Wellington Pantomime Group
Wellington Pantomime Group Clean Up In Cinderella Awards!
We won 9 awards at the Cinderella Awards in May 2010 for our production of Snow White at the Wellesley in January 2010.
We were awarded the following:
1» Comic Of The Year - Jack Glanville - For Prince Charming + Dellboy
2» Best Comic Scene - Name That Dwarf
3» Best Female Villain - Jan Venables - For the Wicked Queen
4» Best Chorus Singing
5» Best Theatre Musicians (accompaniment)
6» Best Lighting Design
7» Best Sound Effects
8» Cinderella Trophy - Runner Up
9» Best Theatre Stage Management
We were also nominated for Best Original Music, Best Theatre Design, Best Musical Director, Best Properties, Principal Girl Of The Year, Junior Choreography, Animal Skins
A massive well done to all those involved in the show.
The Wellington Pantomime Group was formed as an answer to a problem. The problem being that there was no real outlet for the younger talent of the area. Wellington Operatic Society had staged a few shows, where children were a necessary evil! Thankfully Geoff Goodwin and Mike Redstone had the foresight to provide that necessary outlet and so the Wellington Pantomime Group was born.
In January 1975 the first Pantomime, Dick Whittington was staged at the Arts Centre. The group continued with an annual pantomime at the Arts Centre until 1978. The early shows had no real budget, the funds were raised by a sponsored walk on the Quantocks, thank goodness things have changed! The first four pantomimes were played to full houses so in 1979 the group took the plunge and moved to the Wellesley Cinema. The group continued to grow and with it their reputation. These days the group performs a minimum of seven shows, three of those on a Saturday!
Happily the presence of young people is now welcome in all parts of the Arts Association. The Genesis Youth Group now exists specifically for the junior members of the association. Now most of our pantomimes are full of young talent, some experienced and some just starting out.
Pantomime read-through