Programme 1978 – The Dracula Spectacula

THE
DRACULA
SPECTACULA

DRACULA SPECTACULA

In this bubbling modern extravaganza for the young, the immaculate Miss Nadia Naive and her three pupils are swung into riotous Transylvanian happenings with the irrepressible Count and his gruesome acolytes.

On the side of right are the noble Nick Necrophiliac, Father O’Stake, the cuddly Hans and Gretel and their fuddled friends. Can they prevail over the forces of darkness – when these include the creme de la horrible creme such as the Countess Wraith, Genghis the grovelling minion, the Zombies, the fanged Brides … AND the dynamic sanguineous gentleman, Dracula, the Prince of Vampires?

Songs and choruses –
Dracula Spectacula   The whole company
Come fly Transylvania   Airport personal
Be silent and attentive   Landau
Nize to ‘ave you’ ere   Hans & Gretel
Karloffia   Quartet
Lubly Glublick   Outpatients & Idiots
Positive Action Man   Nick & Chorus
Just the way I am   Nick & Nadia
A Super Rat like Me   Dracula, Wraith & Genghis
Rhesus Negative Rock   Brides, Zombies, Dracula
I’m a nice little girl   Nadia
Starry Spheres   Nick & Nadia
Reprise   The Whole Company

THERE WILL BE AN INTERVAL OF 15 MINUTES BETWEEN ACT I AND ACT II

HAVELOCK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
PRESENTS
THE
DRACULA
SPECTACULA

OR
FANGS AIN’T WHAT THEY USED TO BE

A SPOOKY MUSICAL
Lyrics by John Gardiner
Music by Andrew Parr

HASTINGS MUNICIPAL THEATRE
3RD TO 10TH JUNE
NEW ZEALAND PREMIERE

CAST

Opening Dance
Erin Hudson
Caroline Baxter
Joanne Newton
Christina Jones
Wendy Bennett
Andrea Bewley
Debbie Penney
Bronwyn Hicks
Heather Turner
Carol Penney
Delia Lissette
Jillian Weenink
Marie Jefferies
Louise Freeman
Leanne Freeman
Jennifer Crowley
Lee Bricklebank
Ngaire Newton
Andrea Cowie
Gillian Harris
Megan Coates (Reserve)

Nadia Naïve   Tracey Jones
Kelly   Gaylene Browne
Julie   Diane Kenwright
Fonzie   Shon Hajnal
Transylvanian Airways Pilot   David Fear
Customs Officials   Brendon Mitchell, Suzanne Morgan
Landau   Ronald Garrick
Hans   Brian Ward
Gretel   Alison Miller
Nick or Dr Nicholas Necrophiliac   Graeme Bennett
Father O’Stake   Matthew Bron
Dracula   Antony Parahi
Wraith   Carolyn Stuart
Genghis   Tony Lambess
Air Hostesses   Christina Doherty, Michelle Mosen

Understudies
Nadia   Sarah Keesing
Julie   Janine Monk

Transylvanian Airways Dancers
Christina Ireland
Jackie Helleur
Merryn Tweedie
Ray Hall
John Thompson
Kim Welch

Wellyboot Dancers
Christina Doherty
Christina Ireland
Joanne Newton
Carol Penney
Debbie Penney
Michelle Mosen
Heather Turner
Merryn Tweedie

Pretty Singers
Christina Doherty
Jackie Helleur
Christina Ireland
Michele Mosen
Carol Penney
Joanne Newton
Heather Turner
Merryn Tweedie

Zombies
Ray Hall
Andrew Hutton
Phlllippa Nottingham
Richard O’Leary
Ernie van Oeveren
John Thompson
Louise Ward
Kim Welsh (Reserve)

Outpatients – Idiots – Villagers
Ricky Bell
Richard Barley
Peter Bennett
Adrian Cowie
Phillip Fendall
Bruce Heestermann
Kathryn Jones
Jonathon Phillips
Alan Robson

Brides of Dracula
Leanne Berkahn
Michelle Berkahn
Annette Carson
Anne Le Comte
Michelle Evans
Fern McGaffin
Mandy Reinders

Musical Backing Group
Guitars   Paul Stent   Paul Homersham
Drums   David Ford
Electric Organ   Andrew Martin
Piano   Mr Roger Stevenson
Extra Vocals   Paul Stent

Phantom of the Opera   Andrew Martin

BACKSTAGE

Dressers
Christine Leitch
Shona Ellis
Kay Goldman
Jennifer Timmer
Karen Harris
Sally Taylor
Carolyn Wixon
Gill Taylor
Megan Allardice

Wardrobe
Helen Bennett
Nicola Cousens
Firn McGaffin
Julie Davies
Carol Penney
Christine Wilkie
Susan Wells

Stage Hands
Melvyn Bishop
Simon Bunn
Jennifer Crowley
Shona Ellis
Gillean Fear
Fiona Fordyce
Ian Fothergill
Lindsay Hunt
Merryn Klingender
Helen McEwan
Faye McKay
Donna McQuade
Fiona Rose
Joanne Rose
Helen Sanders
Wayne Steel
Joanne Swap
Taka Walker
Alison Whitaker

Make-up Crew
Sharon Taylor
Sally Hannah
Rauhena Parahi
Brenda Holman
Tracey Bunn
Tracey Hodson
Nicola Bull
Julie Wake
Christine Kitchen
Rochelle Reizer
Debbie Fear
Joy Magon

Flies assistants
Graeme Sanders
Stephen Bark
John Lawrence
Chris Hooper

Properties
Beth Gorst
Vicki Carlyon
Toni Farquharson
Brett Thompson
Anne Moffat
Trudy Burgess
Lindey Vandenberg
John Roach
Sandra Powell
Ricky Bell
Cliff Thomas
Leura Schdroski

PRODUCTION CREW

Producer   Mr Phil Turley
Asst. Producer   Mrs Sue Robinson
Managing Co-ordinator   Mrs Pat Frykberg
Musical Director   Mr Roger Stevenson
Choreographer   Mrs Laurel Judd
Set Design   Mr Roy Dunningham
Set Construction   Mr Bill Cruickshank
Mr Doug Sutherland
Mr Norman Wing
Mr Cliff Hendry
Costume Design   Mrs Jill Turley
Mrs Margaret Hicks
Wardrobe Mistress   Mrs Jill Turley
Lighting Design   Mr Gwyn Ace
Lighting Operators   Mr Peter Bade
Mr Peter Boyce
Mr Peter McBride
Mr John Holmes
Sound Technician   Mr John Holmes
and Operators   Par Sound. Robert & Lee Lockyer
Properties   Ms Anna Sanders
Mrs Lynn Evans
Prompt   Miss Lois McNab
Stage Manager   Mr Nick Wilde
Asst. Stage Manager   Mr Nick Coombes
Staging Co-ordinator   Mr Peter Ryan
Wigs & Hairstyling   John and Carol Harwood
Make up   Mr Kevin Broomhead
Mr Wallace Clarke
Mrs Lillian Phillips
Mr Brian Overend
Mrs Moira Bewley
Programme   P.T.A. Committee
Flies Operator   Mr Ross Swap
Front of House   Mr Roger Booth
Mr Barry Foster
Mr John Whakamoe
Publicity & Promotion   Radio New Zealand
Mr Kerry Payne
Mr John Holmes
Mrs Pat Frykberg
Mrs Virginia Power
Fangs   Graham Lawlor
AND ALL THE STAFF OF HAVELOCK NORTH HIGH SCHOOL

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

We would like to thank the following generous people, without whose help this show could not have gone on stage.

4Art41 for art displays in local Banks
The National Bank   for display space
The Eastern & Central Bank   for display space
The sponsors of Newspaper Advertisements
The Havelock North H.S. PTA for wholehearted support
The Napier Operatic Society for the Cyclorama, props and costumes.
Mr Cedric Wright of this theatre for advice and support
Musica Vica and Craig Morgan for use of the Apron Stage
Don Hurley of Napier and Eric Reay of Hastings
The NZ Play Bureau for keeping us informed about legalities and answering innumerable questions.
Ian Kerr Pharmacy, Bon Marche, Roach’s, Westermans, Robert Holt’s, Hortops and all other firms who have given us extended credit.
Mrs Stewart of the City Council
Dr Forster of the Memorial Hospital for lending us surgical garments.
Father Donnelly of St. Patrick’s Presbytery, Napier
Newmans for Travel Bags
Resene Colour shop for donation of paint
Christies for loan of two chairs.
Watties for donation of Stud Cola
Mr Warick Seeney for use of his Polyphonic String Synthesiser.
Keirunga Homestead Theatre for loan of lantern
Instacolour, Smartway, Foster Brook’s – great firms
Sandy Strother for typing innumerable letters and lists
These mothers for sewing the costumes – Mesdames Leitch, Hill, Kelly, Nottingham, Bark, Doherty, Robb, Ferguson, McNab, Watson, Diane Morris and Mrs Taoho and girls of the Homecraft Department and John Harwood.
Stewart Bailey for flashpan
TV1 for smoke machine
The roster of fathers on the door each performance
The roster of mothers who are feeding and watering the cast backstage
The roster of students of the school who act as your hosts and hostesses each performance.

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