Dolphin Theatre

 

Whistle Down The Wind

By Russell Labey & Richard Taylor

Based on the novel by Mary Hayley Bell

17th November - 8th December 2001

 

SYNOPSIS

A group of small children in Lancashire in the north of England discover an injured man in their barn whom they believe to be Jesus Christ. However, there is also news of a dangerous criminal on the loose in the area who also fits the same description. The children decide to keep the man's existence a secret from their parents and from the police. But how long can they maintain the deception?

CAST

Cathy Bostock Rebecca Wright or Leanne Howell
Nan Bostock Cassandra McCowan or Gracie Souter
Charles Bostock Declan Thompson or Oliver Salt
The Man Jon Tamihere
Dad John Trevithick
Auntie Herald Braune
Miss Lodge June Britton
Policeman Gordon Thompson
Vicar John Kelleher
Eddie Denys Hoskins
Salvation Army Lady Briar Treadwell
Mrs Pemberton Barbara Hart
Policemen Brian Hannam, Darryn Salt, Andrew Lawrence &
Denys Hoskins
Ensemble John Boyd-Bell
Richard Edwards
Ann Grounds
Roger Hillman
Nicky Laird
Vivien Littlewood
Sarah Munn
Svargo
Charlotte Swayne
Dashir Thomas
Margaret Ussher
Raymond Troy Moselen or Jonathan Turner
Elizabeth Marlena Devoe or Sacha Kaaka
Jackie Greenwood Timmy Clark or Troy Moselen
David Edwards Ricky Levinson or Oscar Dolk-Arcus
Jenny Elspeth Hocking or Sarah Young
Joanne Clare Hannam or Isabella Van Heusden
Laurie Marie Taylor or Kylie Salt
Rosemary Joanne Bartlett or Carla Romano-Wickham
Samantha Jessica Lawrence or Sarah-Jayne Phillips
Stephanie Sian Thompson or Brigid Preston

CREW

Director Dorothy Chisholm
Musical Director Leon Gray
Production Assistant Ricard Kelly
Stage Manager Mark Grimes
Assistant Stage Manager John Finney
Set Design  Derrick Knight 
Decor Design David Fitchew
Set Construction  Derrick Knight, Alan Stokes & Roy Dillon
Scene Painting Norman Fairley & David Fitchew
Wardrobe Mistress Pat Weatherill
Wardrobe Assistant Diane Howell
Lighting Design Phil Searle
Sound Design Ricard Kelly
Lighting Operators Phil Searle & Bob Downes
Sound Operators Chris Hoffmann
Andrea Kelly
Pyrotechnics Matt Kelland
Props Design Sheila Summers
Graphical Properties Syd Mannion
Props Catering Sherrill Allen
Props Team Christine Evans, Fiona Kaaka & Sheryl Watson
Photography
Barry Spring 
Front Of House
Colin Francis 
Box Office
Helen Stilwell 
Reservations
Colin Snedden 
Programme Syd Mannion
Special Acknowledgements Sandra Bass
Playhouse Theatre
Titirangi Drama
St Oswald's Church
Roy Dillon, 
Mary Anne Liddington
Debbie Moselen
The Christmas Shop