Can Can


Karingal High School : October 1970

 

Breif Synopsis

Set in the year 1893, Can-Can tells the tale of Paris dance hall owner, La Mome Pistache, and her battle with a self-rightious judge, Aristide, who is determined to shut her business down. The sexy Can-Can dance has become popular and Judge Aristide is determined to stop it. When Judge Aristide investigates the Bal du Paradis, La Mome Pastache seduces him and the two eventually fall in love. By the time her case comes to trial, Aristide has had a change of heart and works to win her acquittal.

Production Team

 

Cast

Director

Ray Burgess

 

Bailiff

Bill McNeilly

Musical Director

Wendy Allison

 

Policeman

Tony Evans

Choreographer

Orale Carson

 


Neil Weatherill



 

Judge Paul Barriere

Bern Conlan

Stage Manager

Neil Weatherll

 

Court President Marceau

Eddie Jones



 

Judge Aristide Forestier

Robert McGregor

Costume Design

Margaret McGegor

 

Claudine

Vivienne Mead

Scenery Design

Ray Burgess

 

Gabrielle

Joan Hooke

Lighting Design

Peter Hart

 

Marie

Noelyne Godson

Prompt

Audrey Carruthers

 

Celestine

Esther Greig

Properties

Tony Evans

 

Hilaire Jussac

Martyne Keeley


Elaine

 

Boris Adzinidzinadze

Don Munroe


Margaret Abernethy

 

Hercule

Ray Abbott

Front of House

Sarnia Birch

 

Theophile

Rod Birch

Ticket Secretaries

Elvie Mead

 

Etienne

Norm Southerby


Arthur Mead

 

First Waiter

Eddie Jones

Promotions and Publicity

Peter Hart

 

La Mome Pistache

Margaret Grevsmuhl


Robert McGregor

 

Jailer

Alan Lobley

Program Design

Bern Conlan

 

Model

Jean Riley


Eddie Jones

 

Mimi

Jaye Copeland

Scenery Construction

John Ashton

 

Doctor

Bill McNeilly


Eddie Jones

 

Prosecutor

Bill McNeilly

Lighting Assistants

Ian McLune

 

Monarchist

Bill McNeilly


Owen Marsh

 

Nun

Margaret O’Toole


Ross Richards

 

Customers

Rosemary Gunn

Stage Crew

Jack Allen

 


Edie Baldewin


John Rekers

 


Barbara Rothwell


Veronica Ferguson

 


Judith Aisbett


Trevor Barson

 


Joyce Brown


Michael Barson

 


Rslyn Da Costa


Malcolm Templeton

 


Errol Rowe


Ian Robertson

 


Tony Conlan


Jamie Semmons

 


Malcolm Chisholm


Daryl Henwood

 

Apache Dancers

John Berrett


Ian Rolland

 


Neil Weatherill


Greg Evans

 


Suzanne Rayment


David Grieg

 

Adam

John Berrett


Roy O’Sullvan

 

Eve

Vivienne Mead

Costumes

Pamela McNeilly

 

Serpent

Suzanne Rayment


Elizabeth Palmer

 

Frogs and Inchworms

Debora Keeley


Judith Aisbett

 


Lisa Keeley


Glenys Osborne

 


Pamela Godson


Elvie Mead

 


Pamela Mead


Elspeth Antosz

 


Linda Johnson


Len Green

 

Laundresses

Dawn Mau

Rehearsal Pianists

Lois Lambert

 


Joan Keeley


Celia Hallam

 


Jayne Copeland

Orchestra


 


Danne Lane

Conductor

Glenn Jnes

 


Noel Archiald

Violins

Andrew Lee

 

Corps De Ballet

Jacqueline Dray


Barbara Argall

 


Christine Hand


June Campbell

 


Beverley Spinks


Margaret Baille

 


Cheryl Tilley


N. Bryant

 


Anne Rippingale


Ted Holmes

 


Susanne Pinder

Viola

Heather Birrell

 


Joanne Johnson

Bass

Glenda Hobbs

 

   


Rex Sutherland

     

Oboe & English Horn

Alan Woodhouse

     

Clarinets

Tony Younglove

     


Vic Knowles

     

Bassoon

Len Nurse

     

Trumpets

Harry Hansford

     


Kevin Thomas

     

Trombone

Phil Hopkins

     

Cello

Stan Closs

     

Flutes

John Jones

     


Jan Woods

     

Horns

Ashley Greedy

     


Robert Bull

     


Don Webster

     

Percussion

Norm Carruthers

     

Accordionist

Jenny Johnson

     

Pianist

Lois Lambert