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Magical Casting Announcement
Aladdin
Sunderland Empire
Friday 11th December
2015
– Sunday 3rd January 2016.
Sunderland Empire and UK Productions are delighted
to announce further casting for the mesmerising tale of Aladdin which is set to
fly into Sunderland
from 11 December
2015 - 3 January 2016.
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| Terence Maynard |
From Weatherfield to Peking, Coronation Street’s
Terence Maynard (Tony Stewart) is set to stir up a storm on stage when he takes
on the role Abanazar, alongside TV favourite Alison Hammond (ITV’s This
Morning, Strictly Come Dancing, Big Brother) as the Slave of the Ring.
Derek Moran (Channel 5’s Milkshake) as Wishee Washee
and Ian Good (Director/Widow Twankey) to join Alison Hammond and Terence
Maynard.
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| Alison Hammond |
Popular
children’s presenter Derek Moran
from Channel 5’s Milkshake! will
shake things up this festive season as Wishee Washee alongside North East’s Ian Good who will be playing dame (Widow Twankey) and also
directing Aladdin this year!
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| Derek Moran |
As one of the main
presenters of Channel 5’s leading children’s TV strand Milkshake! Derek will be
sure to wow audiences with his energetic and enchanting personality this
pantomime season. As well as presenting, Derek has also recently directed and
choreographed the national theatre tour: Milkshake Live – Party Party which is currently touring the UK with a special date at
the 21st Anniversary of the Glastonbury
Festival this June. Additional directing and choreography includes the Milkshake Bop Box and Milkshake Bop In The Park live show at
Drayton Manor. Derek has performed on many TV shows including Top of the
Pops, The Saturday Show, Ministry Of Mayhem, MTV, This Morning, The Late Late
Show and Ireland AM.
At the age of sixteen
Derek was signed by Warner Brothers
Music as one of the band members in D-Side. With D-Side Derek enjoyed incredible success with three
Top 10 singles in the UK and massive success
throughout Europe and Japan including the number 1
album in the Japanese charts.
Also
joining the cast as dame and director is Newcastle born Ian Good with
30 years of pantomime behind him (Oh yes he has!).He has worked
extensively in theatre around the UK, in Europe and Australia both as a director and
actor and has done everything from Shakespeare to Sondheim!
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| Ian Good |
He has appeared in Dick Whittington as Sarah the Cook
seven times; Jack and the Beanstalk
as Dame Trot six times; Sleeping Beauty
as Nurse Dottie Dettol three times;
Cinderella as an Ugly
Sister twice, Mother Goose,
playing the title part three times, Snow
White as Nurse three times and Widow Twankey in Aladdin, seven times! All
complemented with a host of credits for Stage, Film (Evita, Mountains of the
Moon) and TV (The Bill, Dalziel
and Pascoe and Soldier Soldier).
Ian also took on the role
of the brilliant Brenda in the Bounty
and Plenty Kitchen roll advertisements which ran for nine years and it’s
one of the longest running advertisements on British television!
But it doesn’t stop there
- Ian has many feathers to his bow both on stage and off including UK
Production Supervisor on the UK
tour of Hairspray the Musical, directing Michael Ball, Les Dennis, Brian Conley, Nigel
Planer and Mickey Dolenz.
This Year Ian directed
the Britain’s
Got Talent winners,
Collabro, national tour which
played to over 56,000 people and the Rebecca Ferguson sell out, one woman show
at the St James theatre, London Lady
Sings the Blues, which received a 4 star review from the Times Newspaper
and an Australian production of Blood
Brothers.
Derek and Ian will join this gem of a pantomime alongside the
previously announced Alison Hammond
(Slave of the Ring) and her larger than life personality which has taken ITV’s
‘This Morning’ by storm and Coronation
Street’s Terence Maynard (Abanazar) who has recently been ruffling the
feathers of many Weatherfield residents!
So
get ready to rub the magic lamp, enter the cave of wonders and be transported to this fun fairytale world filled with
adventure, mystique, stunning sets and costumes, comedy, song and dance and
lots of audience participation - not to mention a flying carpet!
Aladdin guarantees another family filled festive
extravaganza at Sunderland Empire!
Tickets
Tickets are on sale now from the Box Office on
High Street West, Sunderland, the Ticket Centre on 0844 871 3022* and online at
www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland
Families
will also have the chance to take part in themed Arabian Adventure
Tours hosted by our Creative Learning Department on certain dates over the festive
period. To find out more and book call 0844 8713022 or book in person at the
Box Office on High Street West.
BSL
Signed performance, Wednesday 30 December (2pm) and the Relaxed Performance will be held on Saturday 2 January 2015 (2pm).
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