Gary Baldwin joins, playing the pivotal part of Colonel Fairfax, who marries a blindfolded Elsie Maynard (Catherine Jackson) on his way to the executioner. Henry Petherwick from Stannington Players, having recently appeared in Allo Allo 2 as Captain Geering, also joins as a Yeoman
The Community Centre’s upgraded lighting system, with “moving head” spotlights was used for the first time for an operetta
Helen Dent directs. We have a DVD, from Steve Atkinson’s original video
The programme notes the death of Ralph Hastings. Ralph joined in 1990 to appear in The Sorcerer and in all appeared in 35 productions, as well as helping with building and painting the sets. His last appearance was as Annibale in 2024’s The Gondoliers
We also lost Steve Vere, who first appeared in “Dry Rot“ in 1998, going on to appear 20 times. His last appearance was as the headmaster in 2023’s A Christmas Carol – one of his favourite novels
