News Archive January 2009

November 2009 Show Announced

“And what do you do for a living, Mrs. Levi?”, asked Ambrose Kemper in the first scene of this most delightful of musical comedies. Some people paint, some sew…I meddle”, replies Dolly and we are off on a whirlwind race round New York and Yonkers at the turn of the century as we follow the adventures of that most mischievous matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Gallagher Levi.

The committee are pleased to announce that our next production in November at the Lyceum Theatre w/c 17th – 21st November 2009 is to be “HELLO DOLLY”. We welcome back John Cumberlidge as our Director/Choreographer, and Anna Wright as our Musical Director. We are also pleased that Mark Harris will be Assistant Director, and Claire Harriott as Assistant Choreographer. What a team!

We hope that you will join us for our first rehearsal on Friday May 29th at Wesley Hall, Crookes, starting at 7.30 p.m., and the Audition day will be Sunday 7th June at Ecclesall Junior School, Ringinglow Road, starting at 10.00 a.m. We will meet every Friday at Wesley Hall and on Sunday July 12th the Waiters Gallop number will be set. Starting in September there will be additional rehearsals, and further details will be available once we meet in May.

We look forward to seeing many old friends and also new friends that want to be part of our Society.

Any queries please contact us.


23/01/2009

May 2009 Production Announced

“She Loves Me” will be performed at the Montgomery Hall on

Tuesday 28th April

Wednesday 29th April

Friday 1st May and

Saturday 2nd May 2009.

We are pleased to welcome back onto the team Mark Harris as Director and Andy Collis as Musical Director.

Our 2008 show at the Montgomery was set in a baker's shop - this year's show is set in a Parfumerie!

Secret pen pals blossom into a love affair in this charming musical based on the Jimmy Stewart film The Shop Around the Corner. With a cast of winsome eccentrics aiding and abetting the love stricken couple, She Loves Me is sure to prove a hit with audiences.

Book by Joe Masteroff. Music by Jerry Bock. Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.

Based on a play by Miklos Laszio. Originally directed on Broadway by Harold Prince. Originally produced on Broadway by Harold Prince in Association with Lawrence N Kasha and Philip C McKenna. 

This musical comedy had a West End revival and opened on July 12th 1994 at the Savoy Theatre, the cast included John Gordon Sinclair as Georg, Ruthie Henshall as Amalia, and Tracie Bennett as Ilona.

Our first rehearsal will be on Friday 30th January at Wesley Hall starting at 7.30 p.m., and then every following Friday. There will be some Sunday rehearsals and the audition workshop will be held on Sunday 8th February at Ecclesall Junior School, the time yet to be confirmed.

09/01/2009

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