Side Show
Side Show
15-18 May 2019
The Questors Theatre, Ealing
Based on the true story of conjoined twins and famed entertainers Daisy and Violet Hilton, Side Show is a remarkable musical about acceptance, love, and embracing one’s uniqueness. It follows the twins’ progression from England to America, around the vaudeville circuit to the eve of their appearance in a Hollywood movie in the 1932 movie Freaks.
Starting in a run-down sideshow run by the girls’ guardian Sir, Daisy and Violet are the headline act amongst an array of human oddities. Eventually escaping the sideshow thanks to a vaudeville agent, the sisters are thrust out into the world where all is not as it seems, where their emotions are toyed with, and where ultimately they realise that it is their relationship with each other that will sustain them.
Book and lyrics by Bill Russell | Music by Henry Krieger | This amateur production of Side Show (2014 Broadway Revival) was presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd.
Production team
Director/Choreographer:
Matthew Pimm
Musical Director:
Ken Williams
Co-Choreographer:
Dawn Wightman
Production Assistant:
Cristina Duffy
Costume:
Karen Steel, Barbara Myrtle, Rick Myrtle, Monica Lomas, Stephanie King
Wigs:
Matthew Pimm
Make-Up:
Olivia Henderson
Lighting Director:
Tim Edwards
Sound Director:
Richard Eliot
Props:
Sam Thomas, Rick Myrtle
Set Painting:
Rick Myrtle, Friends of Gloc
Set Design:
Matthew Pimm, Matt Marchant, Stephen Parfitt
Stage Manager:
Menna Bevan
Stage Crew:
Friends of Gloc
Follow Spot:
Rob Ellis
Artwork:
James Claridades - @squeegool
Flyer Design:
Jodi Lewis
Programme:
Ali Hardy
Digital Publicity:
Laura Colledge
Publicity:
Monica Lomas, Lynsey Munn
Front of House Manager:
Vicky Furzer-Pickett
Cast Photography:
Stephen Brooks
Cast
Daisy Hilton:
Victoria Jones
Violet Hilton:
Sarah Lister
Terry Connor:
Mark Evans
Buddy Foster:
Alistair Slaughter
Jake:
Matt Marchant
Sir:
Nick King
Houdini:
Stefano Bassi
Auntie:
Stephanie King
Ray/Judge:
Ali Hardy
Young Daisy:
Laura Colledge
Young Violet:
Nicola Hughes
Doctor/Judge/Browning:
Sam Thomas
Doctors:
Mehrengise Cooper & Chris Field
Attractions
Fortune Teller: Karen Anstiss
Bearded Lady:
Sara Doherty
Half Man/Half Woman:
Lynsey Munn
Venus de Milo:
Kendra Masonchuck
Tattoo Girl:
Cristina Duffy
Three-Breasted Lady:
Karen Steel
Pin Cushion:
Chris Field
Nagina:
Nichola Rooke
Lizard Girl:
Aneka Rai
Tall Lady:
George Wheatley
Dog Boy:
Maggie Gislingham
Geek:
Rick Myrtle
Publicity images
Photography: Stephen Brooks
Photo editing: Ali Hardy
Featured Reporters: Karen Steel, Stephanie King, Monica Lomas, George Wheatley, Ann Baldwin
Featured Guests: Nichola Rooke, Monica Lomas, George Wheatley
Featured Texans: Aneka Rai, Cristina Duffy, Ann Baldwin, Monica Lomas, Mehrengise Cooper, Nichola Rooke, Karen Steel, Sophia Duce, Marion Autour-Duff, George Wheatley, Stephanie King
Ensemble
Affy Hewitt, Aimee Finnerty, Aneka Rai, Ann Baldwin, Barbara Myrtle, Becky Marchant, Cristina Duffy, Elaine Griffin, George Wheatley, Jennifer Parker, Karen Anstiss, Karen Steel, Kendra Masonchuck, Laura Colledge, Lynsey Munn, Maggie Gislingham, Marion Autour-Duff, Mary Tight, Mehrengise Cooper, Monica Lomas, Nichola Rooke, Nicola Hughes, Roisin Moss, Nuria Gayarre, Sara Doherty, Sophia Duce, Stephanie King, Valerie Widdowson, Ali Hardy, Chris Field, Duncan Walduck, Hugo Green, Nick King, Rick Myrtle, Sam Thomas, Stefano Bassi
