Simone Craddock

(Thursday, November 16 to Sunday December 2, 2006) She played Irene in the musical, "Hello, Dolly!," at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England with Anita Dobson (Dolly Gallagher Levi); Hilary O'Neil (Ernestina); Samuel Board (Ambrose Kemper); Rolf Saxon (Horace Vandergelder); Brenda Moore (Ermengarde); Alistair David (Cornelius Hackl); Spencer Charles Noll (Barnaby Tucker); Amanda Salmon (Minnie Fay)and Christopher Marlowe (Rudolph/Judge) in the cast. Stewart Charlesworth, Ben Cox, Philip Coyle, Sara Furlong, Andrew Gordon-Watkins, Rebecca Lee, Andrea Lynette-Young, Jonathan Renny Miller, Katy Osborne, George Smith, Louise Stanton, Karen Williams, Daniel Woodhouse and Thomas Worship were members of the ensemble. Gilly Lodge played Reed 1. Leonard Aruliah played Reed 2. Toby Kennedy played Reed 3. Alan Hase and Dave Osborne played Trumpet 1. Matt Tubman played Trumpet 2. Rosie Nicholl played Trombone. Darren McCarthy played Bass. James Baker played drums and percussion. Chris Moreno was producer. Chris Colby was director. David Kort was choreographer. Andrew Hilton was music director. Amy McNamara was costume designer. Chris Olney was lighting designer. Art Walker was stage manager. Rachel Connors was deputy stage manager. Jamie Addleton was assistant stage manager. Mac Sound was sound designer. Nick Sagar was also sound designer. Adrian Gummer was sound operator. Ethan Thorpe was production assistant. Jane Warriner was production assistant to Chris Moreno. Ann Ward was finance manager. Elizabeth Marshall was finance assistant. Michael Stewart wrote the book. Jerry Herman was composer and lyricist. Thornton Wilder wrote the original play, "The Matchmaker." Gower Champion was original director and choreographer. David Merrick was original Broadway producer.