Est: 2016
Emu &
friends
Emu is a puppet emu given to British entertainer Rod Hull in the 1960s while he was presenting a children's breakfast television programme in Australia. Hull adopted the mute puppet for his cabaret act, and took it with him to the United Kingdom when he returned in 1970. The character was given a mischievous and sometimes aggressive onstage persona, attacking celebrity guests (and Hull himself) for comic effect. Hull and Emu also appeared on several episodes of The Hudson Brothers' comedy show in the United States.
Emu
1972
Babes in the Wood
London Palladium
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1974
Aladdin
Bristol Hippodrome
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1975
Emu in Pantoland
Liverpool Empire
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1976
Emu in Pantoland
Shaftsbury Theatre, London
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1977
Emu in Pantoland
Coventry Theatre
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1978
Emu in Pantoland
Princes Theatre, Plymouth
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1980
Emu in Pantoland
Kings Theatre in Southsea
1979
Emu in Pantoland
Princess Theatre, Torquay
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1981
Emu in Pantoland
Blackpool Grand
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1985
Jack and the Beanstalk
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
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1986
Robinson Crusoe
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
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1987
Babes in the Wood
London Palladium
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1989
Aladdin
Lewisham Theatre
1988
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
Birmingham Alexandra
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1991
Jack & The Beanstalk
The Hawth, Crawley
1990
Cinderella
Reading Hexagon
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1992
Robinson Crusoe
Grand Theatre, Swansea
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1994
Dick Whittington
Cliffs Pavilion Southend
1993
Jack and the Beanstalk
Cambridge Corn Exchange
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1995
Aladdin
Grand Opera House, Belfast
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1998
Puss in Boots
Theatre Royal, Windsor
1996
Cinderella
North Wales Theatre, Llandudno
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2003
Cinderella
Theatre Royal, Windsor
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2009
Aladdin
Theatre Royal, Windsor
1985
Jack and the Beanstalk
Churchill Theatre, Bromley
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1986
Robinson Crusoe
Theatre Royal, Nottingham
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1989
Jack and the Beanstalk
Tameside Theatre
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1993
Sleeping Beauty
Grand Theatre, Swansea
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(During the 1993 production Carol Lee Scott was
taken seriously ill after the first few performances and
had to pull out of the rest of the run)
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1995
Beauty and the Beast
Barnsley Civic
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1998
Red Riding Hood
Billingham Forum
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Carol Lee Scott passed away in July 2017
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Carol Lee Scott AKA: Grotbags
Freddie Stevens AKA: Robot Redford
1980
Emu in Panto Land
King's Theatre Southsea
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1985
Jack and the Beanstalk
Churchill Theatre Bromley
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1986
Robinson Crusoe
Theatre Royal Nottingham
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1989
Aladdin
Lewisham Theatre
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1992
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Dartford Orchard Theatre
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Freddie Stevens passed away on 26th January 2016
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