RGM Productions in association with Alice House Theatre Originally co-produced by The Sherman Theatre. Supported by the National Lottery through the Arts Council Wales presents The Hunting of the Snark, A Family Musical Adventure Inspired by the poem by Lewis Carroll.

Written by Annabel Wigoder Music & Lyrics by Gareth Cooper

Stantobury Theatre: Saturday 14Th October 2017 2:30pm – 3:40pm 

RGM productions today announces the casting for the West End première of The Hunting of the Snark, a brand-new family musical inspired by the creator of Alice and Wonderland’s beloved classic poem. From the lead producer of the international smash hit musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert The Musical, The Hunting of the Snark made its world première in Cardiff at the Sherman Theatre last year followed by a run at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

All aboard! The ship is departing! All children, animals and silly people welcome! The impossible voyage of an improbable crew to hunt an imaginary creature is brought magically to
life in this sparkling musical comedy adventure for 4 to 94 year olds. 
 
Enter the imaginative world of Alice in Wonderland creator, Lewis Carroll, in this brand new, highly original, ultra-modern adaptation inspired by his beloved classic poem. This show features five high-energy actors, a life-like puppet, fantastical characters, and lashings of daft humour.
 
A riotous ragtag gang of bold adventurers including The Boy, The Banker, The Butcher, The Baker,The Bellman and The Knitting Beaver set off on a quest to catch the mythical Snark… on the journey they encounter the Jub Jub Bird, the sly Bandersnatch and the dastardly Boojum… Can a Snark be caught with soap?  Will the Beaver escape the hungry Butcher’s clutches? Will the Baker remember his name? Does anyone know what a Snark actually looks like?
 
Side-splittingly funny, joyful, fast-paced and bursting with a soundtrack of witty songs by an award-winning songwriter, The Hunting of the Snark will delight, excite and entertain.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHNcUXvqxZg

CAST:

Simon Turner plays The Banker. His previous credits include Blood Brothers (Phoenix Theatre), The Railway Children (UK Tour), Aladdin (Carriageworks Theatre, Lovegrove Theatre), A Body To Die(t) For (Landor Theatre), Henry VI Part 1 (The Rose Theatre, Bankside), That’s Love (The Mill at Sonning), Jazz in Club Class (Waterside Arts Theatre), The Gamblers, Blue Remembered Hills (Crescent Theatre, Birmingham) and Frank and Dean in Legends (UK Tour).

Polly Smith plays The Butcher. Theatre credits include Table Manners (UK tour), Sleighed to Death (UK tour), Portrait of Murder (Devonshire Park, Eastbourne), Secondary Cause of Death (UK tour), Helga Philby (UK tour), A Bedfull of Foreigners (UK tour). Daisy Pulls it Off, Love’s A Luxury and A Touch of Danger (No. 1 UK tour). Titus Andronicus and Henry VI part 1 (The Rose Playhouse,Bankside). She has also performed two seasons with Rainbow Shakespeare Company, productions included Henry V, The Winter’s Tale, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Love’s Labour’s Lost (Open air).

Will Bryant will play The Baker & the Bandersnatch. His theatre credits include, Incident at Vichy (Finborough Theatre, Kings Head Theatre), The Lost Boy: Peter Pan (Catford Broadway Theatre), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (International tour), The Oresteia and Pentheus in The Bacchae (Theatro Technis), Timon of Athens (The Space), Dracula (UK tour), Rope (Brockley Jack Theatre); The Shakespeare Conspiracy (Chelsea Theatre), Hound (Riverside Studios Hammersmith), Julius Caesar (London tour) and Othello (The White Bear Theatre). Film credits include: Tenants (Sophistic), The Last Day (Mindlapse Films), Nightshade, On Seeing (Dimensions Films), Kindness (CSB Films) and All Seasons Burn in Hell (LCC Productions). Radio credits include The Greeks - Theseus and the Minotaur, Stories from Parliament - Magna Carta & Simon de Montfort (BBC).

Ben Galpin plays The Bellman. For theatre his credits include Potted Sherlock (Vaudeville Theatre), The Tempest (Thick As Thieves), Twelfth Night (Open Bar Theatre), A Christmas Carol (Open Book Theatre), Bite-Size Plays (St James Theatre) and Romy & Julian (Vienna’s English Theatre). Other credits include Qualms (BBC Radio 4).

Jordan Leigh-Harris plays Boy. He trained at Cumbria Institute of the Arts. Theatre credits include The Hunting of the Snark (Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh Fringe Festival).

RGM Productions Founded by Garry McQuinn and Rina Gill, previous credits for the company include Through A Glass
Darkly (Almeida Theatre, Atlantic theatre New York) and The Two Worlds of Charlie F (UK Tour). RGM is also developing a number of new productions including the fully updated re-launch of the international hit, Gumboots, Midnight in Havana a musical set in Cuba on the eve of the revolution; and a musical adaptation of the iconic Australian film Starstruck. Independently, McQuinn has had a career spanning 40 years with credits including Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Boy from Oz, Fosse and Showboat. He has produced, managed and toured international shows including Tap Dogs, Slava’s Snowshow, Mums the Word, Gumboots, Shaolin Monks of China, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake and Circus Oz. Most notably, McQuinn is lead producer and managing partner for Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical, the West End and Broadway show which has played extensively
around the world.