A decade of pantomime! Oh yes it was

As I’ve mentioned before. The Cottenham Theatre Workshop’s (CTW) longstanding Musical Director, the inimitable Barbara D, recruited me as guitarist for the pit band back in 2013. I actually played bass guitar that first year as regular cellist, David A, was treading the boards for the first time. David A was back in the pit for Cinderella and so I switched to six-string guitar and played that for every show thereafter. 2013 – A Christmas Carol 2014 – Cinderella 2015 – Puss in Boots (No band, MD was the late Debbie C) 2016 – The Wizard of Oz 2017 – Aladdin 2018 – Worzel Gummidge 2019 – Sleeping Beauty 2020 – No Panto (covid) 2021 – Treasure Island 2022 – The Nutcracker 2023 – Peter Panto We usually had Rob W on clarinet except in 2023. Georgia D on flute for my first couple of shows, and also Michael K on saxophone. Matthew P on drums for the first couple, whom I replaced with Adam S (from C5 the band) John K understudied a couple of performances for Adam. Christian on cello, Tanara on clarinet and oboe. From my privileged position in the pit, looking up at the stage, I’ve usually taken a few photos of the cast during rehearsals for CTW publicity, although I don’t seem to have started doing that until Oz in 2016. 2023 was a record-breaking year in terms of ticket sales, outstripping the previous record in 2022. While I didn’t join in with CTW until 2013, I had been asked when we fi...
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