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Here are the actors currently touring with Pocket Panto

DARREN JOHNSON

Darren was borna at a very early age much to the surprise of his mother who was expecting four rolls of lino. It was at school that Darren first showed his talents and had to stand in the corner for hours. Whilst at school Darrens favourite subject was Biology. His worst subject was Maths (He kept losing count of the girls in Biology!)

REBECCA LITTLE

Rebecca trained at the Arts Educational School Tring where she became Head Girl & won the Stage Cup & also on the Musical Theatre course at Arts Educational London.
Theatre credits include: Victorian Old Time Music Hall (Pocket Panto & Little Pixie Productions); Poppy, Lydia & Gertie in The Bunsen Towers Mystery (tour for Kinetic Theatre); cover for the tour of Tracy Beaker Gets Real, during which Rebecca played the parts of both Tracy & Cam (Nottingham Playhouse Theatre Company); Hannah in Silence (Momentum Festival, Lakeside Arts Centre); Lulu in Sing-a-long-a-Eurovision (Dublin & UK); Macduff in a mostly Female production Macbeth (Chester Gateway); Goldilocks (national tour for Tutti Frutti Productions); Storyteller for The Princess & the Pea & Little Red Riding Hood & Pippin Reed in Johnny Thunder (SGA Productions); Philippa in The Fly, Lois in Straight & Narrow, Judy in Simply the Best, Molly, May, Alison & other parts in Canterbury Tales & Soph in Loadsamoney! (Oldham Coliseum); Side by Side by Sondheim (Hampton Hill Playhouse); Leona Samish in Do I Hear a Waltz? (Landor Theatre); the title role in the melodrama The Pleasures of Fanny (Brick Lane Music Hall);
Sister Mary Leo in Nunsense (Riverside Theatre Belfast & Jermyn Street Theatre London) & many Music Hall bills (Players' Theatre London, Brick Lane Music Hall & across the country).
Rebecca has also performed extensively in Pantomime which include: Widow Wang & The Slave of the Ring in Aladdin, Fairy Bowbells in Dick Whittington, Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, Annie in Jack & the Beanstalk, Veronique in Beauty & the Beast & Dick in Dick Whittington (Nottingham Playhouse); Rosemary in Mother Goose (Nottingham Playhouse & Oldham Coliseum); Aladdin in Aladdin, Alice & Fairy Bowbells in Dick Whittington, Cinderella in Panto Bingo, Virtue & Annie in Mother Goose & Jill, Fairy & the Giant's Wife in Jack & the Beanstalk (Pocket Panto); Alice Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington (Brick Lane Music Hall & Wakefield Theatre Royal); & Lady Alice in Robin Hood, Fairy Rosebud in Sleeping Beauty & Fairy Rosawednesda in Cinderella (Players' Theatre London).
Rebecca also runs her own company Little Pixie Productions & Relative Pitch Opera & is taking a children's show What Became of the Red Shoes? & Operatastic! The Accessible Guide to Opera to the 2009 Buxton Fringe Festival. For more information visit www.littlepixieproductions.co.uk

JEREMY STROUGHAIR

Jeremy trained at Rose Bruford Drama College. His first professional job was at Nottinghams Roundabout Theatre Company playing the Wolf in "Hood IN The Wood" an adaptation of "Little Red Riding Hood". More recently for Roundabout he was the bully in Roger Watkins "Bully For YOU" and the Cheshire Cat in Alice. In 1995 Jeremy toured Europe with London Production Company in "A Slight Ache". Jeremy works as a Tutor / Director forthe City Council on Srts Plus Adult Education Service. He also works with Nottinghamshire Drug Education Team as a workshop leader and has devised a workshop with his colleague Gary Lagden using animal characters in Shakespeare texts. In May 1999 Jeremy directed an open air community production of "Macbeth" In conjunction with Nottingham Playhouse. Previous pantomime credits include, Giant Blunderbore and Buttercup in "Jack & The Beanstalk", Squire Squelch in "Mother Goose" and Baron Hardup in "Cinderella" all at nottingham Playhouse. For Pocket Panto Jeremy has played various characters in "Panto Bingo", Dame Dotty in "Jack & The Beanstalk", Ugly Sister and Prince Charming in "Cinderella", Abanazer in "Aladdin" and this Christmas played the title role in "Mother Goose"

CRAIG PARKIN (Musical Director)

Craig is a founder member of Pocket Panto and has worked tirelessly on every production since the very first one. He has composed and written a number of original pieces as well as countless backing tracks for the company whilst working full time as a teacher in Hull. His experience working within musical theatre includes; Musical Director of Escape Youth Theatre Company and various shows with Crigglestone Kids and Wakefield Little theatre.  Craig first collaborated with Darren Johnson on a production of "The Rocky Horror Show" At Wakefield College. He has worked on all of the Pocket Panto shows to date. "Jack & The Beanstalk", "Aladdin & his Magical Lamp", "Mother Goose" and "Panto Bingo"

VICKI LANE

Growing up in Hull, Yorkshire, Vicki always knew she wanted to make her living in entertainment and that is what she has succeeded in doing since leaving Blackpool & Fylde College in 1997 with a Higher National Diploma In Performing Arts. She is also a qualified dance teacher with the IDTA in Modern, Tap & Freestyle plus also being an accomplished vocalist. She has worked in numerous summer seasons and pantomimes as a production singer and professional dancer often taking on the added responsibility of dance captain and choreographer.

SAM LANE

Born in Norwich, Norfolk, he has worked in the entertainment industry since leaving school. He learnt all aspects of the entertainment field working as a member of entertainments teams on cruise liners and also worked a few years as tour manager on a couple of touring UK shows.
But eventually his love of magic & illusion a continued fascination of the subject (which started with being given a magic set when he was young) led him to pursue a career in magic. The career move turned out to be extremely successful and Sam has worked a number of years as a close up magician and compere on ships and holiday sites. Apart from performing magic Sam also has a keen interest in developing new magic tricks and effects.

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