Wednesday 20 March 1996—Saturday 23 March 1996
Cabaret is a vibrant and poignant look at life in the decadent Berlin of the early 1930s. Set against the background of the rise of Hitler, it tells the story of a young American writer, Clifford Bradshaw, who arrives in Berlin looking for inspiration for a new novel. He meets Ernst Ludwig who introduces him to both landlady, Fraulein Schneider,(who provides Cliff with a place to stay) and the fabulous Kit Kat Klub, where the outrageous floorshow is overseen by the bizarre Emcee. At the Kit Kat Klub, Cliff also meets the singer Sally Bowles, an English girl with a mysterious past.
Cliff and Sally are drawn to each other and it seems that love is in the air at Fraulein Schneider’s guest house as another tenant, likeable Jewish fruit shop owner, Herr Schultz, embarks on wooing the landlady. This happy state cannot continue, however, as Cliff realises the true threat of the Nazis, a threat to which Sally is oblivious. Meanwhile Schneider wonders how life would be under Hitler if she were married to a Jew.
Full of powerful imagery and fantastic songs, such as Willkommen, Why should I wake up, Tomorrow belongs to me and of course, Cabaret itself, the show touches every emotion and is a spectacular musical.
Principal Cast
- Master of Ceremonies (Emcee)
- Robert A. Carter
- Clifford Bradshaw
- John Henry Kielty
- Ernst Ludwig
- Ian Hughes
- Customs Officer
- Ian Stewart
- Fraulein Schneider
- Mairi E. Crawford
- Fraulein Kost
- Katrina Butcher
- Herr Schultz
- Bill Kelly
- Telephone Girl
- Maria Foster
- Sally Bowles
- Lynn Gilmour
- Lady
- Diane Aitken
- Lady
- Helen Aitken
- Max
- Allan Ayre
- German Sailor
- James McCracken
- German Sailor
- David Aitken
- Bartender
- David McKiver
- Gorilla
- Lynne Hotchkiss
Kit Kat Girls
Children
Chorus
Production Staff
- Director
- Frank J. Hotchkiss
- Musical Director
- Alan Baker
- Choreographer
- Helen M Harris
- Rehearsal Accompanist
- George Inwood
- Wardrobe
- Margaret Coates
- Wardrobe
- Susan Stewart
- Wardrobe
- Margaret Yuill
- Props
- Mhari Ritchie
- Lighting
- Moray Coull
- Lighting Operator
- Chris Hogg
- Sound
- Gordon McKerracher
- Set
- CMS Stage Crew
- Set Décor
- Paul Lawlor
- Prompt
- Evelyn Ramage
- Programme Compilation
- Gavin G. R. McEwan
- Typesetting
- Gordon McKerracher
- Typesetting
- Carla Valentini
- Poster Design
- Paul Lawlor
- Front of House Manager
- Irene Muirhead
- Front of House Staff
- CMS Members and Friends
Crew
- Stage Manager
- Carla Valentini
- Assistant Stage Manager
- Dawn Hotchkiss
- Stage Crew
- Paul Corrigan
- Stage Crew
- James Cunningham
- Stage Crew
- Greig Fairfield
- Stage Crew
- Mhari Gill
- Stage Crew
- Scott Gribbon
- Stage Crew
- Matthew Hunter
- Stage Crew
- Kevin King
- Stage Crew
- Mark Kirkland
- Stage Crew
- Gary Knox
- Stage Crew
- Nicola Lyttle
- Stage Crew
- Eddie McCann
- Stage Crew
- Gordon MacQueen
- Stage Crew
- Niall Mackie
- Stage Crew
- Ian Miller
- Stage Crew
- Claire Semple
- Stage Crew
- Jamie Stewart
- Stage Crew
- Alan Third
- Stage Crew
- Ian Urquhart
- Lighting
- Andrew Wilson
- Lighting
- David Wilson
- Flys
- James Ward
- Flys
- Colin Shirley
- Flys
- Ian Johnston