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This comedy by Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft was produced and directed  by Steve Andrews, assisted by Eileen White<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The programme notes the deaths of three long-serving members.\u00a0\u00a0Don Jackson designed and built sets at Birley Carr for 42 years between 1967 and 2009, as well as being a member of the chorus.\u00a0\u00a0Adrian Ollerearnshaw had performed in every operetta between 1947 and 2013 and many plays \u2013 perhaps 100 productions in all.\u00a0\u00a0He also invented and built many ingenious props, including the ship\u2019s wheel which is still in use (and is regularly borrowed for pantomimes!).\u00a0\u00a0Lastly, Elizabeth Birkby Snr who was a driving force in Grenoside for over 30 years from the earliest days, and was a talented actress and producer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Producer Steve also persuaded Kathy Allan and Steve Atkinson from Panto to join, both of whom are still involved, plus Phil Wright and Steve Ledwood.\u00a0\u00a0Louise Walsingham joined as Prompt, having met Mr Andrews in the Cow and Calf.\u00a0\u00a0Louise and Steve Atkinson therefore met, and were married 5 years later.\u00a0\u00a0Steve and Kathy added music and voice effects (like the radio voice in the parrot, and \u201cNaughty Norma\u201d in the cinema scene)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

15 scene changes were needed, all done in darkness with tiny torches while Steve A played Parisian accordion music.\u00a0\u00a0Once ready, Kathy would flash her torch 3 times, because Steve couldn\u2019t see anything.\u00a0\u00a0He immediately faded the music, so that Andy Granger at the back (who also couldn\u2019t see anything) knew to bring up the lights.\u00a0\u00a0The actors (who also couldn\u2019t see anything) saw the lights and bounded onto the stage like leopards.\u00a0\u00a0Seamless!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have a DVD, from Steve A\u2019s original.  He also used the camera to feed a picture to TVs in the dressing rooms downstairs to help the actors with their entrances<\/p>\n\n\n\n

655 tickets were sold, which seems to be the biggest ever.  So many tickets, in fact, that an extra day had to be added on<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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