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Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Music by Special Arrangement with Sony/ATV Publishing Adapted for the Stage by Jeremy Sams Based on the MGM Motion Picture Licensed Script Adapted by Ray Roderick

CASINO THEATRE 42 rue de Carouge, 1205 Geneva

2016 : 15 April 20h00 22 April 20h00 16 April 18h30 23 April 18h30 17 April 15h00 24 April 15h00

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI: www.MTIShows.com • Based on MGM Motion Picture Script, adapted by Ray Roderick

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Di Brown has been on the GAOS scene for many moons, as dancer, choreographer, backstage gofer, and notably as indefatigable director/producer of musical comedies, first for the now-defunct Little Theatre of Geneva (producing Grease and Little Shop of Horrors) before concentrating on GAOS shows (Vagabond King, Brigadoon, Oklahoma! and La Perichole). Carolyn Hornfeld has also spent many years with GAOS, including hours wielding a make-up brush, singing with the GAOS Choral Group, and notably choreographing eight GAOS Old Time Music Halls back in their glory days in the 1970s–1980s. At forty songs per show, well that’s a lot of choreography! She cut her teeth in directing the tenth Old Time Music Hall, and then moved on to The Music Man. Liz Williams has likewise graced the GAOS scene many times, both front and backstage, both dancing, choreographing and acting—most recently as “Fräulein Schneider” in Cabaret. She also served as Secretary (and newsletter writer) on the GAOS Committee for seven years. As a reward for her devotion she was elected Chair of GAOS for three years (2010– 2013), a dubious honour carried out with much enthusiasm and aplomb. In 1997 Di teamed with Carolyn to produce Anything Goes as a two-witch collaboration. Liz joined to produce Guys and Dolls in 2000, and the cauldron was complete. They moved on to Hello Dolly, The Producers, Chicago in 2013 and now Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and all of them have provided “toil and trouble” but lots of laughs too. In all GAOS shows the backstage team are the unsung heroes. In Chitty the technical challenge was enormous (the CAR, the inventions, the many different scenes and props, the special effects including projections). Di, Carolyn and Liz send their best magic potions and most sincere thanks to the many GAOS members who collaborated on the backstage efforts for Chitty (and even enjoyed it!) to make this show the success we hope you think it is!! 3 Weekly removals to Switzerland?

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Holder of the Walter Susskind Scholarship, he spent time at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow where he gained experience as a repetiteur and conductor. From 2003 to 2007 he was repetiteur and assistant conductor at the Meiningen Theater in Germany, which was the followed by an engagement in Weimar at the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle. Further engagements included the Grand Théatre de Luxembourg (Le Nozze di Figaro), the Utah Symphony and Opera in Salt Lake City (Cenerentola), the Sondsershausen Schlossfestpiele in Germany (Die Zauberflöte) and several seasons at the Aix-en-Provence International Festival. Often based in Switzerland, he was in charge of music for the Swiss Fête des Vignerons in 1999, as well as for the Opening Ceremony of the Expo.02 in Neuchâtel. He works a lot with young musicians all over Switzerland, training players for the national brass championships, preparing and accompanying students for exams at various conservatoires, as well as coaching singers. pAtricK mcdonAld — Assistant musical director Paddy is thrilled to be working on Chitty, a film that was on constant replay at his Nana’s house for much of his childhood. Having recently expanded his acting repertoire into baddies— “Ernst Ludwig” in Cabaret and the title role in Rumpelstiltskin last year—he has been continuing on this trajectory by playing the draconian music instructor, first for the Choral Group’s Christmas concert, and now as Chitty’s assistant MD. Frighteningly for all involved, he is beginning to like it. A one-time student of the Melbourne Conservatory of Music, and a voice and piano tutor and youth choir director in his native Australia, Paddy is grateful to GAOS for allowing him to continue indulging his passion for music in his “spare time”. 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Ian Fleming wrote his famous Chitty Chitty Bang Bang book inspired by the antics of Count Zoborowski, an eccentric racing driver and engineer. During the inter-war years the Count and other colourful characters fitted war-surplus aero engines into car chassis and raced them. The public adored these monster cars, but only one race track remained which could handle them … Brooklands, in Surrey, south of London.

The Count first squeezed a 23-litre 6-cylinder Maybach Zeppelin engine into a Mercedes chassis. The car was entered into an event at Brooklands under the name of “Cascara” (a very strong laxative), which was rejected by prim officials. They approved “Chitty Bang Bang” instead, unaware of its origins. Chitty 1 ruled the roost at Brooklands for two years until she burst a tyre, clipped a bridge and went very fast through the timing hut, backwards.

The Count built Chitty 2, 3 and lastly 4, with a 27-litre Liberty engine of 350 horsepower. Sadly, the Count didn’t survive a crash at Monza racing a 2-litre Mercedes, so he never saw it finished. Chitty 4 went on to establish a world record at Pendine at 160 mph.

Some sixty-three years ago, as an engineering student, I bought a 1933 Morris 8 wreck— only the chassis, wheels and engine remained. She was lying upside down in a field in the rain. Nursing her back to life, she was the most beautiful thing in my world, looking just like Old Chitty does in the show. I “raced” her round an old wartime concrete track, chased by friends in a 1946 Austin (see photo) or by my gang on mopeds and bikes.

Our “Chitty” tonight has two 250-watt motors, and two 45 A.H. batteries driving castor wheels on either side, driven and steered, tank style, through belt-and-chain gear systems. Speed is limited to slow walking pace, in deference to the guys in the orchestra pit.

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deBorAh hill – props manager Deborah has always had a passion for making bricolage. When asked to create something, her first response is “Oh, I can make that!” and then the process starts of figuring out how to do it—with amazing results. From an ice-queen crown to poppies, jewellery, “prop food” and gargoyles—you name it and she can make it. She is at her creative best in her studio at home. She started working backstage at LGB last year, involved in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, followed by The Wiz and Jekyll and Hyde, the GAOS Youth Production of The Addams Family and is now Props Manager for this GAOS production.

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KAren BAll (right) – children’s choreographer/Assistant stage-manager Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is one of Karen’s favourite childhood shows and she wanted to grow up to be just like “Truly Scrumptious”! Well, she didn’t end up looking like Truly but she definitely shares her love of children, which is why Karen couldn’t turn down the opportunity of working with the Chitty kids team – who are indeed, the most fantasmagorical kids team ever! Karen is also very pleased to be entering unchartered waters by taking on the role of assistant stage-manager and she hopes that with Howard’s guidance she can efficiently keep control of the rowdy rabble on stage left (this is no mean feat!). Being part of the Chitty production team has offered Karen a sneaky peek into why the directorial trio’s productions are always so slick and well produced and, what’s more, it’s all Cressida achieved with lots of good humour (along with some very nice lunches!). KAtie Johnson (left) – children’s chorus repetiteur Katie is a choral director and accompanist from Houston, Texas. Prior to moving to Geneva, she directed choirs at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church and Cypress Falls High School in her home town. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree, as well as a Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Music in Choral Conducting. Currently, she works as an English teacher for 4- to 6-year olds at the Bell School Switzerland. She is happy to be a part of the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang team, her first GAOS production. 11 things You should Know about the show

1910 BRITISH GRAND PRIX – Well, actually there wasn’t one. In Britain, Grand Prix motor racing was first established by Henry Segrave in 1926 after his winning of the 1923 French Grand Prix and the San Sebastián Grand Prix the following year, which raised interest in the sport. The I Royal Automobile Club Grand Prix, commonly referred to as the 1926 British Grand Prix, was held at the Brooklands circuit near Weybridge in Surrey in 1926, and was won by the French team of Louis Wagner and Robert Sénéchal driving a Delage 155B. The British Grand Prix is now a race in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championships. It is currently held at the Silverstone Circuit near the village of Silverstone in Northamptonshire in England.

EIGHT-LITRE MOTOR CAR -- Just as the Great Depression was starting to affect Europe, Bentley unveiled the 8-Litre, its finest and most luxurious model, at the 1930 London Auto Show. It was the largest car produced in the UK up to that time. Set on either a 12- or 13-foot wheelbase, the 8-Litre was practically a yacht. It had a massive frame supported by tubular cross-members, and it weighed two tons. The six-cylinder engine displaced eight litres. The 8-Litre was as advanced as any existing Rolls-Royce, and was faster than any Rolls-Royce built before World War II. Poor sales helped put the company into receivership in 1931, and some say that Rolls-Royce bought Bentley just to eliminate the competition from the 8-Litre. Rolls-Royce did, in fact, dispose of all 8-Litre spare parts after taking over the company.

TURKEY FARMER – Identified by Potts as Mr Matthews, a reference to Bernard Matthews, pioneering Englishman famous on UK television for his “Bootiful Turkeys”. Note that this iconic man died in 2010 on American Thanksgiving day, a major holiday focused on eating turkey.

1’568 MILES – Distance that Doris and Goran claim to have swum to reach Vulgaria from England, in the opening of Act II. In fact/fantasy, 1’568 miles is the estimated distance that Marlin had to swim to find Nemo, along the coast of Australia (after the animated Disney film “Finding Nemo”).

SPOTTED DICK -- British pudding, made with suet and dried fruit (usually currants and/or raisins) and often served with custard. The name has long been a source of amusement and double entendres. While “spotted” is a clear reference to the dried fruit in the pudding (which resemble spots), “dick” is more obscure. In late 19th-century the word was widely used as a term for pudding; e.g. a Huddersfield glossary of local terms described “Dick, plain pudding. If with treacle sauce, treacle dick.” It could alternatively be a corruption of the word pudding, evolving through puddink, then puddick, then finally dick. 12 BUMBERSHOO’ – An umbrella. “You can have me hat or me bumbershoo’...“ goes the song. Usage of the word bumbershoot originated around 1915: bumber-, apparently expressive alteration of umbrella + -shoot, respelling of -chute in parachute.

POSH –According to Wiktionary, the word is most likely derived from the Romani term posh (“half ”), either because posh-kooroona “half a crown” (originally a substantial sum of money) was used metaphorically for anything pricey or upper-class, or because posh-houri “half-penny” became a general term for money. A popular folk etymology holds that the term is an acronym for “port out, starboard home”, describing the cooler, north-facing cabins taken by the most aristocratic or rich passengers travelling from Britain to India and back. However, there is no direct evidence for this claim.

“GORDON, YOU ARE A MORON” Bet you didn’t know that the line is a reference to the chorus of “Jilted John”, a 1978 punk-era hit by Graham Fellows! It is the eponymous tale of teen angst, rejection and confrontation, underpinned by its wickedly infectious “Gordon Is a Moron” chorus and featuring perhaps the most poignant line ever to grace a Pop song, “I was so upset that I cried all the way to the chip shop.”

SAMBA -- A lively, rhythmical dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4 time. The Samba music rhythm has been danced in Brazil since its inception in the late 16th century. Actually a set of dances, rather than a single dance, define the Samba dancing scene in Brazil, though its origins include the Maxixe, a dance occasionally known as the Brazilian tango, with its accompanying music, that originated in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro in 1868, at about the same time as the tango was developing in neighbouring Argentina and Uruguay.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CAR FROM THE FILM? There were several Chitty Chitty Bang Bang cars made for the 1968 film, but only one that actually worked. The vehicle was designed by and built by the Ford Racing Team. In January 2012 Chris Evans, a Radio 2 DJ and classic car collector, bought the iconic car. He is believed to have paid almost £500,000, and sent it to be restored: “Chitty is now officially part of the Berkshire Automotive Massive. She is indeed Truly Scrumptious. She’s also gone into the workshop for some much- needed road legalisation.” Then in August 2015 Evans put the restored and roadworthy Chitty up for auction, proceeds to go to charity. Unfortunately, the car failed to sell, reaching just £120,000 - well short of the £250-350,000 that had been expected.

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE CAR FROM THIS SHOW? Our Chitty car, work of genius and many hours of loving labour by constructor Roger Horne, will go on sale to any collector or to a theatrical company/producer who is considering putting on this show in another venue. Contact gaos.ch for further info. Otherwise – it’s the clapper for her! 13 sYnopsis

Act i: Jeremy and Jemima Potts play in the wreck of a rusting racing car in Coggins’ Garage (“Oh There Never was a Car”). Father Caractacus Potts arrives looking for spare parts. We meet Vulgarian spies Doris and Goran, and Baron and Baroness Bomburst, who charge the spies to steal the car for the Baron’s birthday present. We also meet Truly Scrumptious, looking to repair her motorbike. The Junkman convinces Coggins to sell him the car for 30 shillings. The children also urge Potts to buy the car (“”). We meet Grandpa Potts, former military man (reprise “You Two” and “Them Three”). At the Scrumptious Sweets Factory, Potts tries to convince Truly’s father to buy his musical sweet (“”). Spies Doris and Goran decide the best way to buy the car is to pretend they are English (“Act English”). Jeremy and Jemima offer to help purchase the car, but Potts gently refuses (“”). At the Fun Fair (“Come to the Fun Fair”) Potts hopes to earn money with his hair-cutting machine. Things go awry (“Me Ole Bamboo”), but surprisingly a Turkey Farmer buys the machine for 30 shillings — enough to buy the car. Potts repairs the car, while Grandpa vaunts the old military life (“P.O.S.H.”). The new car, baptised ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ (“Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”), heads for the beach (“Truly Scrumptious”), but, when the tide comes in, the car floats and they escape the Vulgarians (reprise “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”). In the Vulgarian War Room, Baron Bomburst is desperate to own the car. The Baroness reveals her hatred of children. Doris and Goran believe Grandpa is the inventor and kidnap him by mistake while he is in the outhouse. Attempting to rescue Grandpa, the family inadvertently discover that Chitty can fly (reprise “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”). Act ii: In the Vulgarian Town Square the outhouse arrives with captive Grandpa who the citizens believe is Inventor Potts (“Vulgarian Anthem”). The Baron obliges him to attempt to make a second ‘Chitty’ (“Roses of Success”). When Potts and Truly arrive with Jeremy and Jemima, the Toymaker hides them in his shop. The Childcatcher searches for the children. The Toymaker and Potts find other children hiding in the sewers, which have a secret entrance to the castle. When Truly leaves to get food (“Lovely Lonely Man”), the Childcatcher lures Jeremy and Jemima away (“Kiddie Widdie Winkies”). Baron and Baroness Bomburst are preparing for the Baron’s birthday party (“Chu-Chi Face”). Potts learns that Jeremy and Jemima have been caught, but he convinces the sewer children to help rescue them (“Teamwork”). The baroness reveals that the Baron’s birthday party theme is ‘Brazil’ (“The Bombie Samba”). The Toymaker’s gifts to the Baron include a Jack-in-the-box (Potts) and a music box (Truly) (“”). When the birthday cake arrives, Potts orders the children to tie up the Baron and Baroness. Chitty arrives in splendour and all ends happily (“Finale”). 14 rÉsumÉ Acte i Jeremy et Jemima jouent dans la carcasse d’une célèbre voiture de course entreposée dans le garage de Coggins. Leur père, Caractacus Potts, inventeur, vient chercher des pièces détachées. Il rencontre Truly Scrumptious qui est en panne. Un ferrailleur convint Coggins de lui vendre la voiture pour 30 shillings. Les enfants, horrifiés, supplient leur père de la racheter. Entre-temps, le Baron et la Baronne de Vulgaria chargent leurs espions, Doris et Goran, de voler cette voiture pour l’anniversaire du Baron. Nous faisons la connaissance de Grandpa Potts, un ancien militaire. Potts se rend à la fabrique de bonbons de Lord Scrumptious pour y présenter sa nouvelle invention et essayer de le convaincre d’acheter sa trouvaille. On retrouve Doris et Goran qui, pour mieux arriver à leur fin, décident de se faire passer pour des anglais. C’est la foire, Potts espère gagner de l’argent avec sa machine à couper les cheveux ... Mais, oh surprise, un fermier l’acquiert pour ses dindes et la paie 30 shillings ! Potts achète la voiture et la répare pendant que Grandpa vante la vie militaire. Les réparations terminées, un tour à la plage s’impose. Truly est invitée. La voiture est baptisée « Chitty Chitty Bang Bang ». La famille se laisse surprendre par la marée. Miracle, Chitty flotte et du même coup leur permet d’échapper aux espions qui les guettaient. En Vulgaria, le Baron Bomburst attend désespérément la voiture. La Baronne nous dévoile sa haine des enfants. Croyant que c’est Grandpa l’inventeur, Doris et Goran l’enlève. La famille essaie de le sauver et découvre que Chitty peut aussi voler. Act ii Vulgaria : Granpa est déposé sur la place de la ville. Le prenant lui aussi pour l’inventeur Potts, le Baron l’oblige à créer une deuxième « Chitty ». Quand Potts, Truly et les enfants arrivent, la Fabricante de jouet les cache pour qu’ils échappent au Attrape-mômes. Elle emmène Potts à la rencontre des enfants rescapés qui vivent dans les égouts. Alors que Truly part à la recherche de nourriture, l’Attrape-mômes réussit à attirer Jeremy et Jemima. Quand Potts l’apprend, il convainc les enfants des égouts de l’aider. La fête d’anniversaire commence, samba ! La Fabricante de jouet présente ses cadeaux : une poupée dans une boîte et une boîte à musique. Quand le gâteau arrive, les enfants surgissent et capturent le baron et la baronne. Chitty fait une entrée remarquée et tout est bien qui finit bien !

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ANNA MARCHANT • Jemima

DEYAN MARINOV • Jeremy

MAJBRITT BYSKOV-BRIDGES • Truly Scrumptious

PHILIP TUFFS • Caractacus Potts

RACHEL ASH • Baroness Bomburst

LARRY WAGNER • Baron Bomburst

ALAN ROBBINS • Goran

CHRISTINA CONTI • Doris

EDWARD BROWN • Grandpa Potts

SAMMIE CLARE • Toymaker

SHARON GILL • Miss Philips

ROSALIND CUTLER • Violet

ANGUS MACDONALD • Childcatcher

ROBIN MARTINI • Sid

STANLEY TAYLOR • Lord Scrumptious

BEAT ZUMBACH • Coggins

16 chorus Rose Ardell * Karen Kaminker Kathrin Baetschmann Manda Kirkus Vacis Caroline Bailey * Aurélie Laporte Nicolas Bourdillon Amanda Linden Sunil Chacko * Robin Martini * Sammie Clare Penny Morris Mark Clayton Céline Peiretti Rosalind Cutler Muriel Pivk Nataliya Domnina Eric Richardson * Kris Erpe Stanley Taylor Marcus Fox * Béat Zumbach Sharon Gill * dAncers Nicolas Bourdillon Amanda Linden Sunil Chacko Céline Peiretti Nataliya Domnina Muriel Pivk Sharon Gill Eric Richardson Aurélie Laporte children Sophie Ash Naomi Kimmerling Cloda Boyle Alice Meyerhans-Brown Brielle Campbell Sophia Mitchell-Jones * Sophia Conti Madalena Morris * Diana Stoianov * = Understudying a major role. Stephen A. Ash understudied the role of Grandpa Potts. orchestrA Ewan Dayot Flute, Piccolo, Bflat Clarinet, Alto Sax Sylvain Faucon Oboe and Cor Anglais Sebastian Gex Bflat, Eflat, C, and Bass Clarinet Samuel Gaille Trumpet I Bryce Campbell Trumpet II Jacques van der Walle Horn Jean-Paul Papilloud Trombone Nicolas Curti Percussion 15, 16, 17, 22 & 24 April Lucas Genas Percussion 23 April Patrick McDonald Keyboard I Annabelle Trinité Keyboard II Samuel Ramos Escobar Double Bass 17 What’s On Property Classifieds Music Local & Chat Info Local WRS News DO CLUB

worldradio.ch #WRS principAls philip tuffs – caractacus potts Phil, born and bred in the United Kingdom, was always a musical kid but strictly an instrumentalist, working his way through the recorder, clarinet and bassoon. After playing in many ensembles, bands and pit orchestras, he finally set foot on-stage for the first time shortly after arriving in Geneva. Phil has been involved in twenty-two GAOS productions, appearing on stage in nineteen of them. Most notably: “Rick”, A Slice of Saturday Night (2001 & 2004); “Mike”, High Society (2003); “Strephon”, Iolanthe (2005); “Ambrose”, Hello Dolly (2006); “Man 2”, I Love You, You’re Perfect Now Change (2008 & 2013); “Cliff ”, Cabaret (2015). Phil has also co-directed four GAOS shows including Oliver! and two Pantomimes. Tonight he’s thrilled to be playing one of his all-time dream roles! mAJBritt BYsKoV-Bridges – truly scrumptious Majbritt discovered theatre through GAOS at the age of 12. After completing her Masters in Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, she went on to perform as a soloist with several orchestras. Winning the “Concours Léopold Bellan 2001” in Paris, Majbritt was offered lead roles in:La Vie Parisienne, Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, Pomme d’Api, Mesdames de la Halle and Monsieur Choufleri. More recently she may have been spotted as “Kate” in Kiss Me Kate, “Ulla” in The Producers, “Mary Sunshine” in Chicago, “Jellylorum” in CATS and was part of La R’vue by Philippe Cohen in 2013. Majbritt also holds a Masters in Economics and is a specialist in finding investment solutions for international workers at Guardian Wealth Management. edwArd Brown—grandpa potts Edward’s stage debut was at the age of 9, playing the cabin in Benjamin Britten’s The Golden Vanity at the Theatre Royal in Bath, England. Little did he realize that this was going to be the first of many shows he would appear in around the globe during his thirty years of government service. Edward joined GAOS in 1999 appearing as “Much”, the Miller’s son in his first ever Pantomime Babes in the Wood, and more recently his roles have been of military men: “Captain Von Trapp” in The Sound of Music (2010),“Captain Corcoran” in H.M.S. Pinafore (2011), and now as “Grandpa Potts”, a former Army NCO. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang marks Edward’s ninth appearance with GAOS and his first Spring Show with the youngest of his six children, Alice, which makes it a very special show for them both. Edward is now enjoying his early retirement, having recently started his own business as an independent estate agent. 19 principAls AnnA mArchAnt – Jemima Anna is Hungarian and English and attends the Steiner School in Geneva. She is turning 12 during one of the performances of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! Her first experience of musical theatre was playing “Gretl” in The Sound of Music (turning 6 on the opening night). Since then, she has performed in H.M.S. Pinafore, Goldilocks and the Three Bears and in Simply Theatre’s productions of Oliver and Barnum. Her hobbies include playing the flute as well as dancing and circus. Preparing for this show has been a truly scrumptious experience! She has made lots of friends, including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang itself! deYAn mArinoV – Jeremy Deyan is 12 years old and attends the College International de Ferney- Voltaire. He was born in Bulgaria (not Vulgaria) but grew up in France. Since the age of 7, he has been involved in theatre and singing. When he turned 9, Deyan decided to join the school’s chorus, because he enjoyed singing a lot. He has been onstage for GAOS Pantomimes, such as Sinbad the Sailor, Goldilocks (with Anna/Jemima), Once Upon a Time and Rumpelstiltskin in the children’s chorus. Deyan has a very big interest in theatre and is determined to keep his passion alive. Playing “Jeremy” has required quite a lot of work, lines, songs, cues, actions, all these hard things to remember—but he managed to do it. In his free time, Deyan loves playing video games, climbing, programming, playing with his sister and with his dog Hugo, travelling and watching movies. rAchel Ash – Baroness Bomburst Rachel’s stage debut was at the age of 9, playing “Kim” in Showboat at the Buxton Opera House in England. From then she continued to spend her youth appearing in many productions with her parents. She achieved a B.A. (Hons) in Performing Arts, majoring in music and dance, and then moved to Surrey to continue enjoying many roles in all genres from opera to musical theatre. Rachel has worked for Simply Theatre since 2006, and is currently teaching Voice. She moved to Geneva in 2005 and immediately got involved with GAOS. Rachel directed and starred in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change. Other favourites include “Florence Vassy” in Chess and “Sally Bowles” in Cabaret. This show will be her daughter Sophie’s stage debut.

20 principAls lArrY wAgner – Baron Bomburst Larry is thrilled to make his GAOS debut in the role of the “Baron”. A native New Yorker, Larry has been involved in theatre since the age of 9. He has performed in professional and amateur productions including the roles of “Carney” in Biloxi Blues, “Harold Hill” in The Music Man, “Berger” in Hair, “Senex” in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, “David” in David and Lisa, “Herr Schultz” in Cabaret, “Moonface Martin” in Anything Goes, and “Harry MacAfee” in Bye Bye Birdie. Most recently Larry has been performing and teaching Spolin-based, theatrical improvisation for children and adults, as well as business groups and teams. AlAn roBBins – goran For some years, beginning with A Christmas Carol in 2001, Alan and both of his left feet were regularly to be glimpsed in the back row of the GAOS men’s chorus. Often, he deftly combined this with minor roles (usually two lines or less!). Most recently, he was seen on stage, minus his beard and spray-painted gold as the “Genie” in Aladdin (2008). As a lapsed trumpeter and occasional pianist, Alan has also dabbled now and then with the GAOS Choral Group and the in-house Musical Evenings, and has been Musical Director of five GAOS pantomimes. Thrilled to be back on stage playing the hopeless and hapless spy “Goran” (definitely not James Bond material!), Alan would like to thank the Chitty production team for doing all the heavy lifting this time. christinA conti – doris Miami-born Christina is a long-time Geneva resident who has been having a ball with GAOS this past year: Cabaret, Rumpelstiltskin, and now Chitty Chitty Bang Bang have all kept her busy enough to forget about the winter blues. Twice weekly rehearsals meant no more hanging out in cosy pyjamas, but the singing and dancing more than make up for the sacrifice! Known for playing a seventy- two year-old New Yorker in The Vagina Monologues, Christina is no stranger to comedy—or foreign accents. This time around, the laughs are inspired by a Vulgarian Super Spy with low intelligence and a high bun. What’s not to love about a crazy role like that? When she’s not acting (or dreaming about summer), Christina is a teacher and art therapist and lives with her (temporarily Vulgarian) daughter Sophia, also in the show. 21 principAls Angus mAcdonAld – childcatcher/Junkman A relative late-comer to the stage, Angus has squeezed in GAOS roles as “Carmen Ghia” (The Producers, 2010), “Shirley Bassey” (From Flappers to Rappers, 2011), and “Billy Flynn” (Chicago, 2013), and GEDS roles as “Orlando” (As You Like It, 2012), and most recently a partially clothed “Bruce Delamitri” (Popcorn, 2015). The “Childcatcher” is a different challenge where success is the fine line between scaring the audience and causing permanent psychological damage. At least it should stop children from taking sweets from strangers! sAmmie clAre — toymaker As a child, Sammie was terrified by two things: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which she saw at the cinema in 1968 and a 1971 pop song, Ernie, The Fastest Milkman in the West. The connection? The English comedian Benny Hill who played the “Toymaker” in the original film and who later sang of “Ernie’s ghostly gold tops, a-rattling in their crate”. Enough to give any child nightmares! Fifty years later, Sammie has found herself facing her childhood fears as she enjoys the challenge of creating a female “Toymaker”, who is not afraid of the “Childcatcher”! Sammie joined GAOS in 2005, appearing in seven productions to date and most recently as “Fräulein Kost” in last year’s production of Cabaret. mArK clAYton – turkey farmer Mark has been on-stage in most recent GAOS shows. (Due to his extraordinary feline costume in CATS, his stardom was hidden.) Off- stage he helps with graphics, building flying outhouses and hair-cutting machines. He is a long-time member of the Geneva English Drama Society committee, managing publicity. In Chitty he briefly plays the UK’s iconic farmer with “boo’ iful” turkeys, Bernard Matthews, who died in 2010 on America’s big “turkey” day, otherwise known as Thanksgiving. stAnleY tAYlor –lord scrumptious As “Lord Scrumptious”, “Inventor 6” and Ensemble member, Stanley brings lots of GAOS experience since 1976, including twenty-seven Spring Shows, twenty Summer Shows, twenty-seven Pantomimes, three Mini-Pantomimes, nine Musical Evenings (second half ), two FEATS shows, and one Waterford production. Had he not taken a ten-year sabbatical in Asia all through the 1980s there would have been plenty more. 22 principAls shAron gill – miss philips They say that art imitates life and this is true for Sharon in the role of Ms. Philips, although working in a sweet factory differs somewhat to the EBU… Not only is this the first time that Sharon is in a show directed by Liz, Carolyn and Di but also the first time that she will perform at the Casino Theatre and she is looking forward to both new experiences! rosAlind cutler – Violet Ros loves everything about the theatre and is delighted to be back on stage following a teeny panto part in the Rumplestiltskin chorus as a potential partner for “The Prince”. She has acted, directed, costume designed, set painted and sung her way through life in the United Kingdom, the United States, Uganda, Eritrea, France and now Switzerland as a shreeking “Violet”. roBin mArtini – sid Robin has been a member of GAOS on and off since the early nineties, starting off in the band for the summer shows and finally graduating to the stage in Hello Dolly. Once again GAOS has given him the opportunity to announce to all that he has a small part! Otherwise he can be found lurking at the back of the stage where his dance moves aren’t visible. BeAt ZumBAch – coggins Béat joined GAOS in 2010 and Chitty is his second Spring Show. Apart from the theatre, his favourite pastimes are sewing, travelling, reading, travelling, visiting exhibitions, travelling and sports. Did I mention he likes to travel?...

mAdAlenA morris – leader of the sewer gang Madalena has loved acting, singing and dancing since she was 4 years old. She attends Performing Arts classes at Simply Theatre. Last year she played the lead role in Stephen Baird’s play, Destiny at Genthod Theatre. Madalena has really appreciated being part of a big production like Chitty and has learnt a lot. She is also currently rehearsing for her part as a gangster weasel in Wind in the Willows. She attends La Chatagneraie School where she likes football, netball and skiing.

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chorus children 25 technicAl teAm directors set pAinting Di Brown, Carolyn Hornfeld & Liz John Fox Williams construction teAm musicAl director Howard Hornfeld, Karen Ball, Di Brown, Allardyce Mallon Robin Brown, Mark Clayton, John Fox, AssistAnt musicAl director James Fox, Carolyn Hornfeld, And reheArsAl piAnist Clea Karmiloff Flynn, Penny Morris, David Stieber, Manda Kirkus Vacic, Patrick McDonald Larry Wagner, David Wrigley choreogrAphers stAge crew Di Brown, Carolyn Hornfeld & John Fox, Christine Clayton, Liz Williams David Wrigley, Alydia Seidel children’s choreogrApher cAr Build & operAtion Karen Ball Roger Horne children’s chorus cAr rAdio control repetiteur Steve Pavis Katie Johnson lighting teAm stAge mAnAger John Newsome, Jane Easton, Robin Brown Howard Hornfeld props teAm AssistAnt stAge mAnAger Deborah Hill, Sue Bergomi, Maria Power, Karen Ball Clea Karmiloff Flynn, Jeannie Taylor, set design Sandra Cunningham, Zoe Fisher, Ylan Assefy, Larry Wagner, Nicola Power Di Brown, Carolyn Hornfeld & Liz Williams costume teAm Linda Greenwood, Beryl Allardyce, Caroline Bailey, Susan Bergomi, Rosalind Cutler, Margaret De Marchi, Maureen Goodman, Catherine Peiretti, Kristina Perry, Judy Richards

26 sound effects photogrAphY Owen Boyle David Pittuck, Haissam Hariz, Brian Thomas sound AmplificAtion teAm Steve Pavis, Andrey Marinov, Amy Brown, ticKet sAles Arni Dinius, Han Broere, Yvette Callier, Theatre in English Mark Torelli BoX-office coordinAtor prompts Susanne Del Vecchio Di Klein, Linda Shaw progrAmme hAir & mAKe-up teAm Iris Hariz & John Fox Sammie Clare, Caroline Bailey, Helen Curley, Tyrell Da’Von Brown, Anne Dow, We apologize to all those people who helped Charlotte Dupuy, Philippa Hulme, Kristina with this production but cannot be named here Perry, Amanda Linden, Annie Schmid, due to the printer’s deadline. Vicki Snoddy, Sara Wilkins orchestrA AdministrAtor Sue Lloyd, Anthea Roth BreAKfAst-mAKing & sweet-mAKing mAchines Brian Allardyce hAir-cutting mAchine Mark Clayton theAtre liAison Anthea Roth BAcKstAge BAr Jennifer Sanchez & Susan Mutti front-of-house mAnAgers Deborah & Frank Vorhies, Gen Steele

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Ian Fleming was born on 28 May 1908 in London. One of four sons, he grew up in an affluent and influential family. His father, Valentine, served as a Member of Parliament before fighting in the First World War. Ian was only 9 years old when his father died in combat.

Fleming epitomized the dapper cad of the 1930s — “a handsome, moody creature” with his long, thin face and crooked nose, broken in a football match. Although apparently a good- for-nothing — teachers at Eton and Sandhurst were glad to see the back of him — Fleming was irresistibly attractive to women but, inwardly, he wrestled with demons of disgust and inadequacy and quickly became bored with his mistresses.

The Second World War suited Fleming. Without any prior or relevant experience, he quickly rose to become personal assistant to the director of British Naval Intelligence with the rank of commander (the same as James Bond). He travelled overseas several times to coordinate intelligence operations, including visits to the United States and Jamaica — the island would leave a lasting impression on him.

For years he had been drinking a bottle of gin and smoking seventy of his Morland & Co. hand-made cigarettes a day. This exacerbated an existing health problem and in 1961, not quite 53, he had a heart attack. In November 1963, Fleming suffered another heart attack which necessitated convalescence at the Dudley Hotel in Hove. While there, a friend gave him a copy of Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin to read and suggested that he should write up the bedtime stories that Fleming told his son Caspar each evening. Fleming attacked the project with gusto.

He took inspiration from a series of aero-engined cars raced by Count Louis Zborowski at Brooklands in the early 1920s; the car being named because of the noise it made. Fleming sent his publisher the manuscripts for Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, but did not live to see the book published: he suffered a further heart attack on 11 August 1964 and died the following day—his son Caspar’s twelfth birthday—in Canterbury, Kent, and was buried at his wife’s estate at Sevenhampton, Wiltshire. His wife Ann Charteris never recovered from the grief; she took to the bottle and died in 1981. Their ill-starred son, Caspar, committed suicide in his early 20s.

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang was loosely adapted as a 1968 film of the same name with screenplay by and , produced by Albert R. Broccoli, co-producer of the James Bond films, and with music and lyrics by Richard and Robert Sherman. The story was later adapted as a stage musical with book by Jeremy Sams.

29 the shermAn Robert (left) and Richard (right) Brothers

The ’ career as leading composer/lyricists in family entertainment spans almost fifty years and includes two Academy Awards Best Score and Best Song for . The work of the brothers Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman is enjoying The Winnie the Pooh series and, of course, a fresh chapter of success in musical theatre Mary Poppins. They also wrote the most with sensational stage revivals of Chitty translated and performed song on Earth, Chitty Bang Bang and Mary Poppins now “It’s a Small World (After All)”. playing across the United Kingdom. Chitty They went on to compose song scores for Geneva Amateur Operatic Society originally opened in the West End in 2002 , Charlotte’s Web, the going on to become the longest-running Broadway hit musical Over Here! and the Choral Group musical ever at the London Palladium, before ‘fantasmagorical’ Chitty Chitty Bang Bang playing Broadway and beyond, garnering with its Oscar-nominated title song. direction : Graham Hobbs huge international success. The stage The Sherman Brothers created screenplays production of Mary Poppins, co-produced and song scores for Tom Sawyer (their music by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, won First Prize at the Moscow Film Festival), a Springtime opened to critical acclaim in London in Huckleberry Finn, the 1976 Royal Film 2004, winning two Olivier Awards, with Performance (with the Broadway production running for six co-author Bryan Forbes) and The Magic Of Concert years. The Jungle Book, another Shermans/ Lassie, which also earned them their ninth madrigals, folk songs & anthems by Disney favourite, has also recently made the Academy Award nomination for Best Song. screen-to-stage transition, premiering at the More recent credits include the book Walt’s Heinrich Schütz Goodman Theatre in Chicago. Time — a wonderful autobiographical and Heinrich von Herzogenberg The Sherman Brothers gained recognition pictorial journey through their song-writing William Byrd in popular music with several top-ten hits years; the Disney hit animated feature The Gustav Holst Tigger Movie, the stage musical John Gardner — among them “You’re Sixteen”, “Let’s Get John Rutter Together” and “Tall Paul”. The year 1960 starring Tommy Tune in the United States marked the start of a phenomenal ten-year and Beverly Hills Cop 3. Sunday 29 May 2016 17:00 association with Walt Disney, during which In addition to their Oscars, other honours time they composed over 150 songs for his awarded to the Sherman Brothers include Auditoire du Calvin (Scottish Church - Old Town) films, TV shows, Disneyland and other three Grammys, twenty-four Gold and theme parks. Their Disney credits include Platinum Albums, as well as a star on The entrée libre : collecte à la sortie entrance free : retiring collection the films The Jungle Book, The Parent Trap, Hollywood Walk of Fame. , The Sword in the Robert Sherman died peacefully in London Stone, , , in March 2012. 30 Geneva Amateur Operatic Society Choral Group direction : Graham Hobbs a Springtime Concert madrigals, folk songs & anthems by Heinrich Schütz Heinrich von Herzogenberg William Byrd Gustav Holst John Gardner John Rutter Sunday 29 May 2016 17:00 Auditoire du Calvin (Scottish Church - Old Town) entrée libre : collecte à la sortie entrance free : retiring collection gAos committee

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