Beauty and the Beast
(2023)
East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast. Photo by Emily Cooper.
Bright, business-minded Belle has always been different from other kids growing up on the Drive. Her nose is always stuck in a book — a general ledger book that is!
Everything changes when she’s separated from her free-spirited dad Maurice and becomes imprisoned in an enchanted specialty grocery store by a strangely familiar Beast who seems very set in his ways. Time is running out and Belle and her new friends Miso Potts, little Tofu and their Bento Buds must do everything they can to flip the perspective of Belle’s captor and break the curse before the last cherry blossom falls!
East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast. Photo by Emily Cooper.
Cast: Steffanie Davis, Jason Sakaki, Munish Sharma, Mark Chavez, Maiko Yamamoto
Ensemble: L Danger, Hikari Terasawa, Emma Abbott (Studio 58 Students)
Panto Kids: Greta Flinn, Mia Lin, Noa Lin, Scout Lobo, Hayden Mangan, Jude Mangan, Loa Martin, Bryony Martyn, Cluny Martyn, Marika MacRae, Marlowe B. Petten, Tasio Pietropaolo, Jasper Podbrey, Ida Roeliani, Max Tyler-Hite.
East Van Panto: Beauty and the Beast. Photo by Emily Cooper.
Playwrights: Jivesh Parasram & Christine Quintana
Director: Anita Rochon
Music & Lyrics: Veda Hille
Orchestra: Veda Hille, June Mirochnick & Mishelle Cuttler
Choreographer: Amanda Testini
Stage Manager: Emma Hammond
Assistant Stage Manager: Jenny Kim
Set & Properties Design: Lauchlin Johnston
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 Music Director: Mishelle Cuttler
Assistant Director: Howard Dai
Assistant Set Designer: Jennifer Stewart
Assistant Choreographer: Julian Lokash
Head of Wardrobe Theatre Replacement: Alaia Hamer
Head of Wardrobe The Cultch: Florence Barrett
Production Manager & Technical Director: Daniel O’Shea
Technical Director, The Cultch & The York: Cody Biles
Production Manager, Theatre Replacement: Jennifer Stewart
Production Manager, The Cultch & The York: Andrew McCaw
Head Electrician: Jude Meismiller
Head Fly/Carpenter: Darren (DJ) Miller
Head Audio: Neal Miskin
Apprentice Stage Manager: Caroline Tang
Emergency Covers: Amanda Sum & Dawn Petten
Production Assistants & Kid Wranglers: Sam Levy & Ethan Dehoog
Producer: Jamie King (JK)
Photos by Emily Cooper