The Complete Plays: Charlie's Christmas Countdown (1975)

Production Details
Title:
Author:
New Play:

Venue:
Location:
Staging:
Charlie's Christmas Countdown
Janet Dale
Yes

Library Theatre
Large Lecture Room
Three-sided
First performance:
Opening night:
Final performance:
9 December 1975
9 December 1975
7 January 1976
Company Details
Director:
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Music:
Music:
Music:
Janet Dale
Helga Wood
Jill Pennington
Bob Eaton
Polly Warren
Christopher Godwin
Character
Charlie
Bongo Bungle
Mr Buggins / Gungy 1 / Robot
Factory foreman / Zapette
Mrs Buggins / Gungy 2 / Lynx creature
Mr Dib / King Zap / Gunglesaurus
Mr Boss / Gumbo
Factory worker / Gunlesaurus / Zappo
Actor
Malcolm Hebden
Kevin Wood
Christopher Godwin
Polly Warren
Alison Skilbeck
Stephen Mallatratt
Bob Eaton
Wendy Murray
Notes
○ This was a children';s show for Christmas which included the return of the Janet Dale's popular character Bongo Bungle, who had appeared in the Saturday morning children's shows during the summer.
○ During the 1974 and 1975 winter seasons at The Library Theatre, Scarborough, the Library Committee did not make the venue's Concert Room available; this room being where The Library Theatre had been based since 1955. In its place, a smaller room on the same floor - the Large Lecture Room - was offered but which could not incorporate theatre-in-the-round with productions performed three-sided.
All research for this page by Simon Murgatroyd. Image copyright: Scarborough Theatre Trust