CRAZY CHRISTMAS

LONDON TOAST THEATRE THE HISTORY OF THE CRAZY CHRISTMAS CABARET WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY VIVENNE McKEE

1982 Café Teatret “Jack and the Beanstalk” 1984 Slukefter “Big Sis is watching you” 1985 Slukefter “Dustbusters” 1986 Slukefter “Dracula or a Pain in the Neck” 1987 Slukefter “The Case of the Great Dane” 1988 Slukefter “The Wonderful Wizard” 1989 Daddy’s “Aladdin” 1990 Daddy’s “Robinson Crusoe” 1991 Daddy’s “Oh, What a (K)night” 1992 Kridthuset “Dracula, Out for the Count” 1993 Kridthuset “Bondage is back” 1994 Sceneriet “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Great Dane” 1995 Sceneriet “The Secret Diaries of Robinson Crusoe” 1996 Sceneriet “The Scarlet Fingernail” 1997 Sceneriet “The Rise of King Arthur” 1998 Glassalen “Tarzan - King of the Swingers” 1999 Glassalen “Never Say Bondage is not enough” 2000 Glassalen “Spaced Out” 2001 Glassalen “The Return of the Scarlet Fingernail” 2002 Glassalen “Bent the Gladiator” 2003 Glassalen “Dracula or a Pain in the Neck” 2004 Glassalen “Who Shot the Sheriff?” 2005 Glassalen “Look... No Hans!” 2006 Glassalen “Bored of the Rings” 2007 Glassalen “Fogg’s Off!” 2008 Glassalen “Hamlet’s Private Dick!” 2009 Glassalen “Mamma Mafia” 2010 Glassalen “Oh My Goth” 2011 Glassalen “Below the (Equatorial) Belt” 2012 Glassalen “Hitchcock-up” 2013 Glassalen “Smartacus” 2014 Glassalen “One-Eyed Willy - the Quest for the Big Chest” 2015 Glassalen “Don’t Touch Nefertiti” 2016 Glassalen “Shakin’ Up Sherwood” 2017 Glassalen “Planet Rump - The Farce Awakens” 2018 Glassalen “Fogg’s Off!” 2019 Glassalen “The Three Brexiteers” 1982 Café Teatret “Jack and the Beanstalk” 1984 Slukefter “Big Sis is watching you” 1985 Slukefter “Dustbusters” 1986 Slukefter “Dracula or a Pain in the Neck” 1987 Slukefter “The Case of the Great Dane” 1988 Slukefter “The Wonderful Wizard” 1989 Daddy’s “Aladdin” 1990 Daddy’s “Robinson Crusoe” 1991 Daddy’s “Oh, What a (K)night” 1992 Kridthuset “Dracula, Out for the Count” 1993 Kridthuset “Bondage is back” 1994 Sceneriet “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Great Dane” 1995 Sceneriet “The Secret Diaries of Robinson Crusoe” 1996 Sceneriet “The Scarlet Fingernail” 1997 Sceneriet “The Rise of King Arthur” 1998 Glassalen “Tarzan - King of the Swingers” WELCOME 1999 Glassalen “Never Say Bondage is not enough” 2000 Glassalen “Spaced Out” 2001 Glassalen “The Return of the Scarlet Fingernail” TO THE 37TH 2002 Glassalen “Bent the Gladiator” 2003 Glassalen “Dracula or a Pain in the Neck” CRAZY CHRISTMAS 2004 Glassalen “Who Shot the Sheriff?” 2005 Glassalen “Look... No Hans!” When in January we decided to combine the illustrious story of 2006 Glassalen “Bored of the Rings” 2007 Glassalen “Fogg’s Off!” The Three Musketeers and Brexit everything pointed to a final 2008 Glassalen “Hamlet’s Private Dick!” solution by the end of March - as you know - it didn’t happen! 2009 Glassalen “Mamma Mafia” So Vivienne McKee has chosen to be as unpredictable as Theresa 2010 Glassalen “Oh My Goth” May, Boris Johnson and the British Parliament put together! 2011 Glassalen “Below the (Equatorial) Belt” So dear audience lean back and be prepared to be surprised and 2012 Glassalen “Hitchcock-up” entertained - for “It’s Fun for All, and All for Fun!” 2013 Glassalen “Smartacus” 2014 Glassalen “One-Eyed Willy - the Quest for the Big Chest” 2015 Glassalen “Don’t Touch Nefertiti” 2016 Glassalen “Shakin’ Up Sherwood” 2017 Glassalen “Planet Rump - The Farce Awakens” SØREN HALL 2018 Glassalen “Fogg’s Off!” Managing Director 2019 Glassalen “The Three Brexiteers” A NOTE FROM WRITER / DIRECTOR VIVIENNE McKEE

Hello Toasties!

Wow! What a challenge it has been to write this - the 37th CCC show. When I chose the title “The Three Brexiteers“ in January 2019, I assumed that the madness of Britain leaving or remaining in the EU would have been resolved. But here I am writing this in October and there is still no sign of a Brexit agreement!

“The Show Must Go On“ as we say in the theatre, and, with the right-wing, anti-EU Tories and Britain’s new Prime Minister, “Clown Prince”, Boris Johnson, (who bears an odd resemblance to President Trump) running Brexit, I have managed to find lots of crazy comedy to include in my re-hashed version of “The Three Musketeers“.

So forget Glassalen’s notoriously uncomfortable seats, and sit back to enjoy a few hours of silliness, songs and satire in the company of my talented team of London Toast Theatre comedy actors.

We can’t wait to entertain you Toasties and I gua- rantee, if nothing else, it will be...

“ALL FOR FUN AND FUN FOR ALL!“ A NOTE FROM WRITER / DIRECTOR SCENES & SONGS VIVIENNE McKEE ACT ONE

SCENE 1 WELCOME TO THE SHOW “COMEDY TONIGHT“

SCENE 2 THE CARDINAL’S PALACE “IT’S HARD TO BE THE CARD“

SCENE 3 “LA BELLE BITE”- DAME BABETTE’S B&B

SCENE 4 INSIDE MILADY’S CARRIAGE “GET BACK“

SCENE 5 THE STREETS OF PARIS “FIGHT-LOOSE”

SCENE 6 THE MUSKETEER’S HIDEOUT “WINTER LOVIN”

SCENE 7 THE LOUVRE PALACE

SCENE 8 LE MOULIN ROUGE - CABARET TIME! “LADY MARMALADE“

ACT TWO

SCENE 1 LE MOULIN ROUGE - 2 MINUTES LATER

SCENE 2 “LA BELLE BITE” “C’EST MAGNIFIQUE“

SCENE 3 ENGLAND - THE FOXHUNT “SPRINGTIME FOR HORACE“

SCENE 4 A PUB - “THE COCK AND SWALLOW” “POSH“

SCENE 5 THE MUSKETEER’S HIDEOUT “DIVA’S LAMENT“

SCENE 6 THE LOUVRE PALACE “DANCING IN THE STREET“ VIVIENNE McKEE Vivienne founded the English Theatre of Copenhagen - London Toast Theatre in 1982. She writes and directs the Crazy Christmas shows every year and this is the 37th show! She also writes more serious plays: recently “Don't Mention Hemingway” and “Shakespeare’s Ghost”. Her Danish Film, TV and Theatre work includes “Langt fra Las Vegas”, “Ørnen”, “Young Frankenstein - The Musical” for Fredericia Teater and recently Gertrude in “Hamlet” at the Shakespeare Festival at Kronborg Castle. Last year she appeared in the Danish film comedy “Mødregruppen”. Her voice instructs in the international computer game “” and gives information in English on DSB trains all over . Her Stand Up Comedy Show, “Killing the Danes” is ideal for weddings and divorces and international companies who want to understand why the Danes are so annoyingly “happy”. www.londontoast.dk/vivienne-mckee

KEVIN KIERNAN-MOLLOY Kevin is from Australia and lives in Denmark. He graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2010 and has been working professionally in Theatre, Film and TV. His theatre credits in Copen- hagen include, “A Midsummer Nights Dream” (After Hours Theatre), “Mairead” and “The Art of Falling” (Why Not Theatre) and “No Exit: Reloaded”- (HIT). His TV appearances include “Neighbours”, “Home and Away”, and “The Strange Calls”. His film credits include,“What if it works?”, “Holding the Man” and “Firebird”. This Kevin’s first CCC and he is looking forward to the fun! Last year Kevin lost his Crazy Christmas virginity seeing “Foggs Off” and is excited to be joining in the fun this time around!

ANDREW JEFFERS Andrew has been an actor for over 25 years, and has enjoyed dressing up in the elaborate costumes as Vivienne’s “Dame” in no less than 20 CCCs. He appeared in various British TV soaps, plays and musicals before moving permanently to Copenhagen. Now he is a voice-over speaker for commercials and documentaries. Andrew again played Polonius at Kronborg Castle, and also Queen Margaret in Richard the 3rd for Hamletscene. www.andrewjeffers.dk

KATRINE FALKENBERG It’s Katrines 12th Crazy Christmas. She trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London and had the joy of backing Elton John on a tour in the UK. She has appeared in a long row of musicals, shows and bands across Denmark since 1995. Last in the Cole Porter cabaret “Oh Baby, it’s Cole” at Krudttønden earlier this year. In 2017 she released her jazz album “I De Små Timer”. She has just topped her career as a commercial speaker with becoming the new Danish voice of the Cph Metro. She has done voice overs for hundreds of cartoon characters since 2002. Next summer she will take her first step into the Danish revy world in Rødvig Revyen. www.katrinefalkenberg.dk DAVID BATESON This is his 27th CCC. He has played characters such as Dracula, James Bond, Dr Watson, Tarzan, Bent the Gladiator, Watt A Twerp, Angela Merkel(!) as well in recent years, various versions of Donald Trump. This year it's the turn of Britain’s version of Trump – Boris Johnson. He has also appeared in various Danish films and TV series over the years and records everything from TV commercials, corporate films, audio books and e-learning courses. He is the face and voice of Agent 47 in Denmark’s internationally renowned computer game franchise, “Hitman”. www.davidbateson.dk

BENNET THORPE Bennet has appeared in twelve previous Crazy Christmas Cabarets. He has played over fifty different characters in Glassalen. He has perfomed at Castle Kronborg, on Bådteatret, and at Teatret ved Sorte Hest, and often provides voiceovers with his classically trained English voice, and he is developing an enthusiastic Danish one. In Britain he had his own TV series “Captain Mack”, and worked extensively in television and advertising, including “The IT crowd”, “Foyles War”, “Inspector Lynley”, and “Hustle”. He will soon be filming for Christoffer Boe’s new movie “Skilt”.

JEFFERSON BOND Jefferson Bond is from the UK, now based in Copenhagen. He graduated from East 15 Acting School in 2015 and since then has worked all across the UK and Europe in both theatre, voice and screen. In 2019 he was in “A Midsummer Night’sDream” in association with Det Kongelige Teater. As a stand up comic he was voted one of the top 5 comedians in Sweden’s nationwide comedy competition “Lund Comedy Grand Slam”, he performed his one man show “My Life as a Rockstar Astronaut and Other Lies” at Zulu Comedy Festival and DMI Stand Up 2019. This Christmas he will be the voice for Pandora Jewellery. He appeared in 4 CCCs starting as Robin Hood.

CLAUS DE LICHTENBERG Claus trained as a musical performer at The Danish National School of Performing Arts. He has performed in several shows and this year it is his ninth Crazy Christmas. Since 2011 he has been working as a stagemanager on the CCC as well as being in it! Vivienne loves to use his skills both onstage and offstage. During the years he has been multi-tasking as three different slaves, two centurions, a guard, a Roman scribe, a Colosseum cleaner, a pirate, Conchita Wurst, Cthrue keyhole, and last year the one with most costumes. This year… you will have to see. SET & COSTUME DESIGNER KIRSTEN BRINK Kirsten graduated from Designskolen, Kolding in 1982. Was awarded the price for experimental set design at the Quirinale, Prag for “Spillerum” Has been the set- and costumedesigner for the Crazy Christmas since 1988, plus for a number of alternative London Toast productions. Kirsten designed a number of Eventyrteatrets autumn productions, and has done the sets for Hjørringrevyen for 20 years. Was awarded the “Revyprisen” this year for lifetime achievements. Has worked for Nørrebro Teater, Folketeatret og Ålborg- Aarhus- og Odense Teatre. She loves the work and intends to continue till she drops dead!

THERE IS MORE TO LONDON TOAST THEATRE

Through the years we have produced a lot of theatre other than the Crazy Christmas. Our productions of English playwrights like Stephen Berkoff, Tom Stoppard, Alan Ayckbourn, Willy Russell, Arnold Wesker, Harold Pinter, Michael Frayn and others have accustomed Danish audiences to appreciate modern English drama in the original language. We have even been able to tackle the classics like “The Importance of being Earnest” by Oscar Wilde and two Shakespeare plays in the 90’ies: “Macbeth” and “As You Like It” and two years ago we co-produced the very successful Hamlet at Elsinore Castle for the international Shakespeare Festival. Most recently we have received excellent reviews for our Cole Porter cabaret “Oh Baby It’s Cole” which played to sold out houses at Krudttønden during the CPH STAGE theatre festival in June. So if you would like to be up-to-date with the life of London Toast Theatre and Vivienne McKee, sign up to get the newsletter regularly at www.londontoast.dk/contact

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Plakat.Shakspeare.Sorte Hest.110116.indd 1 CHOREOGRAPHERS PETER FRIIS This is Peter's 12th Crazy Christmas Cabaret. For Peter it's all about dan- cing and creating dance numbers for all the danish theatre stages. This year he has been choreographing “Sanne the musical” in Tivoli, “Nisse- banden”, “Leonora Christina”, “Frk. Nitouche” and “Hjørring revyen”. After Crazy Christmas Cabaret it's “Vild med dans the musical"” coming up. This year he is joined by his beautiful female choreographer musketeer Anete Lotus Jensen.

ANETE LOTUS JENSEN Anete is a passionate dancer and performer, she works both off stage choreographing and on stage performing. She's worked in various Danish theatres; Det Ny Teater, Folketeatret, Thomas Langkjær Productions, Momentum, Baggård Teatret, sArt Danseteater, Odense Teater, Rødvig Revyen and also been dancing with various artist like fx Infernal, Nik & Jay to mention a few. She's very excited to join the Crazy Christmas Team and she loves working and creating with Peter Friis, her fiery and one of a kind choreographer musketeer.

THE 3 MUSIK-ATEERS STUART GOODSTEIN This is Stuart’s 11th CCC. Stuart scores international tv-commercials and finds time to write, produce and arrange for a wide range of artists and commercial clients. Stuart was behind the piano doing the acclaimed Cole Porter Show with Viv in 2019. As Musical Director in the CCC it's all for one - and two and three and four! www.gtone.dk

SØREN B. PETERSEN Søren - also known as Bom-Bom - is a real London Toastie! He began his career with LTT in 1993 and has now been the drummer and Sound Effects magician for 24 CCC’s. His other work includes his own touring band “Sørens Orkester”. He is ready this year with his usual assortment of bangs and crashes, punches and farts, if his computer does not fail. His favourite CCC is “Below the Belt” because the band was onstage. www.sorensorkester.dk

TOM HØJLUND OLSEN Tom likes to play for grand ladies, so when he isn’t working for Dame Vivienne, he plays for Dronning Margrethe in the Royal Guard. He trained as a classical percussionist and therefore finds it oddly thrilling, that he should finger 4 strings on a bass guitar in the Crazy Christmas Cabaret band. ON STAGE

David Bateson Cardinal Rich-Perv Director Vivienne McKee Pierre - barman at La Belle Bite Set & Costume Designer Kirsten Brink Duke of Bonkingham Musical Director Stuart Goodstein Choreographers Peter Friis & Anete Jensen Vivienne McKee Milady de Whichway Lighting Designer Malthe David Haugaard Captain El Signor Lighting Operator Bjarne Olsen, Mikkel Bedsted Sound Designer & Operator Claus Wolter Andrew Jeffers Dame Babette BoumBoum Sound Effects Søren Brunsgaard Petersen Porkpie - a King's Musketeer Production Manager Bjarne Olsen Queen Anne of Austria Stage Manager Claus de Lichtenberg Bennet Thorpe Chevalier de Roquefort Back Stage Managers Stine Rolfsen, Søren Arndal Athosser - a King's Musketeer Props Anna-Sophia Noerbel David Cameron Wig stylists Cecilie Sanko, Camilla Theodorsen Sevina Skogstad Katrine Falkenberg Constance - Queen’s lady in waiting Costume makers Ane Aaberg, Michala Jensen Meelby, D’Artagnan Ursula Haugaard, Cecilie Arnholm, A miserable commoner Unn Gelting, Britta Kunicka Assistant Director Line Staustrup Jefferson Bond D’Artagnan - a King's Musketeer Flying Technicians Troels Frydensberg, Constance Mathias Kromann Rode A foxhunter Theatre Technicians Tobias Billeholm, Peter Clausen, A miserable commoner Thorbjørn Bach Larsen, Ida Kaspersen, Kevin Kiernan-Molloy Amorous - a King's Musketeer Mikkel Bedsted, Nicki Knappe, King Louis 13th Jens Hansen Jacob Grease -Mugg Follow spots Katharina Klostergaard, Greenrat Thydal Sallie Majeske Thomsen, Claus de Lichtenberg Cardinal's Musketeer Set constructers Flemming Rasmussen, Carriage driver Hans Montheli, Nicki Knappe, A royal courtier Painter Petruska Miehe-Renard A foxhunter Graphic Design Bah-buh Photo Thomas Petri The 3 Musik-ateers Stuart Goodstein Administration / PR Søren Hall & Ulla Håkansson Søren B. Petersen Tom Højlund Petersen OFF STAGE

Director Vivienne McKee Set & Costume Designer Kirsten Brink Musical Director Stuart Goodstein Choreographers Peter Friis & Anete Jensen Lighting Designer Malthe David Haugaard Lighting Operator Bjarne Olsen, Mikkel Bedsted Sound Designer & Operator Claus Wolter Sound Effects Søren Brunsgaard Petersen Production Manager Bjarne Olsen Stage Manager Claus de Lichtenberg Back Stage Managers Stine Rolfsen, Søren Arndal Props Anna-Sophia Noerbel Wig stylists Cecilie Sanko, Camilla Theodorsen Sevina Skogstad Costume makers Ane Aaberg, Michala Jensen Meelby, Ursula Haugaard, Cecilie Arnholm, Unn Gelting, Britta Kunicka Assistant Director Line Staustrup Flying Technicians Troels Frydensberg, Mathias Kromann Rode Theatre Technicians Tobias Billeholm, Peter Clausen, Thorbjørn Bach Larsen, Ida Kaspersen, Mikkel Bedsted, Nicki Knappe, Jens Hansen Follow spots Katharina Klostergaard, Greenrat Thydal Sallie Majeske Thomsen, Set constructers Flemming Rasmussen, Hans Montheli, Nicki Knappe, Painter Petruska Miehe-Renard Graphic Design Bah-buh Photo Thomas Petri Administration / PR Søren Hall & Ulla Håkansson

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