Christopher Lillicrap
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Christopher Lillicrap is a British
television presenter, writer
and composer
. He is best known for being a children's TV presenter in the 1970s and '80s, and has numerous writing credits, including Rainbow and Fimbles. He presented We'll Tell You a Story, and Flicks – ITV's answer to Jackanory
– between 1983 and 1988. Lillicrap is also the creator of the educational television show, El Nombre
. His stage work includes pantomime
, writing for the Proper Pantomime Company, in whose productions he stars as the dame
.
For the Christmas 2009 pantomime season, Christopher Lillicrap appeared as the Dame in Robinson Crusoe
at the Connaught Theatre
in Worthing
, West Sussex
.
Chris has co-written numerous pantomimes and children’s shows for the theatre with his actress wife Jeanette Ranger. Their musical Monty Moonbeam’s Magnificent Mission won the TMA/Martini Award for Best Show for Young People.
United Kingdom
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television presenter, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. He is best known for being a children's TV presenter in the 1970s and '80s, and has numerous writing credits, including Rainbow and Fimbles. He presented We'll Tell You a Story, and Flicks – ITV's answer to Jackanory
Jackanory
Jackanory is a long-running BBC children's television series that was designed to stimulate an interest in reading. The show was first transmitted on 13 December 1965, the first story being the fairy-tale Cap o' Rushes read by Lee Montague. Jackanory continued to be broadcast until 24 March 1996,...
– between 1983 and 1988. Lillicrap is also the creator of the educational television show, El Nombre
El Nombre
El Nombre is an animated masked Mexican gerbil originally from a series of educational television shows called Numbertime - a BBC schools programme about mathematics. His first appearance was in 1993 and he became such a success that his interstitial part was soon extended to a five minute short ,...
. His stage work includes pantomime
Pantomime
Pantomime — not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime—is a musical-comedy theatrical production traditionally found in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Jamaica, South Africa, India, Ireland, Gibraltar and Malta, and is mostly performed during the...
, writing for the Proper Pantomime Company, in whose productions he stars as the dame
Pantomime dame
A pantomime dame is a traditional character in British pantomime. It is a continuation of en travesti portrayal of female characters by male actors in drag. They are often played either in an extremely camp style, or else by men acting 'butch' in women's clothing...
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For the Christmas 2009 pantomime season, Christopher Lillicrap appeared as the Dame in Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe is a novel by Daniel Defoe that was first published in 1719. Epistolary, confessional, and didactic in form, the book is a fictional autobiography of the title character—a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Trinidad, encountering cannibals, captives, and...
at the Connaught Theatre
Connaught Theatre
The Connaught Theatre is a Streamline Moderne-style theatre in the centre of Worthing, in West Sussex, England. Built as the Picturedrome cinema in 1914, the venue was extended in 1935 and became the new home of the Connaught Theatre . The theatre houses touring West End theatre productions,...
in Worthing
Worthing
Worthing is a large seaside town with borough status in West Sussex, within the historic County of Sussex, forming part of the Brighton/Worthing/Littlehampton conurbation. It is situated at the foot of the South Downs, west of Brighton, and east of the county town of Chichester...
, West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
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Chris has co-written numerous pantomimes and children’s shows for the theatre with his actress wife Jeanette Ranger. Their musical Monty Moonbeam’s Magnificent Mission won the TMA/Martini Award for Best Show for Young People.