Aladdin Panto Programme

PROGRAMME Fife Cultural Trust (OnFife) Company limited by guarantee (incorporated in Scotland) Company Number: SC415704 Scottish Charity Number: SC043442 operating as OnFife.

Welcome to this year’s production of Aladdin, here at the Adam Smith Theatre. We hope you have a magical time and enjoy the show!

CAST Dame Pattie McBottie Wipey McBottie Jasmine Aladdin Genie Abanazar Spirit of the Ring Ensemble Ensemble

COLIN LITTLE SCOTT WATSON KIM SHEPHERD ANGUS BHATTACHARYA COLUM FINDLAY DEREK MCGHIE AILSA ERSKINE AMY DUTHIE SCOTT WAUGH

Thank you to the Production Team Writer Director Choreographer Musical Arranger Musical Director Sound Designer Associate Producer

ANDY MCGREGOR BETH MORTON ROY MCQUEEN CHRIS PUGH TOM PIECZORA DAN MOSS LOUISE REMOND

Thank you to teams for delivering a great production IMAGINE THEATRE Assistant Stage Manager THEO FAIRBAIRN Wardrope Supervisor CATRIONA CHARLTON Musical Director TOM PIECZORA

TECHNICAL TEAM (OnFife) Lighting Designer KIERAN HOTCHKISS Lighting Operator ANDREW THOMSON

Drums SAM LEIGHTON MATT ARNOTT

Company Manager Deputy Stage Manager CARLY BARR

Sound DAN MOSS

Head of Stage ANDY FARRELL

Director BETH MORTON

Crew SEAN MEDERIOS | KIARA FORD CALLUM KNIGHT | SOPHIE WILLIAMS | MARGARET CHIAVETTA

Choreographer ROY MCQUEEN

COLIN LITTLE Colin is delighted to return for his seventh panto at the Adam Smith Theatre, and his second time playing the Dame. His recent credits include Outlander: Blood of my Blood and the 20th anniversary tour of Singin’ I’m no a Billy, He’s a Tim.

KIM SHEPHERD Kim Shepherd returns for her fourteenth pantomime season, having starred in Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast. Recent credits include Hen Night Horror and The Music of Les Miserables. She also performs with her multi-award-winning events band, Cut the Cake.

SCOTT WATSON Scott Watson is back at the Adam Smith for his third year after being a panto comic in Falkirk. He performs at holiday parks around Britain and aboard major cruise lines as a guest entertainer. He has also sold out many theatres in Scotland with his one-man shows.

ANGUS BHATTACHARYA Angus is an actor, singer and poet from Glasgow, Scotland.

He graduated from the Royal Conservatoire’s Musical Theatre programme in 2022 and eight months later, his first professional credit was as Tom Quiney in a 5-star Edinburgh Fringe production of Upstart:Shakespeare’s Rebel Daughter Judith, directed by Alexandra Spencer-Jones.

COLUM FINDLAY Colum Findlay is a performer and composer based in Glasgow, Scotland. His previous credits include Poison Ivy in Jack and the Beanstalk (Eden Court, 2024); Eric in Eric the Elf (Macrobert, 2023); Hermes in Godcatcher (Edinburgh Fringe, 2023) and Toni Tinsel in Santa’s Little Astronaut (Macrobert, 2022).

DEREK MCGHIE Derek trained at Queen Margaret University (BA in Acting) and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MA in Musical Theatre).

Theatre credits include: Passing Places, The Admirable Crichton, Mr Bolfry, Whisky Kisses (Pitlochry Festival Theatre), Trainspotting (York Theatre Royal), On A Knife Edge (Borderline). Derek has also appeared in panto throughout Scotland.

AILSA ERSKINE Ailsa is a 2024 graduate from Bird College Conservatoire of Dance and Musical Theatre. Her theatre Credits: Brooke/Dance Captain in Be More Chill (Old Joint Stock); Goldilocks in Goldilocks and the Three Bears (Imagine Theatre). Screen Credits: Copycats (CBBC); Keep It In The Family (ITV).

AMY DUTHIE Amy is originally from the Highlands and is delighted to be back with Imagine Theatre this year for its production of Aladdin in Kirkcaldy. Credits include Jill in Jack and the Beanstalk, Emerging Scots at The Other Palace, Lead Vocalist in Thank You For The Music and Game of Love on Silja Lines.

SCOTT WAUGH Scott trained at the Guildford School of Acting and the Preparatory/ Musical Theatre Course at the Dance School of Scotland.

His theatre credits include: Ensemble/Swing, Oliver! (Leeds Playhouse); Vicar/Understudy Robertson Ay, Northbrook & Park Keeper in Mary Poppins (Prince Edward); Richie Cunningham in Happy Days – A New Musical (UK tour); and Grim in Snow White (Courtyard Theatre, Hereford).

JUNIOR ENSEMBLE TEAM SPIRITS

TEAM DRAGONS

TEAM GENIE

Back Row: Caitlyn Justice, Ewan Maguire, Abbie McLaughlin Middle Row: Leah Young, Tianna Coppola, Macey Anderson Front Row: Nell Payne, Sadie Whyte

Back Row: Georgie Hayes 3rd Row: Katie Filsell, Ava Stott 2nd Row: Lily Polatajko, Sofia Patterson, Alyth Mackenzie Front Row: Lavena Shek, Olivia Majado-Stewart

Back Row: Abbie Farmer, Reece Hutt Middle Row: Annabel Tite, Ava Coote, Isla Beveridge Front Row: Bonnie Clark, Georgia Pattie, Katie Taylor