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Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.

Top Cast

  • Ken Wynne

    Ken Wynne

    Emperor of China

  • Nichola McAuliffe

    Nichola McAuliffe

    Queen Victoria

  • David Firth

    David Firth

    Jack Idle

  • Christopher Hurst

    Christopher Hurst

    Randy

  • Andrew Thomas James

    Andrew Thomas James

    Randy

  • Janet Shaw

    Janet Shaw

    Sally Forth

  • Andrea Chance

    Andrea Chance

    Cherry

  • Samantha Hughes

    Samantha Hughes

    Cherry

  • Geoffrey Hutchings

    Geoffrey Hutchings

    Lady 'Dodo'

Overview

Poppy is a celebration of Victorian values and exposes the hypocrisy, racism, drug dealing, money worship and sexual repression of the time through its favourite entertainment form, pantomime. Dick Whittington, his man Jack, Sally the Principal Girl, the Dame, two pantomime horses, a flying ballet, a transformation scene and even the traditional song-sheet are all brought on to tell the serious and finally devasting story of the single most profitable crop of the British East India Company.

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