A production of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ put on by the Whitley Bay Pantomime Society taking place at the Playhouse Whitley Bay with Ruth Elsender as ‘Goldilocks’, John Collins as ‘Dame Gertie Jolly’ with Valerie Hopper, Carol Ann Douglas, and Julie Cockburn as the ‘Three Bears’. A darkened auditorium with music coming from the orchestra pit. The curtains open for the first of several song and dance routines featuring three drum majorettes from the Tyneside Highland Jazz Band. ‘Dame...

A production of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ put on by the Whitley Bay Pantomime Society taking place at the Playhouse Whitley Bay with Ruth Elsender as ‘Goldilocks’, John Collins as ‘Dame Gertie Jolly’ with Valerie Hopper, Carol Ann Douglas, and Julie Cockburn as the ‘Three Bears’. A darkened auditorium with music coming from the orchestra pit. The curtains open for the first of several song and dance routines featuring three drum majorettes from the Tyneside Highland Jazz Band. ‘Dame Gertie Jolly’ comes on stage and throws sweets into the audience. Rowland Maughan comes onto the stage to introduce ‘Silly Billy’ and to lead the audience in singing a nursery rhyme with him and some of the cast, the production continues. Roland returns later to perform one of several routines featuring his comedy partner Len Hayden as the ‘Ring Master’. The production comes to and end and Rowland Maughan returns to the stage to thank some of those in the production. He is joined on the stage by Alan Dovett(?) carrying a large stuffed bear, the prize for a tombola. The winner, a small boy, comes on stage to collect it. They work together to read out messages to those in the audience. Alan leaves and two female dancers dressed in Spanish Flamenco outfits comes out on stage passing a guitar to Rowland. Rowland begins to perform as the women dance along. The song ends and the women leave taking the guitar with them. Fourteen birthday boys and girls come up onto the stage, Roland interviews them about what they got for Christmas. They then ‘tango’ along with Roland much to the amusement of the audience. Sweets are handed out as they leave the stage, Roland continues to perform. The stage is cleared, and the curtain opens again for a final dance routine followed by the full cast appearing for their encore and final song after which the curtain comes down at the end of the performance.