Poppy
1984Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.
Acted in
Ken Wynne
as Emperor of China
Nichola McAuliffe
as Queen Victoria
David Firth
as Jack Idle
Christopher Hurst
as Randy
Andrew Thomas James
as Randy
Janet Shaw
as Sally Forth
Andrea Chance
as Cherry
Samantha Hughes
as Cherry
Geoffrey Hutchings
as Lady 'Dodo'
Antonia Ellis
as Dick Whittington
Leo Andrew
as Clerk
Jimmy Cassidy
as Clerk
Stewart Mackintosh
as Clerk
Tano Rea
as Clerk
Alfred Marks
as Obadiah Upward
John Watts
as Lin Tse-Tsii
David Bacon
as Teng Tin Chen
Sarah Lam
as Yo-Yo
Philip Tsaras
as Tiger
Antony Simons
as Elephant
Mark White
as Elephant
Samantha Hughes
as Chinese Dancer
Mark White
as Lord Palmerston
Wayne Aspinall
Julie Kirk
Julia Lintott
Jan Revere
Diane Simmons
Donald Waugh