1979 Oliver!
Nov 28 - Dec 2 & Dec 6 - Dec 9, 1979
OLIVER! is a musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist. It is the classic tale of an orphan who is sold to an undertaker after asking for more dinner at the paupers’ workhouse (an orphanage). He experiences the rough-and-tumble city life of London where he hooks up with the Artful Dodger and a group of boys trained to be pickpockets led by an elderly mentor, the crafty and cunning Fagin.
Wrongly accused of theft, Oliver meets a more kindly gentleman who takes him in, much to the consternation of one of Fagin’s old pupils, the violent Bill Sykes. Caught in the middle is Nancy, Syke’s girl, whom Oliver has come to like and trust.
A Musical Based on the novel by Charles Dickens
Scripts and Lyrics by Lionel Bart
Produced in co-operation with Tams Witmark
Cast
Workhouse Boys & Fagin’s Gang
Chris Akin, Stephen Bangham, Susan Boot, Sherry Bowman, Sean Coleman, Blair Conrad, Stuart Coxe, Pierre Elrick, Kim Farrier, Brett Haskell, Sean Irvine, Robert McLean, Dawn Matheson, Janice Minielly, Robbie Murray, Laurence Oldacre, Brooke Olsen, Alexander Sekulich, Alan Watt, Vivian WattChorus
David Akin, Heather Akin, Terry Atkinson, Terry Ayer, Maria Carere, Evy Camat, Paul Connell, Jack Crosbie, Gilda diCola, Sally Elkerton, Heather Forsythe, Marion Johnston, Phillip Jones, Anne Manning, Stephen O’Connell, Robert Olsen, Bronwyn Powell, John T. Powell, Rolf Reynolds, Donna Trifunovich, Michael WeissStreet Criers
Heather Akin, Paul Connell, Bronwyn Powell, Donna TrifunovichPauper Assistants
David Akin, Rolf ReynoldsYoung Girls
Christie Carson, Judy Murray, Lisa ReaDancers
David Akin, Marnie Blackwood, Phillip Jones, Kris Kozell, Lana Lamb, Paddy Lounsbury, Rolf Reynolds, Mary Lou Stainer, Catherine Wood, Loretta Yaskwich
Production Team
Costumes: Bev Matson, Diana Cahill, Marie Rogers, Morley Rogers, Kim Rogers
Makeup: Sherry Wells
Makeup Crew: Linda Allan, Debbie Bentley, Eric Bruce, Karen Cloutier, Fiona Crosbie, Sue Hadfield, Karen Haskell, Susan Keddie, Jennifer Liefeld, Fran MacKenzie, Sandra Miller, Olga Murray, Lesley Owen, Kathy Sempecos, Debbie Spadafore, Carolyn Teeter, Marilyn Thayer, Dale Webster, Annette Yaskowich, Poppy Yorke, Mimi Hamilton
Master Carpenters: Bill Coates, Bill Hamilton
Set Construction: Bob Berry, George Bowman, Eric Coates, Shirley Collier, Don Croft, Carlos Cryderman, Tom Darlington, Patricia Hamilton, Ed Kane, John Leifeld, Bill Mactaggart, Michael Milliner, Russ Milliner, Ron Nicholson, David Noble, Noel Price, Frank Rebelleti, Morris Twist, Mike Weiss
Lighting Crew: James Elrich, Bill Gage, Dan Sekulich, Mike Shaw, Tom Slater, Robert Vaughan, Brian Stewart
House Carpenters: Bill Mactaggart, Morris Twist
Set Painting: Doug Anderson, Todd Simpson, Jennie Breckon, Shamze Zamen, Kathy Sempecos, Joyce Lamb, Paul Lamb
Properties:Brian Kozits, Bill Nelson, Fran Taylor, Jennifer Whiteley, Moira Crosbie, Nicoline Kerkhoven, John Flack, Centennial C.V.I. Theatre Classes
Crows Co-ordinator: Russ Milliner
Box Office Manager: Rosemary Hammond
Box Office Assistants: Joan Conrad, Bev Cryderman, Ruth Ann Haskell, Guy Haskell, Eleanor Stevens
Group Sales Co-ordinators: Nancy Coates, John DeCorso, Terry Ayer
Head Usher: Rosemary Smith
Usher Co-ordinators: Paula MacPherson, Olga Watt
Rehearsal Accompanists: Sylvia Hunter, Jean Minielly
Orchestra
RCMPI Board
Heather Akin, David Blythe, John DeCorso, John Flack, Paula MacPherson, Bev Matson, Rob Savan
Ross Hall,
21 Meyer Drive, Guelph Director: Kay McKieCo-Director and Choreographer: Patricia McLeod
Musical Director and Conductor: David Rogers
