Dick Whittington

It was lovely to come back again to see the Conquest Theatre put on Dick Whittington.  It was lovely to see a full house and an enthusiastic audience.

It is always good to see different age ranges on stage and I loved Fairy Bowbells, played by Kyla Henry, ankle boots and wand.

King Rat, played very well by Hugh Farey got the boos and hisses his character deserved and his rat henchlings were very cute and showed off their dancing skills.

It was nice change to see Tommy the Cat, played by Lottie Carr, with tap shoes on which showed her tap skills off in one part of the show.

Captain Port and First Mate Starboard played by Bob Dallow and Nikki Ivison respectively were a very good double act and when they got the odd fit of the giggles it just added more to the enjoyment of the evening for the audience.

The musical numbers kept your feet tapping and there was a lovely duet between Dick Whittington, played by Evan Pardoe-Matthews, and Alice Fitzwarren, played by Megan Merrell with don’t go breaking my heart.  I also liked the Road to Amarillo sung by some of the cast while the Gorilla played by David James was “behind them”!

Ian Price who played Sarah the Cook was a good dame and was lovely to hear that his mother was in the audience that night.

There was also a lovely touch when a little girl who had celebrated her birthday the night before came up on stage for everyone to sing happy birthday to her.  There was also the traditional sing along and the usual competition between the left half and the right half of the audience.

It was a really enjoyable evening and thank you to Bromyard Conquest Theatre for inviting me.

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