Puss In Boots

The Real Story Of Puss In Boots

By David Foxton
Produced by Phil Marston

Puss is owned by Martha Winterhedge, an Irish Fairy Godmother (you can tell she is Irish by the accent). They are a pair of travelling storytellers, and the panto is a story told by them. That's why it's a mixture of different stories. Well, how else could you get Cinderella in the story of Puss in Boots?

Without giving the story away, Cinders lives next to Colin, both are poor and bullied, Cinders by her evil stepsisters Drusilla and Blusilla, and Colin by his cruel stepbrother Caleb. Colin inherits Puss, gives him Caleb's boots (hence the title "Puss in Boots"), gets thrown out of his house, becomes a Prince, goes to live in a castle, goes to the King's birthday ball and meets Cinderella. She loses her shoe, and the rest - well - you'll just have to watch the show to see how it ends!

The Cast

Martha Winteredge - Graham Chadwick
Puss - Sam Barrett
Colin Miller - Mary Baldwin
Caleb Miller - Steve Millward
Cinderella - Melanie Metcalfe
Blusilla - Caroline Marston
Drusilla - Joan Birkett
The King - David Payne
Dandini - Diane Jackson
The Ogre - Ruth Birkett
The Bunny Rabbit - Maureen Bruce
Footman - Anita Lamb

Production Team

Producer - Phil Marston
Musical Director - Colin Briggs
Stage Manager - Mike Waring
Deputy Stage Manager - Fred Wells
Prompt - Krystyne Pitts
Set Construction - OLT Backstage Crew
Lighting and Sound - Andrew Jackson, Sandie Smith, Richard Webster
Costumes- Marjorie Inman, Pat Lamb
Properties - Kate Holt
Make up - Pat Lamb, assisted by Emma Jackson
Programme - Fred Wells
Box Office - Nick Simpson
Front Of House Co-ordinator - Margaret Marston