SHOW UP PRODUCTIONS presents…
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Beecroft Gallery | 29th + 30th December
Small Gains Hall, Canvey | 4th January
Hadleigh Old Fire Station | 5+6th January 2023
Mill Arts Centre, Rayleigh | 12th January 2023
Panto is back! With songs, laughter and magic galore!
Join the adventure with Little Red on our South Essex tour!
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Beecroft Gallery | 29th + 30th December
Small Gains Hall, Canvey | 4th January
Hadleigh Old Fire Station | 5+6th January 2023
Mill Arts Centre, Rayleigh | 12th January 2023
Panto is back! With songs, laughter and magic galore!
Join the adventure with Little Red on our South Essex tour!
Little Red loves nothing more than being in the magical forest. Visiting her grandma is the last thing she wants to do when there’s adventures to have! But when she finds out that the nasty Wolf has plans to tear down the oldest tree in the forest she will need to team up with grandma and her mates to save the day. Small but mighty Little Red hatches a plan but she needs you! Can you help Little Red, Grandma and the handsome Groundskeeper stop the evil Wolf from destroying the magical forest?!
Our cast of seven will bedazzle you with incredible vocals, ingenious set pieces and brand new comedy routines - this is a panto you’ll remember for years to come!
Our cast of seven will bedazzle you with incredible vocals, ingenious set pieces and brand new comedy routines - this is a panto you’ll remember for years to come!
Below: the cast in previous productions
WHO?
Rachel, who founded Show Up Productions, grew up in Benfleet and attended Westcliff High School for Girls. She trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts - one of the country's top drama schools. She’s worked extensively in theatre in set and costume design, wardrobe, stage management and more. She’s worked at The National Theatre, The Criterion Theatre in London, The Liverpool Empire and most recently headed up the Retail Set Dressing department for The Harry Potter Forbidden Forest Experience in Manchester and Belgium.
When not working away she is focusing on writing and producing her own work. She also set up Show Up! Southend during the pandemic to help promote the creative industries in her hometown.
CAST:
Trigger Bliss - Little Red
Maryam Noorhimli - Wolf
Joanne Seymour - Grandma
Rosie Connolly - Groundskeeper
Grace Kelly - Narrator
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY RACHEL DINGLE
PAST PRESS COVERAGE
“WE LEFT THE BUILDING BUZZING ABOUT WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE WE'D HAD”
Southend Theatre Scene on “Stab in the Dark”
“OUR KIDS WERE HOOKED. CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!”
Audience Member on “The Ghost Party”
"ROBYN HOOD PURPORTED TO BE PANTO ‘BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT’ BUT THIS IS PANTO AS WE SHOULD BE SEEING IT MORE OFTEN: STRIPPED BACK, GENUINELY COMMUNITY BASED, BAWDY, BRAVE AND ABOVE ALL FUNNY. THIS WAS PROOF THAT A CELEBRITY CAST, AND LARGE-SCALE EFFECTS ARE NO REPLACEMENT FOR A SOLID SCRIPT, GREAT PERFORMANCES, AND CREATIVITY. THE FACT THAT IT WAS RAISING MONEY (AND INVOLVED THE CLIENTS OF) LOCAL CHARITY PHAB LIFE WAS ICING ON THE COMMUNITY CAKE."
Southend Theatre Scene on “Robyn Hood”
WHY PANTO?
We want to create theatre in Essex, starting in Castle Point and Southend, to help build a thriving professional theatre industry right here where we live.
Panto is often the first theatre that children get to experience and more often than it should be it’s lazily produced. Copy and paste scripts slung together with old routines coming back time and time again. We want to change that. Our panto will give female performers a chance to play comic roles which are largely performed by men. Plus we’re changing some of the panto tradition; losing the love story and the princess character, spicing up the storyline and so the show will be fit to burst with new ideas.
WHAT ELSE?!
We know that everyone is feeling the pinch at the moment so we are offering a substantial amount of PAY WHAT YOU CAN tickets. These are on a first come first serve basis.
The Phabulous Cafe (a charity providing free training for local people with additional needs) will be back assisting with front of house.
Local company VDUB Tavern will be providing the bar.
We are running a costume competition with Hadleigh library. Anyone can enter a costume design for Grandma’s Raincoat and the winner gets free tickets to the show and their design created onstage.
We were successful in getting funding, including an Arts Council Project Grant and Rochford District UKSPF Funding.
Sponsored by VDUB Tavern, The Design Cabin CIC and LOS Marketing
Website | Instagram | Facebook
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Beecroft Gallery
Fri 29th December - 7pm
Sat 30th December - 11.30am***
Sat 30th December - 2.30pm
Small Gains Hall
Thurs 4th January - 7pm****
Hadleigh Old Fire Station
Fri 5th January - 7pm
Sat 6th January - 2.30pm*
Sat 6th January - 7pm
Mill Arts Centre
Fri 12th January - 7pm**
*Relaxed Performance
Suitable for those who like the volume lower and the lights brighter. Break out room available.
**Grown Ups Only
Love panto but kids aren't your vibe...Join us for a drink along performance with added jokes for the grown ups.
*** Baby Friendly
Bring your baby - and it's fine if they cry!
****BSL Interpreted
BSL interpreter knows every line of dialogue, including songs and conveys it live.
Rachel, who founded Show Up Productions, grew up in Benfleet and attended Westcliff High School for Girls. She trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts - one of the country's top drama schools. She’s worked extensively in theatre in set and costume design, wardrobe, stage management and more. She’s worked at The National Theatre, The Criterion Theatre in London, The Liverpool Empire and most recently headed up the Retail Set Dressing department for The Harry Potter Forbidden Forest Experience in Manchester and Belgium.
When not working away she is focusing on writing and producing her own work. She also set up Show Up! Southend during the pandemic to help promote the creative industries in her hometown.
CAST:
Trigger Bliss - Little Red
Maryam Noorhimli - Wolf
Joanne Seymour - Grandma
Rosie Connolly - Groundskeeper
Grace Kelly - Narrator
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY RACHEL DINGLE
PAST PRESS COVERAGE
“WE LEFT THE BUILDING BUZZING ABOUT WHAT A GREAT EXPERIENCE WE'D HAD”
Southend Theatre Scene on “Stab in the Dark”
“OUR KIDS WERE HOOKED. CAN’T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE!”
Audience Member on “The Ghost Party”
"ROBYN HOOD PURPORTED TO BE PANTO ‘BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT’ BUT THIS IS PANTO AS WE SHOULD BE SEEING IT MORE OFTEN: STRIPPED BACK, GENUINELY COMMUNITY BASED, BAWDY, BRAVE AND ABOVE ALL FUNNY. THIS WAS PROOF THAT A CELEBRITY CAST, AND LARGE-SCALE EFFECTS ARE NO REPLACEMENT FOR A SOLID SCRIPT, GREAT PERFORMANCES, AND CREATIVITY. THE FACT THAT IT WAS RAISING MONEY (AND INVOLVED THE CLIENTS OF) LOCAL CHARITY PHAB LIFE WAS ICING ON THE COMMUNITY CAKE."
Southend Theatre Scene on “Robyn Hood”
WHY PANTO?
We want to create theatre in Essex, starting in Castle Point and Southend, to help build a thriving professional theatre industry right here where we live.
Panto is often the first theatre that children get to experience and more often than it should be it’s lazily produced. Copy and paste scripts slung together with old routines coming back time and time again. We want to change that. Our panto will give female performers a chance to play comic roles which are largely performed by men. Plus we’re changing some of the panto tradition; losing the love story and the princess character, spicing up the storyline and so the show will be fit to burst with new ideas.
WHAT ELSE?!
We know that everyone is feeling the pinch at the moment so we are offering a substantial amount of PAY WHAT YOU CAN tickets. These are on a first come first serve basis.
The Phabulous Cafe (a charity providing free training for local people with additional needs) will be back assisting with front of house.
Local company VDUB Tavern will be providing the bar.
We are running a costume competition with Hadleigh library. Anyone can enter a costume design for Grandma’s Raincoat and the winner gets free tickets to the show and their design created onstage.
We were successful in getting funding, including an Arts Council Project Grant and Rochford District UKSPF Funding.
Sponsored by VDUB Tavern, The Design Cabin CIC and LOS Marketing
Website | Instagram | Facebook
PERFORMANCE DETAILS
Beecroft Gallery
Fri 29th December - 7pm
Sat 30th December - 11.30am***
Sat 30th December - 2.30pm
Small Gains Hall
Thurs 4th January - 7pm****
Hadleigh Old Fire Station
Fri 5th January - 7pm
Sat 6th January - 2.30pm*
Sat 6th January - 7pm
Mill Arts Centre
Fri 12th January - 7pm**
*Relaxed Performance
Suitable for those who like the volume lower and the lights brighter. Break out room available.
**Grown Ups Only
Love panto but kids aren't your vibe...Join us for a drink along performance with added jokes for the grown ups.
*** Baby Friendly
Bring your baby - and it's fine if they cry!
****BSL Interpreted
BSL interpreter knows every line of dialogue, including songs and conveys it live.