- Year
- 2013
- When
- April 2013
- Type
- Musical
- Photographs
- 30 in the gallery
Synopsis
Deadwood City's two most famous peace officers, Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickock, get involved in saving the neck of Henry Miller, the local saloon operator. It seems that Millie has been promoting a beautiful actress named Frances Fryer, but Frances turns out to be a boy, Francis. Millie's attempt to cover up is soon unmasked by the angry miners, and only Calamity can cool the crowd with her trusty pistols. To keep the peace, Calamity sets out for Chicago to bring back the miners' real heart-throb, Adelaide Adams. In Chicago, Calamity mistakes Adelaide's maid, Katie Brown, for the actress and hauls her back to Deadwood. On stage Katie is greeted warmly, but breaks down and confesses that she is not the famous star. Calamity once more has to restore order and persuades the audience to give Katie another chance. They do, and she wins the hearts of every male in town including Calamity's dashing love, Lt Danny Gilmartin. Calamity reluctantly overcomes her jealousy over losing Danny and discovers her true love for Wild Bill.
From the company’s records
Lindsey Grant joined as the company's new choreographer for this production.
The archive does not record the venue for this production.
Who made it
Production team
- Producer/Director
- Andy Poulton
- Musical Director
- Karl Babarczi
- Accompanist
- Phil James
- Choreographer
- Lindsey Grant
Cast
- Calamity Jane
- Lydia Lavill
- Wild Bill Hickock
- Tim Swallow
- Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin
- Rob Dixon
- Katie Brown
- Sam King
- Henry Miller
- Colin Hunt
- Susan
- Charlotte Poulton-Dowen
- Francis Fryer
- Will Phipps
- Adelaide Adams
- Rachel Coleman
- Rattlesnake
- Philip Field
- Doc Pierce
- Alf Rai
- Joe
- John Arnold
- Hank
- Matt Wirtz
- Pete
- Matt Cullis
- Colonel
- Roger Stokes
- Stage Door Johnnies
- Tom Edwards, Daniel Haddon, Roger Stokes, John Wiley
Everybody else
The rest of the names the company’s records carry for this production, on stage and off it.
Chorus30
Rebecca Atkins, Alicia Barnes, Alex Barton, Vicky Bird, Grace Bradshaw, Zoe Clee, Beth Coleman, Megan Cooper, Hannah Corbett, Kay Corbett, Lizzie Corbett, Tom Edwards, Val Fullwood, Daniel Haddon, Charlotte Hazlehurst, Emily Hickman, Sarah Joynes, Barbara King, Tammy Mann, Lewis Mansall, Bethany North, Becky Phillips, Freya Poulton, Abbie Rai, Jenni Rullan, Abbie Sellick, Kim Smith, Shannon Spence, Chris Spittle, John Wiley
Non-acting members29
Vicky Anthony, Brenda Arnold, Peter Arnold, Arthur Bate, Dorothy Copson, Terry Corbett, Chris Dowen, Meg Dowen, Colette Forsyth, Paul Halford, Jill Hodgkins, Sidney Hodgkins, Christine Hunt, Trevor Law, Alan Merrick, Betty Merrick, Alan Pooler, Andy Poulton, Tamason Poulton, Lucy Pritchard, Megan Rai, Nikki Rai, Rachel Shakesphere, Pat Small, Bryan Smith, Eileen Southall, Chloe Thomas, Brian White, Wendy White
What the reviewers wrote
Short extracts only. The full notices remain the work of the writers and the papers that published them.
“The Deadwood Stage is thundering through the Black Country in great style with this talented company on board delivering a musical simply packed with catchy tunes.”
“This was a well staged, bright, lively and colourful show providing an excellent evening's entertainment.”
“I love the theatre, whether the productions are professional or amateur, and shows like this are the reason why.”
Photographs
See all 30 photographs from Calamity Jane
Were you in it?
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