Hello and a very warm welcome to our ODTC Panto 2024, Sleeping Beauty! Another year has flown by, and we can’t believe it’s nearly Christmas already! But wow, have we got a magical treat for you this festive season as we visit the enchanted land of Foggywatt and embark on a rip-roaring panto escapade together! Grab yourselves a drink from the bar and get ready to boo at the baddies, roar at the Royal ruckus, and flutter with our flock of fabulous fairies! As always, the lead up to show week has been a wonderful adventure throughout every department of Out of the Darkness. Our Performance Group have been leading the laughter and working hard in rehearsals, singing and dancing their Christmas stockings off to bring you this show today! Our Media Group are teching each show, operating the lights and sound to bring you such splendid sparkle to the stage! And our Creative Groups have been busier than Santa’s elves designing and creating the spellbinding props and scenery that tell our tale. We’ve all been eating, breathing and dreaming panto since the warm summer nights of September, and are so excited to bring you great tidings of Christmas joy, all wrapped up in this show tonight! I’d like to thank our extraordinary team for the incredible work they do. This really is a special place to be a part of, to witness such happiness every single day, all year round! So, may we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year when 2025 arrives. In the meantime, sit back, drink up, warm up those panto cheers and enjoy the SHOW!

So proud to present our ODTC Summer Murder Mystery for 2024 -Death on the Spey! The third rambunctious who-dunnit in our trilogy of murder mysteries after Murder on the Dufftown Express and Death in Dallas! Yes, your uproarious Poirot is back, this time with the buoyant Inspector Japp and his nephew Mini Poirot in tow, to solve the scandalous crimes aboard the Breaking Wind. Based on the charismatic characters by Agatha Christie with a hefty load of ODTC magic and artistic interpretation thrown in, we know you’re in for a moustache tickling treat as we set sail up the Spey!

Hello and a very warm welcome to our 2023 ODTC Christmas show, A Christmas Carol! And what a magical journey it has been getting here! Our incredible ODTC cast and crew have worked their socks off - rehearsing, learning lines, designing and building props and sets, filming and editing, planning lighting designs and delving deep into the art of storytelling. As a newbie coming into the team, it’s beyond exciting to see how the ODTC well-oiled machine works. It’s a family of mischief and fun, of creativity and imagination, of highly skilled members across every aspect of production that come together to make the show, all whilst honing their craft and deepening their friendships. Besides myself, we also had Fraser, Ben and Shannon joining the team in August – welcomed by your old favourites Garry, Martin, Mark and Ian. Who needs the gym when you can come to work with this wildly enthusiastic and innovative team? Every morning is a creative workout, a full-on explosion of ideas and planning, interpretive dance and endless laughter. Yet again, like our members, the dedication and focus of the staff team is an inspiration to be immersed in – such detail and care are included in every decision, to bring out the best in everyone. This production has been a team effort, crafted by the whole gang and Garry’s secret snack drawer. So it is my pleasure to ask you to sit back, relax and enjoy the show! It has been created with an abundance of passion, teamwork and quite a few love puffs that have sent the cast running off the stage. Cheer loudly, catch a flump as they come hurtling past your head in Act 2, fill up your wine glass and have a fabulous evening! Thank you for your support and may we wish you a very Merry Christmas to come!

ODTC's 30th Anniversary Panto - The Good, The Bad and The Disnae featuring our Members and UHI Moray Performing Arts Students

Created by our ODTC Media and Arts Group members

Filmed by our ODTC Performance Group

A music video by our ODTC Performance Group members

Audio book narrated and illustrated by our ODTC Group members