Thomas Saves the Day (Live Show)

For other uses, see Thomas Saves the Day (disambiguation).

Thomas Saves the Day was a live stage show produced by HIT Entertainment and AEG ThemeSTAR Entertainment Group from 2007-2011 that toured many countries across the world.

Plot

A large windstorm has passed the night before the annual Magic Lantern Festival. Trees have fallen on the main line, the decorations have been damaged and Farmer McColl's sheep are loose due to the fencing being blown down. Thomas and Percy set out to clean up the mess while Sir Topham Hatt shows his grandson Stephen Hatt around the yard and consults Mrs. Martin, the schoolteacher who is in charge of the festival. Sir Topham Hatt reveals that he will choose an engine to pull a special truck loaded with fireworks, balloons at the festival. Diesel then comes out of his shed and complains about the noise, but quickly leaves when the storm returns. The wind knocks over the large reflective light in the lighthouse, causing several ships to crash.

Meanwhile, Percy is delivering coal trucks when his driver notices that a sheep has escaped from Farmer McColl's farm. Percy blows his whistle to try and get the sheep back to the farm. Thomas meets Percy on his way back to the sheds and Percy promises to meet Thomas at the sheds after he delivers the trucks. As Thomas is almost back to the sheds, he and his driver hear an awful noise. It turns out to be some children, practising their marching band routine. They say that their boat crashed on the way to Sodor and their instruments were damaged, so Thomas agrees to take the instruments to the repair shop, despite knowing he will be late back to the sheds if he does.

When the two engines return, Sir Topham Hatt sees that they are overworked and decides to split up the work by having Diesel pull Percy's coaches for the day. He then asks Thomas and Percy to collect stones from the quarry to repair the viaduct.

At the quarry, Thomas and Percy are preparing to take the stones to the viaduct while their drivers and the quarry workers explain to them the legend of a lost diamond mine, which everyone brushes off rather quickly. Percy goes onto an old turntable, which breaks, causing him to spin out of control and break the barrier to a boarded-up mine shaft. Thomas warns him about some falling rocks and he reverses into the mine right as a rockslide occurs.

Thomas moves the rock, but Percy's coupling hook is missing. They go into the mine and not only do they find the coupling hook, but they learn that they are actually in the lost diamond mine from the legend. Percy's driver finds a huge diamond to fix the lighthouse light, which Thomas agrees to deliver. He and Percy race each other back to the sheds, where Sir Topham, Stephen and Mrs. Martin begin hanging lanterns. Thomas takes the diamond to the lighthouse, returns with the special delivery car and the Lantern Festival commences as everyone cheers on Thomas for saving the day.

Characters

Thomas
Percy
Diesel
A Troublesome Truck
Sir Topham Hatt
Stephen Hatt (2011)
Children's Marching Band
Mrs. Martin
Theodore (2007-08)
Thodore's mother (2007-09)
Harold (does not speak)
Gordon (mentioned)
James (originally; mentioned)
Emily (mentioned)
Harvey (mentioned)
Farmer McColl (mentioned)

Locations

Tidmouth Sheds
Elsbridge
Dryaw
The Lost Diamond Mine
Sodor Slate Quarry
The Railway Works (mentioned; 2007-2008 only)
Sodor Steamworks (mentioned in 2011 version)

Cast

2007 Performers

Greg Pearl as Sir Topham Hatt
Michael Bojtos as Thomas' driver and Diesel's operator
Ricky Whitfield as Percy's driver and a Bandboy
Katie Cortez as Theodore's mother, a committee member and a sheep
David Matthew Torsiello as Theodore, a committee member and a Bandboy

UK/AUS/HK/Sinapore voice actors

Nigel Lister as Thomas, Percy, Diesel and A Troublesome Truck

UK/AUS/HK/Sinapore Performers

Nigel Lister as The Narrator
Dean Nolan as Sir Topham Hatt
Sandy Batchelor as Thomas' driver and Diesel's operator
Jonathan Deardan as Percy's driver and a Bandboy
Amanda-Jane Short as Theodore's mother, a committee member and a sheep
Daniel Summers as Theodore, a committee member and a Bandboy
Róisín Magee as Mrs. Martin, a Bandgirl, a railway driver and a quarry worker

2008 Canada tour voice actors

Jeffrey Mark Pierce as Thomas, Percy, Diesel and A Troublesome Truck

2008 Canada tour performers

Jeffrey Mark Pierce as The Narrator
Swaine Kaui as Sir Topham Hatt
Michael Bojtos as Thomas' driver and Diesel's operator
Ricky Whitfield as Percy's driver and a Bandboy
Katie Cortez as Theodore's mother, a committee member and a sheep
Kyle Garvin as Theodore, a committee member and a Bandboy
Andrea Kovelman as Mrs. Martin, a Bandgirl, a railway driver and a quarry worker

2009 Japan tour voice actors

Kumiko Higa as Thomas
Chie Kōjiro as Percy

2009 Japan tour performers

Kenzo Ishii as Sir Topham Hatt
Sayuri Fukui as Mrs. Martin
Kyohei Kanda as Thomas' driver
Daisuke Yamaai as Percy's driver
Chikako Funayama as
Chie Ikeda as
Kohei Iizuka as

2011 Toronto tour voice actors

Joel Frank as Thomas, Percy, Diesel and A Troublesome Truck

2011 Toronto tour performers

Shaun Rice as Sir Topham Hatt
Brendan Malafronte as Thomas' driver
Ricky Whitfield as Percy's driver and a Bandboy
Katie Cortez as an engine driver, a Bandgirl, a quarry worker, and Mrs. Martin
Martin Sherman as Stephen Hatt, a Bandboy and a sheep

Korean Performers and voice actors

Kim Do-shin as Narrator
Hong Kwan-pyo as Thomas and Thomas' Driver
Lee Ji-soo as Sir Topham Hatt
Seo Tae-yi as Percy and Percy's Driver
Shin Geum-sook as an unnamed girl's mother, a committee member and a sheep
Kim Yu-mi as an unnamed girl and a committee member
Park Eun-hee as Mrs. Martin
Kim Yung-hun as

Songs

Act 1

Act 2

Really Useful Engine
Friendship Will Light The Way (Night Train (different lyrics))
Let's Have a Race
Engine Roll Call
Determination
Finale (Thomas' Anthem and Really Useful Engine (reprise))

Trivia

During the show's development and concept phase, Thomas and Diesel were meant to be the two functioning engines while Percy and James would be essentially half engines, and simply roll in and out of the sheds, similar to how Gordon appeared in the All Aboard Live Tour. In the actual show, James was cut out, while Percy became the functioning engine instead of Diesel.
- In between scenes, Diesel switches berths to give the illusion that he has moved.
- For A Circus Comes to Town and Thomas and the Hidden Treasure, Gordon and James were both designed in this manner.
In the original 2007 North American run of the show, the set was much more simplified. The festival is called the "Magical Lantern Festival" (in very early promotional screenshots), and no Lanterns decorate Tidmouth Sheds during the finale. The modified banner and the addition of lanterns in the finale were made once the show started touring Australia.
The South Korean, Hong Kong (Cantonese screenings) and Taiwan runs of the show alter the banners to read in Korean, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, respectively.
Martin Sherman, who voiced Thomas, Percy and Diesel until after the eighteenth series when Joseph May, Christopher Ragland and Kerry Shale took over the respective roles, played Stephen Hatt in the 2011 North American run of the show.
At one point, Diesel tells Thomas “See ya later, rattler!”, referencing the ninth series episode Respect for Gordon.
During the show's tour in Japan, the unnamed boy was replaced with an unnamed girl.
The Korean CD also includes It's Great to Be an Engine, Sounds and Engine Roll Call official instrumentals.
For the 2011 North American tour, there were some slight changes made to keep with the consistency of the changes made in A Circus Comes to Town.
- The removal of an on-stage narrator, who read the show's story like a book. Instead, the characters now speak out loud, with actor Joel Frank returning to providing the voice of the engines as he did in A Circus Comes to Town.
- The replacement of the boy and his mother with Stephen Hatt.
- The removal of the tunnels on the stage sides where the engines would exit and enter the scenes. This was kept from the A Circus Comes To Town.
- The Festival name is simply called the "Lantern Festival".
- Addition of the "Sir Topham Hatt" song, sung by Stephen. The scene that it replaced involved the narrator and Sir Topham Hatt worrying about the festival and the unnamed boy (in front of the audience) crying loudly while giving some members of the audience hugs. The scene change was due to audience concerns and personal boundries.
- The reasoning for Thomas and Percy going to the quarry is slightly altered. In the 2007 run, Sir Topham Hatt is cross for the engines being late and sends them there as a punishment. In the 2011 run, he is upset for the engines being late, but this time he simply asks Thomas and Percy to go there to help out (not as a punishment).
- A sheep loses its speaking words.

Goofs

On one of the signalboxes, Elsbridge is misspelt as "Ellsbridge". This problem has happened with the Wooden Railway model.
Diesel does not have front cab windows.
Diesel is missing his siderods.
Thomas' lamp is out of place as it is behind his lamp iron.
In some performances, the mouth movements of Percy and Thomas do not match some of their lip sync or dialogue.
Thomas and Percy are both missing their stepladders.
The SBS news team was confused about the people who did Sir Topham Hatt from the live show, and they wrote subtitles for the interview video that Kim Do-shin did Sir Topham Hatt from the live show but Lee Ji-su did that role in South Korea.

In Other Languages

Language	Title
Japanese	きかんしゃトーマスファミリーミュージカルソドー島の夏まつり
Korean	가족 뮤지컬 토마스와 친구들 한국 투어
Taiwanese Mandarin	湯瑪士幫幫忙