Battle of the Big Top (2022)

by Laura Berridge

Music by Fergal O’Mahony

Additional material by Ross Power

Main house

3–7 August 2022

The circus is their lives, until their lives become a circus...

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Production team

Director – Laura Berridge
Choregrapher – Lilly Walden
Musical director – Sue Douglass

Cast

Acrobat – Charlotte Alford
Bearded Lady – Hannah Alford
Clown – Tabitha Barnes
Bearded Lady – Ella Bartlett
Tightrope Walker – Greta Bowman
Acrobat – Martha Bradley
Principal/Younger Sibling – Harrison Brown
Principal/Ringmaster – Tallulah Buckley
Principal/Ringmaster – Andrew Budden
Human Cannonball – Arlo Clarke
Strongwoman – Chloe Cobbold
Principal/Ringmaster – Darcy Cole
Acrobat – Bea Coombe-Perry
Tightrope Walker – Evie Danon
Clown – Grace Danon
Tightrope Walker – Annie Davis
Strongman – Frederick Dixon
Bearded Lady – Flora Fulton
Acrobat – Payson Glynn
Clown – Alyssa Hatton-Browne
Clown – Ashley Hatton-Browne
Acrobat – Lucy Hignett
Principal/Younger Sibling – Tanaya Ingole
Human Cannonball – Harry Jones
Acrobat – Chloe Kaelin
Singing Juggler – Liliane Kaelin
Human Cannonball – Magnus Kenny-Levick
Tightrope Walker – Uma Kenny-Levick
Human Cannonball – Charlie Lawton
Tightrope Walker – Amelia Lockyer
Principal/Older Sibling – Theekshanya Magesh
Principal/Older Sibling – Ruby Marshall
Strongwoman – Megan Matthews
Human Cannonball – Connie McBride
Bearded Lady – Mya McCarthy
Principal/Ringmaster – Miles Mew
Juggling Poet – Casey-Anne Milton
Acrobat – Holly Moore
Clown – Charis Munaawa
Acrobat – Maya Nandhra
Acrobat – Loxi Pearce
Clown – Lola Poyner
Tightrope Walker – Orly Poynter
Grandad – Phil Reynolds
Singing Juggler – Lacey Scaysbrook
Singing Juggler – Willow Scott
Clown – Niamh Skinner
Strongman – Bromley Soley
Acrobat – Lyra Spencer
Human Cannonball – Freddie Spicer
Clown – Emily Stoddart
Juggling Poet – Evie Swain
Singing Juggler – Bethany Tickle
Bearded Lady – Flo Unsworth
Singing Juggler – Annabel Vaughan
Bearded Lady – Emmeline Watkins
Human Cannonball – Julian Watkins
Clown – Clara Weir
Bearded Lady – Daisy Williams
Human Cannonball – Micah Wiratunga
Acrobat – Penelope Woodward

Behind the scenes

Stage crew – Alexa Woodward
Stage crew – Arran Brown
Stage crew – Cathy Young
Sound design – Chloe Izzard
Technician – Dave Barclay
Stage crew – Dee Nandhra
Sound design – Giles Allen-Bowden
Wardrobe – Helen Jellicoe
Stage crew – Jen Lawton
Lighting and sound operation – Joel Hassall
Stage crew – John-Paul Danon
Scenic artist – Kate Statham
Stage crew – Kim Brison
Set construction – Kim Green
Set design – Kim Green
Stage manager – Kim Green
Assistant director – Lilly Walden
Stage crew – Lilly Walden
Scenic artist – Louise O’Sullivan
Lighting and sound operation – Malcolm Hunt
Stage crew – Marsha McDonough
Props – Maurice Smith
Lighting and sound operation – Michael Wheeldon
Sound design – Pete Harrison
Set construction – Richard Moore
Lighting design – Robin Boyd
Specialist beard maker – Vicki Coyte

Notes

Presented by Arts Insight Youth Theatre in collaboration with the Loft Theatre Company.

The cast were split into two teams of 30 who each took part in three of the six performances.

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