The Little Mermaid
(2022)
East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid. Photo by Emily Cooper.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the East Van Panto, we’re going somewhere we’ve never been before: under the sea!
While Ariel is busking with her girl band at New Brighton Beach, she falls in love with a teenage mer-person named Eerr-k! Ariel dives into an ocean adventure where she makes a questionable deal with a devilish octopus named Ursula, fights off evil electric eels with her trash crab BFF, Sebastian, and has to help save the ocean from a mysterious purple slime of despair.
East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid. Photo by Emily Cooper.
Cast: Dawn Petten, Amanda Sum, Mark Chavez, Ghazal Azarbad, Andrew Wheeler
Ensemble: Kevin Nguyen, Abigail Padilla, Adam Weaver (Studio 58 Students)
Panto Kids: Greta Flinn, Ida Roeliani, Max Tyler-Hite, Mia Lin, Noa Lin, Scout Lobo, Hayden Mangan, Jude Mangan, Loa Martin, Cluny Martyn, Marika MacRae, Marlowe B. Petten, Tasio Pietropaolo, Jasper Podbrey, Tatsu Roth
East Van Panto: The Little Mermaid. Photo by Emily Cooper.
Playwright: Sonja Bennett
Director: Meg Roe
Music & Lyrics: Veda Hille
Orchestra: Veda Hille and Barry Mirochnick
Choreographer: Amanda Testini
Stage Manager: Joanne PB Smith
Assistant Stage Manager: Yvonne Yip
Set & Properties Design: John Webber
Costume Designer: Alaia Hamer
Lighting Designer: Sophie Tang
Scenic Illustrator: Cindy Mochizuki
Props Master: Heidi Wilkinson/Flying Fox Prop Shop
Sound FX and Design: Brad Danyluk
Assistant Director: Arthi Chandra
Assistant Lighting Designer: Hina Nishioka
Head of Wardrobe Theatre Replacement: Alaia Hamer
Head of Wardrobe The Cultch: Pachiel Smith
Technical Director: Hannah Abbot
Technical Director, The Cultch & The York: Cody Biles
Production Manager, Theatre Replacement: Jennifer Stewart
Production Manager, The Cultch & The York: Andrew McCaw
Head Electrician: Nico Meismiller
Head Fly/Carpenter: Kaden O’Reilly
Head Audio: Neal Miskin
Apprentice Stage Manager: Mariana Munoz
Standby: Amanda Testini
Understudy Musicians: Mishelle Cuttler & Róisín Adams
Kid Wrangler: Viviane Wu
Producer: Andy Cohen
Photos by Emily Cooper