Pink Champagne 1988

 

 

Dates

Tuesday 26th April 1988 - Saturday 30th April 1988

Evenings at 7.30pm

 

Venue

Floral Pavilion, New Brighton

 

 

Director


      Doreen French

 

 

Musical Director


         Brian Smith

 

 

Choreographer


       Alan Baldwin

 

 

'Pink Champagne' was also presented in 1961

 

 

An adaptation of Johann Strauss'   "Die Fledermaus"

by Eric Maschwitz and Bernard Grun

 
     

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 Cast of Characters

 

Mitzi    ( a young maidservant )

Susan Shepherd

 

Adele   ( personal maid to Rosalinda )

Elizabeth Rugman

 

Ida       ( a dancer, sister of Adele )

Joan Reynolds Jones

 

Lea      ( a dancer, friend of Ida )

Jean Bower

 

Lilli      ( a dancer, friend of Ida )

Sheila Disley

 

Rosalinda     ( a Viennese beauty )

Jane Rotheram

 

Gabriel Eisenstein  ( her husband )

Stephen Riordan

 

Alfred    ( an admirer of Rosalinda )

Eric Mates

 

Dr Falke   ( a friend of Gabriel )

Alan Birley

 

Dr Blind   ( Gabriel's lawyer )

Malcolm Royden

 

Frau Trauber 
( a proprietress of a coffee house )

Rita Blackburn

 

Frank    ( governor of the City Gaol )

Ray Gosling

 

Frosch   ( Chief Warder )

Ray Davies

 

Prince Orlovsky  
( A Russian Millionaire )

Graham Rannard

 

Ivan   ( Orlovsky's servant )

John Stedmon

 

Holtzapgel ( Assistant to Frosch )

Ray Ward

 

 

 

 

Ladies of the chorus

Gentlemen of the chorus

 

 

 

 

Barbara Adams

Bob Blackburn

 

Helen Banton

Fred Boardman

 

Rita Blackburn

Ray Davies

 

Peggy Cross

Ken Hawkins

 

Sheila Davies

Rupert McCarthy

 

Ann Fallon

Peter Oldfield

 

Alison Filder

Nick Owen

 

Carolyn Garland

Ken Rannard

 

Paula Jeffries

Graham Rannard

 

Lorna Johnson

Fred Rimmer

 

Pam Johnston

Steve Rogers

 

Margaret Jones

Malcolm Royden

 

Lurline Laycock

John Stedmon

 

Moira McArthur

Ken Unsworth

 

Eileen Rickard

Ray Ward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Dancers                                    

 

 

 

 

 

Vanessa Anderson

Jennifer Dickinson

 

Alison Barr

Stephen Martin

 

Tracey Baxter

Martine McHale

 

Serie Daevgsvang

Katharine Wilcock

 

 

 

 

Dancer are all students of the Merseyside Dance Centre

 

 

Principal  Miss Gaynor Owen

 

 

ARAD (Fellow and Examiner) ISTD (Ballet, Tap and Modern ), ( AISTD and BB )

 

 

 

 

 

Orlovsky's House Servants are all members of
International Body-Builders Union, Wallasey

 
 

 

 

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Production Team    

Stage Manager

Frank Hughes

House Manager

David Adams

Stage Lighting

Brian Cole

Rehearsal Accompanist

John McBride

Wardrobe

Carolyn Garland

Costumes

Proscenium Enterprises, Burnley

Scenery

Border Studios, Selkirk

Furniture

Howarth & Wrightson, Denton, Manchester

What's Cooking, West Kirby

Ticket Secretary

Monica Turton

Publicity

Ray Davies

 

Helen Banton

Properties

Maureen Evans and team

Make up

Barbara Burgess and team

Prompt

Penny Reddington

Cover Designed by

Richard Adams

Photographs

Fraser Bird

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Photographs - the cast

                                                            click to enlarge

                                                                        

The Maids

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Press cuttings

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Programme

 

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Officials

President

Mrs G A Coard

 

 

Executive Committee

 

 

 

 

 

Chairman

Barbara Adams

Vice-Chairman

Eric Mates

Hon Secretary

Ray Davies

Hon Treasurer

Iris Braidford

 

 

Committee members

 

 

 

Helen Banton

Fred Boardman

Jean Bower

Sheila Disley

Carolyn Garland

Margaret Jones

Lurline Laycock

John L McBride

Ken Rannard

 

 

 

Social Committee

 

 

 

Chairman

Pam Johnston

Vice-Chairman

Jean Bower

Hon Secretary

Helen Banton

Hon Treasurer

Joan Rees-Jones

 

 

Committee members

 

 

 

Barbara Adams

Iris Braidford

Sheila Davies

Sheila Disley

Shirley Hughes

Lee Ireland

Alvin McBride

Kitty Orton