Ian Slipper - theatre & music
Ian has been a member of Riverside Players since 1989, and has performed there regularly, either on stage as actor/singer or as musical director for pantomimes. A member also of The Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, he has appeared onstage as actor and musician in various productions. The Sevenoaks Shakespeare Society have also used his compositions for shows. These are all detailed below.
Original music samples from some of the shows below are found on the linked pages.
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Riverside Players, Eynsford
onstage: 1989 - Ali Baba, These Foolish Things; 1990 - Sleeping Beauty, Growing Pains; 1991 - Aladdin, Camelot, 1992 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, The Pirates; 1993 - Jack and the Beanstalk, Go Nuts In May; 1994 - Dick Whittington, Oliver!; 1995 - Robinson Crusoe, Oklahoma!; 1997 - Not The Riverside Pantomime, Annie, Outside Edge; 1998 - Treasure Island, Joker’s Last Laugh; 1999 - Calamity Jane; 2000 - Little Red Riding Hood, A Century of Song, Canterbury Tales; 2001 - Sleeping Beauty, Communicating Doors; 2002 - Joggers; 2003 - Puss in Boots, Fiddler on the Roof; 2004 - Cabaret; 2005 - Little Shop of Horrors, You Can't Fight City Hall, Bren; 2006 - Oliver!, 2007 - A Man For All Seasons, The Hollow; 2008 - Two, Dick Whittington; 2009 - The Wizard of Oz; 2010 - Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens, Black Comedy; 2011 - Pinocchio, The Mikado, 'Allo 'Allo.
musical direction: 1992 - Snow White & the Seven Dwarves; 1998 - Joker’s Last Laugh; 2000 - Canterbury Tales; 2002 - Aladdin; 2004 - Babes in The Wood; 2005 - Snow White & the Seven Dwarves; 2006 - Cinderella; 2007 - The Hollow; 2009 - Jack & the Beanstalk.; 2010 - Sleeping Beauty.
musician: 2001 - South Pacific; 2006 - Beauty and the Beast.
Geoffrey Whitworth Theatre, Crayford
onstage: 1998 - Magic of the Musicals; 1999 - Six Characters In Search Of An Author; 2000 - More Magic Of The Musicals; 2008 - Wild Oats
musical direction: 2001 - Our Country’s Good; 2001 - Popcorn; 2002 - The Rover; 2008 - Wild Oats
musician: Wind In The Willows (1995), Snow Queen (1997), Peter Pan (1999), Return To The Forbidden Planet (2000), The Tamer Tamed (2005), The Ragged Child (2006); 2008 - Wild Oats
Sevenoaks Shakespeare Society
musical direction: 2003 - The Tempest; 2005 - Twelfth Night; 2010 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
musician: 2007 - The Taming of the Shrew
Gravesend & District Theatre Guild
musician: 2002 - Best Little Whorehouse In Texas.
Ian has sung both tenor and bass with the University of Greenwich choir performing at venues such as the Old Royal Naval College Chapel, Greenwich, and with the Kent County Singers at the Royal Albert Hall (Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony) and Mote Hall (Walton’s Belshazzar’s Feast).