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Honk! is a musical retelling of the
Hans Christian Andersen story The Ugly Duckling, mixed with a
theme of pro-tolerance. It features an ugly duckling who discovers
his inner beauty when he becomes a swan, his tearful mother Ida, a
drake who 'ducks' his fatherly responsibilities, a gaggle of
comical geese, a sly tomcat who just wants to play with his food,
a wisecracking bullfrog, and other such barnyard creatures,
together with a great many "fowl" puns.
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CAST
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Ugly
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Matthew Coulter
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Drake
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David Bridges
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Ida
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Maureen Barr
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Maureen
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Anne Marie Totten
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Cat
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Bryan Shallow
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Queenie
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Lorraine Murphy
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Low Butt
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Pauline Duffy
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Greylag
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Paul Leonard
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Dot
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Ailsa King
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Ducklings
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Darren Strang, Gemma Burt, Aimee
McGhee, Grace McHale
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Bullfrog
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Joe Totten
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Turkey
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Jim McGhee
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Penny
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Gillian Shallow
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Father Swan
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Jim Williams
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Mother Swan
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Pat McNeill
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Maggie Pie
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Gillian Malloch
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Grace
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Moira Hannah
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Cast
to be updated.
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PRODUCTION
TEAM
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Musical Director
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Fraser Wilson
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Director/Choreographer
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Judy Brown
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Technical Director
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Frank Sweeney
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Assistant Technical Director
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Brian McCann
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Stage Manager
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John Carlin
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REVIEWS
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Bill Stubbs - NODA
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Once again a Region No. 5 first for this
talented group, and once again a huge success with this production.
This highly original show was expertly performed by an outstanding
cast. Matthew Coulter was in excellent form as the confused Ugly,
while the very demanding role of Ida was played with great aplomb by
Maureen Barr, who was well supported by David Bridges (Drake) and
the Ducklings - Gemma Burt, Grace McHale, Aimee McGhee and Darren
Strang. The part of the scheming cat was played convincing by Bryan
Shallow. Every member of the cast deserves recognition for such a
wonderful show, perhaps some more than others, namely Jim McGhee
(Turkey), Paul Leonard and Ailsa King, who were very good as Greylag
and Dot. Pauline Duffy showed her growing stage maturity with a
sound performance as Lowbutt. The cameo role of Bullfrog was
excellently played by Joe Totten. The production team can be
satisfied with yet another glowing triumph.
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PICTURES
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Click
here to view the picture gallery for this production.
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