CLIFF BECKETT

It is with great sadness that we have to announce the passing of Cliff Beckett on Friday 24th October 2025.

Cliff joined LADOS as a member of the props team for the 1989 production of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers which was quite appropriate, as he married wife Hazel seven days after this production finished its run. Until earlier this year Cliff was still involved with the props team, which is currently headed up by his daughter, Dawn Naylor.

Cliff has been a member of the general committee for a number of years now, and has taken many of the photos of the dress rehearsals which appear on the website. Cliff was awarded his 30 year service bar in 2018.

Cliff will be missed by everyone at LADOS!

Our thoughts are with Hazel, Dawn and the family at this difficult time.

Full cast announced for "The Wizard of Oz"

The full cast has now been announced.

LADOS present The Wizard of Oz

PRINCIPAL CAST

DOROTHY: Immy Horton
THE SCARECROW: Andrew Thompson
THE TIN MAN: Matt Boardman
THE COWARDLY LION: James Shields

THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST: Lynne Nolan
THE WIZARD OF OZ: Steve Johnson
GLINDA: Georgina Jackson
AUNT EM: Gail Bowskill
UNCLE HENRY: John Savage
EMERALD CITY GUARD: Zoe Naylor
WINKIE GENERAL: Mike Zorab

FEATURED CAST & ADULT ENSEMBLE

CROWS: Charlie Anderson, Steven Bryant & Sam Reeve-Stennett

TREES: Charlotte Mason, Victoria Jeffreys, Zoe Naylor, Lauren Joynson & Chloe Jane Hirst

Anja Bebbington, Anne Blackshaw, Leah Boardman, Codie Croskell, Vanessa Edwards, Karen Gray, Steven Graham, Phil Huddart, Chloe Hutton, Isabel Leslie, Eva Loynd, Steven Naylor, Charlotte McCaffery, Caeragh McCloy, Fay Phelps, Niamh Robinson & Hannah Stevenson

YOUTH ENSEMBLE

Ben Brevitt, Hazel Brevitt, Heidi Capstick, Daisy Carlton, Paige Cove, Maggie Faraday, Harrison Heald, Molly Hutton, Macy Marrin, Thea Parsons & Renae Seddon