Title: Nutcracker!
Date: Tuesday 7th-Saturday 11th February 2012
Type: Ballet/Dance
Company: New Adventures
Location: Birmingham Hippodrome, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: Matthew Bourne
Production: 2011/12 restaging of 2002 production
Collection Folder: Folder 25

Cast

Dr Dross: Neil Westmoreland, Daniel Wright
Matron, his Wife: Madelaine Brennan, Daisy May Kemp, Etta Murfitt
Sugar, their Daughter: Sophia Hurdley, Ashley Shaw, Chloe Wilkinson
Fritz, their Son: Daniel Collins, Luke Murphy, Dominic North, Danny Reubens
Clara: Carrie Johnson, Katy Lowenhoff, Hannah Vassallo
Nutcracker: Adam Maskell, Edwin Ray, Chris Trenfield
Princess Sugar: Sophia Hurdley, Ashley Shaw, Chloe Wilkinson
Prince Bon-Bon: Daniel Collins, Dominic North, Luke Murphy, Danny Reubens
Cupids: Phil Jack Gardner, Sophia Hurdley, Carrie Johnson, Dena Lague, Liam Mower, Luke Murphy, Gavin Persand
King Sherbert: Neil Westmoreland, Daniel Wright
Queen Candy: Madelaine Brennan, Daisy May Kemp, Etta Murfitt
Liquorice Allsorts: Tom Jackson Greaves, Katy Lowenhoff, Katrina Lyndon, Leon Moran, Liam Mower, Alastair Postlethwaite, Edwin Ray, Ashley Shaw
Knickerbocker Glory: Tom Jackson Greaves, Adam Maskell, Alastair Postlethwaite
Marshmallow Girls: Merry Holden, Carrie Johnson, Nicole Kabera, Mari Kamata, Daisy May Kemp, Dena Lague, Katrina Lyndon, Kate Lyons, Jamie McDonald, Chloe Wilkinson
Gobstoppers: Daniel Collins, Phil Jack Gardner, Leon Moran, Luke Murphy, Gavin Persand, Danny Reubens, Chris Trenfield, Daniel Wright
Orphans, Orphanage Governors, Humbug Bouncers: Company

Crew

For The Nutcracker

Director and Choreographer: Matthew Bourne
Producers: Ambassador Theatre Group Ltd., Rupert Gavin, PW Productions Ltd., Matthew Mitchell

Designer: Anthony Ward
Lighting Designer: Howard Harrison
Sound Designer: Paul Groothuis
Original Scenario Devisors: Matthew Bourne, Martin Duncan, Anthony Ward
Wigs Designer: Chris Redman

Production Manager: Tom McEvilly
Associate Lighting Director: Alistair Grant
Associate Sound Designer: Greg Pink
Costume Supervisor: Wendy Griffiths
Hair, Wigs & Make-Up Supervisor: Sally Tynan
Associate Director: Etta Murfitt
Assistant Associate Director: Kerry Biggin

Resident Director: Neil Westmoreland
Dance Captain: Dominic North
Company Manager: Simon Lacey
Stage Manager: Paul Thomson
Deputy Stage Manager: Emma Frith
Assistant Stage Manager/Book Cover: Clare Howell
Technical Assistant Stage Manager: Mary Kelly

Wardrobe Mistress: Laura Turner
Deputy Wardrobe Mistress: Heather Bull
Wardrobe Assistant: Kevin Kilmister
Wigs Mistress: Lisa Champion
Deputy Wigs Mistress: Tara Smaldon

Master Carpenter: Chris Tonini
Chief Electrician: Elaine Bridgman
Deputy Electrician: Alex Lynn
Sound Operator: Orry Henderson
Technical Swing: Colin Wilson

Physiotherapist: Megan Edwards
Stage Management Work Experience: Chris Deasey
General Management: Meryl Faiers, Vicky Hawkins
Production Coordinator: Zareen Walker

Costume Supervisor’s Assistant: David Stringer
Costume Makers: Karen Crichton, Mark Costello, Phil Reynolds, Sue Ward
Costume Painters and Dyers: Penny Hadrill, Nicola Killeen
Prop Costumes: Robert Allsopp
Hats: Jane Smith
Props Supervisor: Lily Mollgâard

Moving Light Programmer: Steve Parkinson
Production Carpenter: Dylan Batdorff
Production Lighting Engineer: Andy Murrell
Production Sound Engineers: Greg Pink, Ken Hampton

Rehearsal Teachers: Raymond Chai, Darren Ellis, Vicky Evans, Nina Goldman, Michela Meazza, Isabel Mortimer, Stephen Pelton, Tory Trotter, Renaud Wiser
Rehearsal Accompanists: Chris Benstead, Eric Frajira, Meg Morley, John Sweeney, Wayne Walker-Allen, Nick Williamson
Original Production Associate Directors: Scott Ambler, Etta Murfitt

For New Adventures

Artistic Director: Matthew Bourne
Director: Robert Noble
Artistic Associates: Scott Ambler, Lez Brotherston, Paule Constable, Terry Davies, Paul Groothuis, Etta Murfitt

For Ambassador’s Theatre Group

Head of Production: Meryl Faiers
General Manager: Vicky Hawkins
Production Coordinator: Zareen Walker
Head of Production Finance: Gerry Blair
Production Accountant: Melissa Hay
Assistant Production Accountant: Sarah Inkley

For PW Productions Ltd.

Chief Executive: Peter Wilson
General Manager and Producer: Oliver Royds
Production Assistant: Willa Cunningham
Financial Director: R.C. Thomas
Accountant: Daksha Vithlani