Date
21 – 24 April 2022
Location
Coventry Canal Basin
Synopsis
Part promenade, part static spectacle, we’ve transformed Coventry Canal Basin into a lively pirate harbour town full of strange and wonderful characters and stories. There’s even a stranded ship staging live music and aerial acrobatic spectacles. Get your best pirate outfits on, and come and join the fun!
Brought to you by Coventry’s EGO Performance Company, our professional cast of actors along with circus performers from NoFit State Circus will join a 60-strong community ensemble.
Quote
ALL: We’re gonna get together and we’ll sail the ocean blue / The C.R.A.C.K.s, the Clams and the Cobblers are we / Not a thing, no man or beast, will stop us sailing through / Along the waterways of o-o-old Coventry!
Cast
| CLAMS: | COBBLERS: | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAPTAINS: | Captain Clam: | Michelle Ariann Byrne | Captain Cobbler: | Kimisha Lewis |
| APOTHECARY: | Dr Zoran / Whalebone Will: | Francis Stojsavljevic | Slimehead: | Amethyst Clark |
| Pupfish: | James Carter | Orfe: | Dora De Groot | |
| Kelp: | Tegan Elliott | Half Beak: | Samantha Morris | |
| Staghorn: | Patrick Tubb | Convict Chichlid: | Harvey Rowlson | |
| Betty Blobfish: | Emanuella Vandenberg | |||
| Stingray: | Charlotte Berridge | |||
| COURT: | Blind Gobby: | Lee Bettles | Tommy Ruff: | Reece Bruce |
| Basselet: | Najma Issa | |||
| Turbot: | Rachel Orczyk | |||
| Turbot (understudy): | Sharon Arnold | |||
| MERRYMAKERS: | Lucky Lumpsucker: | Lee Barnes | Brook Lamprey: | Emily Crilly |
| Steelehead: | Vivienne Bateson MBE | Rusty Frogmouth: | Marcus Myrie | |
| Fangtooth: | Alan Kelly | Daggertooth: | Holly Riseborough | |
| SCHOOL: | Bobtail Snipe Eel: | Zenae Clark | Polly Pilchard: | Billie-Rae Bennett |
| Duck Bill: | Cleo (Cleopatra) Jones | Long Fin: | Heidi Crowter (Carter) | |
| Loose Jaw: | Kieran Palmer (Act 1) | Split Tail: | Nathan Field | |
| Kalluga: | Callum Phillips | Big Mouth Hap: | Callum Rowlson | |
| Sprat: | Nin (Narinder) Sidhu | Scarus: | Levi Smallridge | |
| Rockweed Gunnell: | Kate Windridge | |||
| SOOTHSAYERS: | Kipper: | Alan Bailey | Barrel Eye: | Rory Burke |
| Hag Fish: | Lisa Carney | Dolly Vaden Trout: | Katie Coffey | |
| Star Gazer: | Sophie Matthews | Tompot Blenny: | George Fardon | |
| Six Gill Jill: | Jasmine Taylor | Swamp Paste: | Alex Phillips | |
| Bluntnose Minnow: | Shannon Saltmarsh | |||
| Big Eye Square Tail: | Eric Williams | |||
| Warty Sculpin: | Kyle McCall Wilson | |||
| TAVERN: | Old Wilma Wiff: | Carol Darmon | Scales: | Joseph Bragoudakis |
| Pearl: | Jiayin Guo | Ilish Hilsha: | Hazel Davis | |
| Cut Throat Trout: | Matyas Hegedus | Largemouth: | Thomas Jefferies | |
| Banded Barb: | Faduma Issa | Washed Up Wilbur: | Jamie Kendall | |
| Chubbsucker: | Sebastian Keaney | Shy Seamus Shrimp: | Josh Ranger | |
| Rathbuns Bloodfin: | Kiri Anne Lewis | Burbot: | Charley Watts | |
| Quillback: | Emma Stewart | |||
| Sandy Shore: | Adam Woodward | |||
| Albacore: | Michael Warner |
| C.R.A.C.K. TEAM: | Forsythe: | Conor Deeming | Longbottom: | Paul Nolan |
| SPIRITS of the LAMONT: | Nareik: | Kieran Palmer | Betty: | Liz Smith (BSL) |
| The IKRA: | Olga Kaleta | Hannah O’Leary | ||
| Kevin McIntosh | ||||
| INYOKA Puppeteers: | Jane Bush | Lewis Smallridge | ||
| Stephen Phillips | Emma | |||
| CIRCUS PERFORMER: | Charles | |||
| MUSICIANS: | Tim Egand | Eddie Woods | ||
| John | ||||
| RIGGER: | Kino McDonald |
Credits
| Directors: | George Egan | Corinne Emerson |
| Musical Director: | Tim Egan | |
| Stage Combat Director: | Conor Deeming | |
| Aerial Director: | Olga Kaleta | |
| Lighting Director: | ||
| Sound Director: | ||
| Stage Management: | Dianne Nicholson | Claire Phillips |
| Costume: | Anna Lewis | |
| Props: | Jane Bush | Kiri Anne Lewis |
| Lewis Smallridge | Sharon Arnold | |
| Emma | ||
| Videographer: | Jay | |
| Captions: | Hayley Egan | |
| Caption Opperator: | Claire Phillips |