The Chuckles of Darlo
The
Chuckles of Oz
Darlington Civic Theatre
Saturday 6
December – Sunday 11 January 2015
The Chuckle Brothers take to the Yellow
Brick Road,
in Darlington Civic Theatre’s 3D pantomime, The Chuckles of Oz.
Real-life brothers Paul and Barry Elliott, better known as The Chuckle Brothers, return to panto in Darlington after the massive success of Aladdin last year. The brothers will be joined by The Tin Man (Danny Potts), The Cowardly Lion (Phil Corbitt), The Scarecrow (Adam C Booth) and Glinda The Good Witch (Beth Stobbart).
in Darlington Civic Theatre’s 3D pantomime, The Chuckles of Oz.
Real-life brothers Paul and Barry Elliott, better known as The Chuckle Brothers, return to panto in Darlington after the massive success of Aladdin last year. The brothers will be joined by The Tin Man (Danny Potts), The Cowardly Lion (Phil Corbitt), The Scarecrow (Adam C Booth) and Glinda The Good Witch (Beth Stobbart).
The Chuckle Brothers are known to generations of children for
their popular prime-time children’s television show Chucklevision, of which more than 290 episodes were made. The
series proved to be so successful BAFTA presented Paul and Barry with an award
for ‘services to British children’s television’. During the mid-nineties Paul
and Barry also recorded three series of their own TV game show including a
Christmas special, aptly titled To Me, To
You after the brother’s legendary catchphrase.
Most recently Paul and Barry have toured the UK in
their own shows including The Ghostly
Shadows, The Pirates of the River
Rother 2 and A 2014 Space Oddity.
Ever in Demand the boys are often seen on TV programmes, including in recent
years as contestants on Celebrity Coach
Trip (C4) and Pointless (BBC).
Phil Corbitt, Danny Potts and Beth Stobbart will be known to
local audiences, having shared the stage with The Chuckle Brothers last year in
Aladdin.
For veteran television and stage actor Phil Corbitt this will
be his fifteenth panto appearance, although for the first time as Lion! Danny
Potts made his mark in the world-famous Hippodrome Circus where he
headlined the show Excape at only 19;
since then he has appeared in many stage-shows, most notably as Jimmy in Simon
Stephens’ Bluebird, Petruchio in Taming of the Shrew and his acclaimed
performance as Charles J Guiteau in Assasins.
Local actress Beth Stobbart has been no stranger to the Civic Theatre since
last year’s pantomime, combing her performance work with teaching at the local ArtsSpark youth theatre.
Adam C Booth, who plays The Scarecrow, returns to Darlington
Civic having played Buttons in Cinderella,
and joins The Chuckles of Oz
having recently completed a national tour of Betty Blue Eyes.
Tickets:
The Chuckles of Oz runs at Darlington Civic Theatre from Saturday 6 December 2014 until Sunday 11 January 2015.
Tickets are available from 01325 486555 or online at www.darlingtoncivic.co.uk
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