The DMTC archive 1992

Durham Musical Theatre Company

A Christmas Celebration

199214th – 15th December 1992Durham Town Hall
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About the show.

A Christmas celebration, featuring many Christmas classics.

A Christmas Celebration poster
Original production artwork · 1992

Behind the scenes

The production team.

Director

Fred Wharton

Musical Director

George Hetherington

Choreographer

Not recorded

On stage

Cast & company.

Principals / cast

White Christmas
Emma Trow
Reading from Pickwick Papers
Harry Dallard
O Holy Night
Delia McNally
Flute Solo
Rebecca Dixon
Sleep Holy Child
Dorothy Wroe · Stephen Wroe
Rest in the Lord
Mary Gordon
A Modern Version of Three Wise Men
Margaret Graham
The Angels’ Carol
Emma Trow
Cockney & Geordie Christmas Stories
Anthony Smith · Kevin Graham
Christmas Stocking
Mary Hetherington
Little Road to Bethlehem
Dorothy Wroe
Christmas for Two
Heather McLoughlin · Olly Burton
Red Riding Hood
Emma Trow
Christmas in the Trenches
Mike Dixon
Christmas Thank You by Mick
Carole Lowrie
Pie Jesu & Sleep Baby Sleep
Emma Trow · Melanie Short
A Pit Village Christmas in 1850
Joan Dallard
The Holy City
Delia McNally
Welcome Home
Anthony Smith
Santa’s Clauses
Olly Burton
If that Child were but a child
Christine Dobbie · Stephen Wroe · Rebecca Dixon
A Christmas Poem
Stacey Yates
Dylan Thomas Reading
Margaret Graham
Reading from A Christmas Carol
Olly Burton
The Snowman
Dorothy Wroe
Mel Torme’s Merry Christmas
Delia McNally

The company

  • Ruth BallLadies’ Company
  • Denise BeckfordLadies’ Company
  • Sheila CottleLadies’ Company
  • Joan DallardLadies’ Company
  • Janet DixonLadies’ Company
  • Christine DobbieLadies’ Company
  • Mary GordonLadies’ Company
  • Margaret GrahamLadies’ Company
  • Mary HamiltonLadies’ Company
  • Mary HetheringtonLadies’ Company
  • Mollie HughesLadies’ Company
  • Carole LowrieLadies’ Company
  • Heather McLoughlinLadies’ Company
  • Delia McNallyLadies’ Company
  • Mary RobinsonLadies’ Company
  • Melanie ShortLadies’ Company
  • Eunice SneddonLadies’ Company
  • Emma TrowLadies’ Company
  • Sheila TrowLadies’ Company
  • Dorothy WroeLadies’ Company
  • Stacey YatesLadies’ Company
  • Alan BallMen’s Company
  • Olly BurtonMen’s Company
  • Jim ChapmanMen’s Company
  • Harry DallardMen’s Company
  • Mike DixonMen’s Company
  • Kevin GrahamMen’s Company
  • Kevin ShieldMen’s Company
  • Anthony SmithMen’s Company
  • Stephen WroeMen’s Company
  • Rachel BrooksChild
  • Anthony DixonChild
  • Rebecca DixonChild
  • Sam GairChild
  • Louise KerryChild
  • Emma PearsonChild
  • Jill PearsonChild
  • Angela ShieldChild
  • Pamela ShieldChild

In the pit

The orchestra.

Flute
Rebecca Dixon
Original programme cover for A Christmas Celebration

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A Christmas Celebration (1992)

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