archive Autumn 2000

25 August - 23 September
Blitz!
by Lionel Bart and Joan Maitland
music and lyrics by Lionel Bart
presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited

Artistic Credits

Director - Matt Devitt
Set Designer - Rodney Ford
Costume Designer - Dinah England
Musical Director and Arrangements - Carol Sloman
Musical Staging - Paul Charles
Lighting - Chris Jaeger
Sound - Whizz
On the Book - Andrina Baird

After Oliver and Fings Aint Wot They Used T’Be, Lionel Bart brings the power of the musical to tell the true story of life during the Blitz. With the children evacuated, the remaining families unite to keep their spirits up and live through the horrors of war in true East End style.

read-through photographs

Cast in order of appearance:
Alf Locke Neil Gore	Mrs Josephs Wendy Parkin	Buddy Boy Joe Vera	Carol Blitztein Justine Koos	Mrs Blitztein Tina Jones

Ernie Nearmiss Jim Bywater

George Locke Paul Boyle

Harry Blitztein Nick Lashbrook

Mrs Joyce Matthews Carol Sloman

Young Company

Lloyd Warbey - Sailor, Teenager, Fireman, Sergeant Major
Michelle Allan - Teenager, Landgirl, Ragtrade
Terry Downs - Teenager, ARP Charlie, Army Squad, Assenheim Merchant
Kerry Marmion - Teenager, Customer at Market
Hannah Rolfe - Teenager, Landgirl, Mum, Customer at Market
Hannah Sanger-Gowers - Teenager, WREN, Customer at Market
David Shearing - Teenager, Army Squad, Flight Lieutenant
David Grace - Lover, Fireman, Army Squad, Military Policeman, Civil Defence
Esther Greenfield - Lover, Civil Defence, WREN
Emily de Cosimo - Frances Locke
Paul Cornwell - Tramp, Policeman, Army Squad
Jessica Swabey - Mrs Higgins, Mum, Beigal Seller
Lisa Langdon - Mrs Smith
Neil Gray - Mr O'Hara, Army Squad, Sarsaparilla Merchant
Michelle Mitchell - Mrs O'Hara, Mum, Rag Trade
Debbie Mizen - Peg O'Hara
Sam Jackson, Catherine Creedon - Kathy O'Fara
Alice McGonnell - Nun, Teacher, WREN
Gemma Salter - Elsie
Rio Gay, Holly Robertson - Tommy Blackwell
David Miller - Bird, Army Squad (Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar)
Christopher Fleming, James Greenway - Siddy Blitztein
Stacey McCarthy - Cissy Blitztein, Landgirl, Beigal Seller
Mandy Bonfield, Sam Jackson - Mary
Catherine Attiwell, Joanne Sutherland - Isabel
Lori Watts, Kate Chapman - Joan
Holly Cracknell - Jo
Adam Manning, Robert Alavoine - Ted
David Corbett, Andrew Whittington - Alfie

A Milkman delivering after the Blitz! - the inspiration for the show image