Meet The Cast – Only The Beginning
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Published: 11th October 2024
Halloween is here and everyone’s favourite dafty, Dennis (Glen Richard Townsend), is back and ready to get trick or treating but there are some very spooky goings on at the old Cookslyvania Castle. The mad, dastardly Doctor is making a monster in his laboratory! Will Dennis (literally) make a new friend? Or will the Franken-tyne monster run amok?
Written by Tom Whalley, Dennis And The Franken-Tyne Monster is a spooktacular family show bursting with tricks and treats, dancing, songs and silliness for ghouls of all ages! Read on to meet the cast…
CAST:
Glen Richard Townsend returns as everyone’s favourite cousin – Dennis! When he’s not donning his Dennis cap, Glen’s credits include 6 years of pantos at The Consett Empire a UK tour of Catherine Cookson’s The Cinder Path and recently starred as the title role in The Life of Reilly. The Tinman in the Wizard of Oz and Comic in Bolton’s Easter panto Beauty and the Beast.
He also sings in a function band called Charlie’s Angels that perform shows and events all over the north east.
Tom Whalley will be playing Dr Franken-Tyne. Tom trained at Associated Studios, London graduating with a Diploma in Musical Theatre and also studied Drama & Scriptwriting at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne. A native Geordie, Tom has made a name for himself as a performer and writer working with a number of theatre companies, directors and creatives in the North East and London. Passionate about Pantomime, Tom starred in his first panto as an ‘Ugly Stepsister’ while still at school and has gone on to start his own business writing and licensing pantomime scripts for theatre companies across the globe: www.tomwhalleypantomimes.com
Credits include: The Mad Hatter, The Mad Hatter’s Circus (UK TOUR); Louis la Plonk, Beauty and the Beast (Sunderland Empire); Wishee Washee, Aladdin (Sunderland Empire); Muddles, Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs (Sunderland Empire); Queen of Pantoland, Once Upon a Panto (UK TOUR); Buttons, Cinderella (Sunderland Empire); PC Pong, Aladdin (Pavilion Theatre, Rhyl); The Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland (UK TOUR); PC Pong, Aladdin (Theatre Royal, Bath); Dame Trott, Jack and the Beanstalk (UK TOUR); Glinda/Wicked Witch of the West, Looking for Oz (UK TOUR); Ensemble + Cover Georg/Arpad, She Loves Me (Landor Theatre, London).
Next is Beth Ellis, who will be multi-roling as Frankie and Frau Heidi Unterpantz. Beth has trained in acting, dance and singing from the age of 4. Since graduating with BA Hons Degree in Musical Theatre in 2018, Beth has worked in a variety of different professional jobs in the performing arts industry.
Her credits include ‘Lucy’ in Better The Neville You Know (Hazypine Pictures), ‘Laura’ in Payback (Unexplored Films), ‘Little Red’ in Little Red Riding Hood (The Customs House), ‘Belle’ in Beauty and The Beast (Tyne Theatre and Opera House), ‘Jill’ in Arbuthnot and The Beanstalk (Customs House) and ‘Sally’ in Frubes, Creme Eggs and Massive Slags (Live Theatre). Beth was last seen at the Customs House in Raise Your Glass.
Finally, Luke David Martin will be playing WhyAye-Gor. Luke attended The Arts Educational School, London.
Theatre credits include: Pinocchio in Pinocchio (Tour), Jack in Walk Like A Man (Gosforth Civic Theatre), Friar Tuck in Robin Hood (Boulevard, Newcastle), Ugly Sister in Cinderella (Playhouse, Whitley Bay) Fairy Godmother in Cinderella (Stanley Civic Theatre), Ugly Sister in Cinderella (North East Tour), Junior Ensemble in Rapunzel (Tyne Theatre and Opera House), Scare Actor at Psychopath (Lintz Hall Farm), Joe in Beamish Halloween Scare Week (Beamish Open Air Museum).