Wednesday 17 March 1999—Saturday 20 March 1999

One of the world’s most popular musicals, ‘Fiddler on the roof’ tells the story of Tevye the Jewish dairyman and his trials and tribulations in the Czarist russia of 1905. Tevye, his wife Golde and their five daughters are one of the hardworking families of the Jewish community living, as there forefathers did, by following the dictates of ’tradition’.

A pious man, Tevye tries to raise his five daughters according to Jewish tradition and the ways of the good book. However, he finds their lives disrupted not only by anti-semitism, pogroms and evictions, but also by new ideas about politics, courtship and love.

Eventually, Tevye and the local community realise their old way of life has changed forever. They set out form their beloved village of Anatevka to find new lives in new lands, taking with them only a few meagre possessions and ther abiding faith in God.

Principal Cast

The Fiddler
Gillian Stewart
Tevye, the Dairyman
Ian Stewart
Yente, the Match Maker
Katrina Butcher
Avrahm, the Bookseller
Chris Forsyth
Rachum, the Begger
Gus Gordon
Lazar Wolf, the Butcher
Bill Kelly
Mendel, the Rabbi's son
Graham Mathie
The Rabbi
Martin Bamford
Golde, Tevye's Wife
Lynne Hotchkiss
Shprintze, Tevye's Daughter
Courtney St. John
Hodel, Tevye's Daughter
Laura Campbell
Bielke, Tevye's Daughter
Linda McGregor
Tzeitel, Tevye's Daughter
Leeann Curran
Chava, Tevye's Daughter
Nicola McGovern
Motel, the Tailor
Scott Stead
Mordch, the Innkeeper
Allan Ayre
Perchik, the Student
Ian Kerr
A Russian
David R. Mitchinson
Fyedka
Jason Sweeney
A Constable
Scott McKenzie
Grandma Tzeitel
Zoe Smith
Fruma-Sarah
Angela Salgo
Shaindel, Motel's Mother
Elspeth Mitchell
Sasha
Colin Stead

Chorus

Production Staff

Director
Frank J. Hotchkiss
Musical Director
Douglas G. H. Rolland
Choreographer
Helen M Harris
Assistant Musical Director
David R. Mitchinson
Rehearsal Accompanist
George Inwood
Wardrobe
Margaret Coates
Wardrobe
Susan Stewart
Wardrobe
Margaret Yuill
Makeup
Nancy Clark
Lighting
Moray Coull
Sound
Network Audio
Lighting Operator
Niall Mackie
Set
CMS Stage Crew
Set Décor
Margaret Yuill
Prompt
Lindsay C. McKerracher
Programme Compilation
Katrina Butcher
Typesetting
Gordon McKerracher
Poster/Programme Artwork
Margaret Yuill
Front of House Manager
Anne Shaw
Front of House Staff
CMS Members and Friends

Crew

Stage Manager
Carla Valentini
Assistant Stage Manager
Jamie Stewart
Assistant Stage Manager
Alan Third
Stage Crew
Heather Allan
Stage Crew
Matthew Hunter
Stage Crew
Gary Knox
Stage Crew
Nicola Lyttle
Stage Crew
Andrew McQueen
Stage Crew
Gordon MacQueen
Stage Crew
Eddie McCann
Stage Crew
Gordon McKerracher
Stage Crew
Wilma Simpson
Stage Crew
Suzanne Thomson
Stage Crew
Natalie Wilson
Lighting
Andrew Wilson
Lighting
David Wilson
Flys
Ian Johnston
Flys
Colin Shirley