Poppy
2h

Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.
Cast
Ken Wynne
Emperor of China
Nichola McAuliffe
Queen Victoria

David Firth
Jack Idle
Christopher Hurst
Randy
Andrew Thomas James
Randy

Janet Shaw
Sally Forth
Andrea Chance
Cherry
Samantha Hughes
Cherry, Chinese Dancer

Geoffrey Hutchings
Lady 'Dodo'
Antonia Ellis
Dick Whittington

Leo Andrew
Clerk
Jimmy Cassidy
Clerk
Stewart Mackintosh
Clerk
Tano Rea
Clerk

Alfred Marks
Obadiah Upward
John Watts
Lin Tse-Tsii
David Bacon
Teng Tin Chen

Sarah Lam
Yo-Yo
Philip Tsaras
Tiger
Antony Simons
Elephant
Mark White
Elephant, Lord Palmerston
Wayne Aspinall
Unknown
Julie Kirk
Unknown
Julia Lintott
Unknown
Jan Revere
Unknown
Diane Simmons
Unknown

Donald Waugh
Unknown
Crew
David G. Hillier
Director
Peter Nichols
Writer, Lyricist

Monty Norman
Writer, Music
Albert Schwartz
Executive Producer
Michael S. Landes
Executive Producer
Charles Thompson
Producer
Alexander Reid
Costume Design
John Reddie
Sound Designer
Derek Zieba
Sound Designer
John Rook
Lighting Director
Clive Morris
Lighting Design
Farrah
Set Designer
Onna White
Choreographer
William Lockwood
Property Builder
Bill Glaze
Production Manager
Ian MacPherson
Orchestrator