"Snow White" by Ben Crocker (9 Dec - 13 Dec 2025)

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Director’s Notes
We actors (and directors) like the spotlight, but the true St Michael’s Players’ stars are the crew, who turn our humble church hall into a place where the imagination can soar. Alastair has steered the whole ship, while his vision for the setting, and Arabella and her painters’ execution, have created a woodland wonderland. Vicki and Sue create costume and prop magic on a shoestring. This year Alice K shed her Buttons coat to work tirelessly on set.

Thank you one and all, cast and crew. It has been a joy. Kudos to my family for surviving my 4am wanderings and note-making; a special shoutout to Sarah B (Watson) who is the most positive and enthusiastic new member St Michael’s Players could ever wish for.

​And thank you, our amazing audience. Enjoy the show and by all means sing along!

What they said
"What a great dress show last night everyone! I had such a blast watching it! (If you couldn't tell) You are going to smash it the rest of the week! Xxx" Rosie C

"What a fabulous evening 
we had a total hoot! .. laughed sang along and clapped along  .. and enjoyed every minute .. you must have really enjoyed all the rehearsals together as it all came together beautifully on the night" Gabrielle S

"I had so much fun!" Kim R

"Excellent fun at the panto last night. Impossible not to make you smile. We loved it" Siena C

"Hi panto cast and crew - my head is still spinning from your amazing performances tonight.  Really fantastic - smooth and slick and funny.  I keep remembering certain lines and smiling to myself.  A bit weird in company but there you go … Breathtaking set - phew, it completely changes the stage and space/sense of space.  Sorry I couldn’t speak to each of you in turn to tell you how great you were.  See you soon - Tessa xxxx P.S. Happy Christmas 🎄🤩🥳🎉🎁" Tessa D

“Saw Snow White last night. Fabulous show  one of the best. Wonderful choice of songs and use of 'pop singers' as chorus a brilliant idea. Utterly joyous evening - a great start to Christmas. 🎅🏻💃🏻🤴🏻🎼" Linda W

"What a show!! We all absolutely loved it! Judging by how hard it is now to secure tickets, the St Michael’s Players Panto has clearly established itself as the Hot Ticket of the festive season!  

Huge thanks to all members of the cast and band for the vast amount of work that must have gone into that. It absolutely nailed it on every level - superb acting with comic timing being delivered to perfection, fabulous scenery, props and costumes, a complete joy! And what a treat to have the live band as an integral part of the show! 

… and you’re welcome to quote me on any of that!" Cherry R

"My Christmas begins every year with your Panto🎄 laughter, silliness, happy tears, old/new friends dressing up in the most amazing/ridiculous costumes, giving their all. Another success on your hands. Merry Christmas everyone 🎄💚" Isabelle M

"Really enjoyed the show last night. What fun.
The 10 year old was a complete star. What a fabulous community spirit. 
Costumes were totally amazing as well. Such an effort. Thought the singing and script were even better than last year" Marina F

"Great panto last night. Thanks so much." Martine O

"GREAT SHOW NEIL! Many congrats to all. Very funny, fabulously pacy, and the laugh everyone was having on stage was infectious! 5*s!"  Tim dvG

"well done all for tonight it was AMAZING! Sooo much fun I bloody loved it!! Super stars the lot of you 🥰❤" Beccy L

"What a great show once again! Loved seeing you all up on stage again" Dominic M

"A truly wonderful array of characters - there was never a dull moment. The costumes and set were great, and I also enjoyed the surround-sound singing (set to such super symphonies) and the deadpan comedy with Fang, and too much else to mention. Big well done and break a leg of ham for the rest of the run." Amelia B

I just wanted to write to say how much we all enjoyed the show last
night. It was lovely to be able to meet up and thank you so much for
looking after us. It was great to see that panto was alive and well in
Chiswick(ia) - and what a wonderful atmosphere there was in the hall!

Congratulations on the fantastic tradition that you've established,
congratulations on the show and congratulations to the talented company!

Very best wishes to everyone for the rest of the run and have a very
Happy Christmas!" Ben C

​"Totally wonderful #pantomine last night in #chiswick. Special thanks to Arabella Harcourt-Cooze, Guy Fairbank, Snow White and Paul 

We took a lovely friend who has dementia and she loved the music and focused for the full first half. Wonderful. Thank you St Michael's Players xx" Colette C

"Well done everyone on a brilliant performance last night! We loved it 🙌 hope you had well deserved fun at the after party too! See you all soon xx" Bryony P

"Yet another St Michael’s Players triumph! What a great show tonight. So many star turns. Such epic singing and dancing (which you guys made look easy though it can’t have been). How wonderful to have such a brilliant band (and from the state of my husband such a good bar…)! Thank you everyone for working to hard for so long to deliver such a fun & festive evening. It was an absolute blast!!" Tracey L

"Sing along songs, laughter and a wonderful inclusive cast made for a great night out. Community theatre at its best!" Lesley L
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"I wanted to drop you a quick message to say how much we enjoyed the Snow White panto. The actors, humour and production were fantastic and I can honestly say it was one of the most enjoyable pantos I've ever seen and easily the best 'am dram' one.  Well done to you and all involved and hopefully get to see next year's too." Paul J

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The panto was so much fun. Absolutely love it! Some fantastic acting! We’ll come back next year" Elodie B

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐We went to the new Christmas panto Thursday evening and really enjoyed it! It's very good to support local theatre." EFJ61 (on google)

"Pure magic! We think that one was the best yet and you were, as always, fantastic and really hilarious" Vicky and Justin B

"What a FANTASTIC evening at the panto!" Linda and Chris H

".. a fabulous evening. Definitely one of the best - we didn’t stop laughing" Gina and Andrew M

"⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Perfect way to start the festive season! The perfect Panto with impressive acting, choreography and singing. I loved the take on Snow White with the Seven Rockstars. It really worked well. The cast looked like they were having fun and really engaged with the audience! Lots of laughs! Brilliant night!!" S Clarke

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Media links
RIVERSIDE RADIO INTERVIEW
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​CHISWICK CALENDAR REVIEW

Programme
2512_snow_white_programme.pdf
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Cast

​​DITSY DUMPLING (Vikki Hoare)
SENIOR WIZARD / DETECTIVE (David Burles)
QUEEN GRIMELZA (Arabella Harcourt-Cooze)
OSWALD (Guy Fairbank)
SNOW WHITE (Rebecca Arrigoni)
DOLLY DUMPLING (Tony Traxler)
PRINCE FREDERICK THE YOUNGER (Paul Smith)
BOGWORT (Elizabeth Ollier)
STINKWORT (Ann Forshaw)
ELVIS (Vicki Belcher)
ELTON (Cecilia Coleshaw)
CHER (Sue Darrieulat)
FREDDIE (James Cummins)
LIAM (Sally Tillson)
OZZY (Chris Jones)
MADONNA (Helen Morgan)
SIMON BOWEL (Allison DeFrees)
SPEAK TRUE (Alison Du Cane)
MIKE PEAVIS (Mo Al-Rawi)
WATSON (Sarah Birtles)
SNOW WHITE’S BFF (Jack B)
CHORUS / CHOIR (Ellie Hopkins, Andrew Clarke, Jemima Tillson, Kara Colgrave, Kendra Biller, Duncan Bacon)

Band

​Musical Director, Keyboards (Nick Lawrence)
Guitar (Utku Er)
Bass (Ken Blecher)
Drums (Jasraj Malik)

Crew

Director (Neil Dickins)
Producer and Set Design (Alastair Dewar)
Publicity (Guy Fairbank)
Additional Writing (Neil Dickins, Cecilia Coleshaw)
Stage Management (Susan Johnson, Marcella M-R, Millie Seymour)
Lighting and Sound (Andy Rooney, Gareth Sammer, Rachel Fay)
Choreography  (Jelena Bubon, Anny Hooker)
Set (Alice Klapwyk, Arabella Harcourt-Cooze, Rebecca Lee, Teena Heer with extra help from cast and crew)
Costumes (Vicki Belcher, Sally Tillson, Pennie Bayliss, Imogen Measday, Alison Du Cane)
Props (Susan Johnson, Alice Klapwyk)
Make Up and Hair (Teena Heer and the Cast)
Curtain (Kay Porter)
Front of House (Members & Friends of St Michael's Players)