Programme 1994 – Cabaret

Cabaret

From:   The story by Christopher Isherwood and loosely based on the Play, “I am a Camera’’ by John Van Druten.

Music:   By John Kander
Musical Director
ERIC THORPE

Scenic & Lighting Design
GWYN ACE & GILLIAN DAVIES

Costume Design
SUE PAGE with assistance from Design Students Hawke’s Bay Polytechnic

Lyrics:   By Fred Ebb
Choreographer
BRIAR HORROCKS

Produced by Arrangement with Tams-Witmark Music Library, New York

Cabaret

Directed by
GILLIAN DAVIES

The Time:
Between New Year’s Eve 1929 and through the first months of 1930.

The Place:
Berlin, Germany – just prior to the rise of complete power of Hitler’s Nazi Regime.

Background:
In Autumn 1930, Christopher Isherwood, Novelist, wrote of Berlin, of the frenzied gaiety cloaking the unease of a fanatical belief in the Fatherland. He wrote ‘‘I am a camera, passive, recording, not thinking’’.

In Cabaret:
“The fixed and printed’’ pictures are revealed to us by the M.C.
The tarnished glitter of the Kit Kat Klub
A refuge from reality for the naive yet appealing Sally Bowles
The insidious growth of the Nazi party
The tenderness and love of two older people
The insight of the novelist himself
The sad acceptance of the few
The resignation of Germany to its future

The Characters:

Master of Ceremonies (Emcee)   JANE PIERARD
Clifford Bradshaw   LOUIS PIERARD
Ernst Ludwig   GERARD COOK
Customs Officer   CAMPBELL SCOTT
Fraulein Schneider   PRISCILLA PEACH
Fraulein Kost   ANITA FOSSE
Herr Schultz   DAVID BALFOUR
Sailor 1   ADRIAN LYNDS
Telephone Girl   DALE DU FRESNE
Transvestites   KELLY BENNETT & CAMPBELL SCOTT
Sally Bowles   MONIQUE VAN DE VEN
Max   DAVID KNOWLES
Taxi Driver   STUART WEBSTER
Two Ladies   ANITA FOSSE & SHONA CALLAGHAN
Sailor 2   GERARD COOK
Soldier   STUART WEBSTER
Sailor 3   STUART WEBSTER
Tenor   LUKE GORTON
Gorilla   CAMPBELL SCOTT

KIT KAT GIRLS:   Lee Patrice, Kim Cleverton, Missi Christensen, Celeste Staniforth, Lynne Laurent, Roxanne Macredie, Donna Briggs, Sarah Craig, Penny Graham, Kim Roscoe, Philippa Jones, Lesley Reid, Shona Callaghan, Sharon Bloor, Davina Douglas, Dale du Fresne, Jane Morris, Paula Whitelegge.

THE WAITERS – ALSO PATRONS, SAILORS, NAZIS, ETC:   Kelly Bennett, Steve Roberts, Campbell Scott, Wade Sawyer, Stuart Webster, Adrian Lynds, Jason McDonald, Blair Burtenshaw.

CABARET ACTS:   Davina Douglas, Anita Davies, Clare Allington, Lee Patrice, Kelly Bennett.

THE KIT KAT KLUB ORCHESTRA
“THE KITTIES’’

Eric Thorpe   Piano
Keith Robinson   Trombone
Cameron Budge   Drums
Leon Speakman   Bass
Maurice Reid   Trumpet
Bill Mayo   Saxophone

ACT I

Scene 1 – The Kit Kat Klub Cabaret
Scene 2 – European Railroad Compartment
Scene 3 – Cliff’s Bedroom at Frau Schneiders
Scene 4/5 – Kit Kat Klub
Scene 6 – Cliff’s Bedroom
Scene 7 – Kit Kat Klub
Scene 8 – Frau Schneider’s Apartment
Scene 9 – Kit Kat Klub
Scene 10 – Cliff’s Bedroom
Scene 11 – Kit Kat Klub
Scene 12 – Frau Schneider’s Apartment
Scene 13 – Kit Kat Klub

ACT II

Scene 1 – Kit Kat Klub
Scene 2 – Herr Schultz Fruit Shop
Scene 3 – Kit Kat Klub
Scene 4 – Cliff’s Room
Scene 5 – Kit Kat Klub
Scene 6 – Cliff’s Room
Scene 7 – Railroad Compartment & Klub

INTERVAL – APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES

ACT ONE

Willkommen   Emcee and Chorus
Welcome to Berlin   Emcee
So What   Fraulein Schneider
Don’t Tell Mama   Sally and Girls
Telephone Song   Girls and Men
Mein Herr   Sally & Men
Perfectly Marvellous   Sally and Cliff
Two Ladies   Emcee and Two Girls
It Couldn’t Please Me More   Fraulein Schneider and Schultz
Tomorrow Belongs to Me   Tenor and Waiters
Why Should I Wake Up   Clifford
Maybe   Sally
Sitting Pretty   Emcee, Sally and Girls
Money Song   ally and Company
Married   Fraulein Schneider and Schultz
Meeskite   Herr Schultz
Tomorrow Belongs To Me   Fraulein Kost, Ernst Ludwig and Company

ACT TWO

Kick Line   Kit Kat Girls and Emcee
If You Could See Her   Emcee & Partner
What Would You Do?   Fraulein Schneider
Maybe   Sally
Cabaret   Sally
Finale Ultimo   Company

A NAPIER OPERATIC SOCIETY PRODUCTION – TABARD THEATRE
AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 1994

PRODUCTION PERSONNEL

Stage Manager
NEILL PAGE

Scenery Construction
JOHN BRIGGS – NEILL PAGE

Assistant Stage Manager:   JILLIAN WILLIAMS
Director’s Assistants:   CLARE ALLINGTON, GILLIAN WILTON
Production Manager:   LESLEY REID
Properties Mistress:   LYNDA SHIRRAS
Wardrobe Mistress:   SUE PAGE
Make-up Mistress:   DAWN McCOWATT
Chief Wine Steward:   BILL DALTON
Front-of-House:   JOHN BRIGGS
Hostesses:   YVONNE ARROWSMITH, ROBYN WOODLEY, BARBARA BROWN

TEAMS

Scenery Construction and Stage Crew:   Gail Jones, Jill Williams, Rachel Sander, Paul Collier, Anne Grindrod, Linda Wakely, Ben Dalton, Darren Picone, Katy Grindrod, Marc Collier, Darryl Mitchell, Andrew Browne, Kendall Browne, Alan Holt, Paul Kenah, Blair Burtenshaw, Ryan Downing, John Williams, Brian Elmore.

Lighting Team:   Peter Eade, Pierre Van der Zwet, Paul Collier, Jill Williams, Brent Smith.

Kitchen:   Helen Wakely, Roy Ramsay, Colin Pritchard.

Properties Team:   Judy Buttery, Chris Kenah, Christine Cheyne, Anne Corney, Fiona Manton, Irene McKinnon.

Wardrobe Team:   Saima Pritchard, Frances Rogers, Robyn Woodley, Pam Christensen, Leigh Thompson, Chris Shields, Christine Jackson, Jean Allen, Roz van de Ven, Corrine Zutt, Joan Elmore, Joan Maclaurin, Tessa Brown, Karen Hawkins.

Suppers:   Jean Gordon, Donna O’Shaughnessy, Sharon Wright.

Hairdressers:   The Kudos Room.

Publicity:   John Williams, Sharron Pardoe, Darryl Mitchell, John Briggs, Helen Wakely, Glen Ward, Barbara Brown.

Waiters, Waitresses, Make-up Assistants, Dressers & Kitchen Staff:   Friends of the Society.

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

Patron:   Bob Wright
Hon. Solicitor:   John Matthews
President:   John Briggs
Vice President:   Neill Page
Secretary:   Ian Reid
Treasurer:   Lyndsay Browne
Immediate Past President:   Peter Shepherd
Committee:   Roy Clement, Tessa Brown. Barbara Brown, Marc Collier, Paul Collier, Alan Jones, Brian Nathan, Lesley Reid, Tony Reid, Glen Ward.

COMING SHOWS

MUSIC HALL 18 Nov-10 Dec, 1994
LES MISERABLES 24 Feb – 18 March, 1995
SLICE OF SATURDAY NIGHT 26 May – 17 June, 1995

MEMBERSHIP

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Active Members:   We always need active members, both on stage and backstage. Phone 835-4526 if you are interested in joining us in some capacity.

The Society thanks the following for their assistance during this production: Richard Bradshaw, Downstage Wellington, Frivs Variety Theatre, Hastings Operatic Society, Raphaels, Dalton Typewriter Agency, Whale’s Tale, Hastings Group Theatre, Barry Fell, Norah Griffin, Jessica’s, Peros Umbrellas, The Flower Barrow, Peter Van der Stam.