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ALADDIN
Andy
Eastwood
starred as Wishee Washee in Blackburn's
2006 pantomime Aladdin
at the Thwaites Empire Theatre.
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Left:
Alex Sheldon
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Playing
Aladdin was Alex
Sheldon
from Grange Hill, and
Widow Twankey was portrayed by Gordon
Desmond.
The evil villain Abanazar was Scott
Clarke.
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Right:
Scott Clarke
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Pete
Lindup,
who was a great hit at the Thwaites
Empire the previous year in Snow
White returned to
play PC Ping the Chinese Policeman, and a
strong cast of local singers and dancers
from the Zoe Taylor Dance Academy
supported.
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No production of Aladdin
would be complete without some magic and mystery
of course, and the international illusion artists
Van Buren and Ally
provided this expertly whilst playing Genie of
the Lamp and Slave of the Ring. Aladdin
being one of the greatest of all the traditional
panto stories ensured busy houses at every
performance and the production was described as
the Thwaites Empire's best panto to date...
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Above:
At work in Twankey's Laundry
Left:
Slave of the Ring, Ally |
Click
here to read the Lancashire Telegraph's pre-season
interview with Andy Eastwood
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Above:
Wishee and PC Ping
Left:
The laughable Policeman,
Pete Lindup |
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Musicians
Jon De Jonge, Andy Collis
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Pete,
Andy & GordonGordone
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Man
of Mystery Van Buren played the Genie
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ALADDIN Produced
by Duggie Chapman Associates at the Thwaites
Empire Theatre, Blackburn, December 2006.
Directed by Beryl
Johnson Starring Andy
Eastwood as Wishee Washee, Alex Sheldon as
Aladdin, Helen Barker as the Princess, Pete
Lindup as PC Ping, Scott Clarke as Abanazar, Van
Buren & Ally as Genie and Slave of the Ring.
Chorus from the Zoe Taylor Dance Academy; musical
director: Andy Collis.
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