The Trouble With Leo
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About
VAMP Presents The Trouble With Leo
[a rumble in the jungle]
Comedy pantomime by Bruce Hunt-Hughes
Live Theatre — alive with colour, costumes, lights, action and fabulous frocks!
A theatrical event hatched in Violet Town and set to transport you to a jungle in Africa where the King of the Beasts is running amuck!
Panto/Farce as the Royal Advisers attempt to deceive the King.
News, false news, power, intrigue, trickery and deception. Masks, laughs, false exits and surprise entrances.
With appearances of a cunning fox, and starring The Big Bad Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood, Three Little Pigs) with fun for the family but plenty of jokes for the old-in-spirit as well as the young-at-art.
Bruce Hunt-Hughes as Leo (the King who has a Trouble)
Marion as Leonie, who dares tell truth to power,
Charmayne Lane as Volumnia, who yields the throne to her son, Leo.
Sue Paton as the Sheep who loses her nose.
Sarah as the Wolf who loses their tongue.
Alan Hughes as the Fabulous Fox 🦊
Jeff Jennings, Vikki Lane and Mick Frewin as Woodcutters,
Maitri as the Spider-Monkey Witch, Bridget as Fidget, Spider-Monkey’s accomplice, who steals the Cloak of Anonymity,
Mario as Mandrake, the tree spirit with the wild waving hair,
Annabelle as Anansi the Spider-Godess who casts Mandrake deep into a granite cell..
It is a comedy of power, self-deception, disguise and redemption.
A nose and a tongue are swallowed, but after the ingenious Fox dons the mask of Dr Zeal, the nose and tongue are returned to their rightful owners.
After a riot of mayhem and intrigue,
It all seems to destined to a happy ending,
Until the unexpected arrival of a power-monger, who longs to attend a wedding..
With jokes on greenies, rednecks, silver foxes and the Big Bad Wolf and their fluffy woolly-headed companion, this startling and original comedy trips and troops across the stage with energy and light-hearted brilliance.
Dazzling.
Belly laughs.
Chuckles.
Guffaws.
Some titters.
PG Parental Guidance recommended.
Show Times
Preview - Thursday 10 September 7pm
Preview - Friday 11 September 7pm
Opening Night - Saturday 12 September 7pm
Matinee - Sunday 13 September 2pm
Run time
First half 50 minutes.
One interval of 20 minutes.
Second half 30 minutes.
Total 100 minutes.
Curtain up at 7pm.
Final Curtain at 8.40pm.
Tickets
General admission - Doors open at 6pm
$20 Early bird
$25 At the door
$10 Under 18 (reccomend for +12)
$50 Family (2 adults & +2 U18)
Contact us to discuss discount for group bookings, access, or non-online bookings. violettownartsmusicperformance@gmail.com
Tickets available on line at : https://www.trybooking.com/DNDBN
Tickets available at box office on the night $25 Adult
FEBRUARY 2026
Bruce Hunt Hughes has written a mad comedy/pantomime which we think will be fun to put on in Violet Town Hall in September. Bruce will direct.
to join in contact us!
Our Poet-in-Residence will pitch the comedy The Trouble With Leo for people to hear the story and see the designs and a plan. We invite expressions of interest to play – on stage, back stage or front-of-house. You'll hear the story, see the design, and feel the vibe of community theatre! All welcome! Saturday 7 February at 4:00pm at Shadforth Reserve Clubrooms.
Performing Saturday 12 September 2026