Beauty & The Beast
The Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton – 2010
Pictures from the production
Synopsis
On a cold winter night, an old beggar woman comes upon a glorious castle belonging to a young prince. She asks the master of the castle to allow her to stay the night, away from the cold, and in return she would give him a single rose, but the prince was vain and uncaring and turned her away solely for her appearance. As he did this, she warned him not to be fooled by appearances, as true beauty lies within, only to be rejected again. Seeing his horrible heart for what it truly was, she transformed into a beautiful enchantress and turned the prince into a hideous Beast and his servants into different objects. She gave him the rose to use as an hour-glass. The one way he could break the spell was to learn to love another and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell…..
But who could ever learn to love….. a Beast?!
Cast List
The Beast – John Wetherall
Belle – Kim Lavender
Gaston – Leon Davies
Lumiere – Sam Robinson
Cogsworth – Nicholas Sullivan
Maurice – Peter Worrall
Mrs. Potts – Sarah Moors
Babette – Emma Davies
Madame de la Grande Bouche – Emily Summers
Lefou – Tye Harris
Chip (Wednesday Matinee, Thursday, Saturday Evening) – Jack Webb
Chip (Tuesday, Wednesday Evening, Friday, Saturday Matinee) – Alastair Winning
Monsieur D’Arque – Craig Smith
Silly Girls – Lydia Hackett, Rebecca Thorne, Helen Watts
Enchantress – Claire Kramer
Villagers, Objects, Wolves, Cronies and Ensemble:
Sarah Appleby
Andrew Bird
Geoff Bird
O’Brian Broomfield
Matthew Colley
Debbie Cook
Felicity Cooper
Jon Paul Cooper
Bethany Davies
Rachel Davies
Pam DeAbreu
Franchesca Fogoe
Ross Hadley
Adam Heeley
Linda Higgs
Emily Holmes
Aimee Humphreys
Trish Humphreys
Jacqueline Lacey
Pippa Lacey
Callum McArthur
Lisa Metcalfe
Rhys Morris
Susan Morris
Adam Partridge
Zara Phillips
Paulette Riley
Chris Sandhu
Gemma Scattone
Cameron Sharp
Jake Sharp
David Shaw
Dave Storey
George Stuart
Martin Talbot
Lisa Tibbetts
Kathryn Trigg
Sarah Watts
Craig Worrall
Production Team
Director & Choreographer – Mike Capri
Musical Director – Jonathan Hill
Stage Manager – David Hopkins
Rehearsal Pianist – Adam Joy
Dance Captain – Claire Kramer