A special pantomime devised by Cllr Ian Kirkbride will see familiar faces don costumes on Friday evening (December 1) to light up the town from Scar Top. But the mystery guest due to perform the switch-on remains under wraps for now.
Cllr Kirkbride said his experience with the Castle Players helped spawn the idea.
“It’ll just be a bit of fun really,” he said. “The council has often been criticised for this and that over the years and the various decisions it makes. This allows people to see them in a more humorous light.”
The poetry talents of Cllr Judi Sutherland came in handy for producing rhyming couplets in the script.
And two councillors proved to be perfect casting material for the two ugly sisters.
Cllr Kirkbride added: “We have Cllr Mark Wilkes and Cllr John Blissett as the ugly sisters and town mayor Sandra Moorhouse as the Fairy Godmother.”
The switch-on will take place outside the Methodist Church, on Scar Top with Cllr Kirkbride assuming the role of town crier and master of ceremonies. On the back of rehearsals last week, he was confident his performers could get through the ten minute effort. Cllr Kirkbride said: “We have storyboards ready – the town does not know what it’s got coming.”
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