Gypsy

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Gypsy – 19 May to 30 September

Auditorium

Gypsy is one of the greatest and most dazzling of all musicals. Based on the tantalising memoir of famous burlesque artist Gypsy Rose Lee, it tells the story of ambitious showbiz mother Rose, who travels across America with her daughters, Baby June and Louise, in search of success with their homemade vaudeville act.

When Baby June leaves the act to elope, Rose vows to make introverted Louise into a star, and will do almost anything to see her daughter break into the big time.

Prepare to fall in love again with iconic songs, including Some People, Let Me Entertain You, and the show-stopping Everything’s Coming Up Roses.

Show timings

Matinee

Start 2pm

Interval 3.15pm

Finish 4.30pm

Evening

Start 8pm

Interval 9.15pm

Finish 10.30pm

A woman in an elaborate costume with light-up wings singing.

Book by Arthur Laurents

Music by Jule Styne

Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Suggested by The memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee

Original Production by David Merrick & Leland Hayward

Originally directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins

GYPSY is presented by arrangement with CONCORD THEATRICALS LTD on behalf of TAMS-WITMARK LLC

www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

A woman singing whilst others play instruments and wave American flags.

Girl dressed in showgirl costume wearing lit butterfly wings

Ben Stock

Ben Stock

Ben was born in Bristol and trained at GSA. West End work includes Grease, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dame Edna – The Spectacle, Magical Merlin, Jungle Rumble and Over My Shoulder and work on tour includes A Spoonful Of Sherman, Tomfoolery, ‘Lumiere‘ In Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, ‘Noël Coward’ In Noël and Gertie, Salad Days and Joseph.

At Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Ben was seen in A Chorus Of Disapproval, Lady Windermere’s Fan, Single Spies and as ‘Cornelius’ in Hello Dolly. Other regional work includes roles such as ‘Geoffrey in Stepping Out and ‘Cosmo’ inGlorious in seasons at Oldham, Leeds, Sonning, Perth, Frankfurt and Frinton amongst others.

Ben has appeared on Friday Night Is Music Night for the BBC and presents a weekly show on Box Office Radio. He regularly appears in Music Hall, was in The Tale Of Mr Tumble for Cbeebies and has completed 13 seasons as an ‘Ugly Sister’ in Cinderella.

Ben’s directing work includes Elton John: It’s A Little Bit Funny, Adorable Dora, Tell Me On A Sunday, Me And My Girl and four shows across the Cunard fleet. Musical direction includes Gays The Word, Free As Air, Bye Bye Birdie, Oliver, Salad Days and solo albums for Caroline Sheen and Stephen De Martin.

Ben’s solo cabarets have played to sell-out audiences in London, in New York at 54 Below and across the UK, Far East and on QM2. He has also recorded two solo albums And There Was Music and Ben Stock Sings Noël Coward.
Blythe Jandoo

Blythe Jandoo

Blythe trained at The Dance School of Scotland and subsequently The Arts Educational Schools, London.

Blythe’s theatre credits include, Jean in A Mother’s Song: A New Folk Musical (Macrobert Arts Centre) Belle in Beauty and the Beast (King’s Theatre Glasgow), Liz in Sunshine on Leith, Jean Passepartout in Around the World in 80 Days and Maggie in The Maggie Wall (Pitlochry Festival Theatre 2022), Princess Jasmine in Aladdin (SEC Armadillo), Ensemble in Rumi: The Musical in Concert (The London Coliseum), Ensemble in Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (The London Palladium 2021), Pinky in Bend It Like Beckham (North American premiere), Ensemble/Cover Princess Jasmine in Disney’s Aladdin (The Prince Edward Theatre, London), Ensemble in The Wizard of Oz (Sheffield Crucible), Cover Buffy/Ashley in Starlight Express (The Starlight Express Theatre, Bochum), Follies (The Royal Albert Hall), The Olivier Awards 2015 (Royal Opera House), and Tinker Bell in Peter Pan(Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow).

Her television, film and audio include, Return (GMAC Film), Be Like Elsie (Lothian Films), Aladdin (Walt Disney Pictures), Gold (Eros International), Beauty and the Beast (Walt Disney Pictures), The Great (Hulu), The Terrific Treevils (Watford Palace and Woodland Trust production), Rumi (original cast recording), The Shadow of Tay (The Scotsman Sessions), and Letter To… (Stellar Quines and Pitlochry Festival Theatre). Blythe also released her first EP with electro-pop band Arroh.
Jack Ward

Jack Ward

Jack was born in Gloucester in 1998 and trained as an actor musician at Guildford School of Acting – graduating in the summer of 2020.

Since graduating, he has worked in both theatre and television, appearing as an earnest suitor to Miss Edwina Sharma in an episode of the second series of the award-winning Netflix period drama Bridgerton and also in three outdoor productions with the London Touring Players in the New Forest: ensemble roles in The Comedy of Errors and Ghost Stories; and as Kai in The Snow Queen at Beaulieu Abbey for Christmas 2022.

In his final year at GSA, he played the role of Mr Dussel in the BA Actor Musicians’ moving production of The Diary of Anne Frank and his early theatre experience includes several productions with the National Youth Music Theatre: Brass (2016), Billy the Kid (2017) and Superhero (2018).

Jack is a woodwind specialist. He began playing clarinet, aged 7, and over the years he has extended his repertoire to include soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, oboe and flute.

This is his debut season at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
Joseph Tweedale

Joseph Tweedale

Joseph grew up in Cardiff. He studied at Bath Spa University before becoming a professional actor. This is Joe’s first time performing at Pitlochry Festival Theatre. As well as Joe’s theatre and film work, he also works frequently in voiceover and lends his voice to a diverse range of audiobooks, videogames and audio dramas.

Theatre includes: A View From The Bridge, Macbeth, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Our Country’s Good and Oz(Tobacco Factory Theatre), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Tobacco Factory Theatre and Wiltshire Creative), The Meaning of Zong (Bristol Old Vic), Operation Julie (Theatr Na Nóg), The Ruff Tuff Cream Puff Estate Agency (Cardboard Citizens), Five Children and It, Rapunzel (The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath), Babe The Sheep Pig (Mercury Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Hull Truck Theatre), The Rise And Fall Of Little Voice (Theatre Clwyd), Northanger Abbey (Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds), Alice In Wonderland, The Borrowers and The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (Sherman Theatre), Barnbow Canaries (Leeds Playhouse), Brief Encounter (Torch Theatre), The Girl Who Cannot Die (Certain Dark Things), The Tempest and Alice Through The Looking Glass (Quantum Theatre), and Sherlock In Homes: Murder At The Circus (Sharp Teeth Theatre).

Film And Television Includes: Dirt Ash Meat (Ffilm Cymru), Casualty (BBC), Outdoors Is Safer and Deadly Dinner Date (London Film Academy), and Exit (L.M.A.F Productions).

Radio includes: English Rose, The Attendant and Wild Swimming (BBC radio 4).
Kristin Weichen Wong

Kristin Weichen Wong

Born and raised in Taiwan, Kristin trained in Musical Theatre at National Taiwan Normal University Graduate Institute of Performing Arts. Previous training includes a BMus in music performance at National Taipei University of Education.

Kristin is also a dancer/dance artist based in Edinburgh and London, actively engaging in creative works span across multi-discipline of performing arts.

Some of Kristin’s credits include The Legends of Mountains and Seas musical (Taiwan Tour) as Tiannu Ba (the daughter of God), 8 Femmes musical (NTNU) as Gaby, Scumbag (Commercial Music Video) as dancer/choreographer, Youth Musical Theatre with Taipei Symphony Orchestra as musical director/ choreographer, and most recently in Avenue Q musical as Christmas Eve in 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Oblique, Open, Filtered, Framed site-specific performance as dancer (Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh).

Kristin is thrilled to play her part in the 2023 summer season, marking her debut at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
Matthew Churcher

Matthew Churcher

Matthew Churcher grew up in Desborough, Northamptonshire. He studied at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama: BA Acting (Collaborative & Devised Theatre) course, graduating in 2014.

Also a professional drummer/percussionist, Matthew has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, BBC, and toured both Nationally and Internationally. Recently his band Citadel opened the BBC Introducing Stage at Latitude Festival.

Matthew has also directed a number of productions, including Simon Stephens One Minute at the Waterloo Vaults, which was nominated for 3 Off West End Awards.

Theatre: Squeela/Ensemble in Animal Farm (National Tour/Fiery Angel & Birmingham Rep), Son/Wolf in Wolves In The Walls (Little Angel Theatre), Tommy in Pippi Longstocking (Northampton Royal and Derngate), Skylights/Ensemble (US John and Michael darling) in Peter Pan (National Theatre/Bristol Old Vic), Simon/Ensemble in White Teeth (Kiln Theatre), George Wilson in The Great Gatsby (Theatre Clwyd & Halifax) Rev. Wood / Musician in JaneEyre (NT and UK tour) Swing 1st Cover Mac, Ronnie & Kenny in All or Nothing (UK Tour) Joey/ Topthorn Hind in War Horse (New London / NT) Ignition: 60 Hugs (FranticAssembly) Loaded (Out of Inc) and the Olivier Awards 2011 (ThickSkin)

R&D: The Ocean at the End of the Lane (National Theatre), Recognition (Talawa), Angels in America, (NT – Broadway Transfer) The Unreturning (Frantic Assembly) Jackie the Baboon (Brunskill & Grimes); Boxset (Brunskill & Grimes); Love of Seven Dolls (NT); The Rehearsal (NT); The Emperor & The Nightingale (Blind Summit)

Short Film: Ken Loach’s Star Wars; Jamis Vu; Mr. S; Mute; A Tragedy; The Intruder.

This is his first time at Pitlochry Festival Theatre.
Oliver Cookson

Oliver Cookson

Oliver trained in London at the Central School of Speech & Drama.

He has spent much of his working life making TV drama programmes behind the camera.

Since moving to Edinburgh, however, you may have seen him as David Bliss in Hay Fever, Pastor Greg in Hand to God, various roles in Travels with my Aunt, Major Courteney in The Ladykillers, Edward Stone in 2016 Fringe production of JB Priestley’s The Rose and Crown and a member of the choir in An Edinburgh Christmas Carol at the Royal Lyceum in 2019.

Oliver is delighted to be joining the company in Pitlochry this summer.
Patricia Panther

Patricia Panther

Patricia Panther is an actress, composer and sound designer based in Glasgow.

Some acting credits include; Peter Pan and Wendy (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Annika (Black Camel Pictures), Orphans (National Theatre of Scotland), The Last Bus (Hurricane Films, Head Gear Films), Trust Me (BBC One), Glasgow Girls (National Theatre Of Scotland), Scot Squad (BBC One), Logan High (BBC One), Lament To Sheku Bayoh, (National Theatre Of Scotland and Lyceum Theatre), Dark Sense (Encaptivate Films), Arabian Nights, (Lyceum Theatre).

Some composer credits include; composition and sound design for Ghost Light (Edinburgh International Festival, National Theatre Of Scotland and BBC Scotland),Fibres (Stellar Quines and Citizens Theatre), Future Of Theatre (Traverse Theatre), Glasgow Girls, (National Theatre Of Scotland and Raw Material), The Last Queen Of Scotland (Dundee Rep, Stellar Quines and National Theatre Of Scotland), Rites (Contact Theatre and National Theatre Of Scotland), Once You See The Smoke (Scottish Youth Theatre), Sonic Séance (Project X, Tramway And CCA).
Rachael McAllister

Rachael McAllister

Rachael trained on the BA Musical Theatre Course at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the Dance School of Scotland.

Credits: Gypsy, Brief Encounter, To The Bone, Sunshine on Leith, Little Women, Noises Off, Light Hope Joy, A Christmas Carol (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Brilliance (Farnham Maltings), Son of a Preacher Man (No.1 UK Tour), The Little Mermaid (Macrobert Arts Centre).

Musician Credits: Trombonist – Oklahoma (GSA), Urinetown (Edinburgh Fringe), 9to5 (Chichester Festival Theatre).
Robbie Scott

Robbie Scott

Robbie hails from the North East of Scotland and is a 2021 graduate from Arts Educational Schools London (BA Hons). He also trained at the Dance School of Scotland in Glasgow.

Credits: Will in Group Portrait in a Summer Landscape (Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh/Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Dickon in The Secret Garden, Tulsa in Gypsy, Peter Pan in Peter Pan and Wendy (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Dick Whittington in Dick Whittington (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford).
Shona White

Shona White

Shona was born and raised in Fife. She is an Associate of the Royal Academy of music. Whilst training there she won the Ronald White Prize for Acting Through Song.

Most recently Shona was in the original cast of Jack Absolute Flies Again at The National Theatre.

Theatre credits include: Jack Absolute Flies Again (National Theatre), Tell Me on a Sunday (Frinton), Donna Sheridan in Mamma Mia! (UK & International Tour), Woman 2 in The World Goes Round (Stephen Joseph), Leda Cotton in I Capture the Castle (Watford Palace, Bolton Octagon) Mamma Mia! (Novello), Florence Vassy in the award winning production of Chess directed by Craig Revel Horwood (UK Tour & Princess of Wales Theatre Toronto), Elphaba in Wicked (ApolloVictoria), Betty in Shout (UK Tour and Arts, London), Usherette/Magenta in The Rocky Horror Show (UK Tour and Playhouse, London), Lisa and Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia! (Prince Edward), Miss Gordon in Michael Grandage’s award winning Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar) and Ensemble, Eponine and understudy Cosette in Les Miserables (UK Tour).

Other work includes: Numerous pantomimes and musical workshops; most recently Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting!, multiple UK and international solo cabaret and concert appearances including Friday Night is Music Night (BBC Radio 2), Crazy Coqs, The Royal Albert Hall in an Elton John concert and the prestigious 54 Below in New York.

An experienced voiceover artist Shona can often be heard on Scottish TV and Radio.

Shona is thrilled to be appearing in her first season here!
Trudy Ward

Trudy Ward

Trudy was born in Nottinghamshire and is a 2022 graduate of the BA Actor-Musician course at the Guildford School of Acting.

Credits: Electra/Agnes in Gypsy, Martha in The Secret Garden, and Vee in To The Bone (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Witches of Eastwick in Concert (Sondheim Theatre); West End Does Christmas (Cadogan Hall); As You Like It (Jupiter Theatre); 9 to 5 (Mayhem Theatre Company).

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Gypsy

Gypsy

Gypsy – 19 May to 30 September

Auditorium

Show timings

Matinee

Evening

Ben Stock

Blythe Jandoo

Jack Ward

Joseph Tweedale

Kristin Weichen Wong

Matthew Churcher

Oliver Cookson

Patricia Panther

Rachael McAllister

Robbie Scott

Shona White

Trudy Ward

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