Thing A Thon
A Mammoth Singing
Louise Gold
was scheduled to appear as a member of the cast of Nunsense, a fundraising
event in aid of The Terrence Higgins Trust, and, Frontliners, at The Piccadilly
Theatre, on Sunday 13 December 1987.
Note: Please
note the cast listing and running order is not necessarily accurate, the
webmaster wasn’t present and so is using the original printed programme of
events as a guide. I don’t even know whether Ms Gold actually took part in
this! However those whose names are listed here in italics are definitely
known to have taken part.
The event was
scheduled to run from 12 Noon to 10:30pm.
Cast
All Day Compere – Clarke Peters
First Show 12 O’clock
Eileen Atkins
British Airways
Groovers Steel Orchestra
Miguel Brown
Cantabile
“Girlfriends” Company
Norma Atallah
Clare Burt
Donna Champion
Jacqui Cryer
Tracey Halsey
Tina Jones
Julie Jupp
Heather Mathers
Jenna Russell
Gareth Snook
Sara Weymouth
Musician: Kate Young
Half Moon Panto
Nicola Blackman
Angela Curran
David Fielder
Simon Greenall
Julia Office
Musicians:
“Les Liaisons Dangereuses”
Company
John Cullen
Jackie Dankworth
Peter Lennon
Andy Rattenbury
Kate Spiro
National Theatre Company No. 73
“Nunsense Company”
Maxine Audley
Louise Gold
Pip Hinton
Anna Rees
Bronwen Stanway
“On The Other Hand”
Fay Presto
“String Of Pearls”
Dilys Watling
Musician: Leslie Hayes
Second Show 2:30pm
Musician Calum McLeod
Debbie Bishop
“The Compulsives”
“Eastenders”
Kathryn Apanowicz
Musician: Dave Brown
“
Steven Baker
Nicolas French
Jay Graham
Jean Jourdan
Kerry Lovegrove
Christina Matthews
Jemma Ward
Musician: John Langridge
“Girls and the Great Xar”
Jackie Arnold
Emma Freud
Amanda Garwood
The Great Xar
The Brough Boys
Hue And Cry
Kenny Lynch
Claire Rayner
Sinitta
“Starlight Express”
Company
Shezwae Powell
Lon Satton
Musician: Peter Hagen
Peter Straker
Helen Terry
Musician: Adrian York
Third Show 5 o’clock
Neil Bartlett
Gaye Brown, and, Philip
Musician: Jonathan Cohen
Elaine Delmar
Musicians: Mario Castronari, Brian Dee, and, Mark Taylor
Daniel Day Lewis
Billy Geraghty
Liam Grundy
Carol Sloman
Emma Freud
Bob Harris, and, Kathy Louis
Gloria Hunniford
David Kernan
Musician: Jonathan Cohen
“Les Miserables” Company
Leon Ferguson
Kate Percival
Musicians: Mark Inscoe, and, Courtney Kenny
Lulu and the “Peter Pan” Company
The McGanns (Stephen
McGann, Clare McGann,
Sarah Jane Morris
“The Phantom Of The Opera” Company
Sally Ashfield
Wayne Aspinall
Anne Breckell
Justin Church
Janet Devenish
Lynn Jezzard
Karen Lowe
Patricia Merrin
Claire Moore
Marina Stevenson
Alison Townsend
Musician: Calum McLeod
Lilly Savage
Hank Wangford
Musicians: Martin Belmont, Cissy Footwear, and, Bobby Velentino
Ruby Wax
Fourth Show 7:30pm
Cass Allen
Musician: Clare James
Alan Bates
Madeline Bell
Christopher Biggins
Billy Bragg*
“Chess” Company
David Burt
Kevin Colson
Litsa Davies
Philip Griffiths
Liza Hobbs
Grainne Renihan
Duncan Smith
Staged by: Peter Walker
Musician: Trevor York
John Christie
Ronnie Corbett
Julie Covington
Erasure
Fenella Fielding
“Follies” Company
Linda Baron
Gillian Bevan
Maria Charles
Brad Graham
Simon Green
David Healy
Margaret Houston
Hope Jackman
Steven Lubmann
Jill Martin
Siobhan O’Kane
Evan Pappas
Debbie Poplitt
Jenny Scott-Malden
Sally Smith
Roy Sone
Dawn Spence
Kathy Terry
Barbara Toye
Sally Ann Triplett
Dorothy Vernon
Arrangements: Martin Koch
Claire & Leonard
Friedman
Adelaide Hall
Lesley Joseph, and, Patricia Hodge
Helen Lederer
Maureen Lipman
Mass Carib
Nicola McAuliffe
Sylvester McCoy
George Melly
Anton Rogers
Ned Sherrin
Labi Siffre
Carol Woods
Neil McArthur’s All Star Band
(The programme says the band were backing various artistes throughout the day, and playing between shows two & three, and, three & four).
Neil McArthur
Richard Allen
Howard Britz
Sharon D. Clarke
Andrew Huggett
Peter Hurt
Henry Lowther
Chris Pynee
Jeremy Taylor
Pete Thomas
Marie Waldren
Daryll Williams
James Woodrow
Front Of House Performers
Musical Director – Stephen Warbeck
Stage Managers – Nigel Guy, and, Maureen Poole
“Menage A Trois”
Jonathan Donne
Kathryn Hide
Merial Dickinson, and, Bruce Ogston
Margaret Houston
Dawn Spence
Sally Ann Triplett
Jenny Scott-Malden
“Platform 5”
Corianne Benbow
Claire Carpenter
Vivien Parry
Pat O’Toole
Sally Dexter
Melaine Howard, and, Ollie Blanchflower
Sue Beard
Carol Carey
Caroline Humphries
Carol Concert
Musical Director – Trevor York
“Man For All Seasons” Company
“Kiss Me Kate” Company
Andree Bernard
Jacqui Botswain
Carole Brooke
Richard Calkin
Raymond Chai
Caroline Dillon
Angela Hercules Joseph
Liz Izen
Berwick Kaler
Peter Ledbury
Melanie Marshall
Nicola McAuliffe
Robert Purvis
Tarno Rea
Mikaela Ryden-Taub
Stephen Thomas
Vinette
Arrangement: Tim Higgs
“Chess” Choir
Yvonne Bachem
Margaret Bankier
Sue Cullen
Rob Fardell
Steve Fortune
Philip Griffiths
Liza Hobbs
Debbie Holmes
Ellen Jackson
Tom Marandola
Terry Mitchell
Duncan Smith
Plus
John Barr
Gabby Bevan
Isla Blair
Caroline Bliss
Gary Bond
Mark Bond
Helena Bonham Carter
Joia Claire
Sally Dexter
Deborah Fox
Mark Fowler
Julian Glover
Alex Hanson
Helen Hobson
Patricia Hodge
Sally Ann Howes
Deirdre Lovell
Clare James
Annabel Levington
Nulla O’Sullivan
Allan Rice
Kelly Sanders
Stella Segar
Jayne Threadgold
Ed Wiley
and members of the “When Did You Last See Your Trousers” Company
Production Team
Event Inspired and Produced by Maria Friedman
Co-Producer – Kelly Hunter
Executive Producer – Roland Brine
Production Manager – Sonia Friedman
Assistant Production Manager – Mark Ormerod
Executive Committee – Anna
Gardner, Charlotte Hindle, Julie Kinney, Inez Thorn, and,
Committee – Helen
Anderson,
Stage Manager – Sonia Friedman
Assistant to the Stage Manager – Ken Grant
Deputy Stage Managers – Jackie Morgan, and, Mark Ormerod
Stage Management – Sylvia Carter, Matthew Lynch, and, Meg Smith
Sound – Nic Jones,
Gary Giles, and,
Wardrobe – Helen Anderson
Terrance Higgins Trust Coordinator – Elizabeth Davies
Frontliners Coordinator – Peter Tilson
Some of the Groups appearing do not give the names of the individuals. Thus
is may be possible that some of the named performers who took part in one show,
may possibly have appeared in other shows as part of groups where the
individuals have not been named. Your
webmaster, for example, does wonder who “The
Compulsives” were. A few years earlier there had been an alternative
cabaret group around called Anna Rexic and The Compulsives,
but it is not known whether this could be that group with a slightly altered
name.
*It is known that Billy Bragg who was scheduled to appear in the
Fourth show, did not in fact appear in the Fourth show, however, he did appear
in the Third Show.
On the
entry for this gala on The McGann
Brothers’s fansite, it says that this event was “Organised by Su Pollard”.
However, your webmaster has found no mention of Su Pollard in the programme.
The programme does however very clearly present Maria Friedman’s obvious
involvement (and others associated with her). This also mentions (and their
webmaster was there) that Billy Bragg actually appeared in the Third Show and
not the Fourth show.
Bronwen Stanway’s firstname appears to have been misspelt in the programme as Bronwyn Stanway. It may also be noted
that Jacqueline Dankworth usually
seems to have used Jacqui as the short of her name, but in this programme she
is credited as Jackie (but the spelling of that short does often vary). Also Debbie Bishop’s name is usually spelt
as Debby Bishop. It would appear
that Pam St Clement’s name has been
misspelt as Pam St Clements. While Sally Ann Triplet’s name should
actually have been spelt as Sally Ann
Triplett. Meanwhile Grainne Renihan
has been known to spell her name as Grania
Renihan as well as Grainne. Anton
Rodgers should have been spelt as Anton
Rogers.
Maxine Audley, Louise Gold, Pip Hinton,
Anna Rees, and, Bronwen Stanway were appearing in Nunsense
(stage show) at the time of this event.
Louise Gold, Pip Hinton, Anna Rees,
and, Bronwen Stanway can be heard on
the album Nunsense (recording).
Louise Gold, Christopher Biggins,
and, Berwick Kaler had previously
appeared at The Piccadilly Theatre in The Soap
Opera.
Louise Gold, and, Sylvester McCoy
went on to appear at The Piccadilly
Theatre in Noises Off.
Angela Richards, Debby Bishop, Sinitta, Shezwae Powell, Gaye Brown,
David Kernan,
Eileen
Atkins went on to become one of the creators of The House Of Elliott.
Cantabile,
Maxine Audley, Dilys Watling, Angela
Richards, Peter Straker, Jonathan Cohen, David Kernan,
Clare Burt, Gareth Snook, Jackie Dankworth, Claire Moore, Philip
Griffiths, Dawn Spence, Bruce Ogston, Rob Fardell, and, Maria
Friedman’s recording credits include Cabaret.
Clare Burt, Christina Matthews, Shezwae Powell, Claire Moore, and, Helen
Hobson’s recording credits include Encore The Very Best From The
Musicals.
Clare Burt, Shezwae Powell, and, Jonathan Cohen’s recording credits
include Cole Porter - Night And Day.
Clare Burt, Claire Moore, Christopher Biggins, Grainne Renihan, and, Sally Ann Triplett’s recording credits
include Simply Musicals.
Clare Burt’s recording credits include The Greatest Musicals of
the 20th Century.
Clare Burt, Angela Richards, Peter Straker, Simon Green, Sally Ann
Triplett, Lesley Joseph, Patricia Hodge, and, John Barr went on to appear in A Love Letter To Dan.
Clare Burt, Jackie Dankworth, Claire Moore, Gillian Bevan, and, Maria
Friedman’s recording credits include Centre
Stage Showtime!.
Clare Burt, Jackie Dankworth, David Kernan, and, Alex Hanson’s recording credits include The Great Musicals – Laughter And Tears.
Clare Burt, Jackie Dankworth, Jonathan Cohen, Claire Moore, Grainne
Renihan, Trevor York, Gillian Bevan, and, Sally Ann Triplett’s recording credits
include Magic Of The Musicals.
Tina Jones, and, Christopher Biggins
may have taken part in Dear Ralph.
Julie Jupp, and, Angela Curran’s
film credits include Topsy Turvy.
Julie Jupp’s recording credits include Topsy
Turvy (Soundtrack album).
Jenna Russell, Christopher Biggins,
and, Gillian Bevan went on to appear
in the Regents Park 70th
Anniversary Gala.
Gareth Snook, Jackie Dankworth, Evan Pappas, Deirdre Forrest, and, Maria
Friedman went on to appear in Merrily We
Roll Along, and on the associated album Merrily We Roll Along (Recording).
Gareth Snook went on to appear in Assassins, on which
Kate Young also worked on.
Gareth Snook, Philip Griffths, Liza Hobbs, Bruce Ogston, and, Rob
Fardell’s recording credits include On The Town.
Gareth Snook, Philip Griffiths, Liza Hobbs, Simon Green, Bruce Ogston,
and, Rob Fardell’s recording credits
include Anything Goes (Recording) – Website Recommended Album.
Kate Young, Martin Koch, and, Sylvester McCoy had previously worked
on The Pirates of Penzance (Stage
Production).
Kate Young, Mark Inscoe, and, Philip Griffiths went on to work on Anything Goes (Stage Production).
Nicola Blackman went on to appear in The
Taming Of The Shrew.
Angela Curran, Erasure, and,
Simon Greenall’s television credits include Alexei Sayle’s Merry-Go-Round.
Angela Richards, Pam St Clement, Gaye Brown, David Kernan, Lesley Joseph,
Ned Sherrin,
Angela Richards, Elaine Delmar, David Kernan, Claire Moore, Fenella Fielding,
Simon Green, Ned Sherrin, Neil McArthur,
Angela Richards, David Kernan, and, Maria Friedman appeared in Sondheim At The Barbican.
Angela Richards, David Kernan, Fenella Fielding, Sally Ann Triplett, and, Ned
Sherrin went on to appear in the Side By Side
By Sondheim 25th Anniversary Gala.
Debby Bishop went on to appear in Kiss Me Kate,
and Hot’n’Spicey 2.
Pam St Clement, Gaye Brown, David Kernan, Fenella Fielding, Linda
Baron, Lesley Joseph, Ned Sherrin, and,
Christina Matthews’s film credits include Billy The Kid And The
Green Baize Vampire.
Christina Matthews, Shezwae
Powell, Grainne Renihan, Simon Green, and, Maria Friedman’s recording credits include The History Of The Musical.
Shezwae Powell, and, Myra Sands went on
to appear in Follies.
Neil Bartlett went on to adapt and design a musical version Lady Into Fox.
Gaye Brown, Myra Sands, Liza Hobbs, and, Debbie Holmes appeared in a concert of highlights from the Ratepayers’ Iolanthe
& Metropolitan Mikado, with which Ned
Sherrin was also involved.
Gloria Hunniford, Martin Koch, Sylvester McCoy, and, Anton Rogers had previously appeared in
The Royal Variety Performance
(1982).
David Kernan, Ned Sherrin,
David Kernan, and,
David Kernan, Claire Moore, Gillian Bevan, Ned Sherrin, and, Helena
Bonham Carter may have appeared in Comedy
Tonight.
David Kernan went on to appear in the
David Kernan, Christopher Biggins, Simon Green, Sally Ann Triplett, Maureen
Lipman, and, Ned Sherrin went on
to appear in the Side By Side By Sondheim 30th
Anniversary Gala.
Myra Sands has gone on to appear in many Lost Musicals concert stagings
including: By Jupiter, One Touch Of Venus (1992 Production), Du Barry Was A Lady (1993 Production), New Girl In Town, Red
Hot & Blue, Something For The Boys,
Panama Hattie, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and, Darling of The Day. She also took part in Camberwell Pocket Opera’s First Fundraising
Gala.
Myra Sands also appeared in One Touch Of
Venus (2000 Production), which
Joe McGann went on to work on The Gondoliers,
which Caroline Humphries sometimes
conducted.
Joe McGann went on to appear in
Ruby Wax’s
television credits include For Four Tonight.
Christopher Biggins went on to appear in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Liza Hobbs, Sally Ann Triplett, and,
Debbie Holmes appeared in The Metropolitan Mikado, which Ned Sherrin was also involved with.
Grainne Renihan took part in Dress Circle
Grand Reopening.
Ronnie Corbett took part in A Celebration Of
The Life And Work Of Dick Vosburgh.
Erasure’s
television credits include ABBA – The
Mamma Mia Story.
Fenella Fielding, Patricia Hodge, and, Ned Sherrin’s radio credits include Ned Sherrin’s Review Of Revue.
Gillian Bevan went on to appear in The Boys
From Syracuse.
Simon Green went on to appear in Flaunt It 2008.
David Healy’s film voice-over credits include Labyrinth.
It is possible
that Debbie Poplitt could be Deborah Poplett who appeared in Rachel And The Roarettes:
It seems
unlikely that the Barbara Toye
appearing in the Follies Company, would be the same person as the lady of the
same name who was a production assistant on Noel/Cole:
Let’s Do It.
Sally Ann Triplett went on to appear in Happily Ever After. Her recording credits
include The Best Of The Musicals,
and her television credits include Rita Rudner.
Martin Koch, and, Sylvester McCoy had
previously worked on The Pirates Of
Penzance (Gala Performance), The Pirates Of Penzance
(Gala Preview), and, The
Pirates Of Penzance (Benefit Preview).
Martin Koch went on to work on Mamma Mia.
Martin Koch, and, Vivien Parry’s
television credits include ABBA – The Reunion.
Helen Lederer’s television credits include A
Kick Up The Archive.
Anton Rogers’s television credits include Julia
And Company.
Ned Sherrin was involved with Ziegfeld (stage show),
and the associated record Ziegfeld (Recording).
The Company of Mary Poppins’s
FUNdraising late night gala was dedicated to Ned Sherrin.
Sharon D Clarke, and,
Stephen Warbeck’s composition credits include music for productions of The Caucasian Chalk Circle, and, The Cherry Orchard.
Bruce Ogston’s radio credits include Let ‘Em Eat
Cake.
Liz Izen
went on to appear in Calamity Jane.
Alex Hanson’s recording credits include Great Duets From The Musicals,
and, The Great Musicals – Dashing
Heroes, Blushing Maidens.
Helen Hobson’s recording credits include The Great
Musicals – Wonderful Tales.
The stage
manager Matthew Lynch on the
production team committee, is one would presume, not the same person as the film recordist of the same name on Muppet Treasure Island.
Crispin Thomas had previously appeared in Joseph And The
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (York Production).
Ronnie Corbett had previously taken part in Comic Relif 1986.
Claire Moore’s recording credits include Let’s
Go On With The Show – Hit Songs From The West End & Broadway.
Gillian Bevan, Clare Burt, Maria Friedman, Simon Green, David Kernan,
and, Claire Moore’s recording
credits include The Great Musicals -
From Broadway to Hollywood.
Kathryn Apanowicz had previously appeared in Bag.
Gillian
Bevan had previously appeared in Blood Brothers.
Myra Sands, and, Julian Glover went
on to appear in Oliver!.
They can be heard on the cast album Oliver! (Recording).
Madeline Bell, Ned Sherrin, and, Dawn Spence went on to take part in CLIC’s 18th Birthday
Celebration.
Critics Comments
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Links about Thin A Thon
The McGann Brothers’ fansite’s entry
for this event: http://www.mcgannbrothers.org.uk/productssimple17.html (For some
strange reason this appears to state the event as being organised by Su
Pollard)
