Why are so many north Dorset parish churches outside their villages? The answer is the Black Death, argues Paul Birbeck
Across the Vale, there are examples of parish churches found in isolated positions. These include Holnest, Hilfield and, particularly, Hazelbury Bryan, where the church and Manor House are 1km from today’s main village.
Local historian Maurice Beresford in his 1954 study, ‘The Lost Villages of England,’ cited 19 places in Dorset where a village had existed in the middle ages, but was later abandoned. There are a number of possible explanations for these fascinating anomalies, each demanding research. Most medieval village desertions are linked to the Black Death (bubonic plague) which arrived on a trading ship docked at Weymouth in 1348 (there’s a moderately hilarious plaque on the north quay ‘celebrating’ Weymouth’s place in history for this honour). The acutely fatal disease quickly spread across the country by fleas living on rats, causing one of the worst catastrophes in recorded history – a deadly plague that ravaged communities across Europe. Over three or four years, as many as 50 million people died in Europe. The population was reduced from some 80 million to 30 million. Breaking out in Asia (some believe not too far from Wuhan province, from where Covid 19 is believed to have spread) the Black Death came to Britain from the eastern Mediterranean, Italy, Spain and France. A familiar spread to today’s pandemic!
Hazelbury Bryan aflame!
The parish of Hazelbury Bryan, near Sturminster Newton, includes the hamlets of Droop, Kingston, Parkgate, Pidney, Pleck, Wonston and Woodrow. In 1201 the village name was Hasebere, a name derived from the Old English meaning a hazel grove or wood. Bryan is the manorial name of Sir Guy de Bryan, of Woodsford Castle, who gave his surname to the village in the 14th century when he married the daughter of the First Earl of Salisbury. The original settlement is the hamlet of Droop, which is the location of the parish church and Manor House. The church dates mostly from the 15th century, though it is likely that earlier buildings existed on the site. The other hamlets in the village are believed to have originated as a result of the Black Death which twice struck the original settlement, causing the villagers to respond by burning it and rebuilding several smaller settlements on higher ground nearby. It is presumed that most villagers houses were wood, wattle and thatch (which burns easily) but the manor houses and churches were stone. So they stayed put.
Farms grow, crofters leave
After the Black Death, labour shortages forced traditional Lords of the Manor and monastic owners, to change from being lord of men (lordship) to being landlords who rented out their land. This resulted in fundamental changes to the landscape across the Vale. Traditional open field arable land was converted to pastoral farming which required fewer workers. Isolated family dairy farms surrounded by hedged and ditched fields became common.
Change continued as agricultural techniques improved during the 17th and 18th centuries causing smaller tenancies to merge into fewer large ones leased to well-to-do tenants. Ancient landholding rights were overridden, causing rural poverty across the Vale. There are many examples of shrunken villages associated with depopulation and poverty during this period. For examble, Melbury Bubb had 33 houses in 1672 but only 28 residents by 1841. As opportunities for work diminished, families were forced by poverty to depart their homes in tears as they sought new livelihoods elsewhere.
Progress or social mayhem?
These changes are a common theme in Thomas Hardy’s ‘The Woodlanders,’ and ‘Tess of d’Urbervilles’ and local resident dialect poet, William Barnes wrote in ‘Two Farms in Woone’ (see image above for full poem)
“That’s it. In these here pleace there used to be Eight farms avore they were a-drwd together, An’ eight farm housen. Now how many be there? Why after this, you know there’ll be but dree.” Barnes deplored the changes in farming which increased output and profits through better organisation, mechanisation and more efficient use of labour, at the expense of the traditional rural community. Rural depopulation is of course still going on today. Some may say that many villages still occupied are ‘lost’ or deserted in winter because of their high proportion of second homes owned by affluent townies who have priced local people out of their local housing. The present generation has therefore been forced out in search of employment and an affordable home.
The Vale is an area with a fascinating and complex history.
When fire ripped through Blandford on June 4, 1731, it was a catastrophe for the town and a personal disaster for most of its inhabitants.
image Roger Guttridge
But the destruction of almost the entire town centre also paved the way for a magnificent phoenix to rise from the ashes.
During the following years and decades, Blandford brothers John and William Bastard designed a new town centre that to this day is seen as a model of Georgian planning and architecture. Among other things the brothers had the vision to create a wide- open space at the heart of their development.
It wasn’t like that before 1731.
A cluttered place
From Malachi Blake’s contemporary sketch illustrating the extent of the fire, we know that pre-1731 the Market Place was a cluttered environment. The Shambles, the old Town Hall and four cottages called Middle Row stood parallel to the present-day Corn Exchange and adjoining shops but further out. Occupying a sizeable site at the junction of the Market Place and Salisbury Street was the Market Cross, where cheese and butter were sold. A document dated 1644 refers to a set of scales ‘which the cheese was weighed with at the Cross’. The stone cross probably survived the fire but was cleared away soon after along with the charred debris all around – although the spot was still known to locals 100 years ago as ‘the Cross’.
In the late 19th century, workmen digging up the road discovered some worked stones that had originally formed part of the cross. By 1906 they were said to be ‘piled together in a small enclosure near the Rectory’. Does anyone know where they are today? These two pictures, taken 120 years apart, underline the versatility of Blandford’s open Market Place, which is variously used for car parking, market stalls, the May Fair and ceremonial events.
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Then and now
The former Posting Office (far left) is now W H Smith & Son. The poster on the wall is advertising a show. At the time of the earlier picture, about 1900, Greyhound House – the original Greyhound Inn – was the National Provincial Bank, which it remained for many years. Part of the ground floor is now vacant following the closure of Beaton’s Tearoom last year. The other part is a florist’s. In the background of both pictures can be seen the Crown Hotel, looking much the same in 2021 as it did in 1900.
Among the students to whom I teach the guitar is a 10 year old called Laura. She is an utter delight.
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Laura is serious, hugely determined, she listens to what I say (unlike some of my students), she practices hard (unlike some of my students) and every week I see amazing progress (unlike etc etc). She is one of my favourites, and when she and her dad arrive in our drive 20 minutes before the lesson starts – which I told them to do – we all play guitar and have a laugh before the lesson. My weekend could not start in a better way. Laura’s dad, Damian, is himself a guitarist and he twiddles away on my other guitars, pedals and amplifiers while I teach. I see progress to the extent that when Laura started she couldn’t play a single chord – and now, with some prompting, she has written her first two songs. ‘We’re going to write a song today,’ I announced. ‘How do you write songs?’ she asked. ‘We choose someone or something you feel really strongly about, say, your brother, and we write about how lovely he is to you and how much you love him.’ That, apparently, wasn’t a contender so we’ve ended up with two masterpieces; ‘Pixie, You Rock,’ (her dog) and ‘Strawberry Lollipop’. With my greatest respect to Laura, I don’t think Taylor Swift should be too worried about being toppled from her throne as yet, but that day will come.
Stairway to Heaven
But we had a problem. When Laura first came to the Studio for lessons she was so nervous that she visibly trembled and couldn’t speak. I really felt for her but I had a solution. Her dad is obviously in the Studio, so I said to Laura, ‘You and I are Team Laura and we’ll have a competition with Dad.’ Much happy nodding, as it took the pressure off her. And for a few weeks the competition would be me playing parts of famous songs, for example the intro of Stairway to Heaven or Smells Like Team Spirit. Damian would pretend he didn’t know the answer. I’d give Laura the answer on a scrap of paper and she’d turn to her dad and say, with the utmost indignity (which I always admire) ‘Dad, everyone knows that’s Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin’, and she and I would shake our heads sadly at her dad’s ignorance of classic rock music. Damian would look defeated and Laura beams in triumph. And Laura would be relaxed enough to sink in some guitar magic.
…my weekly telling off
And so the lessons delightfully progressed. And it appears that Laura has got over her nerves. I know this because no lesson is complete now without her telling me off. The sheer incongruity of it makes me smile. Recent indignant accusations include: Laura: Andy, you’re wearing odd socks!!! Me: I’m a man – it’s what we do. Laura: Well, it’s wrong!!
And then we had: Laura (even more indignant than normal, and that’s saying something): Andy, there’s a big cobweb under the table! Me: Can’t be, I hoovered the Studio yesterday. Laura: Look, it’s there (points at what does turn out to be a large cobweb, give the girl her due). Me: I left that one on purpose because I like cobwebs. Laura gives me a suspicious glare and shakes her head pityingly.
And then it was: Laura (with a curious mixture of delight and indignation, I don’t know how she pulls that off, but she does): Andy, you’ve got nail varnish on your toenails!
Varnishing – the truth
And yes, I had varnish on my toenails. Midnight Blue by Rimmel (I rather liked it). I explained that while dozing off in front of the telly my wife saw fit to apply the varnish to my right foot (not both feet – she’s not a weirdo).
And I told her and Damian that in a suddy (is there such a word?) (There is now – Ed) bath. I got the shock of my life. I saw what I took to be a small black mouse or huge spider skim across the surface of the water and I jerked upright in terror, sloshing water over the floor. False alarm: the ‘mouse’ or ‘spider’ turned out to be my Midnight Blue (by Rimmel) toenails which I’d forgotten about. Last word goes to Laura. I asked her why she wanted to learn guitar not piano. She said, ‘because guitars are cool.’ And there, we are in agreement. Guitars are cool. Saxophones aren’t – and if any reader says they are, I’ll just imitate Laura and shake my head pityingly. You can learn from children.
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Bloody Cliff Richard!
My method of teaching is not to get students to learn chords by rote as it’s boring. I get them to tell me three songs they’d like to play: it tells me a lot about them, plus I work out the best way to play them and we go through the chords. Then they can start impressing their mates by playing an actual song, plus build up a repertoire of chords which relate to actual songs, so they remember them, and they begin to see how chords work together. With another student, Paulo, at our first meeting in the Studio
I asked what song he’d like to learn. He answered, ‘The Young Ones by Cliff Richard.‘
Unfortunately we were both drinking coffee at the time, so after I’d wiped my splurted-out coffee off my Fender Stratocaster (USA-built Custom Shop, sunburst, I’ll have you know), I said, ‘Good one! But really, what do you want to learn.’
And rather hurt, Paulo repeated, ‘The Young Ones by Cliff Richard.’ ‘Great song,’ I gabbled (there’s a place in life for white lies,) ‘it goes like this,’ and I played the intro riff. Think I got away with it.
And, over the years, we’ve gone through a veritable smorgasbord (why are smorgasbords always ‘veritable’?) of 60s and early 70s songs. You name it, we’ve done it: I Saw Her Standing There, Black Magic Woman, Dock of the Bay, Honky Tonk Woman, Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood, Have I The Right, Dock of the Bay, Need Your Love So Bad, Pretty Woman, Dock of the Bay (he likes this song, you’ll note) and Waterloo Sunset are a fraction of what we’ve done. And we’ve done the Otis Redding song. And a remarkable transition has come over me. I’ve come to like stuff from the 60s that I’d always considered below my ‘cool factor’. I’m rather ashamed at my former arrogance; there’s a reason why these songs are still popular. They’re bloody good. They’re well-written, they tell a story and they’re played well. Dock of the Bay is good. And it’s all thanks to Paulo – teaching isn’t all one-way. As a footnote I’ll add that it’s an idea to Youtube Cliff singing the Young Ones. Not only is he absurdly handsome – so reminds me of me when I was 20 (I pay you to be accurate – Ed) – but the girls in the audience, all absolutely adoring Cliff, are dressed like our grannies. Unsurprisingly, the boys in the audience view Cliff with sullen resentment!
95 million songs?
There’s a common misconception about guitar teachers; students think that they can mention any song – literally any song – and the teacher immediately knows how to play it. I usually point out that there are 95 million recorded songs (figure from EMI) and oddly enough I don’t know every one. A bit of a lapse in my work ethic, you might think (‘don’t you take teaching seriously?’). No matter, I still get questions like, ‘how does Ritchie Blackmore play the opening riff in Mistreated?’ Well, I have no idea, I say (I do really, but I want to make a point) but perhaps send me a mail before the lesson rather than spring that on me. Another student asked ‘do you know ‘To Sir, With Love’, by Lulu?’
‘No,’ I said emphatically, ‘It was a massive hit in 1967,’ she said, as if that would jog my memory. I replied, ‘I was seven years old and more interested in where the next biscuit was coming from…’
Goods from our local producers, shops and craftspeople are not stuck in a container – they’re here already. And our traders are doing their utmost to meet your needs. Here’s what Stur Christmas and New Year’s Day offers…
4th December is our Small Business Saturday. Thanks to the authorities working with retailers we’ve got free parking and special offers from our traders.
As Christmas is galloping towards us do not forget our two community shops turning your pre-loved items into new to be-loved goods for our residents and for the benefit of our community. We have:
The Boutique
Officially renamed as The Boutique (from The Community Chest) by Alice Fox Pitt in November, the shop is full of lovely, good quality clothes at easy prices – treat yourself!
The Emporium
Gentlemen – remember the Dapper Chaps boutique, everything you need for your Christmas outfits. Also look out for children’s toys at The Emporium and children’s clothes at The Boutique. The clothes are inexpensive and the quality is good – just what a parent of growing children needs. And you can buy new toys and donate the ones no longer played with.
Stock is turning over all the time and makes shopping fun – without breaking the bank. Do also support our other two charity shops – Stur has four fun ‘pre-loved’ shops to browse in while supporting good causes – it’s a shopaholic’s paradise for buying good quality goods at low prices. Profits from our other charity shops go to The Friends of Blandford Hospital – raising funds to support our local hospital – and also Brainwave, helping children with disabilities reach their potential through specialist therapy programmes.
The Country Market
On Tuesdays in Stur. there is the special treat of The Country Market in the ground floor of The Exchange, open 9 until 11.30am. Here you will find everything homemade, home grown and hand crafted. The Country Market is a cooperative, and sells the produce directly to the public (or through selected retailers) under the Country Markets label. A brilliant place for all those unusual Christmas gifts – and lovely food treats. And when you have done your shopping linger for a coffee and a chat – there is always someone to talk to.
Christmas Events coming up in Stur:
From 1st December keep your eyes open for Christmas Angels appearing around the town. They are for you to take home to keep, to give a name to, and if you like, to bring to the Christingle Service at St. Mary’s Church, 4pm on Christmas Eve afternoon.
Look forward to these ten treats:
The Car and Bike enthusiasts will be meeting as usual in the Station Road Car Park on Saturday 4th December (weather permitting) – bring your pride and joy or just come to admire.
From 4th December to 18th December take part in the SturShops quiz to win a hamper – pick up a form from The Emporium, the Exchange, Holebrooks Fine Foods or Hansons
10th and 11th December Christmas at the Opera raising money for The Exchange and the Pantry (event now sold out)
Join The Rotary’s ‘Santa Stride’ on 12th December along the Trailway.
St Mary’s Church Carol Service on 19th December .
23rd December 5pm – Carols in the Railway Gardens
St. Mary’s Church Christmas Eve First Mass of Christmas – 11.15 pm
Christmas Day at St Mary’s Church Holy Communion 10.00 a.m.
27th December FREE PARKING for you to come into Stur and shop in the sales.
And finally, 1st January The Classic Cars (and other vehicles) Run sponsored by Harts to raise funds for the Air Ambulance. The beautiful selection of vehicles will assemble in Station Road Car Park from 10 am to noon. Come and revisit the history of road transport. For more information and regular updates visithttps://sturminster-newton.org.uk/
Recently the BV received a letter to the editor commenting on the emptiness of Sherborne’s shopping streets, with numerous empty shop fronts. Editor Laura Hitchcock investigated – and in fact found the truth a far happier tale.
Sherborne, like every high street, has struggled through the last few years. Physical shopping footfall is declining across the country, and the pandemic in many places appears to have hastened the end of many previously-bustling shopping streets.
It was with pleased surprise then that I visited Sherborne to find it busy with shoppers, and with a greater variety of traders on its main streets than I had previously noticed or expected. “We’ve had some empty shops during the pandemic for obvious reasons. But I don’t think there’s a single empty one now which isn’t being renovated, or has someone ready to move in” says Jane Wood, President of Sherborne Chamber of Commerce and owner of Oliver’s Coffee House for the last decade. “If you like shopping, you’ll like Sherborne. And if you like unique, independent shops selling locally and ethically sourced gifts, food, clothing and more, with some great service thrown in, then you’ve got to love shopping in Sherborne.”
A town of Indies
Independent shops are run by people who live in and around a town – and they have been the lifeblood of the Sherborne community since the abbey was built over a thousand years ago. Even during the most difficult of years through the pandemic, in the last year new names have been welcomes to Sherborne town centre with an eclectic range of goods and services:
Sherborne Antiques Market 71 Cheap Street Regular readers will be no strangers to Craig and Philip’s new antiques market – we featured the store last month, showing how the stunning and witty window displays lure shoppers through the door, and the atmosphere of fun, the genuinely warm welcome, and of course the fascinating contents keep people inside.
There are currently 42 traders displaying antiques within the market, including three TV experts – Timothy Medhurst (Antiques Road Trip), Paul Atterbury (Antiques Roadshow) and Debbie Serpell (Dickinson’s Real Deal). No website, but find them on Facebook here. Open 7 days a week: Monday to Saturday 10 till 5, Sundays 11 till 4. Market Sundays 10 till 4. Phone: 01935 713760
Artichoke 14 Cheap Street Arabella has been trading Sherborne for a few years from a couple of locations in town – but has finally found a terrific shop on the high street where she sells decorative antiques and brocante living. Artichoke is another shop to lure you in for a browse, filled with a mix of items from linens to vintage French furniture – and also an Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Stockist.
Artichoke is open 4 days a week: Wednesday to Saturday 10 till 5. No website, but find them on Facebook here. Phone: 07854 383090
Ingredients 73 Cheap Street A family run delicatessen & gourmet fine food store with a large range of products sourced from the Mediterranean as well as local to Dorset.
The deli counter is, as you would expect, stocked full of Mediterranean charcuterie, an array of cheeses from Italy & Spain as well as a good range of local produce, and a range of Italian & Spanish antipasti. The hot pasta boxes are a terrific lunch option, as are the fresh sandwiches (Napoli salami, creamy brie, rocket & caramelised onion chutney £4.25). There’s plenty for the sweet tooth too – the Bocconcini del Nonno (traditional soft Italian almond biscuits covered with crisp almond flakes) are delicious, and the Panettone & Italian Christmas cakes are a range worth serious exploration.
Ingredients are offering a range of hampers for Christmas – frankly perfect for the foodie who has everything. Ingredients-dorset.co.uk
Open 5 days a week: Monday to Friday 9.30 – 4.30 Saturdays 9 til 4 Phone: 01935 713410
Caroline Nichols 18 Cheap Street
Caroline Nicholls isn’t a new face in Sherborne, but she has recently upsized from her original shop in Swan Yard. British country clothing and accessory designer, specialising in exquisite country style. www.carolinenicholls.com/ Monday to Saturday 10 till 5, Sundays to Christmas 10 till 4. Phone: 07894 545388
Candy Cabin Higher Cheap St
An old-fashioned sweet shop, with retro classics to traditional sweet jars; pick ‘n mix, freshly made instore candy floss, fresh popcorn and custom made sweet jars. No website, Facebook here 07403 289362
Lemon Vintage 81 Cheap Street
Clare has dealt in vintage clothing for ten years and has a reputation for an eye for a designer piece. Lemon Vintage is the ‘home of clothing, accessories & beautiful things; ideas and pieces to add zest to life and living ethically’.
Clare stocks vintage, pre-loved and upcycled items alongside designer pieces and high quality ethical beauty products in her ‘Bohemian space’.
Closed Wednesday and Sunday Otherwise open 10 till 4.30 Phone: 01935 813743
Best Ever Christmas Show – the most popular Christmas show in Dorset – is BACK!! We missed you last year so we have a brand new adventure for 2021 – a fun pantomime for all the family!
The hugely successful Best Ever Christmas Show returns to the Minster Theatre, Allendale Centre, Wimborne this December.
See Father Christmas with his jolly Ho, Ho, Ho!, laugh at his naughty Elves, and keep the spirit of Christmas alive and exciting for everyone! There’ll be buckets full of laughter, plenty of audience participation – and a FREE ice cream for every child – so book your tickets and let Best Ever Christmas Show take you on a magical mystery ride into the world of Santa’s grotto!
An illuminating trail of light installations themed on sustainability, will be set in the gardens of the Greening the eARTh Gallery in Wincanton (formerly Clementina’s) and in additional locations through the town.
At this free event visitors will be invited to explore the grounds and gallery to view the installations whilst enjoying warm cider, hot chocolate and pizza and hearty stew, all sourced from local producers The events will featuring local
artists including Zac Greening, eARTh Vader, Fossil Optical and Jigantics to name but a few. The Wincanton Town Festival of Lights launches on the 27th November and will be running from 5pm – 9pm on consecutive Saturdays – Saturday 27th
November, and 4th, 11th and 18th December. The Greening the eARTh gallery, 7 High Street, Wincanton, BA9 9JN IG/ FB @wincantontownfestival Email | [email protected]
On the 11th December the wonderful Wassail and Tall Tails Theatre present ‘The Tale of the Charming Rat’.
by Nick White & Richard Young
Wassail and Tall Tails are delighted to bring their co-production to Wincanton Town Festival this December! Asha has been invited to a party and it’s up to Cooper to get her there on time! Will he pull it off without getting caught by Rats All Folks Exterminators? Join in this epic adventure and help him along the way.
The Tale of the Charming Rat has been made possible with public funding from The National Lottery through Arts Council England.
A 25-minute retelling of the classic Cinderella story, the free tickets can be booked here.
Pantomime is traditionally a Christmas entertainment, but you could be forgiven for thinking that the whole of the past 21 months has been a bit of a panto, with mistaken identities, inflated promises and false starts.
Unless some new news of fresh variants with their vividly coloured spikes emerges, and the governmental response is more cautious than populist, all is set for a return to (almost) normal on the Christmas show front, with our local theatres preparing for the happy shouts of “It’s behind you” and “O no it isn’t” ringing out from children and their adults.
The shows that finance the rest of the theatrical year are in rehearsal, and celebrities, TV stars and local favourites are preparing to meet their public in the ever popular stories with their heroes, villains, knockabout comics and time-honoured slapstick routines, peppered with current pop songs and snatched dance video moments.
Across our area there are shows to suit most tastes, from the traditional to the quirkily modern. Expect jokes about PCR tests, bumbling brokers men called Track and Trace, and (hopefully) badly-thatched, pompously blustering landowners promising the moon and demanding obedience and adulation. There are few things more heartening than to
watch a child’s face at their first pantomime, where the magic comes to life at the same time as they are encouraged to shout, squeal and join in the fun. Theatres across Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire have devised an exciting menu of shows for all the family:
Yeovil’s Octagon
Audiences are delighted that three of the venue’s favourite panto stars are back on stage for Mother Goose, which runs from 3rd December to 2nd January. Gordon Cooper, Jack Glanville and Lizzie Frances star in Paul Hendy’s new version of the story of the woman who was so worried about how she looked that she (almost) lost all her friends. But it’s a pantomime and that means we all live happily ever after.
Weymouth Pavilion
From 11th December to 2nd January, audiences will get taken for a ride – on Aladdin’s magic carpet from Old Peking. Our hero escapes the clutches of his wicked uncle Abanazar and rubs the magic lamp, but all is not well until the very end of the show, when riches and happiness come to him and his mother, the redoubtable Widow Twankey.
Bath
This holiday season you can see the all-time favourite show Cinderella in the beautiful Theatre Royal from 16th December to 9th January. Or for the younger audience, Five Children and It is in the Egg, the adjoining children’s performance space, from 10th December to 16th January. Grown-ups might like the spoof comedy A Christmas Getaway in the Ustinov Studio, a brand new seasonal story by New Old Friends.
Bristol
The Old Vic has the Wardrobe Ensemble’s version of Robin Hood, on now until 8th January. As always, the city’s “alternative” show is at the Tobacco Factory. OZ, a new look at Dorothy and the yellow brick road, is on stage from 10th December to 16th January.
Poole
Beauty and the Beast is the Lighthouse’s first ‘home grown’ production in many years, and is based on the brilliant Andrew Pollard show that started life in Salisbury in 2018, with a few “Poole” tweaks. It stars Michelle Collins, Chris Jarvis, and Wade Lewin, (who was in Bridgerton) as the Beast. It’s on from 9th to 31st December.
Wimborne Tivoli
Sleeping Beauty runs from 17th December to 2nd January, stars Alex Anstey, Chris Casey, Courtney Jackson, Tegen Jones and Sophie Lee-Stevens. If it’s big names you crave, travel further for Joe Pasquale as Wishee Washee in Aladdin at Plymouth, Lesley Joseph and Rob Rinder in Snow White at Bristol Hippodrome or Craig Revel Horwood in Cinderella at Southampton Mayflower.
