
Red wants to play with Little Boy Blue, but he keeps running away. Santomero, Jennifer Hamburg & Sandy Damashek Whyatt receives a letter from a secret friend.Īngela C. Princess Pea is having trouble dancing in ballet. Santomero, Jennifer Hamburg & Pammy Salmon Princess Pea's kitten gets stuck in a tree.Īngela C. Whyatt hears Baby Joy say her first word, but nobody believes him. Whyatt messes up his big brother Jack’s room in, CRASH! Red and Princess Pea team up in a potato sack race, but can't agree on how they should win. Whyatt’s baby sister, Joy, won’t stop having a tantrum. Pig has to go down the slide in his backyard, but he's too afraid to come down. Peter Piper gets very upset at Red for eating one of his pickled peppers without asking first.

Pig is mad at Jill for knocking down his buildings. (None due to there being no Super Story in the pilot.) The plot for the pilot was later modified and used in the first episode of the series.

NOTE: The pilot was shown at the Annecy Film Festival 2000. Wee Willy (prototype version of Whyatt) is upset at Willa (prototype version of Red) for knocking down his tower made of buttons, so he looks into "The Three Little Pigs" for a solution to solve the problem. 1 and 2.Episodes Pilot (1999-2006) Episode #Īngela Santomero & Jenny Twomey & Jennifer Twomey Luke’s Hall, located at 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Rd. “You get so much feedback that it gets the adrenaline rush going. “There’s a feeling of anxiety about how it’s going to go, but as soon as you get onstage and hear the audience, it’s a great feeling,” he said. Hitchcock said there may be some butterflies in a few stomachs, but he expects those to go away when the spotlight comes on. The show has been about two-and-a-half months in the making, with the production’s 23 cast members and 30-something crew members rehearsing three nights a week in the leadup to opening night. The audience is very much a part of the production.” “There are chases through the audience, as well, with the actors. They invite the kids up onstage at one point to help sing a song and do the actions. They’re required to boo the bad guys and cheer the good guys.

“There’s lots of singing and dancing and jokes and local references – and audience participation. “It contains all of the ingredients that we’ve come to expect in a pantomime,” said Hitchcock. The Chancellor then schemes with his henchmen (aptly named Hook and Crook) to steal the goose for themselves. However, the family goose, Priscilla, turns out to be “the goose that laid the golden egg,” suddenly making Mother Goose rich enough to afford staying in Gooselandia. We have Jack and Jill, Little Boy Blue, Little Miss Muffet – all the familiar ones.”Īs with many children’s stories, Mother Goose is a tale of good versus evil: the Chancellor attempts to evict the title character and her children from their shoe by raising taxes so he can build a sewage treatment plant on their property. “All her children are nursery rhyme characters. “In this case, Mother Goose is based on the old woman who lived in a shoe and she had so many children she didn’t know what to do. “It’s like all pantomimes – it’s based on a well-known story, very loosely,” said Hitchcock. The plot of Mother Goose takes bits and pieces from a broad range of children’s works, tying together characters like Little Bo Peep and the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland into a lively and hilarious stage production. “There’s a level of humour that appeals to the kids, and there’s a level of humour that sometimes the kids don’t understand but the adults do.” “It’s great for the young kids and it’s great for the parents,” said Dave Hitchcock, who’s co-directing the play alongside Merry Hallsor. 18), with thrills ensured for theatre fans of all ages. Luke’s 10th annual pantomime is set to open tonight (Dec. Tickets for Mother Goose – this year’s wild tale that draws from dozens of classic fairy tales – have already sold out for the 13 volunteer-run performances. Luke’s Players pantomime is still the most popular of the community theatre group’s annual productions.
