Created in place of live Panto during the 2020 ‘Lockdown’, this five part digital series aimed to connect the Gaiety Theatre with its local audience and wider community while people were in isolation due to the Covid pandemic. Episodes were screened weekly in the lead up to Christmas 2020, with practical participative activities built around each episode. The whole series has remained free to watch on Youtube.

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Cast:  Ali McLennan (Dourina the Surfaced Sorceress), Chris Forbes (Dame Hylda Rerrterr), Kirsty Malone (Fairy Handwash) Bethany Tennick (Princess Neat), Matthew Tomlinson (Prince Tidy), Gavin Jon Wright (Jock the Joker)

Guest Stars: Karen Bartke, Colin McCredie (The Polis)

Special Guests: Newton Primary School, Andrew Spence (Mr Spence), Nicola Killick (Joy), Maidens Primary School, The People of Ayrshire

Writers: Fraser Boyle and Ken Alexander

Composer: Stuart William Fleming

Director: Ken Alexander

Musical Director/Arranger: Stuart William Fleming

Choreographer/Associate Director: Chris Stuart Wilson

Designer: Alisa Kalynova

Editor and Producer: Ania Urbanowska

Director of Photography: Graham O’Hara

Orchestrations: Stuart William Fleming & Dara Stewart

Sound Recordist: Bartek Baranowski

Production & Stage Manager: Heather Wilson

Wardrobe Supervisor & Costume Cutter: Ailsa Munro

Illustrator: James Marno

Graphics: Traffic Design

Design Assistants: Sheila Graham, Ellie Mills, Cristina Venegas

Wig Maker: Alison Brown

Costume Makers: Claire Sharp, Karen Lee Barron, Cristina Venegas

Gaiety Sound Technician: Alan Kerr

Technical Volunteers: George Cameron, Iain Campbell, Rihanna Crompton, Laura-Jane Gillespie, Wullie Roper

Gaiety Team: Jeremy Wyatt, Sally Rennie, Suzanne McLellan, Fraser Emslie, Josh McFarlane, Michael Stewart, Kerry Porter, Laura Scott, David McWilliams, Adrain Nash, Vince Hope, Robbie Gordon, Jack Nurse

Thanks to: Ayr Gaiety Volunteers, The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Scenery Hire Scotland, Progressive Broadcast Hire, Smalltown Audio, Arnold Clark, Palace Theatre Kilmarnock, Precious Kidswear, South Ayrshire Police Scotland, Alison Purdie, Ayrshire Post, BBC Scotland, MinuteMan Ayr, Creative Scotland, Scottish Government, South Ayrshire Council, Gardenrose Primary, Maybole, Newton Primary Ayr, St Patrick’s Primary Troon, St Ninian’s Primary Prestwick, Tarbolton Primary and all our generous donors.