Matthew Wesley Ensemble/Dance Captain

Dick Whittington 2009
Cast
Dick Whittington
Philip Olivier
King Rat
Scott Burgess
Fairy Bow Bells
Linda John-Pierre
Sarah the Cook
Mark Slowey
Idle Jack
Jonathan Stewart
Alderman Fitzwarren
Steve Watts
Alice Fitzwarren
Helen George
Tommy the Cat
Terence Donovan
Ensemble/Dance Captain
Matthew Wesley
Ensemble Matthew McGoldrick
Ensemble
Charlie Royce
Ensemble
Will Tyler
Writer
Choreographer
Musical Director
Director Jamie Greaves
Stuart Sweeting
Machiel Roets
Nick Mowat
Philip Olivier
Dick Whittington
Philip is currently playing the role of Dirty Harry in the UK
Tour of Never Forget - the hit musical with songs by ‘Take
That’ - but he is probably best know for his role of Timothy
O‘Leary in Brookside, a role he played for seven years
until 2003. His other television credits include Ben in
Pleasure Land for C4, Iggy in Spine Chillers for the BBC,
and guest roles of Steve Morrison in Holby City for the
BBC and The Royal for ITV. He also played Adam Tyler
in Hollyoaks – In The City for E4. More recently he played
Mark Stone in Missing for the BBC.
On film Philip played Tim O’Leary again in Finished
Business for Mersey Films, Paul The Hom in Outlaws for
Syndicate Films and more recently Simon in Clubbing to
Death.
In 2005, Phil won the C4 reality show The Games and
he has appeared as a guest on The Paul O’Grady
Show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Soapstar Super
Chef, Celebrity Most Haunted, Prison Break on Ant and
Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, which he won, and
Celebrity Come Dine With Me, when he came second to
Christopher Biggins!
Phil is delighted to be playing the role of Dick Whittington
at The Camberley Theatre.
Scott Burgess
King Rat
Scott trained at Redroofs Theatre School and studied
singing at the Bel Canto School of London under Nicolino
Giacalone. Scott has also spent the last 20 years as an
actor and singer which has taken him all round the world.
Scott’s panto credits include Widow Twankey in Aladdin,
Dame Trott in Jack and the Beanstalk and Alderman
Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington. One of his most recent
credits was a number one national tour of Tim Firth’s
hit comedy The Safari Party where he appeared with
Neighbours’ Mark Little and Eastenders’ Jack Ryder. He is
the vocalist and keyboard player with The Mike
Wells Band.
Scott is delighted to be playing King Rat this year and
would like to thank his lovely partner Jodie and daughter
Connie for their continued support.
Linda John-Pierre
Fairy Bow Bells
Linda John-Pierre was born in Stratford, East London.
Her West End credits include All You Need is Love at the
Queen’s Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue.
Other favourite roles include Ackee in Jack and the
Beanstalk and Fairy Bow Bells in Dick Whittington at the
Greenwich Theatre, The Torch Singer in AD2050 with Kali
Theatre Co, Sadie Fagan and Ella Fitzgerald in The Billie
Holiday Story with Theatre Productions, Flying Music and
Blues Brothers Meet the Soul Sisters for Bill
Kenwright Limited and two outings as Aretha Franklin
in Sweet Soul Music
Linda appeared as Keisha-Camille in the hit comedy
series Beautiful People and The Gospel Singer in We Are
Klang for the BBC.
Mark Slowey
Sarah The Cook
Mark was born in North London and trained at the London
School of Musical Theatre. Whilst training, his roles
included Cecil Sesille in a new musical Brenda Bly: Teen
Detective at the Cochrane Theatre and Neville Landless
in The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Since graduating Mark
has played Mr Sowerberry/Dr Grimwig in Lionel Bart’s
Oliver! at the Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Nigel/Louis the
Chef in a new murder mystery play Nigel and Nita’s
Wedding at the New Connaught Rooms and created
the role of Hubert Davenport in Joe Pasquale’s national
tour of Rentaghost the Musical. Other theatrical roles
include Dude, Skyline Gang at the Skyline Pavilion;
Principal Vocalist in the European tour of Heatwave and
Temptation, Kentucky Kid, in Crazy Horse Saloon Show
at Butlins, Minehead.
In pantomime Mark has played Captain Hook/Mr Darling
in a new musical Neverland at Abbeyfest ’08. Leading
roles include Baron Hardup in Jim Davidson’s Cinderella
at Bognor Regis, Mr Meanie in Santa to the Rescue the
UK Regional Tour, three times Ugly Sister in Cinderella
with Centre Stage/UK Regional Tour/Qdos Entertainment,
Captain Hook, Pirates Ahoy! with Qdos Entertainment
and Monique Malmaison in Beauty and the Beast at the
Newbury Corn Exchange.
Mark is thrilled to be returning to Camberley for the
second year running and wishes you all a
fabulous Christmas!
Jonathan Stewart
Idle Jack
Jonathan trained at Guildford School of Acting
Conservatoire graduating with a first class Honours
Degree in Musical Theatre and awarded the ‘Musical
Theatre Male Award 2006’. Whist training his performing
credits included: Henry Etches in Titanic - The Musical at
The Electric Theatre, Ethan Girard in The Full Monty -The
Musical at Bellairs Playhouse and Featured Ensemble in
Sweet Charity at Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford.
Jonathan’s theatre credits include Swing, understudy for
Butler/Baker, and Assistant Dance Captain in the revival
of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at
the Adelphi Theatre, London; Simple Simon in Sleeping
Beauty at the Salisbury Playhouse, Daniel Pontipee in
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers at the Theatre Royal,
Haymarket; Choreographer/Dancer for The Festival of
Remembrance 2005 in attendance of HRH the Queen at
the Royal Albert Hall, Catering Manager and Ensemble
in Times Up! a new musical farce by Ray Cooney at the
Yvonne Arnaud Theatre and Choreographer/Dancer for
The Mountbatten Festival of Music 2005 at the Royal
Albert Hall.
Jonathan’s television credits include Blue Peter and Any
Dream Will Do – The Winners Story.
Jonathan has also appeared as a featured singer in Hate
Me Please a charity evening for ‘Theatre Cares’ at the
Trafalgar Studios and Something - A Musical Revue at the
New Players Theatre for The MS Society.
Steve Watts
Alderman Fitzwarren
Steve graduated in Education from the University of Exeter
and taught brass in North London schools before training for
the stage with Michael Armstrong and James Dodding.
Steve’s theatre credits include Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet
and the title role in Macbeth with Image Theatre Company, Sir
Oliver Martext in the Olivier Award-winning world tour of the
all male As You Like It , Tom Buchanan in the German tour of
The Great Gatsby by American Drama Group, Kurt in Cabaret
at the Queen’s Hornchurch, Wolf and Cinderella’s Prince in
Into The Woods at the Theatre Royal, York, the proprietor in
Assassins at the New End, Hampstead, Narrator and Fred in A
Christmas Carol, Thorn in Beauty and the Beast at the Swan,
Worcester, The Actor in Enter The Guardsman, Broadway
Bound and QE2, Buzfuz in Pickwick at the Haymarket,
Basingstoke, Archie in Jumpers at the National Theatre, The
Captain in Pinafore Swing at The Watermill, Newbury and on
UK Tour, William Desmond Taylor in Mack and Mabel at The
Watermill, Newbury, Butler and understudy Professor Higgins
in My Fair Lady at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and on UK
Tour and Sir George Chudleigh in Plunder at the Watermill,
Newbury and Scotty in Merrily We Roll Along at The Watermill.
Most recently Steve completed his first season at the Open Air
Theatre in Regents Park where he played the following roles:
Snout in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Siward in Macbeth and
Gendarme in The Boyfriend.
For television, Steve has provided character voices for The 3
Friends and Jerry for two series and played the role of James
Camb in Tales From The Black Museum for the
Discovery Channel.
Helen George
Alice Fitzwarren
Helen trained at The Birmingham School of Speech and
Drama and won an Ian Fleming award to train at The
Royal Academy of Music.
After graduating, Helen went straight into Trevor Nunn’s
original cast of The Woman in White, understudying and
playing the part of Laura Fairlie.She also played The
Witch in Into The Woods, Bianca in Women Beware
Women and Little Mary in The Women at The Birmingham
Hippodrome Studio and The Beggar Woman in Matt
Ryan’s Sweeny Todd at RAM.
She has sung for The Lord of the Rings and workshopped
Sleeping Beauty - The Musical. She played Miss Jeanne
in Our Miss Gibbs at The Finbourgh and April in Company
at The Kings Head and The Edinburgh Festival.
More recently she played the leading role of Sharpay
Evans in the UK Tour of High School The Musical.
For TV, she played Miss Jones in Hollyoaks and guest
appeared as Susie in Hotel Babylon.
Recordings include The Woman in White original cast
recording. Helen also sang backing vocals for Elton
John’s UK Tour (2004).
Terry Donovan
Tommy the Cat
Terry has just graduated from Millennium Performing Arts
School. During his training he has been involved in many
school shows, Christmas Cabaret, assessment shows
and the end of year summer showcase!
He has worked with the team from Lord of the Rings in
workshops before the production premiered in London.
He appeared in Rosie’s Rainbow Charity Showcase
and also appeared in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Old
Market Theatre, Brighton, playing Dancer/ Daisy the
Cow and swing for Simple Simon. Most recently he has
performed in the Kerry Ellis Great British Song
Book as a dancer.
He is happy to be part of this production!
Matthew Wesley
Ensemble/Dance Captain
Matthew graduated from the Arts Educational School,
London, where he gained a BA Hons in Musical Theatre.
Matthew has recently completed a run in Chicago at the
Cambridge Theatre, London, where he played Harry and
Harrison. Other current theatre credits include South
Pacific UK Tour, where he played St Thomas Hassinger
and covered and played the role of Stewpot; One More
Time, a West End Theatrical Gala at the Piccadilly
Theatre to raise money for breast cancer; the Annual
Horse of the Year Show, Olympia; Stephen Sondheim’s
75th Birthday Gala, Children Will Listen, Theatre Royal,
Drury Lane; Follies Concert at the Palladium; Emperor
and Dance Captain in Aladdin, Pavillion Theatre, Rhyl;
Cecil and first cover Smee in Peter Pan at the Wyvern
Theatre, Swindon and a variety performance for the NotForgotten Association at the Painted Hall, Greenwich. His
college credits include Sir Magnus Cope and first cover
Duncalf in The Card; Dance Captain and ensemble in
Thoroughly Modern Millie and Heavenly Friend and first
cover for Mr Snow in Carousel.
Matthew has also modelled for More magazine and can
be seen on the cover of the new Sega Football Manager
2010 game!
Matthew is delighted to be appearing in Camberley’s
pantomime of Dick Whittington and would like to thank all
his friends and family for all their continuous support!
Will Tyler
Ensemble
Will trained at Arts Educational gaining a BA (Hons) in
Musical Theatre.
Will’s credits whilst training include Fred/John in Anything
Goes, Chad Danforth in High School Musical, Lorry
Driver/Croupier in Lucky Stiff, Ensemble / Roy in A Chorus
Line, Godfried in The Gypsy King, Magaldi in Evita,
Jury Member in Trial By Jury, Dave in Summer Begins,
Dancer/Ensemble in Blood Wedding, Featured Soloist/
Ensemble in The World Goes Round.
Will is thrilled to be in Dick Whittington this year and
would like to thank his girlfriend, family and friends for all
their support.
Matt McGoldrick
Ensemble
Matt has recently graduated from the BA (Hons) Musical
Theatre Course at Arts Educational, Chiswick.
Whilst training Matt played Peter in The Railway Children,
Jack Scott in High School Musical, Dance Captain on
Lucky Stiff and various other roles. He was also Dance
Captain for Cinderella in Swindon during his second year
at college.
He is delighted to be a part of Camberley
Theatre’s Panto season
Charlie Royce
Ensemble
Charlie trained at the London Studio Centre.
His theatre credits whilst at college include ensemble
in Othello at Glyndebourne, Ensemble in La Boheme at
Glyndebourne, Mark in Rent at the Pleasance Theatre,
London, Cobby and Dance Captain in Bus! At the
Pleasance Grand, Edinburgh, Lorenzo in After Juliet at
the De Valois Studio Theatre, London.
Charlie’s television and film credits include Toby in
Whatever: A Teenage Musical
for Channel 4.
Charlie has choreographed Jackajack, a children’s junk
yard puppetry show touring various UK theatres.