Members - John Adcock

John Adcock - Chairman

I joined Eldorado for Annie Get Your Gun in 1996 and in a baptism of fire was immediately set in the big Indian dance number. Nobody told me that I would have to wear a long black wig that was supposed to make me look like an Indian, but in reality made me look like someone from ‘The Young Ones’!! The following show was Orpheus in the Underworld and I played the character of Mars, astounding my family and work colleagues by prancing around the stage in a very skimpy outfit, adorned with very elaborate face make-up and a cap worn at a jaunty angle!! 26 shows later and I wonder why it took me so long to venture into amateur dramatics! Making up for lost time, I’ve since been lucky enough to be a regular member of the dance troupe and to play some really great characters, the most memorable and enjoyable have included: Luther Billis in South Pacific, Jigger Craigin in Carousel, Lank Hawkins in Crazy For You, Henry Miller in Calamity Jane, Harry the Horse in Guys and Dolls, Uncle Max in The Sound of Music, Lazar Wolf in Fiddler on the Roof and Bert Barry in 42^nd Street.

I’ve had two roles on the Eldorado Committee, the first as Membership Secretary for 3 years and secondly as Chairman for the last 9 years…. and counting !

Biography

2011 - EMP Hair - soloist

2011 - EMP Our House - Mr Pressman

2010 - EMP A Beautiful Feeling - soloist

2009 – EMP Copacabana - McManus

2009 – EMP Smokey Joe’s Café

2008 – EMP Broadway and Beyond

2007 – EMP Sweet Charity

2007 – EMP Godspell

2006 – EMP Show Time!

2006 – EMP

42^nd Street

– Bert Barry

2005 – EMP Musical Fantasia

2005 – EMP Fiddler on the Roof – Lazar Wolf

2004 – EMP The Sound of Music – Uncle Max

2004 – EMP The Pirates of Penzance

2003 – EMP Anything Goes – Ship’s Captain

2003 – EMP Guys and Dolls – Harry the Horse

2002 – EMP Annie - Senator

2002 – EOS Calamity Jane – Henry Miller

2001 – EOS Crazy For You – Lank Hawkins

2001 – EOS Carousel – Jigger Craigin

2000 – EOS Mack and Mabel – Mr. Fox

2000 – EOS Kismet – Chief of Police

1999 – EOS Oliver! – Dr. Grimwig

1999 – EOS South Pacific – Luther Billis

1998 – EOS Pink Champagne

1998 – EOS Me and My Girl

1997 – EOS Hello Dolly - Rudolph

1997 – EOS Half a Sixpence – Sid Pornick

1996 – EOS Orpheus in the Underworld - Mars

1996 – EOS Annie Get Your Gun

Eldorado Musical Productions

We are an amateur dramatic group performing modern musicals at the Bob Hope Theatre in South East London.