Title: The Nutcracker
Date: Wednesday 4th January 1995, Evening
Type: Ballet
Company: English National Ballet
Location: Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreographer: Ben Stevenson after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov
Production: Ben Stevenson’s 1991 production
Conductor: David Frame
Collection Folder: N/A

Cast

Sugar Plum Fairy: Agnes Oaks
Nutcracker Prince: Thomas Edur
Snow Queen: Elena Pankova

Clara: Monica Perego
Fritz: Glauco Di Lieto
Their Mother: Alexandra Foley
Their Father: Dominic Hickie
Grandmother: Freya Dominic
Grandfather: Stephen Sheriff
Old Auntie: Irina Roncaglia
Doctor Drosselmeyer: James Supervia
Soldier Doll: John Cavalli
Nurse Doll: Ambra Vallo
Harlequin Doll: David Dawson
Columbine Doll: Jane Haworth
Friends and Relations: Artists of English National Ballet
Children: Children from Arts Educational School

The Nutcracker: Yat Sen Chang
King Rat: Dominic Hickie
Mice and Soldiers: Artists of English National Ballet
Snowflakes: Artists of English National Ballet

Cooks: Artists of English National Ballet
Flowers: Elisabeth Miegge, Giuseppe Picone
Spanish Dance: Irina Roncaglia, John Cavalli, Sarah McIlroy, Fabrice Serafino
Arabian Dance: Rachael Hunt, Paul Lewis
Chinese Dance: Denzil Bailey, Daniel Jones
Dance of the Mirlitons: Marta Barahona, Alice Crawford, Stephen Sheriff
Madame Bonbonaire: Raul Moreno
Her Clowns: Children from Arts Educational School
Gopak: Yat Sen Chang
Waltz of the Flowers: Artists of English National Ballet
Grand Pas de Deux: Agnes Oakes, Thomas Edur

Children from Arts Educational School- Kerry Birkett, Victoria Davies, Allegra Galvin, Alexander Holland, Sarah Jones, Phillipa Leemans, Manal Nassar, Gemma Nixon, Alistair Postlethwaite, Diane Sanky, Kimberley Stokes, Megan Webster, Phillip Whorton

Orchestra

First Violins:
Donald Weekes (Leader)
Rachel Allen
Gillian Radcliffe
Anne Martin
Ruth Knell
Linda McClaren
Alison Beatty
Shirley Bennett
Andrew Bentley
Gina Wray
Pamela White
Emer Calthorpe

Second Violins:
Nicholas Dowding
Susan Croot
Charlotte Howes
Caroline Barnes
John Hartley
Avril Carmalt
Joyce Fraser
Anne Salinger
Janice White
Stephen Dimwoodie

Cellos:
Gary Stevens
Naomi Elliott
Rosemary Edwards
Lars Payne
Christine Macrae
Richard Stewart
Moya Lindsay
Amanda Turner
Martin Thomas

Double Basses:
Jeremy Gordon
Dominic Black
Catherine Ricketts
Jessica Evans
Rachel Knowles
Kenneth Knussem
Duncan Mitchel
Peter McCarthy

Flutes:
Enid Hughes
Rosemary Rathbone

Piccolo:
Kathleen Stevenson

Oboes:
Sandra Mackay
Barbara Bolte

Cor Anglais:
Christopher Knowles

Clarinets:
Paul Allen
Angela Fussell

Bass Clarinet:
Derek Hannigan

Bassoons:
Peter Morgan
Howard Clegge

Trumpets:
Andrew Mitchell
John Pickles

French Horns:
Mark Johnson
Andrew Paterson
Peter Davies
Francis Brown
Alan Rees

Trombones:
Michael Crowther
Paul Barrett

Bass Trombone:
Geoffrey Perkins

Tuba:
Martin Knowles

Harp:
Janice Beven (Weeks 1, 3 & 4)
Isobel Frayling-Cork (Weeks 1, 4 & 5)
Bryn Lewis (Week 2)
Fiona Clifton-Walker (Week 2)
Julia Webb (Week 3)

Timpani:
Catherine Eyre

Percussion:
Kevin Nutty
Austin Beattie
Polly Chimes

Celeste:
Craig Edwards
Christopher Swithinbank

Crew

For The Nutcracker

Designer: Desmond Heeley
Lighting Design: John B. Read
Children’s Ballet Mistress: Eve Pettinger
Costumes:
Painting and Dyeing: Merle Davis
Additional Dyeing: Andrie Gie
Costumes Making: Fran Bristow, Jenny Carey, Lal D’Abo, Sarah Green, Tomoko Honda, Gordon Hutchings, Jane Johnson, Sasha Keir, Margaret Lamb, Pauline Lucas, Paul and Christine Manning, Wallace & McMurray, Debbie Merchant, Sheila Martell, Nikki White
Millinery and Headdresses Making: Sandra Bendall, Jean Gates, Jean Percival, Judith Tigershiold
Scenery: Terry Murphy
Props Making: Mike Beckett, Debbie Fairweather, Hazel Gash, David Sykes, Michael Weir

For the English National Ballet

Artistic Director: Derek Deane
Executive Director: Carole McPhee
Financial Director: Richard Elliott

Ballet Mistress: Amanda Eyles
Ballet Master: Mark Silver
Teacher/Répétiteur: Rosalyn Whitten
Regisseur: Anne Manger
Choreologist: Kristin Johnson
Artistic Assistant: Elizabeth Toohey
Shoe Supervisor: Julie Heggie

Personnel Manager: David Williams
Administrative Assistant: Carolyn Finbrow
Premises Manager: Sheila Gilbert
Duty Officers: Ian Harvey, Derek Walsh
Receptionist: Helen Ratcliff

Music Director: Graham Bond
Orchestra Manager: Paul Allen
Music Librarian: Lars Payne
Orchestra Attendants: Andrew Paterson, Paul Barrett, Francis Brown

Technical Director: Alan Riches
Technical Manager: David Dean
Stage Manager: Anne Lincoln
Deputy Stage Manager: Ryan Andrews
Assistant Stage Manager: Victoria Cheesmam
Chief Electrician: David Richardson
Deputy Chief Electrician: Mark Cooper
Chief Mechanist: Danny Scott
Deputy Chief Mechanist: Lawrence Turner
Property Master: Sam Seaman
Chief Scenic Artist: Roy Hardy
Scenic Artist: Alison Hardy
Transport Manager: Joe Downie

Head of Wardrobe: David Wishart
Production Wardrobe Supervisor: David Soar
Costumier: Jane Russell
Dyeing and Printing: Merle Davis
Wig Mistress: Sarah Nash
Touring Wardrobe Master: Richard Johnson
Touring Wardrobe Mistress: Linda Muir
Assistant Touring Wardrobe Mistress: Lynette Seddon
Maintenance Wardrobe Assistant: Looane Daniel

Director of Public Affairs: Richard Shaw
Sponsorship Manager: Linda Darrell
Development Manager: Neroli Hobbins
Marketing Officer: Lucy Sabin
Promotions Manager: Debbie Roza-Mercier
Press Officer: Fiona Walsh
Assistant Press Officer: Gabriella Brooks

Programme Printed By: John Good Holbrook