
2 – 7 MAY 2011
music ALAN MENKEN
lyrics HOWARD ASHMAN & TIM RICE
book LINDA WOOLVERTON
About the show
A Tale As Old As Time….one of the most popular and enchantingly romantic stories ever told in Disney’s multi award-winning musical. Seen by over 25 million people, one of the biggest musicals of all time brings to life the beloved tale with a burst of theatrical magic.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is the classic story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped in a spell placed by an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity.
Cast
Narrator/Maurice – DAVID PERKINS
Enchantress – VICKY MEE
Young Prince – MICHAEL GAMBLE
Beast – LYNDON PERRY
Belle – LUCY BROWN
LeFou – BENJAMIN HARDY
Gaston – DARRLY CLARKE
Silly Girls – LAURA HARDY, EMMA PEACH, ANJA ZEMAN
Cogsworth – DUNCAN GADSBY
Lumiere – CRAIG BUTTERWORTH
Babette – EVA JACKSON
Mrs. Potts – JULIE EASTER
Chip – ALEX HALFORD, ELLIOT HILL, JOSHUA NAGLE
Madame de la Grande Bouche – LIZ BERRISFORD
Monsieur D’Arque – CARL UNWIN
Company
LUCY BANKS
ANITA BENSON
CASSIE BRIGGS
ANDY BULMER
HAYLEY FARNELL
MICHAEL GAMBLE
KEVIN GOULD
JACK HARDY
LAURA HARDY
KIM HICKEN
DOMINIC HIGHAM
CHARLIE KNIGHT
VICKY MEE
HANNAH OSGOOD
SARAH LORIMER
JONATHAN PAINTING
CLAUDIA PEACH
EMMA PEACH
JAYNE SANDERSON
JOUNI SOINIEN
ASTIN SUTCLIFFE
MATT TRASLER
BEN TROTT
Production
Director – JOHN LEWIN
Musical Director – VICKI HING
Choreographer – MICHAEL GAMBLE
Conductor – PHIL RECKLESS
Stage Manager – ADRIAN WRAY
Assistant Stage Manager – GEMMA FARNELL
Lighting Design – PAUL BONEHAM
Sound – LIMELIGHT EVENTS LTD
Set Hire – SCENIC PROJECTS LTD
Props Hire – YORK LIGHT OPERA COMPANY
Costumier – MOLLY LIMPETTS, X3 COSTUMIER
Wig Hire – RAY MARSTON WIG STUDIOS
DEREK EASTON WIGS
Chief Rigger – ADAM HENDERSON
Rigger – JAKE PETERS
Follow Spot – JOSH PASK, JAKE PETERS
Fly Operator – KRISS PLATTS, STEVE RIDGEWAY
Stage Crew – LUEN BANKS, GUY BENSON, RUTH CHENEY, MIKE FREER, RACHEL PORTER
Orchestra
Piccolo/Flute – JUDITH EPTON
Oboe/English Horn – ROSIE CURTIS
Flute/Clarinet – MIKE CURTIS
Horn – LILLA DI MICELI
Trumpet – DAN ORTIZ
Bass – JON HEYWOOD
Violin – JOHN BRITTEN
Cello – CHRIS DUNN
Keys – KATE KING, GARETH WYNNE
Drums – BRIAN RODWELL