Turn again, Whittington!

Dick and his faithful moggy will be setting out from Hope to London nightly in HADIT’S panto which opens this week.
Jo Elliott and Sean Ryan in Dick Whittington at Hope Methodist HallJo Elliott and Sean Ryan in Dick Whittington at Hope Methodist Hall
Jo Elliott and Sean Ryan in Dick Whittington at Hope Methodist Hall

Jo Elliott teams up with Sean Ryan to play the hero and his four-legged travelling companion in the show at Hope Mathodist Hall from Wednesday, March 19, to Saturday, March 22. Perhformances take place at 7.30pm. Tickets £8 and £6 (concessions - no concessions on Saturday), available from Hope Post Office or tel. 01433 620 665.

Forty years ago, Dick Whittington was performed in Hope by St Peter’s Church Women’s Group. Among the cast was Joanne Elliott, who played one of the Little Children then, and is the hero Dick in this week’s production. Another was Jane Bramwell, who played a Chime in 1974, and is a Bow Belle this time.

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