The Mennyms
Performances
| The Annex Theatre [map] | 07 May 2008 (Wed) | 7:30 pm |
| 08 May 2008 (Thu) | 7:30 pm |
| 09 May 2008 (Fri) | 7:30 pm |
| 10 May 2008 (Sat) | 2:30 pm |
| 10 May 2008 (Sat) | 7:30 pm |
The Mennyms is an original musical written by Lyndsay Barnbrook and based on the book by Sylvia Waugh.
The Mennyms is a children's story about Sir Magnus, his wife Tulip, their son Joshua and his wife Vinetta, and their children Soobie, Pilbeam, Appleby, Poopie, Wimpey, and Googles - a family of life-sized rag dolls that live in an upper-middle class English suburb. Miss Quigley, the only doll that is not a Mennym, is their 'neighbour' who lives in the hallway cupboard. The dolls have a contradictory existence--they live, but are not human; they are multi-generational, yet all (except Pilbeam) were 'born' at the same time; they can live forever, but cannot grow beyond the role they were born into. When they resist those roles the Mennyms, who experience love, bitterness, and jealousy as any human family does, are reminded that they exist in a world that was not made for them.
Cast
| THE DOLLS | |
| Ella Dolan | Wimpie |
| Akhil Gowrinath | Poopie |
| Lisa Murray | Appleby |
| Simon Kain | Soobie |
| Emma Watt | Pilbeam |
| Sophie Isaacs | Vinetta |
| Mike Merrett | Joshua |
| Anna McCachlan | Tulip |
| Jake Snowdon | Sir Magnus |
| Helen Maiden | Mrs Quigley |
| Bella Barlow | Googles |
| DANCE CHORUS | |
| Joe Bland | Dance Chorus |
| Jessica Goosman | Dance Chorus |
| Catrina Lock | Dance Chorus |
| Jessica Goosman | Dance Chorus |
| David Gray | Dance Chorus |
| SWING | |
| Miriam Khalaf | Swing |