Fosse is a Tony Award winning three-act musical revue showcasing the choreography of Bob Fosse.  All element sin the show can be found on Youtube.

After 21 previews, the original Broadway production, conceived and directed by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Ann Reinking and choreographed by Reinking and Chet Walker, opened on January 14, 1999 at the Broadhurst Theatre, where it ran for 1093 performances.

In 2002, Fosse, featuring Reinking and Ben Vereen, was aired as part of the Great Performances series on PBS television.

A London production opened at the West End Prince of Wales Theatre on February 8, 2000 and closed January 6, 2001.

Our Day Out by Willy Russell

National Diploma Extended Year 1

Romeo & Juliet

National Diploma Year 2

For many years, an on-going feud between two families has caused much disruption in the city of Verona, Italy. The Capulets and the Montagues cannot seem to get along, and there have been many deaths among the two families because of it. Prince Escalus of Verona warns the two families that if the feud does not stop, the punishment will be death.

The stage opens with servants of the Capulet and Montague families. They get into a minor argument. Romeo, a Montague, enters the stage. He has recently been denied the love of Rosaline. He is miserable over this. His friend and cousin, Benvolio, enters and decides that they will go to the Capulet feast, in disguises, so he can prove to Romeo that other pretty women exist. They all exit. At the feast, Romeo meets Juliet, the daughter of Capulet. Instantly, they fall in love. After the feast, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and visits Juliet. Here, they proclaim their love for each other. They decide to marry the next afternoon and they exit the stage. Romeo and his friend and confidant, Friar Laurence, enter. Romeo seeks the help of Friar Laurence, who agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet, in hopes that the marriage will end the feud between the two families. They exit.

Later that afternoon, Tybalt, a nephew of Lady Capulet, enters. He meets Romeo and starts a fight with him, as he is angry that Romeo was at the Capulet feast. Mercutio, a friend of Romeo's, is angered by Tybalt and challenges him to a duel. Tybalt kills Mercutio, and Romeo in response, kills Tybalt. He quickly flees the scene before he hears that the Prince has exiled him from Verona. All exit.

Romeo and the friar enter. Hiding in Friar Laurence's cell, Romeo tries to commit suicide. The friar will not allow Romeo to take his own life, and convinces him to go and see Juliet to say goodbye to her.

Capulet enters and arranges for Juliet to marry Paris in three days. She refuses, but her father says he will disown her if she does not comply. They exit and Juliet enters in the friar's cell. He gives her a potion that will make it appear as though she is dead. She exits. She reenters the stage (now at home) and agrees to marry Paris. Her father is so delighted with her obedience that he decides to move the wedding up one day, to the very next day (Wednesday). All exit. The next morning, Nurse enters and finds Juliet in her bed, apparently dead. The Capulets all enter with Paris and decide to have a funeral. All exit. Romeo, who is in Mantua, enters. His servant Balthasar enters and tells Romeo that Juliet is dead. Balthasar exits. Romeo doesn't know that it is a fake death because he never gets the message from the friar. He buys a vial of poison from an apothecary and returns to Verona.

Romeo enters at the Capulet tomb and sees Juliet (apparently) dead. Paris, who had entered previously, but had been hiding, recognizes Romeo as a Montague and challenges him. Romeo kills him, drinks the poison he bought, and dies. Just as Juliet wakes up from the potion the friar gave her, the friar enters the tomb. He hears noises and tries to persuade Juliet to leave with him. She refuses, sees Romeo dead next to her, stabs herself with Romeo's sword, and dies. The Capulets, Montagues, and the Prince of Verona all enter the tomb and wonder what went on. Friar Laurence explains the story, and the Capulets and Montagues agree to end their family feud.

Contemporary Theatre
National Diploma Year 2

Exploring equality, diversity, mental health and bullying

Glee Club
National Diploma Years 1 & 2

Join us for our first performance of The glee Club vocal performance group.

Physical Theatre Workshop
National Diploma Year 2

National Diploma Year 2 demonstrate techniques from their Physicla Theatre Repertoire including percussion, mimetics, Taiko drumming and movement and excerpts from our forthcoming performance of Romeo and Juliet.

Contemporary Devised Performance
National Diploma Year 1

In celebration of Black History Month the 1st year Performing Arts students present several devised contemporary theatre pieces.

 June 15th & 16th 2010 Little Shop Of Horrors

National Diploma Year 2
Final Major Project

Synopsis

 June 22nd & 23rd 2010 'Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles

National Diploma Year 1
Classical Theatre

Synopsis

SOME twelve years before the action of the play begins, Oedipus has been made King of Thebes in gratitude for his freeing the people from the pestilence brought on them by the presence of the riddling Sphinx. Since Laius, the former king, had shortly before been killed, Oedipus has been further honored by the hand of Queen Jocasta.

Now another deadly pestilence is raging and the people have come to ask Oedipus to rescue them as before. The King has anticipated their need, however. Creon, Jocasta's brother, returns at the very moment from Apollo's oracle with the announcement that all will be well if Laius' murderer be found and cast from the city. In an effort to discover the murderer, Oedipus sends for the blind seer, Tiresias. Under protest the prophet names Oedipus himself as the criminal. Oedipus, outraged at the accusation, denounces it as a plot of Creon to gain the throne.

Jocasta appears just in time to avoid a battle between the two men. Seers, she assures Oedipus, are not infallible. In proof, she cites the old prophecy that her son should kill his father and have children by his mother. She prevented its fulfillment, she confesses, by abandoning their infant son in the mountains. As for Laius, he had been killed by robbers years later at the junction of three roads on the route to Delphi. This information makes Oedipus uneasy. He recalls having killed a man answering Laius' description at this very spot when he was fleeing from his home in Corinth to avoid fulfillment of a similar prophecy.

An aged messenger arrives from Corinth, at this point, to announce the death of King Polybus, supposed father of Oedipus, and the election of Oedipus as king in his stead. On account of the old prophecy Oedipus refuses to return to Corinth until his mother, too, is dead. To calm his fears the messenger assures him that he is not the blood son of Polybus and Merope, but a foundling from the house of Laius deserted in the mountains. This statement is confirmed by the old shepherd whom Jocasta had charged with the task of exposing her babe. Thus the ancient prophecy has been fulfilled in each dreadful detail. Jocasta in her horror hangs herself and Oedipus stabs out his eyes. Then he imposes on himself the penalty of exile which he had promised for the murderer of Laius.

Synopsis:

A Chorus introduces two feuding families of Verona, the Capulets and the Montagues. On a hot summer's day, fighting by the young men of each faction is stopped by the Prince who threatens the law. Capulet plans a feast to introduce his daughter, Juliet, who is almost fourteen, to the Count Paris who seeks to marry her. By a mistake of the illiterate servant Peter, Montague's son Romeo, and his friends Benvolio and the Prince's cousin Mercutio, hear of the party and resolve to go in carnival disguise. Romeo hopes he will see his adored Rosaline; instead he meets and falls instantly in love with Juliet.

The Montagues are recognised by Juliet's cousin Tybalt and are forced to leave the party just as Romeo and Juliet have each discovered the others identity. Romeo lingers near the Capulet's house and talks with Juliet when she appears on her balcony. With the help of Juliet's Nurse, the lovers arrange to meet next day at the cell of Friar Lawrence when Juliet goes for confession, and there they are married.

Tybalt picks a quarrel with Mercutio and his friends and Mercutio is accidentally killed as Romeo intervenes to try to break up the fight. In anger Romeo pursues Tybalt, kills him and is banished by the Prince for the deed. Juliet is anxious that Romeo is late meeting her and learns of the fighting from her Nurse. With Friar Lawrence's help it is arranged that Romeo will spend the night with Juliet before taking refuge at Mantua.

To calm the family's sorrow at Tybalt's death the day for the marriage of Juliet to Paris is brought forward.

Capulet and his wife are angry that Juliet does not wish to be Paris's bride, not knowing of her secret contract with Romeo. Friar Lawrence helps Juliet by providing a sleeping draught, and when the wedding party arrives to greet Juliet the next day they believe she is dead. The Friar sends a colleague to warn Romeo to come to the Capulet's family monument to rescue his sleeping wife.

The message miscarries and Romeo, hearing instead that Juliet is dead, buys poison in Mantua. He returns to Verona and goes to the tomb where he surprises and kills the mourning Paris. Romeo takes his poison and dies just as Juliet awakes from her drugged sleep. She learns what has happened from Friar Lawrence but she refuses to leave the tomb and stabs herself as the Friar returns with the Prince, the Capulets and Romeo’s lately widowed father. The deaths of their children lead the families to make peace, promising to erect a monument in their memory.

Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's earliest tragedies and was probably written in 1594 or 1595. It was often played publicly before it was printed in 1597.

Cast List 

Synopsis:

It is the year 3000 and music has been banned. The only music allowed is downloaded from a corporation called Globalsoft, who now run the world. The chairwoman of Globalsoft "Killer Queen" will not allow any musical instruments or live music on the Planet Mall (which was once called Earth) and anybody caught trying to make their own music is taken by Khashoggi. (Killer Queen’s henchman) and the Ga Ga minions (Khashoggi’s assistants).

The people who are trying to bring back music are called the Bohemians and all they want to do is Rock. They are the rebels, who have their own minds and live in the underground to avoid being turned into another one of Killer Queen's 'robot clones'.  These 'clones' are the rest of the world's population and they are programmed to think that the Cyber world and everything in it is perfect. Everything on Planet Mall (including clothing) is downloaded and the music is all made by computers.

Galileo is a Bohemian who keeps getting song lyrics and music in his thoughts. He doesn’t know why, but he along with Scaramouche and the many other Bohemians that are uncovered later in the show, will never give up on their belief of rock revival.

Their ultimate goal is to find the hidden instruments that are buried somewhere on the planet.

Will the Bohemians ever achieve their Rhapsody?

The Show has strong references to the rock world as we know it today and has a comical theme running through it, as well as being a heart-felt tribute (from his fellow band members and dear friends) to the legend that is Freddy Mercury.

Production Roles:

Gemma McCaffrey - Finance Director/Manager, Fundraising Organiser, Marketing Director/Manager, Co-Props Assistant, Catering Manager

Emma Walsh - Musical Director, Vocal Coach, Script Editor, Musical Editor

Nicola Palfrey - Costume Designer, Choreographer, Co-Hair and Make-Up Designer, Co- Props Assistant

Beau Carter - Set Designer, Set Manager, Set Constructor

Johnathon Warrilow - Technical Manager, Technical Designer, Set Builder

Stacey Hansford - Choreographer

Nicketa Jackson - Costume Designer

Danielle Goodfellow - Director

James Dainton - Director

Shane Whitty - Props Master

Abbas Shoukat -  Stage Craft

Mariah Pazouros - Hair and Make-Up Designer

Cast List:

Galileo - James Dainton

Scaramouche - Nicola Palfrey

Killer Queen - Emma Walsh

Khashoggi - Beau Carter                                                                

Pop - Shane Whitty

Doctor - Jonathon Warrilow

Teacher - Abbas Shoukat

Ga Ga Girls also Yuppies - Gemma McCaffrey, Mariah Pazouros, Nicketa Jackson, Stacey Hansford

Bohemians

Aretha - Nicole Bailey

Meat Loaf - Danielle Goodfellow

Bob Dylan - Gemma McCaffrey

Britney - Jonathon Warrilow

Big Macca - Abbas Shoukat

Charlotte Church - Mariah Pazouros

Robbi - Stacey Hansford

Police Officers - Shane Whitty, Nicole Bailey, Gemma McCaffrey

Road is the first play written by Jim Cartwright, and was first produced in 1986. The play explores the lives of the people in a deprived, working class area of Lancashire during the government of Margaret Thatcher, a time of high unemployment in the north of England. Despite its explicit nature, it was considered extremely effective in portraying the desperation of people's lives at this time, as well as containing a great deal of humour. The play won a number of awards and was voted the 36th best play of the 20th century in a poll by the Royal National Theatre. It was made for television by renowned director Alan Clarke and starred many young actors who later became well-known including Jane Horrocks, David Thewlis, Moya Brady and Lesley Sharp. Road was produced in New York by Lincoln Center Theater at La MaMa Etc. in 1988, with a cast including Joan Cusack and Kevin Bacon.

The play is often performed on a promenade, allowing the audience to follow the narrator (Scullery) along the road and visit different sets and the different homes of the characters.

Cast:

Synopsis:

Act One

The action opens in the Kit Kat Klub, a decadent, seedy cabaret at the dawn of the 1930s in Berlin. A neon sign reading "Cabaret" lights up. The Klub's Master of Ceremonies, or Emcee, together with the cabaret girls and waiters, welcomes the audience to the club ("Willkommen"). The action then cuts to a train station downtown, where Clifford Bradshaw, a young American writer coming to Berlin in the hopes of finding inspiration for his new novel, is arriving on the evening train. On the train, he meets Ernst Ludwig, a German who offers Cliff work if he ever needs it. He also recommends a boardinghouse for Cliff to live in.

Cliff arrives at the boardinghouse, run by Fräulein Schneider. She charges Cliff one hundred marks for the room; he can only pay fifty. After a brief argument, she relents and lets Cliff live there for fifty marks. Fräulein Schneider then says that she has learned to take whatever life offers ("So What?"). Afterward, Cliff remembers that Ernst mentioned a cabaret—the Kit Kat Klub— and decides to visit it.

The next day, the scene is at Cliff's apartment. Cliff is working on his book when Sally arrives; she tells him that Max has thrown her out and she has no place to live, asking him if she can live in his room. At first he resists, saying she would be "much too distracting," but she convinces him (and Fräulein Schneider) to take her in ("Perfectly Marvelous"). Directly after this scene, the Emcee and two female companions sing a song ("Two Ladies") that comments on Cliff and Sally's unusual living conditions.

The action moves to Fräulein Schneider's apartment. Herr Schultz, an elderly Jewish fruit-shop owner who lives in the boardinghouse, has given Fräulein Schneider a pineapple as a gift ("It Couldn't Please Me More"). This scene is the beginning of Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz's romance.

Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider has caught one of her boarders, Fräulein Kost, bringing sailors into her room. Fräulein Schneider forbids her from doing it again, but Fräulein Kost threatens to leave. She also mentions that she has seen Fräulein Schneider with Herr Schultz in her room. Herr Schultz saves Frau Schneider's reputation by telling Frau Kost that he and Frau Schneider are to be married in three weeks. After Kost leaves, Frau Schneider thanks Herr Schultz for lying to Kost. Herr Schultz, however, says that he was serious, and proposes to Frau Schneider ("Married").

The next scene is Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz's engagement party, at Herr Schultz's fruit shop. After Cliff arrives and delivers the suitcase to Ernst, Herr Schultz sings "Meeskite" (Meeskite, he explains, is Yiddish for ugly or funny-looking) a song with a moral ("Though you're not a beauty it is nevertheless quite true,/there may be beautiful things in you..."). Afterward, looking for revenge on Fräulein Schneider, Fräulein Kost tells Ernst, who now sports a Nazi armband, that Herr Schultz is a Jew. Ernst warns Fräulein Schneider that marrying a Jew may not be wise. The act ends with a reprisal of "Tomorrow Belongs to Me," led by Fräulein Kost and sung by the whole cast save Cliff, Sally, Fräulein Schneider and Herr Schultz.

Act Two

Fräulein Schneider expresses her concerns about her union to Herr Schultz, who assures her that everything will be all right. They then reprise "Married", but the song is interrupted by the crash of a brick being thrown through the window of Herr Schultz's fruit shop. Fräulein Schneider is afraid that the gesture might represent malicious intent, but Schultz assures her that it is just children making trouble.

Back at the Kit Kat Klub, the Emcee performs an upbeat song-and-dance routine with a girl in a gorilla suit ("If You Could See Her") and sings of how their love has been met with universal disapproval. Encouraging the audience to be more open-minded, he defends his ape-woman, concluding with, "if you could see her through my eyes... she wouldn't look Jewish at all."

Fräulein Schneider then goes to Cliff and Sally's room and returns their engagement present, explaining that her marriage has been called off. When Cliff protests, saying that she can't give her fiancé up, she asks him what other choice she has ("What Would You Do?").

Meanwhile, Cliff informs Sally that he is taking her back to his home in America so that they can raise their baby together. When Sally protests, declaring how wonderful their life in Berlin is, Cliff angrily tells her to "wake up" and take notice of the growing unrest around them, to which Sally retorts that politics have nothing to do with them or their affairs. Following their heated argument, Sally returns to the club to perform again, this time singing the song "Cabaret", which, though often performed as a show-stopping number, is imbued in its original context with a heavy irony and desperation bordering on hysteria. As Sally finishes the song, she breaks down and hurls her microphone to the ground.

When Sally goes back to her and Cliff's room, Cliff asks where her fur coat is. She answers, evasively, that she left it at the doctor's. He asks her if she's sick, but she says she is not— and then mentions how much she hates "that greedy doctor": She has had an abortion. Cliff slaps her. Sally, devastated, says that she had hoped their relationship wouldn't end like this, because it is the first time she has really cared about anyone. Cliff says that he is leaving for Paris in the morning, still hoping that she will join him. But Sally says that she's "always hated Paris." Cliff leaves, heartbroken.

The next scene switches to Cliff on the train to Paris. He begins to write his novel, reflecting on his experiences: "There was a city called Berlin, in a country called Germany. There was a cabaret, and there was a master of ceremonies. It was the end of the world, and I was dancing with Sally Bowles— and we were both fast asleep." He then begins to sing "Willkommen". The Emcee joins him and then overtakes him, as the scene shifts from the train car to the Kit Kat Klub. The Emcee continues the song, but the scene is now lit more darkly and it is revealed that the Emcee is dressed in Nazi regalia. The cabaret ensemble reprises the tune as before, but it is now harsh and violent instead of extroverted and sleazy. "Willkommen" is interrupted three times by other songs from the show— first a ghostly "Meeskite", as Herr Schultz's reasurring comments from before echo and fade, then "So What", in which Fräulein Schneider rationalizes her breakup with Herr Schultz ("After all, what am I? A German."), and finally "Cabaret," as Sally appears beside the Emcee. However, her song soon fades away as well. The Emcee slowly sings, "Auf Wiedersehen, à bientôt," then the final, spoken "Good night." The lights go out, while the "Cabaret" sign lights up.

Cast

Synopsis:

Henry Higgins, an arrogant, irascible professor of phonetics, boasts to fellow linguist Colonel Pickering that he can train any woman to speak so properly that he could pass her off as a duchess. (In the terms now used by linguists, and which did not yet exist in the period of the show, Higgins said he could take a speaker of basilect and teach her to speak acrolect.) Pickering is intrigued by Higgins's boast and wagers that Higgins cannot make good on his claim. Higgins takes on the challenge. He chooses as his subject Eliza Doolittle, a poor girl with a strong Cockney accent whom he encounters selling flowers in Covent Garden. An intensive makeover of Eliza's speech, manners, and dress begins in preparation for her appearance at the Embassy Ball.

Complicating matters is Eliza's father, Alfred P. Doolittle (Stanley Holloway), a cheerfully amoral and drink-loving dustman. He shows up to extract money from Higgins, claiming that Higgins is compromising Eliza's virtue. Higgins is impressed by the man's natural gift for language and his brazen lack of moral values ("Can't afford 'em!"). So he flippantly recommends Doolittle to an American millionaire who is seeking a lecturer on moral values. In the end, Doolittle gets a surprise bequest of four thousand pounds a year from the millionaire. This raises him uncomfortably into middle-class respectability.

Meanwhile, Eliza endures speech tutoring, endlessly repeating phrases like "In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire, hurricanes hardly ever happen” (to demonstrate that "h"s must be aspirated) and "The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain" (to practice the "long a" phoneme). Just as things seem hopeless, she suddenly "gets it" after Higgins eloquently speaks of the glory of the English language. Thereafter her pronunciation is transformed into that of impeccable upper class English. For her first public tryout, Higgins takes her to Ascot Racecourse. There she makes a good impression with her polite manners but shocks everyone by her vulgar Cockney attitudes and slang (thus establishing one of the show's themes: good elocution is only "skin deep"). But she captures the heart of an eager young man named Freddy Eynsford-Hill.

The final test requires Eliza to pass as a lady at the Embassy Ball. She does this admirably, even fooling a rival of Higgins, a Hungarian phonetician named Zoltan Karpathy, into believing that Eliza was "born Hungarian." After the ball, Higgins's ungrateful boasting about his triumph and his pleasure that the experiment is now over leave Eliza feeling used and abandoned. She walks out on Higgins, leaving the clueless professor mystified by her ingratitude. But Higgins soon realizes his feelings for her: he has "grown accustomed to her face." When Eliza tentatively returns to him, the musical ends on an ambiguous moment of possible reconciliation between teacher and pupil.

Cast

In six weeks, the second year students have studied the techniques and methods used in Jazz Dance, Physical Theatre and Musical theatre.  This production has been a significant undertaking for the ND2 students as they have had to concentrate on complex group and solo singing with sustained acting in Musical Theatre.  We have used the many techniques available to produce Physical Theatre movement, soundscape and percussion effects into the show which the students have thrown themselves into enthusiastically.  Jazz Dance is clearly a strong feature of this production and has challenged the students to raise their performance skills in this area.  Some students have extended set work while others have choreographed their own sections.

ACT 1

Midnight on the junkyard. When car lights tear the darkness, a running feline appears for a moment. After a while other cats creep out of their hideouts. They gather to the annual Jellicle Ball. It's a great celebration of the tribe of Jellicle Cats. This night they will choose one cat who will go to the Heaviside Layer and start a new life.

Jellicle Cats are proud of who they are. They start the meeting with a song about their beauty, variety of their characters and special abilities. Then they reveal that every cat has three different names: an ordinary name that family uses daily, a more dignified name which never belongs to more than one cat, and finally - a secret name that no man can discover.

Victoria, a young white cat, dances with Mr Mistoffelees , a cat with black fur. They invite Jellicles to the Ball. Munkustrap, a large grey tabby, tells about the Jellicle Ball. The cats are waiting for their leader, wise Old Deuteronomy, who will help them choose which cat will be reborn in this special night. In the meantime Jellicles introduce themselves one by one.

Jennyanydots is lazy all day long but when the night comes, she teaches the mice and trains the cockroaches.

The Rum Tum Tugger is an eccentric and playful cat who likes to be the center of attention... and he succeeds in it - all the female cats adore him!

Grizabella is an old cat who left the tribe of Jellicle Cats a long time ago. Then she was beautiful and now she is lonely.

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer are a couple of fun-loving cats who always get into trouble because they "go through the house like a hurricane".

When Old Deuteronomy turns up, all the cats start to rejoice. They sing about his long life and they confess how much they respect him. Munkustrap entertains Old Deuteronomy with a tale about the awful battle between dogs and about the intervention of the great Rumpus Cat. Jellicle Cats begin their Ball, the wonderful annual dance of all the tribe. Grizabella wants to join them but the cats still avoid her. She leaves disappointed.

ACT 2

After the Jellicle Ball the cats listen to their leader's song about the moments of happiness and they contemplate. Then the rest of the cats introduce themselves.

Macavity, the Mystery Cat, interrupts the celebration and captures Old Deuteronomy. Two beautiful female cats, Demeter and Bombalurina, sing about the evil deeds of Macavity. After a while Macavity returns, disguised as Old Deuteronomy, but vigilant Munkustrap discovers the ruse and he fights with Macavity. When the evil cat seems to be almost defeated, he manages to escape.

Jellicles try to find Old Deuteronomy. Mr Mistoffelees appears to be useful. He uses his magical powers to bring the wise cat back. Now Old Deuteronomy can make his choice of the cat that will go to the Heaviside Layer. And then Grizabella appears once more. She sings that all she's got are her memories and she yearns for anybody's touch. The cats, moved by her sad story, accept Grizabella and Old Deuteronomy chooses her to be the one who will be reborn in the new Jellicle life.

In the end Old Deuteronomy sings that "cats are very much like you".

National Diploma 1st year students have been exploring movement and how the body can be used as an expressive instrument within a performance. Using a range of stimuli they have created movement pieces for Film and compared these to movement techniques used in live work.

In the first acting unit of the year for the students, the group have looked at characterisation, different acting methods, devising work, and different texts.

Dance film 1: “Coloured in” music by Lamb ‘Angelica’, Performed and created by: Brett Mannion, Kate Thomson, Stephen Elkin, Abbi Smith

 ‘The Actor’ By G Kluger Performed by:Erika Francis and Matt Ford

 An Extract from ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Performed by: Katie Walker and Alice White

‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennesse Williams Performed by: Josephine Okeghie and Caprene Bartley

An extract from ‘Chicago’  Performed by: Holly Burke and Gemma Underwood

‘A Proper Little Nooreff’ By J Ure Performed by: Stephen Kenwick and Kate Thompson

Dance film 2: “Dream” music by Ludiano Divine Performed and created by: Josie Okeghie, Caprene Bartley, Matt Ford,

Erika Francis

Dance film 3: ‘Cirque de Frique’ music by Evanescence  Performed and created by: Sonja Jackson, Katie Walker, Clare Lescott, Stephen Kenwrick

‘The Teacher’ by G Kluger Performed by: Sonja Jackson and Lauren Langford

Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare Performed by: Stephen Elkin and Eimile Murphy

An Extract from ‘Mrs Doubtfire’ Performed by: Clare Lescott and Brett Mannion

 A monologue written by herself entitled ‘For Jamie’ Performed by: Michelle Mclean

Dance film 4: ‘A Day in the Life of…’ music by Missy Elliot  Performed and created by: Holly Burke, Gemma Underwood, Lauren Langford, Michelle McLean, Alice White

Group movement piece created by Rebekah Hartwell and students.

Music by Michael Jackson ‘Wanna be startin something..’  Performed by Brett Mannion, Kate Thomson, Josie Okeghie, Sonja Jackson, Katie Walker, Clare Lescott, Holly Burke, Gemma Underwood, Lauren Langford, Michelle McLean, Alice White, Stephen Kenwrick, Caprene Bartley, Matt Ford, Erika Francis, Stephen Elkin, Eimilie Murphy, Abbi Smith

The First Diploma students have explored and experienced an eclectic range of dance styles including Mambo, Salsa, Bhangra and New Guinean dance.  The students have been involved in workshops by external professionals in these dance forms. Tonight’s performance will illustrate a selection of these styles fused with the students’ own interpretation, demonstrating the diverse and eclectic range of work studied.

The First Diplomas have also been studying modern playwrights in Acting:

The Dumb Waiter is the classic comedy of menace and suspense by Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter.

The Glass Menagerie was written in 1944, based on reworked material from one of Williams' short stories, "Portrait of a Girl in Glass," and his screenplay, The Gentleman Caller.

Bolton author Jim Cartwright's Two, a character study of a northern pub, its eccentric customers and its warring landlord and wife won the Manchester Evening News Best New Play award in 1989 and has been in production somewhere around the world ever since.

Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE is one of Britain’s most popular and prolific playwrights having written and produced some 70 plays and 20 revues for children in Scarborough and London. A Talk in the Park is part of his Confusions sketches.

 Mambo & Salsa – A fusion of informal dance styles having roots in the Caribbean, Latin and North America. Salsa is danced to Salsa music. There is a strong African influence in the music and the dance.  Danced by the company.

The Dumb Waiter by Harold Pinter

In an airless basement room, two killers await confirmation of the identity of their next 'hit'. They're a team from way back. Today something has disturbed their normally efficient routine. Unseen forces bear down on them in their precarious and darkly funny world. Meanwhile, increasingly bizarre orders keep arriving via a serving hatch...

Extract one performed by: Heather Thorpe, Adam Farid

Extract two performed by: Alison McCoy, Jon Smith

The Glass Menagerie by Tenessee Williams

The Glass Menagerie is a memory play, and its action is drawn from the memories of the narrator, Tom Wingfield. Tom is a character in the play, which is set in St. Louis in 1937. He is an aspiring poet who toils in a shoe warehouse to support his mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura. Mr. Wingfield, Tom and Laura’s father, ran off years ago and, except for one postcard, has not been heard from since.

Extract one performed by: Lauren Checkley, Rachel Davis Smith

Extract two performed by: Raji Dhariwal, Sophie Tomlin

New Guinean Dance Danced by the company

Two by Jim Cartwright 

A sharp and touching slice of English life set in a Northern Pub owned by a savagely bickering husband and wife. Two is a series of short vignettes that skilfully combines pathos and humour, with all fourteen characters played by two actors.

A series of scenes performed by: Shamilla Khaliq, Luke Whitehouse, Daniel Dalton, Muzmil Hussain

A Talk In The Park by Sir Alan Ayckbourn

A Talk In The Park (a group of selfish and self-centered characters on park benches)

Extracts performed by: Cheyanne Brown, Eugene Doyle, Haleema Akhtar, Victoria Ray,

Bhangra Dance

Bhangra isn't just music but a dance. It's actually the celebration of the harvest where people beat the dhol (drum), sing Boliyaan (lyrics) and dance!  Danced by the company.

Synopsis

Setting: 1930’s England. The Heptagon Club

Club Owner and Boss of Thebes Creon decides that Polynices the traitor is not to be buried, but his sister Antigone defies the order. She is caught, and sentenced by Creon to death - even though she is to be married to his son Haemon. After the blind musician Tiresias proves that the gods are on Antigone's side, Creon changes his mind - but too late. He goes first to bury Polynices, but Antigone has already hanged herself. When Creon see’s, Haemon he is attacked by him and then Haemon kills himself. When the news of their death is reported, Creon's wife Eurydice takes her own life. Creon is alone.

 Historical Context

Antigone (meaning The opposite of her ancestors) one of the three Theban plays by Sophocles (495 BC - 406 BC)

Antigone is the best-known daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta.  However, due to the incestuous nature of their relationship, Antigone is also Oedipus's half-sister and Jocasta's granddaughter.

Antigone's character and the incidents in her life present an attractive subject to the Greek tragic poets. Sophocles covered the details of her life and death in his Antigone and his Oedipus at Colonus. Euripides wrote a play Antigone, now lost, but fragments of which were incidentally preserved by later writers and in passages in his Phoenissae.

Sophocles departed from the original legend in the order of the events: according to the original, the burial of Polynices took place while Oedipus was yet in Thebes, not after he had died at Colonus. Again, in regard to Antigone's tragic end, Sophocles differs from Euripides, according to whom the calamity was averted by the intercession of Dionysus and was followed by the marriage of Antigone and Haemon.

In Hyginus's version of the legend, founded apparently on a tragedy by some follower of Euripides, Antigone, on being handed over by Creon to her lover Haemon to be slain, was secretly carried off by him and concealed in a shepherd's hut, where she bore him a son, Maeon. When the boy grew up, he went to some funeral games at Thebes, and was recognized by the mark of a dragon on his body. This led to the discovery that Antigone was still alive. Heracles pleaded in vain with Creon for Haemon, who slew both Antigone and himself to escape his father's vengeance.

 Cast List:

In this, the first show they have fully devised and developed on their own, the students present their skills in a Musical format including singing, acting, dancing and physical theatre.  The scripts and choreographic work has been wholly developed by the students in a double module which draws together all of the skills they have learnt over the last year. 

 Cast List:

 Amelia Carter, Lorren Dugdale, Steven Elkin, Erika Francis, Emma Harris, Stacey Holton, Sonja Jackson, Jodie Jenkins, Louise Nason, Leah Parsons, Cornell Smith, Chanel Thomas

Synopsis:

The Road to Success follows the progress of a group of young people who enter the School of Performing Arts with a dream of making it in the big time on the stage.  First the young people have to first of all pass an audition and then if they are accepted they have to start their training in dancing and Acting.  Many obstacles block their way on the Road to Success including personal relationships and family situations. Join with us as we take you on a journey that has been great fun for us and enjoy “The Road to Success”

Act I

Celebration opening dance and photo – Get to meet all the candidates for the School of Performing arts as they dance their way onto stage.

Auditions – Our young performers have to show the school what they have to offer with variable results!

Blame it on the Boogie – Big dance number with the whole cast.

Finding out – Our prospective performers get the results of the auditions.

First Dance Class – Join our students as they take their first dance class.

Canteen – Get ready for a “Jam” in the school canteen.

First Acting Class – Now see how they manage in their first acting class.

The Graveyard – An emotional encounter for one young person who lost their mother.

Church – The Gospel Choir get together.

Toilets – Beware the claws are out!

Fire – Disaster strikes the school and puts the future of our performers in jeopardy.

Act II

Phone call – Phone calls home about the fire at the school spread rumour fast.

Let it be – Singing, the students get on with their lives.

Nine to Five – There is hope in the air as the students hatch a plan to save the school.

In the Diner – Is young love going to blossom or is someone barking up the wrong tree?

Beat it – The idea for the group to work together seems to break down.  A great dance number.

On the Grass Bank - The students reflect about how they are going to achieve their goals.

The Competition – The students now have to face off against each other.

Green Room – A nail biting moment when they are waiting for the results again!

Photo-shot and Finale

In this show the ND2 group have produced for their FMP, the students present comedy sketches, singing, acting and physical theatre.  This work has been wholly developed by the students in a double module which draws together all of the skills they have learnt over the last two years. 

Cast List:

 Becky Clarke, Clare Lambie, Holly Douglas, Iona Waite, Janay Dawes, Liz Smith, Sam Reid, Sean Payne, Wesley Fisher, Tom Wilson

Scenes:

Act I

Rhinestone Cowboy – Comedy sketch devised by W Fisher, S Payne and T Wilson

Beautiful Liar – Dance routine  devised by J Dawes and E Smith

Star Wars – Comedy sketch devised by W Fisher, S Payne and T Wilson

True Colours – Song by B Clarke

Death Monologue – Comedy sketch devised by W Fisher, S Payne and T Wilson

Drops of Jupiter – Song by T Wilson

The Grudge – Comedy sketch devised by E Smith

Voices Within – Devised acting and dance devised by I Waite, S Reid, C Lambie, H Douglas

Act II

War of the Worlds - Comedy sketch devised by W Fisher, S Payne and T Wilson

Preacher - Comedy sketch devised by W Fisher, S Payne and T Wilson

Stop Me – Song by H Douglas

Dream Scene – Physical Theatre devised by E Smith & C Lambie with the cast

KKK - Comedy sketch devised by W Fisher, S Payne and T Wilson

Texas Chains Saw  - Comedy sketch devised by W Fisher, & T Wilson

Big Butts - Comedy sketch devised by W Fisher and cast

WIS – Dance solo, duet and trio devised by I Waite, W Fisher & S Payne

The cast

 Becky Clarke, Claire Lambie, Holly Douglas, Iona Waite, Janay Dawes, Kayleigh Rice, Liz Smith, Sam Reid, Sean Payne, Wesley Fisher

 Synopsis

Reason- You are all condemned to death is set historically in the 15th century at the time of Henry the Eighth.   Specifically it shows the reasons behind the execution of Anne Boleyn and her courtiers and the great strength of character she demonstrated in the face of such abuse of power.

Reason

Scene 1 - Monologue

Scene 2 - Henry

Scene 3 – The Wedding

Scene 4 - Group

Scene 5 - Courtroom

Scene 6 - Beheading

Scene 7 - Courtroom

Scene 8 - Execution

Scene 9 - Monologue

The cast

 Becky Clarke, Claire Lambie, Holly Douglas, Iona Waite, Janay Dawes, Kayleigh Rice, Liz Smith, Sam Reid, Sean Payne, Wesley Fisher

 Synopsis

Norma Jeane starring as Marilyn Monroe is again set historically in the 50’s and gives us an insight into the real person behind the façade we knew as Marilyn Monroe.  Of course we cannot miss out the highlights of her performance caree” with “Diamonds are a Girls Best Friend” and “I Wanna Be Loved By You”

Marilyn Monroe

Scene 1 - Monologue

Scene 2 - Marriage

Scene 3 – I Wanna Be Loved By You

Scene 3 – Narrator

Scene 4 - Diamonds Are a Girls Best Friend

Scene 5 - Narrator

The cast

 Becky Clarke, Claire Lambie, Holly Douglas, Iona Waite, Janay Dawes, Kayleigh Rice, Liz Smith, Sam Reid, Sean Payne, Wesley Fisher

 Synopsis

Justice is a contemporary devised play about gun and knife crime, the pressures young people are under and the consequences of their actions.  A young mother finds herself being torn apart by the conflicts of modern life.

Justice

Scene 1 – Funeral

Scene 2 – Protest in the street

Scene 3 – Living room at home

Scene 4 – Bedroom

Scene 5 – Living room

West Side Story is a musical written by Arthur Laurents (book), Leonard Bernstein (music), and Stephen Sondheim (lyrics), and was originally produced, choreographed, and directed by Jerome Robbins. West Side Story debuted on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theater on September 26, 1957 and played 732 performances before going on tour — a very successful run for the time. It was nominated for Best Musical in 1957, but lost out on the Tony Award to Meredith Wilson's The Music Man.

The story explores the enmity between two rival gangs of different ethnic and cultural backgrounds and is based loosely on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. The innocent young protagonist, Anton ("Tony"), who belongs to an established local gang, the Jets, falls in love with Maria, the sister of the leader of the rival gang, the Sharks.

The dark theme, sophisticated music, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theater, which had leaned previously toward light themes. West Side Story is produced frequently by local theaters and, occasionally, by classical opera companies.

Bernstein's score for the musical has been extremely popular. Some of the songs include "Something's Coming", "Maria", "America," "Somewhere," "Tonight", "Gee, Officer Krupke", "I Feel Pretty", "One Hand, One Heart", and "Cool". Some music that Bernstein wrote that was originally intended for "West Side Story" wasn't used in the production.

Cast

Scenes

The Jets Song

Maria

America

Gee Officer Krupke

Tonight

Rumble

I Feel Pretty

The Jets

Somewhere

Finale

Fear and Misery in the Third Reich, 27th Feb 2007, National Diploma Yr2

Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (or The Private Life of the Master Race) is one of Brecht's most famous plays, the first of his openly anti-Nazi works. It was first performed in 1938 and was one of the first major plays to use a style of performing Brecht called 'epic theatre'. This technique distanced the audience from the characters and was used to drive home the play's message.

It was followed by many more openly anti-Nazi plays—Brecht was a believer in the values of Marxism—and was written while Brecht was in exile in Denmark, inspired by a visit to Moscow, where he experienced the anti-Nazi movement which was gaining significance there.

The cast

Becky Clarke, Claire Lambie, Holly Douglas, Iona Waite, Janay Davis, Kayleigh Rice, Liz Smith, Sam Reid, Sean Payne, Thomas Wilson & Wesley Fisher

Scenes

One Big Family - Two SS Officers talk about "United Nation" and then start shooting.

The Chalk Cross - An SA man is talking to friends; they ask him about raids and he refuses to say. He shows them how he marks people with a white cross so other people know to arrest them. The SA man threatens to have his girlfriend’s brother arrested for not saying Heil Hitler fast enough.

Occupational disease - An injured man comes to a hospital. The surgeon explains before doing treatment a doctor must ask questions concerning the patient’s private life to check he deserves treatment.

The physicist - Two physicists secretly read about Einstein but when they are overheard they denounce it as being pointless and Jewish.

The Jewish wife - A Jewish wife agonises about how to tell her husband she is leaving him to save his career at a clinic. She eventually tells him it's only for 2 or 3 weeks as he hands her the clothes she won't need till next winter.

The Spy - Two parents quarrel and then panic when they realise their son has gone missing. They are sure he is "handing them over". When he returns with sweets they are still very suspicious.

The black shoes - A mother finds money to buy her daughter new shoes but hasn't the money to send her to the Hitler youth.

Labour service - No class distinctions working in a Hitler labour camp.

Workers' playtime - An interview takes place at a factory where everyone has to be pro-German; the announcer edits what they are saying to be more acceptable. The SA watches on.

Release - A man has been released from a concentration camp and his old friends are suspicious.

Charity begins at home - The SA delivers a charity parcel to an old lady, she thanks them and tells her daughter things are not as bad as she thought in the Third Reich. The SA arrests her daughter.

The old militant - A butcher whose son was in the SA has no meat and refuses to hang a fake ham in his window. He goes away for a weekend to get new stock and his son is arrested. He hangs himself in the shop window with a sign around his neck saying "I voted for Hitler"

The motto - A Hitler Youth meeting, one boy hasn't learnt the motto "beat stab shoot them till they fall…" he is accused of learning "something different at home"

Consulting the people - Protesters try to produce an anti war leaflet, they read a letter from a man who has been executed and still believes in the fight against Hitler. "Best thing would be just one word, NO!"

Franz Kafka (1883-1924)

“...Once more the odious courtesies began, the first handed the knife across K. to the second, who handed it across K. back again to the first. K. now perceived clearly that he was supposed to seize the knife himself, as it traveled from hand to hand above him, and plunge it into his own breast. But he did not do so, he merely turned his head, which was still free to move, and gazed around him. He could not completely rise to the occasion, he could not relieve the officials of all their tasks; the responsibility for this last failure of his lay with him who had not left him the remnant of strength necessary for the deed....”  from The Trial

The Trial (German Der Prozeß) is a novel by Franz Kafka about a character named Josef K., who awakens one morning and, for reasons never revealed, is arrested and subjected to the rigours of the judicial process for an unspecified crime.  According to Kafka's friend Max Brod, he never finished the work and gave the manuscript to Brod in 1920. After his death, Brod edited The Trial into what he felt was a coherent novel and had it published in 1925.

The cast 

Characters

Joseph K. - The hero and protagonist of the novel, K. is the Chief Clerk of a bank. Ambitious, shrewd, more competent than kind, he is on the fast track to success until he is arrested one morning for no reason. There begins his slide into desperation as he tries to grapple with an all-powerful Court and an invisible Law.

Fraülein Bürstner - A boarder in the same house as Joseph K.

Frau Grubach - The proprietress of the lodging house in which K. lives.

Uncle Karl - K.'s impetuous uncle from the country, formerly his guardian.

Huld, the Lawyer - K.'s fustian advocate who provides precious little in the way of action and far too much in the way of anecdote.[1]

Leni - Herr Huld's nurse, she's on fire for Joseph K. She soon becomes his lover.

Assistant Manager - K.'s unctuous rival at the Bank, only too willing to catch K. in a compromising situation.

Rudi Block, the Tradesman -  Block is another accused man and client of Huld.

Titorelli, the Painter - Titorelli inherited the position of Court Painter from his father.

Scenes

The Arrest - Shortly before his thirtieth birthday, a junior bank manager, Josef K., who lives in lodgings, is unexpectedly arrested by two unidentified agents for an unspecified crime.

First Interrogation - K is instructed to appear at a local court, but the time of the trial is not specified.

In the Empty Courtroom - Josef K tries to visit the Examining Magistrate, but finds only the Law-Court Attendant's wife

Fräulein Bürstner's Friend - Josef returns home to find Fräulein Montag, a lodger from another room, moving in with Fräulein Bürstner.

The Whipper - Later, in a store room at his own bank, Josef K discovers the two agents who arrested him being whipped by a flogger for asking Josef for bribes

K.'s Uncle - Josef K is visited by his influential uncle, who by coincidence is a friend of the Clerk of the Court

Advocate - K visits the advocate and finds him to be a capricious and unhelpful character

Block, the Tradesman - Josef K decides to take control of his own destiny and visits his advocate with the intention of dismissing him. At the advocate's office he meets a downtrodden individual, Block, a client who offers K some insight from a client's perspective.

In The Cathedral - K has to show an important client from Italy around the Cathedral.

The End - On the last day of Josef K's thirtieth year, two men arrive to execute him.

Choreography has been developed by the ND1 students covering a range of styles from Physical theatre and Caribbean dance to Street Dance and the 60’s.

The cast 

 Nicole Bailey, Beau Carter, James Dainton, Latoyah Deenah, Danielle Goodfellow, Alana Hanley, Stacey Hansford, Ashleigh Howard, Nicketa Jackson, Gemma McCaffrey, Kirsty Orr, Nicola Palfrey, Maria Pazouros, Lydia Senior-Augustine, Abbas Shoukat, Emma Walsh, Jonathan Warrilow

 Carnival, Abbas Shoukat, ‘Save My Life’ – Gemma McCaffrey, Alana Hanley, ‘Beep’ - Ashleigh Howard, ‘Rockit/Playground’ – Beau Carter, ‘Breathe’ – Stacey Hansford, Latoya Deenah, ‘Let me’ - Nicketa Jackson, ‘I Have a Dream’ – Shane Witty/Nicole Bailey/             Lydia Senior-Augustine, Danielle Goodfellow, ‘Step up’ - Maria Pazouros, ‘Ain’t No Other Man’ – James Dainton, ‘Maneater’ – Nicola Palfrey, Kirsty Orr, ‘Get it On’ – Jonathan Warrilow, '‘Do you love me’ - Finale

JAZZ Dance ND2 - In the 20th Century Jazz dance has two meanings, depending on the era. Both dance forms are related by evolution. Until the middle of 1950s, jazz dance meant mostly tap dance, because jazz was the music and tap was the main performance dance of the era.

Since the fifties, with the growing domination of other forms of entertainment music jazz dance evolved into a new, smooth, modern Broadway style that is taught today, while tap dance continued to evolve on its own.

But we are going to take you on a bigger journey which stretches back nearly 500 years; from 1540 to the present day.

The cast

Becky Clarke, Clare Lambie, Holly Douglas, Janay Dawes, Kayleigh Rice, Liz Smith, Sam Reid, Sean Payne, Wesley Fisher

Scenes

 Introduction, The Slave Trade, The CakeWalk, Minstrelry, The Shimmee, The Charleston, Blues Jazz, “Fred and Ginger”, Footloose, Fosse Finale - Sing, Sing, Sing

Synopsis ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

JACK Worthing, who lives in the country, pretends to have a younger brother, Ernest, whose escapades frequently call Jack to London. Algernon Moncrieff pretends to have an invalid friend, "Bunbury," whose attacks call Algernon into the country whenever there is a distasteful social function in prospect. This activity Algernon refers to as "Bunburying."

Jack has managed to hide from Algernon the location of his country place and the existence of an attractive ward, Cecily Cardew. In Algernon's bachelor flat at the tea hour, Jack confesses he has come to town to propose to Algernon's cousin, Gwendolyn, who knows him as "Ernest." Algernon refuses his help unless Jack explains the inscription on his cigarette case which Algernon has found. Thus Cecily's existence is revealed, but Jack stubbornly refuses to reveal her whereabouts.

Gwendolyn accepts Jack, confessing she has always felt that a man named "Ernest" was her fate. During a subsequent catechism by Gwendolyn's mother, Lady Bracknell, Jack gives his country address which Algernon takes down with the intention of going "Bunburying" during Jack's absence from home. When Lady Bracknell learns that Jack's identity dates from the discovery of a baby in a large black handbag in Victoria station she refuses to consent for the marriage.

Cecily, alone in the country with her governess, Miss Prism, is agreeably surprised at the appearance of Algernon in the guise of the much-discussed "Ernest." The young couple lose no time in becoming engaged for, Cecily admits, the name "Ernest" has always fascinated her. When Jack returns unexpectedly to announce "Ernest's" sudden death in Paris, he is disagreeably surprised to learn that "Ernest" is at the very moment in the house.

While Jack and Algernon are separately arranging with the rector for a rechristening, Gwendolyn arrives. The discovery of Gwendolyn and Cecily that they both seem to be engaged to "Ernest Worthing" results in a strained situation. The appearance of both young men clarifies the matter of engagements, but also reveals that neither is named "Ernest." When the girls learn that their fiancés had been about to be rechristened for their sakes, they forgive the deception.

With the arrival of Lady Bracknell the question of consent again comes up. Lady Bracknell is quite willing that Algernon shall marry Cecily and her fortune. Jack, however, as Cecily's guardian, refuses his consent unless Lady Bracknell permits his marriage to Gwendolyn. The appearance of Miss Prism who is recognized by Lady Bracknell, results in the identification of Jack Worthing as Algernon's lost elder brother, Ernest, thus settling matters to everyone's satisfaction.

Scene 1            ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’     

Algernon:                      Danielle Goodfellow

Jack:                             Nicola Palfry

Scene 2            ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’     

Algernon:                      Kerry Carney

Jack:                             Jonathan Warrilow

Gwendolen:                   Kirsty Orr

Lady Bracknell:              Ashleigh Howard

Scene 3            ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’     

Algernon:                      Lauren Dalby

Jack:                             Jonathan Warrilow

Cecily:                          Maria Pazouros

Dr Chasuble:                 James Dainton

Miss Prism:                    Nicketa Jackson

Scene 4            ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’     

Algernon:                      Abbas Shoukat

Jack:                             Shane Witty

Gwendolen:                   Stacey Hansford

Cecily:                          Emma Walsh

Scene 5            ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’     

Algernon:                      Beau Carter

Jack:                             Lydia Senior-Augustine

Gwendolen:                   Nicole Bailey

Cecily:                          Gemma McCarthy

Lady Bracknell:              Latoyah Deenah

Miss Prism:                    Alana Hanley

‘The Blind Date ‘         

Nick Baigent and Kerry Carney

Dance - ‘All is Not What it Seems’

Choreography: The students own work and Rebekah Hartwell

Inspired by a range of stimuli such as the surrealist artist Rene Magritte, ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’, words and poetry.

This performance demonstrates that the students have studied Physical Theatre, Musical theatre and drama.  Physical theatre is a general term used to describe any mode of performance that pursues storytelling through primarily physical means. Techniques in Physical Theatre include but is not limited to mime, circus skills, combat, illusion and manipulation of props. 

In Musical Theatre the students have been working on a series of popular styles and have developed portions of ‘Grease’, ‘Phantom of the Opera’ and ’Evita’ to perform, demonstrating the range of works they have studied.

In drama the students have worked especially hard on ‘Animal Farm’ by George Orwell developing characters and incorporating some Physical Theatre techniques into the play.

The students have also had professional workshops and an enrichment trip to London for training and a theatre visit to see The Lion King.

Tonight’s performance will illustrate the skills the students have developed and how they have applied these to their own performance demonstrating the diverse and eclectic range of work studied.

We hope you enjoy tonight’s performance.

The cast

Becky Clarke, Claire Lambie, Holly Douglas, Iona Waite,

Janay Davis, Kayleigh Rice, Liz Smith, Sam Reid,

Sean Payne, Thomas Wilson, Wesley Fisher

Physical Theatre

Comedy sketch, Unfaithful, Oh I Do Like to be Beside the Seaside, Comedy Sketch, Hand Illusion, Circus Ribbon and Poi, Comedy Sketch, Razzle Dazzle, Comedy Sketch, Striptease, Comedy Sketch, Body Illusion, Contact Improvisation.  Performed by the cast

Musical Theatre – ‘Grease’, ‘Phantom’ and ‘Evita’

Summer Nights – The Cast

ook at me I’m Sandra Dee – The Cast

Greased Lighting – The Cast

We Go Together – The Cast

Phantom of the Opera – Becky Clarke, Holly Douglas

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina – Janay Davis

Drama –‘Animal Farm’ By George Orwell

One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones’ Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. Old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals—inspired by his philosophy of Animalism—plot a rebellion against Jones. Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this dangerous enterprise. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs, and Jones and his men are chased off the farm.

FD students have studied World Dance including Salsa, Russian folk Dance and Bhangra and Scripted Acting.  The students have been involved in workshops by external professionals in these dance forms. This performance will illustrate a selection of these styles fused with the students’ own interpretation of Alan Aykbourne’s ‘Confusions’, demonstrating the diverse and eclectic range of work studied.

Cast

Amelia Carter, Lorren Dugdale, Steven Elkin, Erika Francis, Emma Harris, Stacey Holton, Sonja Jackson, Jodie Jenkins, Louise Nason, Leah Parsons, Hannah Smith, Cornell Smith, Chanel Thomas

World Dance - ‘Salsa’

Choreography: A Collaboration by Rebekah Hartwell & Sue Sam with a fusion of Mambo and Salsa

Scripted Acting - ‘Confusions’ By Alan Ayckbourn

A series of interlinking but detatchable one act based around the idea of ‘loneliness’

'Mother Figure’

Lucy: Stacey Holton

Rosemary: Sonja Jackson

Terry: Leah Parsons

Scripted Acting - ‘Confusions’ By Alan Ayckbourn

‘Between Mouthfuls’

Mr Pearce: Amelia Carter

Mrs Pearce: Lorren Dugdale

Waiter: Erika Francis

Martin: Steven Elkin

Polly: Chanel Thomas

World Dance - Russian Folk Dance ‘Hopak’

Choreography: A Collaboration by Greg Marshall and the first Diploma Students.  A folk scene opens this piece with two courting couples.  The whole village gets involved and celebrates the romance with a traditional Hopak folk dance.

Music: Russian Troika folk dance  - unattributed, Hopak: Myron Floren

Scripted Acting - ‘Confusions’ By Alan Ayckbourn

'Gosforth’s Fate’

Gosforth: Cornell Smith

Milly: Louise Nason

Mrs Pearce: Jodie Jenkins

Vicar: Hannah Smith

Stuart: Emma Harris

World Dance - ‘Bhangra’

Choreography: Jag Kumar.  Traditional Indian folk dancing alludes to the daily life of working field and tending crops

Performance on Dhol by Jag Kumar

Music:’Das Ja’ by DJ Sanj