Programme 1982 – 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

Lyrics:   By Fred Ebb

Cabaret
directed by
GILLIAN DAVIES

Musical Director – ERIC THORPE

GWYN ACE
Scenic & Lighting Design

ROS van de VEN
Costume Design

Choreographer – SHIRLEY JARRETT

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

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)   BARRY GARLAND
Clifford Bradshaw   JOHN SCOTT
Ernst Ludwig   PETER CRAWSHAW
Customs Officer   DAVID O’NEIL or TIM HALLETT
Fraulein Schneider   DORENE MUDGWAY
Fraulein Kost   ELIZABETH GRANEY
Herr Schultz   DAVID BALFOUR
Sailor 1   SIMON BROWNE
Telephone Girl   FRANCES EDWARDS
Transvestites   WAYNE TROW & MARK BARKER
Sally Bowles   MAREE SCOTT
Max   BERNARD VAUGHAN
Taxi Driver   TREVOR GYDE
Two Ladies   GERI WILSON & FRANCES EDWARDS
Sailor 2   TIM HALLETT
Soldier   CAM SOUTER
Sailor 5   NEIL PAGE
Emcees Partner   SIMON BROWNE
THE KIT KAT KLUB ORCHESTRA – ‘THE KITTIES’
ERIC THORPE, Piano;   ALAN MEAKIN, Saxophone/Clarinet;   GRAHAM HARRINGTON, Trumpet;
WAYNE MYHILL, Trombone;  LEON SPEAKMAN, Bass; PETER CUTTS, Drums
KIT KAT GIRLS:
ALEX CLAUSEN, HELENA TE AIKA, KELSEY RODERICK, YVONNE GARLAND,
LOUISE HANLEY with GERI WILSON, and FRANCES EDWARDS and JANE BEAVEN,
ELLY-ANN PRITCHARD, JILL ETHERIDGE, CHERIDA SEWELL, LUCILLE FLEMMING and
VIVIANNE SOO
THE WAITERS:
also Patrons, Sailors, Nazis etc.
ALLAN HOWES, WALTHER RUTGERS, WAYNE TROW, MARK BAKER
with IAN JOHNSON, ALAN SANDERS, TIM HALLETT, SIMON BROWNE and DAVID O’NEIL

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

THERE WILL BE ONE INTERVAL OF 20 MINUTES WHEN COFFEE WILL BE SERVED

MUSICAL NUMBERS

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
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
Sitting Pretty   Emcee, Sally and Girls
Money Song   Emcee, Sally and Girls
Married Fraulein   Schneider and Schultz
Meeskite   Herr Schultz

ACT TWO

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

A NAPIER OPERATIC SOCIETY PRODUCTION – TABARD THEATRE, MAY – JUNE, 1982

PRODUCTION PERSONNEL

Stage Manager
NEILL PAGE

Scenery Construction
JOHN BRIGGS

Assistant Stage Manager   JILLIAN SWEENEY
Director’s Assistants   MARIE NORTHE, SALLY DEVINE
Properties Mistress   BARBARA BROWN
Wardrobe Mistress   ROS van de VEN
Make-Up Mistress   DAWN McCOWATT, HELEN JACKSON
Head Chef   LYNDSAY BROWNE
Head Waitresses   KAREN BRIGGS, SUSAN ELMORE
Chief Wine Steward   PETER SHEPHERD
Front-of-House   BILL BECKETT

TEAMS

Scenery Construction and Painting
John Briggs, Peter Shepherd, Graeme Flett, Craig Ross, John Williams, Jillian Sweeny, Allan Sanders, Simon Brown,
Barrie Browne, Tony Chittenden, David Sealey, Neill Page, Boyd Taylor, Liz Graney, Lana Shadbolt, Roy Head, Andrea Boyd, Ion Brown, Lorraine Simmonds, Allan Holt, Ian Graney, Juliet Marsden, Troy Briggs, Michael Smith, Bob Drinkwater

Stage Crew
Boyd Taylor, Graeme Flett, Craig Ross, Sally Devine, John Williams, John Briggs, Doug Ramsay, Roy Ramsay, Gary Collins

Lighting Team
Peter Eade, Dennis Newport, Robert Lockyer, Michael McConnell, Mark Hammer, Max Patmoy

Properties Team
Barbara Brown, Diane Bentley, Marie Cameron, Sonja Baine, Alison Lott, Lynda Stevens, Jenny Stewart,
Marie Northe, Wendy Woodcock, Dale Reid

Wardrobe Team
Doreen Ritchie, Sue Elmore, Lynda Fell, Claire White, Jean Allen, Margaret Baker, Andrea Boyd, Lana Shadbolt, Liz Ramsay

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

Patron:   Ted Collier
President:   Bill Beckett
Vice President:   Don Hurley
Immediate Past President:   Bunny Unsworth
Hon. Solicitor:   John Matthews
Hon. Auditor:   Les Robertson
Chairman of Committee: Barrie Browne
Secretary/Treasurer: Fred Twyford

Committee: Ros Van de Ven, Clive Buttery, Allan Howes, Robin Johnson, Allan Jones, Doug Ramsay, Ian Reid, Peter Shepherd, Malcolm Kenah, Eric Thorpe

COMING SHOWS

August 14th – 21st, “OKLAHOMA”, Municipal Theatre, Napier

November 12th – December 4th, “OLD TIME MUSIC HALL”

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and to the many others who have supported and worked so hard for us – our sincere thanks!

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