In 2006, we returned to the Compass to stage Pickwick, based on the Charles Dicken’s papers on the Pickwick Club.
The story centres on wealthy Samuel Pickwick and his valet, who are in a debtors’ prison where they recall the misadventures that led to their imprisonment.
Through a series of misunderstandings, he inadvertently leads his landlady, Mrs Bardell, to believe he has proposed marriage to her. Pickwick is charged with breach of promise and hauled into court, where he is found guilty as charged and sentenced to prison when he stubbornly refuses to pay her compensation.
The score features songs including Business Is Booming, There’s Something About You, A Hell Of An Election and the classic standard If I Ruled The World. The production raised £2,500 in aid of Tearfund, a charity dedicated towards eradicating poverty.
| Hot Drinks Seller | Debbie Langford |
| Cold Drinks Seller | Victoria Ware |
| Bired Seller | Melanie James |
| Hot Potato Seller | Matthew Ridley |
| Turnkey | Phillip Harrison |
| Sam Weller | Steve Ellis |
| Tony Weller | Les McGowan |
| Samuel Pickwick | Rick Williams |
| Roker | John Scoates |
| Snodgrass | Brian Coles |
| Tupman | Maxwell Harkness |
| Winkle | Les Kenny |
| Mr Wardle | Phillip Harrison |
| Rachel Wardle | Carol Williams |
| Isabelle Wardle | Vanda Simmonds |
| Emily Wardle | Stephanie Ware |
| Joe | Alec Coles-Aldridge |
| Mr Jingle | Bank Banks |
| Mrs Bardell | Roma Ridley |
| Bardell Jnr | David Rees |
| Sir Thomas Clubber | Geoff Williams |
| Lady Clubber | Teresa Walters |
| Caroline Clubber | Olivia Holburd |
| Dr Slammer | John Grundy |
| Mary | Claire Ridley |
| Officers | Alan Holloway and Geoff Williams |
| Winter Waltz Singers | Louise Crouch, Jenny Rigby, Teresa Walters |
| Dodson | John Scoates |
| Landlord of the Blue Lion | Roger Holburd |
| Fogg | Alan Holloway |
| Mr Wickes | Matthew Ridley |
| Mr Jackson | John Grundy |
| Court Usher | Roger Holburd |
| Sgt Snubbins | Geoff Williams |
| Sgt Buzfuz | Ray Johnstone |
| Simpkins | John Grundy |
| Funky | Matthew Ridley |
| Ensemble | Pam McGowan |
| Ensemble | Megan Rigby |
| Ensemble | Alice Cole-Aldridge |
| Ensemble | Molly Fear |
| Ensemble | Katie Harkness |
| Book | Wolf Mankowitz |
| Music | Cyril Ornadel |
| Lyrics | Lesile Bricusse |
| Director | Jean Hobson |
| Musical Director | Jean George |
| Rehearsal Pianist | Jamie Blethyn |
| Choreography | Roma Ridley |
| Costumes | Jean George, Jean Hobson, Company |
| Scenery | Roger Holburd |
| Stage Manager | Paul Andrews |
| Sound | Kevin Redgate |
| Lighting | John Cude |
| Keyboard | Jamie Blethyn |
| Banjo/Guitar | Alan Dove |
| Trumpet | Ben Kesell |
| Drums | Dave Smith |
| Act One | Act Two |
| Business is Booming | A Hell of an Election |
| Debtors Lament | Very |
| Talk | If I Ruled The World |
| That's What I'd like for Christmas | The Trouble With Women |
| The Pickwickians | The Law |
| A Bit of Character | British Justice |
| Quadrille | Do As You Would Be Done By |
| There's Something about You | |
| Learn a Little Something | |
| You've Never Met a Feller | |
| Look into Your Heart | |
| The Duel | |
| Winter Waltz |
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