Winter 2024

Sleeping Beauty

The winter of 2024 brought the Helsby Players’ performing Sleeping Beauty, by Rufus Norris. It was an exciting show filled with misunderstood fairies, beautiful princesses and… man-eating ogres?!

Crew
Director – Michael Mills
Additional lines – Lily Smith and Michael Mills
Costume Designer – AM Sillitoe
Costumes – AM Sillitoe & Cast
Props – Pete Watt, Caroline Salvi, Marie Cooper & Cast
Prompt – Pamela Marsden
Poster – AM Sillitoe
Photography – AM Sillitoe & Kate Sillitoe
Chaperones and Front of House – Michelle Farmer, Jane Axford, Kate Burrows and Lynne N

Cast
Younger Goodie – AM Sillitoe
Young Beauty/Rose – Sally Farmer (Wednesday & Friday) and Kaida Watt (Thursday & Saturday)
Hector – Sally Farmer (Thursday & Saturday) and Kaida Watt (Wednesday & Friday)
Young Prince/Prince Charming/Prince Harry – Ben Smith
King – Leon Adams (Stephen Smith on Wednesday – Friday)
Queen – Heather Green
Tutti – Helen Gillard
Minstrel – Zach Hilton
Forest Creatures/Thorns/Courtiers – Sally Farmer, Kaida Watt, KN, Hattie Axford, Indy Earl, Matilda Danks and Ben Smith
Middle Goody – Jan Stockton
Ogre – Pete Watt
Prince of Questions – Connah Watt
Ogress – Caroline Salvi
Older Goody – Derinda Watson
Older Beauty – Marie Cooper
Older Prince – Jake Beadle
Table-Slave – Stephen Smith
Slaves – Ben Smith, Connah Watt, Zach Hilton