NICK SKINNER - "Turkey"

Nick joined CATS for the pantomime Aladdin, where the programme editor very cornily put it, "Playing the Genie, he kept everyone spellbound!" Since those days of 1996, Nick has acted, directed, produced, and created some of the sturdiest bits of staging and set CATS has ever seen. The lectern, for example, in "Daisy Pulls it Off" was built by Nick and took two people ten minutes to dismantle it! He was also responsible for the boat-on-wheels, the Saucy Sal, in "Dick Whittington." Nick has performed in a number of shows where his character name is Nick, and has been nicknamed (sorry!) Uncle Nick by the rest of the society. Nick also proved that the summer shows could make money, especially with his first attempt at what we call 'candy-floss' with the play set on the Italian Riviera, "Fish out of Water." He was also responsible for bringing the classic whodunit "The Ghost Train" to Crowthorne. This was extremely successful outing for CATS with a very large cast and a fantastic set. Nick took a directorial break for a while to perform in "Dick Whittington" as Mr Chips, and as Theseus "A Midsummer Night's Dream" he then performed as Ian Hubbard, the swinger in "A Chorus of Disapproval." Nick is currently producing the summer show "Murdered to Death" although he couldn't be persuaded to remain on the committee where he has served as membership secretary for more than a few years.