***Please note this is an unpaid community theatre production***
We will be holding auditions for our January 2026 show:
Dick Whittington by Gill Morrell
on
Sunday 27th July, 2pm - 5pm and Monday 28th July, 7pm - 9.30pm,
Venue: Bath Rec Pavilion - this is the green wooden building, just off William Street/Pulteney Mews.
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You will not be able to park at the Rec without a permit. Please allow time to park as on-street parking is often limited.
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Show Week:
15th (Wednesday) to 18th (Sunday) January 2026 at The Rondo Theatre
Rehearsals will start in September / October but will allow for people being in other plays. From November there
will be mid week evening rehearsals and Sunday afternoon / evening rehearsals till the show, with a week or two off
for Christmas. You need to be fully available from Sunday 11th January.
Synopsis:
This is essentially the script I wrote and directed for Bath Drama in 2016 but with new music, updates, and some major changes in the second half.
The story: In the Middle Ages, Dick Whittington, encouraged by Fairy Bowbells, together with Tiddles the cat, travels
to London to seek his fortune, not realising that King Rat and his Ratlets are planning to use him as a way to enrich themselves. He gets a job at the Alderman Fitzwarren's Emporium of Delights, run by Dame Sarah, and falls in love with the Alderman's daughter, Alice, to the dismay of Idle Jack. He and Tiddles must guard the payroll overnight, but King Rat and the Ratlets sneak in and steal all the money. Everyone but Alice thinks Dick is the thief, so he sets off back to Bath. On the way, Fairy Bowbells tells him to go back, and that one day he'll be Lord Mayor. Meanwhile, the others are setting off to Morocco to sell cereals to the King. At the quayside, Dick & Tiddles get on
board as stowaways - and so do the Rats. There's a terrific storm, the ship goes down, but everyone except the rats swim to the shores of a tiny desert island where Ethel the Pirate King and Yo & Ho the pirates are not only desperate to find the buried treasure, but have now lost all their food to the newly arrived Rats. Tiddles finds the
map, the treasure is found, and the Rats are defeated and captured, and Ethel gives them all a lift back home where
is a happy ever after ending.
Music: There will be group songs, and solos/duets for Dick, Alice and Sarah - if you are auditioning for one of those three parts, please come prepared with a song.
The Characters:
Dick Whittington - the hero, young and idealistic, male or female
Tiddles the cat - (probably a child)
Alderman Fitzwarren - Alice’s father, a wealthy but impractical merchant, male or possibly female
Alice Fitzwarren - his daughter, sweet, beautiful, a bit bossy, female
Dame Sarah - the shop manageress, our Dame, male
Idle Jack - lazy but loveable, in love with Alice, male
King/Queen Rat - evil and devious, male or female
Fairy Bowbells - the slightly incompetent good fairy, male or female
Captain Cod'n'Chips - a lascivious sailor, doubles as a Londoner, male
Mate Salt'n'Vinegar - helpful but dim, doubles as a Londoner, male or female
Ethel - the Pirate King, doubles as a Londoner, female
Yo - a pirate, doubles as a Londoner, male or female
Ho - a pirate, doubles as a Londoner, male or female
Ratlets - evil little rats (children)
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