Wed 27 Aug
|PADOS Studio Theatre
Dick Whittington Auditions
It's that time of year again. Oh no, it isn't...oh yes, it is. Come along if you want to star in our 2025 pantomime of Dick Whittington.
Time & Location
27 Aug 2025, 19:30 – 22:00
PADOS Studio Theatre, 29 St Mary's Rd, Prestwich, Manchester M25 1AQ, UK
Guests
About The Event
Character Breakdown
Dick Whittington
Ambition, honest young person (Principal boy)
Alderman Fitzwarren
Good-natured, sea-faring merchant. Owner of a large London store.
Alice
The Alderman's kind-hearted daughter (Principal girl)
Dolly Dumpling
The Alderman's cook (Dame)
Idle Jack
Dolly's daft, lazy son, the 'Simple Simon' of the piece.
Captain Cuttlefish
An oddball sea captain, recruited by the Alderman. Together with his mate, Scupper, they form a typical panto-style comedy twosome.
Scupper
The Captain's idiotic mate.
Tom Dick Whittington's cool cat.
King Rat
Our slightly comical baddie, a cross between a rat and a demon, played tongue-in-cheek.
Fairy Bowbells
Typical good fairy character.
The Sultan of Morocco
English-speaking sultan
Ensemble
Londoners /Shoppers/Beefeaters/Guardsman/Abstract dream Creatures/Sailors/Sultan's Servants/Harem Girls