Carousel is a romantic drama musical about carnival barker Billy Bigelow and mill worker Julie Jordan, exploring love, hardship, and redemption. It features music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.
Creative team
- Pat Donovan Director
- Daphne Worster Associate Director
- Mike Reynolds Musical Director
- Judith Hockaday Choreographer
- Alan Wrixon Stage Director
- Sarah Jefferies Chorus Mistress
- Helen Asprey Chorus Repetiteur
Principal cast
- James Canning Billy Bigelow
- Justine Taylor Julie Jordan
- Alison Canning Carrie Pipperidge
- Mark Newton Enoch Snow
- Beryl Jones Nettie Fowler
- Mike Viret Jigger Craigin
- Stephanie Trinci Mrs Mullin
- Heather Reynolds Louise
- Martin Read Carnival Boy
Ensemble
Nicky Ashdown, Helen Asprey, Tony Asprey, Cara Chivers, Mike Chivers, Mary Cleverly, Paul Coad, Kyley Cooper, Tracy Cuthbert, Ray Dance, Stuart Dark, Adrian Davis, Adrian Dawkins, Kevin Dawkins, Ann Edwards, Greg Everard, Chris Flemming, Sarah Greenwood, Alan Hogden, Enid Hogden, Jason Hull, Carol Jeffcutt, Jane Kingstone, Russell Langdown, Martin Lawrence, Linda Lewis, Pamela Loftus, Jackie Long, Bob Maskell, Clare Morris, Mabel Rodney, Jackie Salisbury, Judith Sharp, Wendy Skane, Jackie Theobald, Glynis Wall, Debbie Weaver, Dawn Williams, Terry Woodhouse, Christopher Ashton, Elizabeth Ashton, Alice Douel, Jessica Hathaway, Lee Meadows, Gemma Short, Beth Thompson, Sarah Wrixon, Katie Ballard, Jasmine Cochrane, Colette Coleman, Danielle Coleman, Kirsty Farrow, Clare O'Donaghue, Richard Wilbourne, Daniel Wilson, Annabel Barnard, Allan Barnard, Emily Cooper, Emma Savory, Bethany West, Alishia Colett, Laura Herring, Hannah Meadows, Hayley Sheppard, Cathy Bacchus, Amy Bell, Zoe Mackrill