Kipps: The New Half A Sixpence Musical
29 may - 2 june 2023
Director: Deb McDowell
Musical Director: Janet Simpson
Choreographer: Jennifer Moorhead
Production Manager: Helen Lowe
FLASH, BANG, WALLOP! – a fresh, fun and energetic romp set against the backdrop of a turn-of-the-century seaside town. In a timeless story of money, class and love, we meet Arthur Kipps, an orphan and over-worked draper’s assistant at Shalford’s Bazaar in Folkestone in the early 1900s. He is a charming but ordinary young man who, along with his fellow apprentices, dreams of a better and more fulfilling life. When he unexpectedly inherits a fortune that propels him into high society, it confuses everything he thought he knew.
As well as delivering classic numbers from the original stage show, Kipps revisits H.G. Wells’ semi-autobiographical novel to refresh the story for a modern-day audience and highlight some of the important social changes going on at the time. The result is an infectious, joyous journey, filled with musical favourites such as ‘Rain’s Got To Fall’ and the riotous ‘Flash, Bang, Wallop’
Crew
Stage Manager – Richard Coveney
Sound – Stuart Vaughan and team
Costume – Mags Wrightson and team
Props – Jane Bean, Veronica Martin, Anne Pringle
Technical project manager – Wesley Henderson-Roe
Cast
Arthur Kipps – Tom Nunan
Ann Pornick – Cath Bryant
Helen Walsingham – Heather Stockwell
Mr Chitterlow – Nigel Cole
Flo Adkins – Aggie Holland
Sid Pornick – Jonathan Warriss-Simmons
Jack Buggins – Mathew Madeley
William Pierce – Callum Aykehurst-Ryan
James Walsingham – Seb Roughley
Mrs Walsingham – Louise Ellard/Lizzie Brignall
Aunt Susan – Becky Tarry
Uncle Bert – Russell Bramley
Mr Shalford/Vicar/Photographer – Jason Thomas
Lady Punnet – Clair Jardella
Mrs Bindo-Botting – Tracy Sorgiovanni
Sarah Perkins – Lady Dacre
Mr Maxwell/Policeman – Martin Wilcox
Carshott – Chris Nash
Miss Ross – Georgina Skinner
Mr Hayes – Jonny O’Buachalla
Ensemble – Joe Black, Laura Crowley, Griffin Godsick, Laura Grant, Linda Hennessy, Lucy Hennessy, Juliet Manners, Helen Lowe, Gemma Melhuish, Tom Panay, Gita Singam-Willis, Anne Strain, Rachel Williams, Tash Wills
