Big The Musical

Big The Musical - January 18 - January 21, 2017

Southgate Drama & Social Group

Who's Who

Martin Welsh

as Big Josh

Martin studied Music Theatre at the University of Central Lancashire, taking principal roles in 'Guys & Dolls' and 'Jesus Christ Superstar'. Martin is active in several amateur dramatic groups, joining Southgate Drama in 2016 to help backstage on ‘Oliver!’ then acting in ‘The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940’. He’s excited to perform his first leading role in what is one of his favourite musicals.
Sophie Goldthorpe

as Susan

Sophie is a business development consultant at Covéa Insurance. She joined the group in 2012. Her past roles include Liesl ('Sound of Music'), Swallow ('Whistle Down The Wind') and Nancy ('Oliver!'). Joining the committee in 2015, Sophie is head of our social media. So if you talk to us on Facebook, it's her. If Sophie could make one wish on the Zoltar Machine it would be that unicorns were real!
Ellie Doran

as Billy Kopecki

Ellie is currently studying for her A-levels at Greenhead College. She first appeared as Brat in our 2015 production 'Whistle Down The Wind' and was extremely busy in last year's show, 'Oliver!', performing as Charlotte whilst also being an active member of both the adults' and children's ensembles. If Ellie could make one wish on the Zoltar Machine, she'd wish that she was big!
Dexter Tikadar

as MacMillan

Dexter joined Southgate four years ago to help backstage, then appeared in ‘Whistle Down the Wind’ as Ed and Mr Sowerby in ‘Oliver!’, as well as taking roles in ‘Dry Rot’ and ‘The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940’. Dexter is a committee member and helps with building our sets. If Dexter could make a wish on the Zoltar machine it would be to build a new stage for Southgate with a BIG digital screen.
Chris Main

as Paul

After moving from Liverpool, Chris found the drama communities ideal for his next step in the world of acting and took roles in ‘The History Boys’ and ‘Carrie’s War’ with Halifax Thespians. He now finds himself in ‘Big: The Musical’, which in particular has challenged him to further develop his skills. If he could have one wish it would be to look as good as Paul Seymour does in a suit.