The Biscuit Boys Alex Holland, Nick Lay, Steven Purvis, Nick Temperley

Chorus

• Men
• Women

Orchestra

Acknowledgements