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Lauri Morgan

2007-08-02T17:32:54Z

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SLT Member 2006 - Present

==Stage management==
*[[The Fall of the House of Usher (2006)]] ([[Prompt Corner]])
*[[A Christmas Carol (2006)]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Dr Faustus (2007)]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[The Hot Mikado (2007)]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[The Hothouse (2007)]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Supanova (2007)]] ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Aladdin (2007)]] ([[Bell Theatre]])

== Interests ==

== External Links ==

[[Category:People|Morgan, Lauri]]
[[Category:Stage Managers|Morgan, Lauri]]

The Hot Mikado (2007)

2007-07-28T13:24:59Z

TheTwelftGorice: /* Crew */

[[Image:hotmikado.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Matt Ross]]]]

by [[David H Bell]]

Music adapted and arranged by [[Rob Bowman]], from ''The Mikado'' by [[W.S. Gilbert]] and [[Arthur Sullivan]]

Directed by [[Heather French]]

Performances: Tue 3rd – Sat 7th July [[2007]], [[Bell Theatre]]

== Introduction ==
Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado was originally intended to poke fun at England's Victorian bourgeoisie, who had seized on a fad for all things Japanese. Bowman and Bell took this tale and essentially created a spoof within a spoof.

The Hot Mikado therefore tells the same story... that of the minstrel Nanki-Poo, who arrives in the town of Titipu in search of the girl of his dreams, Yum-Yum. Meanwhile, Yum-Yum's guardian the tailor-turned-Lord High Executioner, Ko-Ko is under pressure from the bloodthirsty ruler of the land, the Mikado, to execute somebody within the next month. Simply because he enjoys a good bit of execution.

Nanki-Poo is so infatuated with his sweetheart that he agrees to have his head cut off in exchange for one month of wedded bliss with Yum-Yum. The deal means that Ko-Ko can then claim her as his own bride once Nanki-Poo is dead and gone. This extraordinary plan then takes another twist when the Mikado makes a surprise visit to Titipu.

Confused? You may be. But the real twist in the tale is Bowman and Bell's amazing, 1940s-style swing interpretation of this classic piece of theatre.

== Cast ==

*The Mikado - [[Bob Callender]]
*Nanki Poo - [[Declan Doyle]]
*Pish Tush - [[James Hough]]
*Pooh Bah - [[Sean Chapman]]
*Ko Ko - [[Stuart Draper]]
*Yum Yum - [[Caroline Webb]]
*Pitti Sing - [[Seren Edwards]]
*Peep Bo - [[Emma Wilson]]
*Katisha - [[Suzanne Wooder]]

===Gentleman of Japan (Male Company)===
*Neiru - [[Neil Carmichael]]
*Kebinu - [[Kevin Leech]]

===Ladies of Japan (Female Company)===
*Uookku - [[Anna York]]
*Rooen - [[Lauren Senatore]]
*Sonpusan - [[Lidia Siemaszkiewicz]]
*Rooa - [[Laura Stanton]]
*Ridya - [[Michelle Thomson]]
*Rerisa - [[Ruth Huggett]]

===Ensemble===
*Doiaru - [[Shona Doyle]]
*Arisu - [[Alice Lowe]]

==Designers==
*Lighting Design - [[Mike Elliott]]
*Sound Design - [[Gerard Johnson]]
*Set Design - [[Chaz Doyle]]

== Crew ==

*Assistant Directors - [[Emma Wilson]] and [[Seren Edwards]]
*Stage Manager - [[Graham Clements]]
*Assistant Stage Managers - [[Lauri Morgan]] and [[Deirdre Parks]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Induja Bandara]]
*Sound Advisor - [[Gerard Johnson]]
*Sound Operators - [[Lee Ridgeway]] and [[Rachel Lovegrove]]
*Musical Director - [[Hannah Morgan]]
*Vocal Director - [[Alan Walker]]
*Costume Team Leader - [[Jennifer French]]
*Creative Team - [[Hazel Hindle]], [[Caroline Doyle]] and [[Hans Mudlamootoo]]
*Backstage Team - [[Caroline Durant]], [[Alison Dale]] and [[Marie-Clair Goswell]]
*Programme Design - [[Simon Holland]]
*Graphics - [[Matt Ross]]
*Construction Team - [[Mike Elliott]], [[Graham Clements]], [[Gavin Parker]] and [[Anna York]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

Photo thumbnails go here with links to larger images.

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==
* If the script didn't have an official name for a character, for example "Gent 1", different combinations of the actors real names were fed though a Japanese translator to give them character names.

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==

== External Links ==

*[http://www.someplace.com/thisplay This play on the web]

[[Category:Productions|Hot Mikado, The]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions|Hot Mikado, The]]
[[Category:Gala Productions|Hot Mikado, The]]
[[Category:Musical Theatre and Revue|Hot Mikado, The]]

Beautiful Thing (2007)

2007-07-28T13:00:36Z

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[[Image:BeautifulThingPoster.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Stuart Draper]]]]

by [[Jonathan Harvey]]

Directed by [[Elaine Heath]]

Performances: Tue 4th – Sat 8th September [[2007]], [[Bell Theatre]]

Summer, 1984. It's hot - and it's about to get a whole lot hotter!

Jonathan Harvey's critically acclaimed play, Beautiful Thing, comes to the SLT stage, in a lavish production to mark the theatre's 40th birthday celebrations.

With the Bell Stage transformed into a Thamesmead housing estate (complete with a bedroom that miraculously appears as if by magic) get ready for the feelgood, make you wanna clap your hands and dance up and down phenomenen that is Beautiful Thing - An Urban Fairytale.

Jonathan Harvey's best-known play was first staged at the fringe Bush Theatre in 1993, then went on to become a big West End hit and was filmed in 1996.

The title refers not to gay love as such, but to the first love experienced by two 16-year-olds, Jamie (David Clements) and Ste (Tom Bucher), one summer on a council estate in south-east London. Jamie bunks off from sport at school, while Ste is renowned for his all-round sporting prowess, but when Ste stays over one night after a violent argument with his father and brother, their mutual attraction develops into sexual awakening and romance blossoms.

Jamie's mother, Sandra (SLT newcomer Fiona Cullen), is too preoccupied with her shift work as a barmaid and with her dope-smoking artist boyfriend Tony (Chris Learmonth) to notice what's going on, but the Mama Cass-obsessed girl next door, Leah (Rita Goodhead), soon realises why Ste hasn't responded to her advances.

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Much has changed since the play was written - including the repeal of the discriminatory Section 28 of the 1988 Local Government Act forbidding the 'promotion of homosexuality', the lowering of the homosexual age of consent to 16 and, most recently, the introduction of 'civil partnerships' for gay people - but Beautiful Thing has dated well because it is more romantic than polemical. This tender comedy of adolescent love retains its charm.

Jonathan Harvey's tale of love blossoming between two teenage boys in a Thamesmead council block still retains all the humour and emotional clarity that it did when the original opened over a decade ago. Great writing stands the test of time - the voices are still true.

== Cast ==

*Jamie - [[David Clements]]
*Ste - [[Tom Bucher]]
*Leah - [[Rita Goodhead]]
*Sandra - [[Fiona Cullen]]
*Tony - [[Chris Learmonth]]

== Crew ==

*Assistant Director/Producer - [[Stuart Draper]]
*Choreographer - [[Brendan Murphy]]
*Stage Manager - [[Graham Clements]]
*Lighting Design & Special Effects - [[Neil Carmichael]]
*Set Design - [[Charles Doyle]]
*Sound Design - [[Stuart Draper]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
Have there been other SLT productions of this play? Link to them here.

Or add anything that is related ''within this site''. The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.

== References ==

== External Links ==

*[http://www.myspace.com/mybeautifulthing SLT Beautiful Thing production on MYSPACE]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_Thing Beautiful Thing on Wikipedia]

*[http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0115640/ Beautiful Thing on imdb]

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]

Julius Caesar (2007)

2007-07-28T11:21:29Z

TheTwelftGorice:

[[Image:juliuscaesar.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Maria Bates]] / photograph by [[Mark Davies]]]]
by [[William Shakespeare]]

Directed by [[Maya Gabrielle Talbot]]

Performances: Tue 17th – Sat 21st July [[2007]], [[Prompt Corner]]

== Introduction ==

Rome, a democracy, has a leader who wishes to be a dictator, a king. Is this death for democracy? Will Romans no longer be free men? What is to be done about Julius Caesar?

Julius Caesar is Shakespeare’s first great tragedy. It tells the story of the conspiracy to kill Caesar, his assassination, and the civil war that followed, as Caesar’s ghost bloodily pursued the chief murderers across the Roman world.

Ambition, idealism, conspiracy, murder, civil chaos and war propel this play forward at a furious speed. It is words and spin that prove the most dangerous weapons in the battle to win the hearts and minds of the people.

== Cast ==
*Julius Caesar - [[Jack King]]
*Brutus - [[Ed Cartwright]]
*Cassius - [[Tom Rushforth]]
*Mark Antony - [[Andy Davies]]
*Portia - [[Catherine Ellis]]
*Calpurnia - [[Suzie Morgan]]
*Soothsayer - [[Maria Bates]]
*Octavius - [[Richard Nield]]
*Lepidus - [[Peter Medd]]
*Casca - [[David Blatcher]]
*Decius Brutus - [[Brian Yansen]]
*Cinna - [[Matthew Griffiths]]
*Metellus - [[Rob Franklin]]

== Crew ==

*Assistant Director - [[Sophie Leighton-Kelly]]
*Stage Manager - [[Kat Moody]]
*Assistant Stage Manager - [[James Hough]]
*Costumes - [[Hannah Gabrielle]]
*Projections - [[Charles Doyle]]
*Sound Design - [[Ivor Talbot]]
*Lighting Design - [[Mike Elliott]]
*Sound and Lighting Operator - [[Derek Dempsey]]
*Fight Director and Theatre Representative - [[Anton Krause]]
*Photography - [[Mark Davies]]
*Poster and Programme Design - [[Maria Bates]]

== Reviews ==

Some review quotes go here

== Gallery ==

== Reminiscences and Anecdotes ==

Members are encouraged to write about their experiences of working on or seeing this production. Please leave your name. Anonymous entries may be deleted.

== See Also ==
[[Julius Caesar (1984)]]

== References ==

== External Links ==

[[Category:Productions]]
[[Category:Prompt Corner Productions]]

James Hough

2007-07-18T10:26:20Z

TheTwelftGorice: /* Productions as Assistant Stage Manager */

[[Image:JamesHough.jpg|thumb|300px]]

SLT Member 2005 - Present

== Acting Roles ==
*Hupfer and German Man in [[On The Razzle (2005)|On The Razzle]] ([[2005]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Carabosse in [[The Sleeping Beauty (2006)|The Sleeping Beauty]] ([[2006]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Guard in [[Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman (2006)|Elizabeth - Almost by Chance a Woman]] ([[2006]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby in [[Richard III (2006)|Richard III]] ([[2006]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Roderick Usher in [[The Fall of the House of Usher (2006)|The Fall of the House of Usher]] ([[2006]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])
*The Spirit of Christmas Past in [[A Christmas Carol (2006)|A Christmas Carol]] ([[2006]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*The Duke of Vanholt and voice of two Deadly Sins in [[Dr Faustus (2007)|Dr Faustus]] ([[2007]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*Pish Tush in [[The Hot Mikado (2007)|The Hot Mikado]] ([[2007]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])

== Productions as Assistant Stage Manager ==

*[[The Hothouse (2007)|The Hothouse]] ([[2007]]) ([[Prompt Corner]]) (one night only!)
*[[The Donahue Sisters (2007)|The Donahue Sisters]] ([[2007]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Come and Go (2007)|Come and Go]] ([[2007]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
*[[Who Was Hilary Maconochie? (2007)|Who Was Hilary Maconochie?]] ([[2007]]) ([[Bell Theatre]])
* [[Julius Caesar (2007)|Julius Caesar]] ([[2007]]) ([[Prompt Corner]])

== Interests ==

== External Links ==

James Hough

2007-07-08T16:17:01Z

TheTwelftGorice: