National Theatre Live: Dick Whittington – A Pantomime for 2020

Plot Summary

First staged at Lyric Hammersmith in 2018 and freshly updated for 2020, Ned Bennett directs this wild and inventive production and explores what it is like to come from a small town and arrive in a big city today. With a host of colourful characters, irreverent jokes, talking animals and popular songs this is Dick Whittington as never seen before.

Top Cast

Dickie Beau Sarah Fitzwarren

Amy Booth-Steel Queen Rat

Laura Checkley Mayor Pigeon / Captain P-Jim / PRMP

Lawrence Hodgson-Mullings Dick Whittington

Melanie La Barrie Bow Belles