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Past production

Fiddler on the Roof

Tuesday 4th–Saturday 8th October 2016

Bristol Hippodrome

In the village of Anatevka in imperial Russia, Tevye the dairyman holds on to tradition while his three eldest daughters, one after another, insist on marrying for love. Each choice takes him further from the customs he lives by — and behind it all the community waits on the constant threat of the Tsar’s edicts.

The score includes If I Were a Rich Man, Matchmaker and Sunrise, Sunset.

Cast

  • Tevye, the Dairyman — Simon Vardakis
  • Golde, his wife — Lucy Pope
  • Tzeitel, his daughter — Grace Macdonald
  • Hodel, his daughter — Katherine Sharp
  • Chava, his daughter — Sarah Huckle
  • Shprintze, his daughter — Lily Smart / Niamh O’Sullivan
  • Bielke, his daughter — Sienna Powis / Yvie Woods
  • Yente, the Matchmaker — Amber Andrews
  • Motel, the Tailor — Alex Milner
  • Perchik, the Student — Lawrence Haynes
  • Lazar Wolf, the Butcher — Robbie Burns
  • Mordcha, the Innkeeper — Bruce Slatton
  • The Rabbi — Philip Hallworth
  • Mendel, his Son — Jack Blackmore
  • Avram, the Bookseller — Andy Beech
  • Nachum, the Beggar — Steve Donovan
  • Grandma Tzeitel — Alison Sutton
  • Fruma-Sarah — Geraldine Gregory
  • Constable — David Cordingley
  • Fyedka — Sam Ward
  • Shaindel, Motel’s Mother — Vicky Hartland
  • Sasha — Mike Ludlow
  • The Fiddler — Lu Jeffery

Who made it

Creatives

Director
Alex Turasiewicz
Musical director
Harry Haden-Brown
Choreographer
Naomi Jeffery

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