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Me and My Girl Book & Lyrics by: L. A rthur Rose & Douglas Furber D ire cto r M u sica l D ire c to r C horus M aster C h oreographer A cco m p a n ist Set D esign L ig h tin g D esign Set C o n stru ctio n b y

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Stage Management: Stage Director: Nora O ’Rourke Stage Manager: Gerry McKnight Deputy Stage Manager: Edel Gillespie Assisted by: Denise O ’Mahony, Anna McHugh, Dara O ’M ahony Victoria Kelly and Danielle Conaghan

Costumes by: Homburgs of Leeds The R&R acknowledge the support of: T h e A bbey T heatre and B o o t s N o 7 C o s m e tic s

At the Gaiety Theatre Dublin from Tuesday 15th to Saturday 26th October 2002

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL Comhairle Chathair Bardas Atha Cliath

Dublin City Council's Arts Office wish The Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society every success with

ME AND M Y CIRL Dublin City Council supports Musical Theatre by grant-aiding the A.I.M.S. training programme and through its own regular workshops

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A Welcome to You From the President of the Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society Just like the famous song from Show Boat, this old Society of ours - The Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society “Just keeps rollin’ along”, as next year it approaches its 90th birthday.

Indeed, 1 am delighted to say that it is rolling along most successfully thanks to a host of dedicated and hard-working people, talented singers, actors and most importantly, thanks to you our faithful audiences.

This evening I welcome you to Me and My Girl, a show that enjoyed enormous popularity in the 1930s. It was revived with great success in 1985 at London’s Adelphi Theatre with a new ‘book’ by Stephen Fry. It is the ‘Fry’ adaptation that we present to you this evening.

I mentioned above ‘our faithful audiences’ many of whom are Associate Members of the R&R. Why don’t you become one? If you are already one, it would be greatly appreciated if you would enlist a new member for us.

So now let us transport you back to the 1930s when life was less complex than it is today. Mo doubt you will be tempted to sing along with those ‘hit’ songs of some 70 years ago. Songs such as Me and My Girl, Leaning on a Lamppost and of course The Lambeth Walk, OiH!

Pat Campbell, President, Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society.

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BILL SNIBSON, a Lambeth cockney costermonger, is revealed to be the new Earl of Hareford - His newly discovered aristocratic relations are horrified!

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Bringing him to Hareford Hall, they attempt to educate Bill into the ways of the Gentry - and to separate him from his cockney girlfriend Sally.

The result? Chaos of the comical kindl With a host of hilarious characters, witty one-liners and several toe-tapping, uplifting songs - ‘Lambeth Walk’ - ‘The Sun Has Got His Hat On’ - ‘Me And My Girl’ and the famous ‘Leaning On A Lamppost’ Me And My Girl is a sublime and funny \ ^ treat for all fans of musical comedy. This ' : version of the show, Vidth its revised book

by Stephan Fry, was first presented at the Adelphi Theatre London in 1985, where it ran for 4000 Performances in a hugely popular production starring Robert Lindsay and Emma Thompson. It then transferred to Broadway where Robert Lindsay won a ‘TONY’ Award for the part of Bill Snibson NMcD

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President: Pat Campbell Honorary Executive Committee Members for 2002/3 Chairman General Secretary Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Business Secretary Production Secretary Rehearsal Secretary Wardrobe Master Wardrobe Mistress Press & PR Marketing Secretary Booking Secretary Block Booking Secretary Social Organiser Associate Members Representative Active Members Representatives

Oliver Hill Camillas Mountaine Ig Lyons Dodo O ’Hagan Liam Carroll riora O ’Rourke Michelle Foynes Noel Byrne Dympna Bevan Mary McDonagh Peter Nolan Margaret Dickson Barney Gorman Helen Hurley Dympna Egar Slm y Gibson Brendan Galvin Imelda Bradley Fergal O ’Sullivan

Peter Nolan m anaged the Marketing Strategy and Programme Design for tliis R&R Production Wardrobe for this Production - Dympna Bevan & Noel Byrne A ssisted by Dympna Egar and Dodo O’Hagan R&R Casting Committee: Convener; Dympna Egar, Joan Campbell, Gearoid Grant, Jackie Curran-Olohan, Barbara Graham and Barney Gorman

The Rathm ines and Rathgar Musical Society aci<nowledge the w ork o f AIMS and their Adjudication Scheme for AIMS M em ber Societies

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Director: Noel McDonough Noel’s credits include The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus and Give My Regards with Glasnevin Musical Society in the National Concert Hall. He has been very successful at the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera winning the Best Director Award with Mack & Mabel, Chicago, Cabaret, Barnum, Crazy For You and Chess. He specialises in premieres - Lit’Abner, Dames at Sea, On Your Toes, 42nd Street, Evita with Arthur’s Team.

He also directed A Slice of Saturday Night and The Last of the Red Hot Lovers at Andrews Lane, and also the World Premieres of Rebecca Storms’ Hollywood Ladies and Brian O’Reilly’s Buskin at the Tivoli Theatre.

Noel’s T.V. credits include winning four national finals of John Player Tops, he devised and directed Different Dreams for RTE and staged The Last Night of The Proms - Viennese Night for the Bank of Ireland Proms.

His recent credits include Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness Assassins by Stephen Sondheim at The Samuel Beckett Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma! Carousel and Guys & Dolls for the R&R at the Gaiety Theatre and Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk also at the Gaiety and the acclaimed Annie at the Tivoli Theatre. Noel’s production of Evita with Arthur’s Team has just completed a successful run at the Rupert Guinness Theatre Noel graduated in 1997 from the Samuel Beckett School, Trinity College Dublin with a B.A. (Mod) Honours Degree in Drama and Theatre Studies.

Me and My Girl is Noel’s fifth production for the R&R and he has once again enjoyed rehearsing with a fantastic cast and working with the members of the R&R Committee and the show’s Production Team.

Musical Director: Gearoid Grant Gearoid Grant was born in Dublin and graduated with a B.Mus degree from University College Dublin. Since then he has combined a freelance career as conductor wdth a career in music education.

He has conducted all the principal orchestras in Ireland, the National Symphony Orchestra, the RTE Concert Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland.

Gearoid devised and continues to present and conduct the acclaimed series Music in the Classroom which introduces music to 30,000 Irish children annually, with performances at the National Concert Hall in Dublin and in major venues around Ireland. The programme is developed in conjunction with RTE, The Irish Times and the Department of Education. Gearoid has toured in England with the Irish Chamber Orchestra. He has conducted all of Shaun Davey’s major works, and premieres of Shaun Davey’s Relief of Derry Symphony in 1989 and his Concerto for Uilleann Pipe performed for the first time at Greenwich Festival in London. These works are recorded for Tara Records. He has done a great deal of film work with the Irish Film Orchestra, of which he is Associate Musical Director. No stranger to television and theatre, Gearoid Grant has conducted a wide repertoire ranging from Mozart to Sondheim.

Gearoid has been the conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland Under 18s since it was formed in 1980 and is a member of the Board of the NYOI.

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Chorus Master: Jackie Curran-OIohan Daughter of Josephine Scanlon and the late Chris Curran, Jackie has distinguished herself as a performer, musician, music director, chorus master and teacher. Her musical education thrived under Sr. Agnes Nolan at St. Mary’s College, Arklow, Eithne Troy at the College of Music and subsequently CJCD from which she graduated with a B Mus. (Hons.).

Jackie has been Music Director and Conductor for many show premieres and was awarded Best Music Director at the Waterford Festival of Light Opera for Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods. This, and conducting her father in Annie at the Olympia, she regards as her highlights to date.

As a performer shehas appeared at the NCH and on RTE radio and television.

Most recently Jackieconducted the Glasnevin Musical Society in the Barra O’Tuama New Year Opera Gala in the NCH.

Choreographer: Joe Conlan Joe has been involved in the professional theatre since the age of

12. He has performed in all the major theatres both here and in the United States. He is no stranger to television or radio and is a regular guest with the RTE Concert Orchestra at the NCH. Jo e has played leading roles in Gypsy, Joseph, Annie, Guys and Dolls, George M, The H ot M ikado, Some Like It Hot, The Pirates o f Penzance, Playing Our Songs and Voices and in 2000 J o e played the part of Bill in Me and M y Girl.

He directed The Three Irish Tenors and Rebecca Storm at Clontarf Castle along with Doyle’s Irish Cabaret and Hastings Sum m er Show all of which were nom inated for tourist awards.

Jo e has a long association with many of the Musical Societies around the country producing and choreographing shows all nominated by AIMS. He is a three-times award recipient at the Waterford Festival of Light Opera.

Currently J o e is in rehearsal for Am ong Friends - From The M usical F ilm to the Broadw ay NCH on 21st of November next. J o e can also be seen, later this year in Aladdin during the Christmas season. The production will be in the new Liberty Theatre in Liberty Hall.

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Set Design: Bairbre Murray Bairbre has designed a variety of productions both for theatre and television. Her m ost recent work includes Surface Tension at the Civic Theatre, The Designated M ourner at the Crypt Arts Centre and Annie at the Tivoli Theatre. Bairbre’s other design work includes Woman Beware Woman at the Project, The Tempest and Romeo and Juliet for Belfast Youth Theatre and A w ay Alone at the Peacock Theatre.

Her design for television consists of The Health Show, B ull Island, Sport Iris and Fair City.

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Bill Snibson: John Mooney John developed his taste for the stage while in school, where he

took part in a variety of musicals and plays, winning the Best Actor Award in Feis Atha Cliath. John’s initial vocal training took place in Dublin’s College of Music. He completed his training in the Royal Academy of Music under the direction of Professor Paul Deegan.

John has played many roles including the Barrister in Trial by Jury, Ozzie in Irene, Action in West Side Story and Petrucio in Kiss Me Kate. W ith the R&R John has previously played Barnaby in Hello D olly and Guiseppe in the Gondoliers. He has also played Beadle in Sweeney Todd and John Hinckley in Assassins. He has appeared on RTF - both radio and television and has taken part in many concerts in the National Concert Hall and in many other locations.

Sally Smith: Laura Wynne Laura is currently studying Performing Arts at Inchicore College, having previously been a student in Allsorts Academy. From an early age she has been involved in musical theatre, playing the parts of Maria in the Sound o f Music and Rizzo in Grease. At the age of fourteen, while involved in the Stillorgan Musical Company. Laura took part in Bugsy Malone, Fiddler on the R oof and Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat playing the role as the Narrator. She also played the part of Audrey in the Little House o f Horrors and most recently starred as Eva Peron in Euita with Arthur’s Team. Laura’s acting roles include William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Laura, a trained gymnast for the past seven years, recently returned from Italy where she studied Commedia d’elle Arte and Drama vinth some of their most highly respected performers.

Maria, Duchess o f Dene: Glynis Casson Born in Dublin, Glynis comes from the well-known Casson theatrical family. She is the granddaughter of Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson. With her father Christopher Casson, she performed in Ireland and Europe with the recitals Mystery and History and Dance to your Shadow - a celebration of his eighty years on the stage. With the R&R she has played Katisha, Ruth and lolanthe. Aunt Alicia in Gigi and Mrs Higgins in M y Fair Lady at the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. She has toured in north and south America and Europe and has done a considerable amount of TV work in Australia and New Zealand. For two years she had her own radio show with ABC in Sydney. She played Ms Kramovitch in the film The Big Mistake for Walt Disney’s Incredible Stories Series and has appeared in Fair City. Her onewoman show Oscar and the Sphinx was presented at Bewley’s Cafe Theatre for the centenary of Oscar Wilde’s death. It has toured the Festivals in Ireland and the National Trust Houses of Northern Ireland.

Last year she was invited to perform the show at the Hangar Arts Centre in Cairo. This year Glynis has performed at the Chelsea Festival in the Cadogan Hotel London where Oscar Wilde was arrested!

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Sir John Tremayne: Colin Sm ith Colin has been involved in over 100 productions either as an actor or a director and has been nominated for AIMS awards in both these categories. He has received many Best Actor awards appearing with Dalkey’s St. Patrick’s Drama Society on the national drama circuit. He directed Bray Musical Society’s award winning production of West Side Story at the Waterford Festival of Light Opera and his productions of Oliver and Godspell for Dun Laoghaire Musical Society both won Spirit o f AIMS Awards. He will shortly direct Oklahoma! for DMDS and also Crazy for You in Bray.

Colin played the Star-Keeper in the recent R&R production of Carousel. Other work that Colin has recently directed for various societies include The Hot Mikado, The Wiz, Chess and Fiddler on the R oof - in which he played Teuye.

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L ady Jaqueline Carstone: M ary Flaherty Mary is currently studying with Conor Farren in the Abbey School of Music. She has performed with the R&R in m any of their concerts and musical productions as both soloist and chorus m em ber including Show boat, HMS Pinafore, Fiddler on the R oo f Oklahoma! and Carousel In 2001 Mary toured the CJSA as a soloist with Lord o f the Dance and earlier this year appeared with Lyric Opera in their production of Tosca in the NCH. In April, Mary was a soloist in HM Productions A Musical Spectacular.

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The Hon. Gerald Bolingbroke: Pat McEIwain For the past fifteen years P at has been involved in num erous productions. His favourite roles include Tevye in Fiddler on the R oof at the Draiocht Theatre and Motel in the sam e show at the NCH and Gaiety Theatre. He played Ariel in Return to the Forbidden Planet at the Tivoli and Andrew’s Lane Theatres and Gerald in Me and My Girl in the Rupert Guinness Theatre.

Pat has won the Best Comedian Award at the Northern Ireland Festival and in 2001 he was nom inated for Best Comedian from AIMS - The Association of Irish Musical Societies.

Pat now directs and produces shows. His debut 2001 production of Oklahoma! won two AIMS awards and resulted in Pat being nominated in the Best Director category. This was followed by his successful production of Little Shop o f Horrors starring Laura Wynne - Sally in this R&R production of Me an d My Girl.

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Herbert Parchester: Tim Landers This is Tim’s first time appearing in an R&R production.

Tim studied the performing arts with the CDVEC in Bull Alley. He also attended Gormanstown Sum m er School of Drama and participated in the Acting for Camera Course in the Gabriel Byrne Acting Master Class at the Galway Film Fleadh held in the Courtyard Studio. His recent work includes TG4’s Ros Na Run in which he played Sean. Earlier this year Tim played Herod in Playback’s Dublin production of Jesus Christ Superstar and Ju das in the Tralee production of the sam e show. He recently starred in Oklahoma playing J u d Fry with Galway’s Lackagh Musical Society.

In 2001 Tim played Guy Fawkes in the Music Wheels London production of Magical Mystery Tour and in Harlow, Essex he played the role of Fahkeem in the Play House production of Sinbad. Tim claims that his favourite role was as Emcee in the Galway Musical Society’s production of Cabaret. He is also very proud of his Web Site www.tim-landers.comgisajob and recom m ends a viev/ing if you want a ‘good laugh’!

Sir Jasper Tring: Seymour Cresswell Seym our is a m em ber of the St Patrick’s Dramatic Society, Dalkey, where he has performed such roles as Fluther Good in Sean O ’Casey’s The Plough and the Stars, Charlie Now in Hugh Leonard’s Da, Captain Boyle in O ’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock, Willie Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesm an and more recently Arthur Wicksteed in Alan Bennett’s Habeas Corpus.

Seymour is also a founder m em ber and writer for the Waterfront PlayersAVarblers, a wandering pantomime and cabaret troupe who raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institute.

This is his first venture into musicals and his first role with the R&R.

Charles, the Butler: Colm O’Neill Colm’s stage debut was with Stillorgan Musical Company (SMCO) in 1995 in their production of The Pyjama Game. Since then he has played many and varied roles including Tin Man in The Wiz and John the Baptist in Godspell all with SMCO, He played Molokov in Chess with the ESB Musical Society, and Jigger in Carousel with the R&R. Colm has also sung as a soloist in the National Concert Hall and in the Gaiety Theatre.

Colm would like to dedicate his performance in this production to the m em ory of Frank Purcell, actor and past performer with the R&R, who sadly passed away in July this year.

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M y G irl The Cast B ill Snibson S a lly S m ith M aria, Duchess o f Dene S ir John Tremayne L a d y Jaqueline Carstone The Hon. G erald B olingbroke H erb ert Parchester S ir Jasper Tring Charles, the B u tle r Mrs B ro w n L a d y B attersby L o rd B attersby B ob B a rkin g S ophia Stainsley-A sherton Mrs W orthington-W orthington Pearly Queen Pearly K ing P ianist Constable A lf / L o rd French L a d y B righton

John Mooney Laura Wynne Glynis Casson Colin Smith Mary Flaherty Pat McElwain Tim Landers Seymour Cresswell Colm Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neill Mags Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Dalaigh Patricia Moore Paschal Walsh Robert Keogh Marion Megannety Ann Gorman Susie Meagher Shay Gibson Robert Devereux Louis Clifton Brown Liam Carroll Elaine Nestor

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Act One A Weekend At Hareford Thinking of N o-one But Me The Family Solicitor Me and My Girl An English G entlem an You Would if You Could Hold My H and O nce You Lose Your Heart Preparation Fugue Lam beth Walk

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Mrs Brown: Mags O’Dalaigh Margaret began her stage appearances while in school being directed by Barry Cassin in a nunnber of stage productions. For many years she was part of the Strand Players both as actor and director. Her production of I Do Mot Like Thee Dr. Fell won the All Ireland Drama Festival in Athlone in 1981. While with the Strand Players, Margaret also directed The Sea, Separate Tables and The Country Boy. Margaret served on the Board of the Abbey Theatre from 1978 to 1982. She has also produced a number of musicals including Showboat, West Side Story and Little Mary Sunshine which won the premier award at the Bangor Music Festival. Margaret won the Best Supporting Actress award at Waterford’s Light Opera Festival when she played Mama Morton in Chicago with Arthur’s Team

Lady Battersby: Patricia Moore Patricia, a former Bunratty Castle Hostess, has been an active

■ m em ber of the R&R for many years. Patricia studied voice with the late Winifred O ’Dea. Patricia has played m any leading roles in a range of productions with various musical societies. Parts played by her include Fiona in B riga do on , Marian in The M u sic M an , Lady Tsiang in The K in g & I and Josephine in Gilbert and Sullivan’s H M S Pinafore.

Lord Battersby: Pasclial Walsh Paschal joined the R&R in 1962 as a chorus m em ber in the society’s production of W ild Violets. He has faithfully played in almost all of the R&R productions since then and am ong the many parts he has played his favourites include Luther Billis in S outh P a cific and Buffalo Bill m A n nie Get Your Gun. In 1972 Paschal played the part of Mendel in the R&R’s original production of F id d le r on the R o o f and in 1998 when the society staged the show again Paschal played the part of Mordcha.

Bob B arking: Robert Keogli Robert first appeared with the R&R in its 1996 production of South P a cific playing Lt. Buzz Adams. He is also a regular with the

Coolmine Panto Society. In May 2000 in the Civic Theatre Tallaght, Robert played Benny Southstreet in Knocklyon Variety Group’s production of Guys a n d D o lls and in 2001 for the R&R’s production of the sam e show he played Joey Biltmore.

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Sophia Stainsley-Asherton: Marion Megannety Marion started her singing career with the Young Dublin Singers and sang on a num ber of their many recordings. She also took part in TV productions while with the Young Dublin Singers.

Marion joined the R&R as an Active Chorus Member in 1983 and since then has appeared in m ost of its productions and concerts. In Hello Dolly Marion played Mrs Rose and played the part of Mrs. Brown in Show boat. Marion also played Grandma Tzeitel in the R&R production of Fiddler on the Roof

Pearly Queen: Susie Meagher S u s ie ’s interest in singing and dancing developed from the age of 3 while attending the Billie Barry Stage School. This resulted in m ost of Susie’s childhood memories being linked to her many appearances on stage and television. In 1980 she played one of the orphans alongside Maureen Potter in the musical Annie. Susie joined the R&R in 1994 and has been part of the cast of many of the shows since then including My Fair Lady, South Pacific, Fiddler on the R oof Guys and Dolls and earlier this year she enjoyed being part of the Pirates of Penzance production in the NCH. Susie runs, with her sister, a very successful Song and Dance School in Skerries. In the O ’Reilly Theatre, University College Dublin, she recently choreographed and directed her school’s second Stage Show

Pearly King: Siiay Gibson S hay is currently a m em ber of the R&R Executive Committee where he represents the interests of the R&R Active Members. This is Shay’s second time to perform in Me and M y Girl. He first appeared in the show in March 1999 when it played in Dublin’s Olympia Theatre.

For m ore years then he cares to remember! Shay has danced his w a y through a comprehensive range of Dublin’s musical theatre productions as a m em ber of Arthur’s Team, O ’Connell’s, Cameron and Glasnevin Musical Societies. He has also com peted in John Player Tops with m any award-winning groups. Shay has appeared in all the recent R&R productions and when he is not cast in supporting roles you will find him singing in the tenor-line of the R&R chorus.

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The Pianist: Robert Devereux Robert’s recent appearances with the R&R include Carousel, The M ikado, Guys & D olls and The Pirates o f Penzance. He also appeared in Chess with the ESB AAADSOC and M ack & Mabel with Arthur’s Team. Since 1996 Robert has been an active member with the Giasnevin Musical Society and has performed in their productions of Showsloppers, In Love With Gershwin and Porter, Show tim e and in the Your Favourite Melodies series o f concerts.

He also appeared with the QMS at the N ational Entertainm ent Awards and most recently in the Richard Rodgers Centenary Concerts and in Barra O Tuam a’s N ew Year Opera Gala all of which were held in the National Concert Hall. In 1999 Robert appeared as the Pianist in the lORC production of Me & M y G irl at the Olympia Theatre. He is playing the same part in this production.

Robert, under the direction o f Rodney Baldwin, is currently studying the Pianoforte Syllabus of the London College of Music & Media

Constable: Louis Clifton Brown Louis has been singing in choirs throughout his school and university years. He played the part of Ralph Rackstraw in a school production o f HMS Pinafore. Earlier this year Louis danced and sang with the Comic Policemen in the R&R’s spring production of The Pirates o f Penzance. Louis continues to enjoy his participation in choirs and quartets. He is an accomplished flute player and is often found perform ing at wedding receptions and other social occasions

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A lf / Lord French: Liam Carroll Liam started singing at a very early age and was a cast member in Secondary School in a number of Gilbert & Sullivan productions.

He attended the College of Music for voice training under the direction of the late Leo Maguire. He has sung with the O’Connell’s, Harold’s Cross, Tallaght and the Giasnevin Musical Societies. Liam has also sung with the Guinness Choir. Liam was part o f the John Player Tops and won the overall award for comedy. In 1995 Liam joined the R&R and has taken part in many productions since then far too numerous to mention! Liam, for the past number of years has served the R&R as Business Secretary.

Lady Brighton: Elaine Nestor Elaine started singing at an early age while a pupil in Santa Maria Secondary School. She appeared in a number of productions including the G&S Operettas performed by the Santa Maria and Colaiste Enna Musical Society. As a soloist with the Aer Lingus Musical Society, Elaine toured in Africa and Asia on a number of occasions where she entertained Irish embassy personnel and Irish aid workers as part o f their Saint Patrick’s Day celebrations.

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