Dick Whittington 2009

Cast

Dick Whittington Philip OlivierKing Rat Scott BurgessFairy Bow Bells Linda John-PierreSarah the Cook Mark SloweyIdle Jack Jonathan StewartAlderman Fitzwarren Steve WattsAlice Fitzwarren Helen GeorgeTommy the Cat Terence DonovanEnsemble/Dance Captain Matthew WesleyEnsemble Matthew McGoldrickEnsemble Charlie RoyceEnsemble Will Tyler

Writer Jamie GreavesChoreographer Stuart SweetingMusical Director Machiel RoetsDirector Nick Mowat

Philip is currently playing the role of Dirty Harry in the UK Tour of Never Forget - the hit musical with songs by ‘Take That’ - but he is probably best know for his role of Timothy

O‘Leary in Brookside, a role he played for seven years until 2003. His other television credits include Ben in

Pleasure Land for C4, Iggy in Spine Chillers for the BBC, and guest roles of Steve Morrison in Holby City for the BBC and The Royal for ITV. He also played Adam Tyler

in Hollyoaks – In The City for E4. More recently he played Mark Stone in Missing for the BBC.

On film Philip played Tim O’Leary again in Finished Business for Mersey Films, Paul The Hom in Outlaws for Syndicate Films and more recently Simon in Clubbing to

Death.

In 2005, Phil won the C4 reality show The Games and he has appeared as a guest on The Paul O’Grady

Show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Soapstar Super Chef, Celebrity Most Haunted, Prison Break on Ant and

Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, which he won, and Celebrity Come Dine With Me, when he came second to

Christopher Biggins!

Phil is delighted to be playing the role of Dick Whittington at The Camberley Theatre.

Philip OlivierDick Whittington

Scott trained at Redroofs Theatre School and studied singing at the Bel Canto School of London under Nicolino Giacalone. Scott has also spent the last 20 years as an

actor and singer which has taken him all round the world.

Scott’s panto credits include Widow Twankey in Aladdin, Dame Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk and Alderman

Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington. One of his most recent credits was a number one national tour of Tim Firth’s hit comedy The Safari Party where he appeared with

Neighbours’ Mark Little and Eastenders’ Jack Ryder. He is the vocalist and keyboard player with The Mike

Wells Band.

Scott is delighted to be playing King Rat this year and would like to thank his lovely partner Jodie and daughter

Connie for their continued support.

Scott BurgessKing Rat

Linda John-Pierre was born in Stratford, East London.

Her West End credits include All You Need is Love at the Queen’s Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.

Other favourite roles include Ackee in Jack and the Beanstalk and Fairy Bow Bells in Dick Whittington at the

Greenwich Theatre, The Torch Singer in AD2050 with Kali Theatre Co, Sadie Fagan and Ella Fitzgerald in The Billie Holiday Story with Theatre Productions, Flying Music and

Blues Brothers Meet the Soul Sisters for Bill Kenwright Limited and two outings as Aretha Franklin

in Sweet Soul Music

Linda appeared as Keisha-Camille in the hit comedy series Beautiful People and The Gospel Singer in We Are

Klang for the BBC.

Linda John-PierreFairy Bow Bells

Mark was born in North London and trained at the London School of Musical Theatre. Whilst training, his roles

included Cecil Sesille in a new musical Brenda Bly: Teen Detective at the Cochrane Theatre and Neville Landless in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Since graduating Mark has played Mr Sowerberry/Dr Grimwig in Lionel Bart’s Oliver! at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Nigel/Louis the Chef in a new murder mystery play Nigel and Nita’s Wedding at the New Connaught Rooms and created

the role of Hubert Davenport in Joe Pasquale’s national tour of Rentaghost the Musical. Other theatrical roles include Dude, Skyline Gang at the Skyline Pavilion;

Principal Vocalist in the European tour of Heatwave and Temptation, Kentucky Kid, in Crazy Horse Saloon Show

at Butlins, Minehead.

In pantomime Mark has played Captain Hook/Mr Darling in a new musical Neverland at Abbeyfest ’08. Leading

roles include Baron Hardup in Jim Davidson’s Cinderella at Bognor Regis, Mr Meanie in Santa to the Rescue the UK Regional Tour, three times Ugly Sister in Cinderella

with Centre Stage/UK Regional Tour/Qdos Entertainment, Captain Hook, Pirates Ahoy! with Qdos Entertainment

and Monique Malmaison in Beauty and the Beast at the Newbury Corn Exchange.

Mark is thrilled to be returning to Camberley for the second year running and wishes you all a

fabulous Christmas!

Mark SloweySarah The Cook

Jonathan trained at Guildford School of Acting Conservatoire graduating with a first class Honours

Degree in Musical Theatre and awarded the ‘Musical Theatre Male Award 2006’. Whist training his performing credits included: Henry Etches in Titanic - The Musical at The Electric Theatre, Ethan Girard in The Full Monty -The Musical at Bellairs Playhouse and Featured Ensemble in

Sweet Charity at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.

Jonathan’s theatre credits include Swing, understudy for Butler/Baker, and Assistant Dance Captain in the revival of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Adelphi Theatre, London; Simple Simon in Sleeping Beauty at the Salisbury Playhouse, Daniel Pontipee in

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket; Choreographer/Dancer for The Festival of

Remembrance 2005 in attendance of HRH the Queen at the Royal Albert Hall, Catering Manager and Ensemble in Times Up! a new musical farce by Ray Cooney at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Choreographer/Dancer for The Mountbatten Festival of Music 2005 at the Royal

Albert Hall.

Jonathan’s television credits include Blue Peter and Any Dream Will Do – The Winners Story.

Jonathan has also appeared as a featured singer in Hate Me Please a charity evening for ‘Theatre Cares’ at the

Trafalgar Studios and Something - A Musical Revue at the New Players Theatre for The MS Society.

Jonathan StewartIdle Jack

Steve graduated in Education from the University of Exeter and taught brass in North London schools before training for

the stage with Michael Armstrong and James Dodding.

Steve’s theatre credits include Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet and the title role in Macbeth with Image Theatre Company, Sir Oliver Martext in the Olivier Award-winning world tour of the all male As You Like It , Tom Buchanan in the German tour of The Great Gatsby by American Drama Group, Kurt in Cabaret

at the Queen’s Hornchurch, Wolf and Cinderella’s Prince in Into The Woods at the Theatre Royal, York, the proprietor in

Assassins at the New End, Hampstead, Narrator and Fred in A Christmas Carol, Thorn in Beauty and the Beast at the Swan,

Worcester, The Actor in Enter The Guardsman, Broadway Bound and QE2, Buzfuz in Pickwick at the Haymarket,

Basingstoke, Archie in Jumpers at the National Theatre, The Captain in Pinafore Swing at The Watermill, Newbury and on UK Tour, William Desmond Taylor in Mack and Mabel at The Watermill, Newbury, Butler and understudy Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and on UK Tour and Sir George Chudleigh in Plunder at the Watermill,

Newbury and Scotty in Merrily We Roll Along at The Watermill.

Most recently Steve completed his first season at the Open Air Theatre in Regents Park where he played the following roles: Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Siward in Macbeth and

Gendarme in The Boyfriend.

For television, Steve has provided character voices for The 3 Friends and Jerry for two series and played the role of James

Camb in Tales From The Black Museum for the Discovery Channel.

Steve WattsAlderman Fitzwarren

Helen trained at The Birmingham School of Speech and Drama and won an Ian Fleming award to train at The

Royal Academy of Music.

After graduating, Helen went straight into Trevor Nunn’s original cast of The Woman in White, understudying and

playing the part of Laura Fairlie.She also played The Witch in Into The Woods, Bianca in Women Beware

Women and Little Mary in The Women at The Birmingham Hippodrome Studio and The Beggar Woman in Matt

Ryan’s Sweeny Todd at RAM.

She has sung for The Lord of the Rings and workshopped Sleeping Beauty - The Musical. She played Miss Jeanne

in Our Miss Gibbs at The Finbourgh and April in Company at The Kings Head and The Edinburgh Festival.

More recently she played the leading role of Sharpay Evans in the UK Tour of High School The Musical.

For TV, she played Miss Jones in Hollyoaks and guest appeared as Susie in Hotel Babylon.

Recordings include The Woman in White original cast recording. Helen also sang backing vocals for Elton

John’s UK Tour (2004).

Helen GeorgeAlice Fitzwarren

Terry DonovanTommy the Cat

Terry has just graduated from Millennium Performing Arts School. During his training he has been involved in many

school shows, Christmas Cabaret, assessment shows and the end of year summer showcase!

He has worked with the team from Lord of the Rings in workshops before the production premiered in London.

He appeared in Rosie’s Rainbow Charity Showcase and also appeared in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Old

Market Theatre, Brighton, playing Dancer/ Daisy the Cow and swing for Simple Simon. Most recently he has

performed in the Kerry Ellis Great British Song Book as a dancer.

He is happy to be part of this production!

Matthew WesleyEnsemble/Dance Captain

Matthew graduated from the Arts Educational School, London, where he gained a BA Hons in Musical Theatre.

Matthew has recently completed a run in Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre, London, where he played Harry and

Harrison. Other current theatre credits include South Pacific UK Tour, where he played St Thomas Hassinger and covered and played the role of Stewpot; One More

Time, a West End Theatrical Gala at the Piccadilly Theatre to raise money for breast cancer; the Annual

Horse of the Year Show, Olympia; Stephen Sondheim’s 75th Birthday Gala, Children Will Listen, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; Follies Concert at the Palladium; Emperor and Dance Captain in Aladdin, Pavillion Theatre, Rhyl; Cecil and first cover Smee in Peter Pan at the Wyvern

Theatre, Swindon and a variety performance for the Not-Forgotten Association at the Painted Hall, Greenwich. His college credits include Sir Magnus Cope and first cover Duncalf in The Card; Dance Captain and ensemble in

Thoroughly Modern Millie and Heavenly Friend and first cover for Mr Snow in Carousel.

Matthew has also modelled for More magazine and can be seen on the cover of the new Sega Football Manager

2010 game!

Matthew is delighted to be appearing in Camberley’s pantomime of Dick Whittington and would like to thank all

his friends and family for all their continuous support!

Will TylerEnsemble

Will trained at Arts Educational gaining a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre.

Will’s credits whilst training include Fred/John in Anything Goes, Chad Danforth in High School Musical, Lorry

Driver/Croupier in Lucky Stiff, Ensemble / Roy in A Chorus Line, Godfried in The Gypsy King, Magaldi in Evita,

Jury Member in Trial By Jury, Dave in Summer Begins, Dancer/Ensemble in Blood Wedding, Featured Soloist/

Ensemble in The World Goes Round.

Will is thrilled to be in Dick Whittington this year and would like to thank his girlfriend, family and friends for all

their support.

Matt McGoldrickEnsemble

Matt has recently graduated from the BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Course at Arts Educational, Chiswick.

Whilst training Matt played Peter in The Railway Children, Jack Scott in High School Musical, Dance Captain on

Lucky Stiff and various other roles. He was also Dance Captain for Cinderella in Swindon during his second year

at college.

He is delighted to be a part of Camberley Theatre’s Panto season

Charlie Royce Ensemble

Charlie trained at the London Studio Centre.

His theatre credits whilst at college include ensemble in Othello at Glyndebourne, Ensemble in La Boheme at Glyndebourne, Mark in Rent at the Pleasance Theatre,

London, Cobby and Dance Captain in Bus! At the Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh, Lorenzo in After Juliet at

the De Valois Studio Theatre, London.

Charlie’s television and film credits include Toby in Whatever: A Teenage Musical

for Channel 4.

Charlie has choreographed Jackajack, a children’s junk yard puppetry show touring various UK theatres.