DIRECTOR: David Adams
CHOREOGRAPHER: Suzanne Oulette
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Alan Stiles

Christmas, 2004

Gateway Theatre, Richmond BC

Based on the book by Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden is one of my favourite musicals, and Dickon one of my favourite characters.  I was so very excited to play this wonderful part.

In the ninth grade I played “Colin” in a production directed by one of my first mentors, Karen Cunningham.  A young man named Jonathon Appleton played “Dickon” in that production and he was absolutely electrifying and I really looked up to him.  About a year or so before I played Dickon at the Gateway, Jonathon passed away after a hard fought battle with cancer.  My performance is dedicated to him.

Reviews:

“With his jubilant tenor and saucy presence, Jeremy Crittenden is magnetic as Dickon” – Colin Thomas, The Georgia Straight

“Excellent support from Jeremy Crittenden as the playful Dickon” - Jerry Wasserman, The Province/Vancouverplays.com

“Crittenden stole the show… grabbing the audience by the jowels” -Matthew Hoekstra, Richmond Review

Photos by David Cooper