South Pacific -
South Pacific - November 2017
Details
Set against the dramatic background of an idyllic South Pacific island during WWII, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific intertwines the themes of romance, duty, and prejudice to create a story that is all at once hilarious, heartbreaking, and thought-provoking. Based on the anecdotes of a real-life U.S. Navy commander who was stationed on an island, the musical follows two intercultural love stories: Nellie, a spunky nurse from Arkansas, falls in love with Emile, a French plantation owner on the island who has two children from his late Polynesian wife; at the same time, U.S. Lieutenant Cable falls for a beautiful island native named Liat. Both Americans find themselves struggling to reconcile their own cultural prejudices with their amorous feelings, all the while under the dark cloud of a war that is coming ever closer to their island paradise.
Thursday 23rd - Saturday 25th November 2017
The Kenneth More Theatre, Ilford
Cast & Creatives
CAST
Ensign Nellie Forbush | Charlotte Wison
Emile De Becque | Phil Clarke
Ngana, His Daughter | Incia Jiwaji
Jerome, His Son | Zane Jiwaji
Henry, His Native Servant | Lestor Haslam
Bloody Mary | Jenni Allen-Clarke
Liat, Her Daughter | D’mia Walker
Luther Billis, A Sailor | Jeremy Smith
“Stewpot”, Carpenter’s Mate, 2nd Class, George Watts | Scott Wyer
“Professor” And Shore Patrolman | Russell Gillary
Lt. Joseph Cable, United States Marine Corps | Garry Patrick
Capt. George Brackett, United States Navy | Alan Gronner
Commander William Harbison, United States Navy | Martin File
Lt. Buzz Adams | Dan Knibbs
Yeoman Hebert Quayle | Ben Goosetree
Radio Operator Bob Mccaffrey - Sailor | Matthew Moore
Lt. Genevieve Marshall | Ellen O’shea
Ensign Dinah Murphy | Liz Gronner
Ensign Janet Macgregor | Jackie Lowe
CHORUS OF SEABEES, SAILORS, MARINES, ENSIGNS, NURSES, ISLANDERS
John Quarm, Clio Goodwin, Hannah Green, Jackie Lowe, Laura Maguire, Sophie Smart, Kiara Ulewich, Barbra Wilson, Brooke Wolpert
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CREATIVE TEAM
Director | Vivyan Ellacott
Musical Director | Carole Court Bowerman
Choreographer | Loraine Porter
Set | Scenic Projects
Lighting Design | Rob Mitchell-Gears
Sound Design | OFX Technical Services
Costume Design | Stage Costume Dartford, Admiral Costumes & IODS
Wardrobe | Brenda Brackley, Diana Fairbairn Smith, Sylvia Hammatt
Wigs | John Gadd & Derek Easton Wigs
Props | Mo Jones
Stage Manager | Cliff Rozee
