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Directed by [[Maria Bates]], [[Anton Krause]]. [[Stuart Draper], and [[Heather French]]
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Directed by [[Maria Bates]], [[Anton Krause]], [[Dave Hollander]], [[Stuart Draper]], and [[Heather French]]
  
Performances: [[2007]], [[Bell Theatre]]
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Performances: Wed 7th - Sat 10th March [[2007]], [[Bell Theatre]]
  
  
 
== Introduction ==
 
== Introduction ==
  
From Shakespeare and sword fighting to hard-hitting modern classics the SLT Youth Theatre showcased their talent in this evening of comedy, drama and musical mayhem.
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From Shakespeare and sword fighting to hard-hitting modern classics the SLT Youth Theatre showcased their talent in this evening of comedy, drama and musical mayhem:
  
‘Having such a talented group of child actors from South London Theatre bodes well for the future of acting in this country. When I was at the theatre, there was a decided buzz at the end. The audience wanted to talk about what they had seen. It was an evening well spent.’
 
  
Richard Woulfe - UK Theatre Network: on last year’s production of ‘Stay With Me’.
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=== Romeo and Juliet ===
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By [[William Shakespeare]]<br>
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Directed by [[Anton Krause]]
  
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An excerpt from the opening of Romeo and Juliet - a chance to showcase one of the specialist skills Youth Group members have been learning as thumbs are bitten and blades are drawn in the classic scene of conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets.
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*Sampson - [[Shona Doyle]]
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*Abraham - [[Charlotte Dobson]]
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*Tybalt - [[Jessamy Lowe]]/[[David Clements]]
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*Benvolio - [[Rachael Judge]]
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*Prince - Ben Dolman Bowles
  
ROMEO AND JULIET
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYQKOkobT9M Watch rehearsal footage of this scene (You Tube)]
  
We start with the opening of Romeo and Juliet, a chance to showcase one of the specialist skills Youth Group members have been learning as thumbs are bitten and blades are drawn in the classic scene of conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets .
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=== Solo Dance number ===
  
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
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*Performed by Scarlett Dobson
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*Choreographed by [[Heather French]]
  
Arrogant Benedick overhears a conversation between his friend Claudio and some respectable members of the establishment - should he believe everything they say about spiky Beatrice's secret admiration?
 
  
A VICTORIAN PLAY
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=== Much Ado About Nothing (i) ===
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By [[William Shakespeare]]<br>
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Directed by [[Dave Hollander]]
  
A story of love, loss and a haunted house set in Victorian London. Written by youth group member, Shona Doyle.  
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An short scene from the classic Shakespearean comedy, in which arrogant Benedick overhears a conversation between his friend Claudio and some respectable members of the establishment. Should he believe everything they say about spiky Beatrice's secret admiration?
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THE GUT GIRLS
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3 historical scenes based on the "Gut Girls" of Deptford, England, circa 1900. They are rowdy, boisterous, have mouths like sailors and are as strong as the oxen they gut. By day they are up to their knees in freshly slaughtered animal entrails, but in the evenings they are their own women, financially independent to a degree rare for young working-class women in Victorian England.
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*Benedick - [[Tom Bücher]]
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*Beatrice - [[Ella Rigby Lewenstein]]
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*Leonato - [[Jessamy Lowe]]/[[Shona Doyle]]
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*Claudio - Ben Dolman Bowles
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*Don Pedro - [[Charlotte Dobson]]
  
ANTHEM
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=== A Victorian Play ===
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By Shona Doyle<br>
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Directed by [[Maria Bates]]
  
A powerful piece of new writing, inspired by the experience of being bullied at school.
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A story of love, loss and a haunted house set in Victorian London. Written by youth group member, Shona Doyle.  
  
UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
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*Victoria Smythe - [[Alice Lowe]]
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*Elizabeth Smythe - [[Gabriella Curry]]
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*Anne Jones - Asia Pettitt
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*Dick Jones - Louis Hamilton
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*Estate Agent - Ben Dolman Bowles
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*Robber - Harry Coultas Blum
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*Charlotte - Caitlin Buchanan
  
From ‘All In The Timing’, David Ives’ inspired collection of comic vignettes, verbal gymnastics abound in this tale of a language lesson with a difference.
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=== The Gut Girls ===
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By [[Sarah Daniels]]<br>
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Directed by [[Maria Bates]]
  
THE TEN PERCENTERS
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Three scenes from [[Sarah Daniels]]' play about the "Gut Girls" of Deptford, England, circa 1900. They are rowdy, boisterous, have mouths like sailors and are as strong as the oxen they gut. By day they are up to their knees in freshly slaughtered animal entrails, but in the evenings they are their own women, financially independent to a degree rare for young working-class women in Victorian England.
  
Somewhere in the South of England, 194. About tea time.
 
  
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
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*Len - Jake Thomas
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*Harry - Louis Hamilton
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*Jim - [[David Clements]]
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*Ellen - [[Rebecca Brough]]
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*Polly - [[Rita Goodhead]]
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*Kate - Islay Train
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*Maggie - Niquita Sookdeo
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*Annie - Joanna Lanigan
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*Other gut girls - [[Alice Lowe]], Sophie Ryan, Asia Pettitt and Caitlin Buchanan
  
Beatrice's friend, Hero, has just been jilted at the altar by Claudio, a companion of Benedick –what can he say, when Beatrice is left to pick up the pieces?
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=== Anthem ===
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By [[Kes Gray]]<br>
PITCHFORK DISNEY
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Directed by [[Dave Hollander]]
  
The Stray twins, Presley and Haley, live together in a sublimely tortured state of arrested development, apparently brought on by the mysterious disappearance of their parents.  
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A powerful piece of new writing, inspired by the experience of being bullied at school.
  
Only we know our innermost fears! What do you do to prevent the terrors taking hold?
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*[[Alice Lowe]]
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*Ben Dolman Bowles
THE PHILADELPHIA
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*[[Charlotte Dobson]]
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*Islay Train
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*Louis Hamilton
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*Niquita Sookdeo
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*[[Rachael Judge]]
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*[[Rebecca Brough]]
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*[[Rita Goodhead]]
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*[[Shona Doyle]]
  
Another piece from ‘All In The Timing’, this time thrusting its unsuspecting characters into ‘a Philadelphia’, a Twilight Zone-like state where nobody can get what they ask for.  The only way out of their dilemma?  To ask for the opposite of what they want.
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=== The Universal Language ===
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By [[David Ives]]<br>
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Directed by [[Anton Krause]]
  
CORPSE
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From [[All In The Timing]], David Ives’ inspired collection of comic vignettes, verbal gymnastics abound in this tale of a language lesson with a difference.
  
Don’t you just hate it when you get back from a hard days work, only to discover a dead stranger in you living room?
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*Don - [[Declan Doyle]]
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*Dawn - Katy Thomas
  
== Cast ==
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=== [[The Ten Percenters (2007)|The Ten Percenters]] ===
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Written and directed by [[Stuart Draper]]
  
ROMEO AND JULIET
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Somewhere in the South of England, 1944. About tea time.
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / DIRECTED BY [[ANTON KRAUSE]]
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*SAMPSON - [[SHONA DOYLE]]
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*ABRAHAM - [[CHARLOTTE DOBSON]]
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*TYBALT - [[JESSAMY LOWE]] / - [[DAVID CLEMENTS]]
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*BENVOLIO - [[RACHAEL JUDGE]]
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*PRINCE - [[BEN DOLMAN BOWLES]]
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SOLO DANCE / CHOREOGRAPHY BY [[HEATHER FRENCH]]
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*Hilary - Scarlett Dobson
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*Douglas - Taylor Richards
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*Harry - Liam Sharkey
  
[[SCARLETT DOBSON]]
 
  
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
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=== Much Ado About Nothing (ii) ===
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / DIRECTED BY [[DAVE HOLLANDER]]
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By [[William Shakespeare]]<br>
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Directed by [[Dave Hollander]]
  
*BENEDICK - [[THOMAS BUCHER]]
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A second scene from the shakespearean comedy: Beatrice's friend, Hero, has just been jilted at the altar by Claudio, a companion of Benedick –what can he say, when Beatrice is left to pick up the pieces?
*BEATRICE - [[ELLA RIGBY LEWENSTEIN]]
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*LEONATO - [[JESSAMY LOWE]] / [[SHONA DOYLE]]
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*CLAUDIO - [[BEN DOLMAN BOWLES]]
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*DON PEDRO - [[CHARLOTTE DOBSON]]
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A VICTORIAN PLAY
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*Benedick - [[Tom Bücher]]
BY [[SHONA DOYLE]] / DIRECTED BY [[MARIA BATES]]
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*Beatrice - [[Ella Rigby Lewenstein]]
  
*VICTORIA SMYTHE - [[ALICE LOWE]]
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=== The Pitchfork Disney ===
*ELIZABETH SMYTHE - [[GABRIELLA CHARLOTTE CURRY]]
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By [[Philip Ridley]]<br>
*ANNE JONES - [[ASIA PETTITT]]
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Directed by [[Maria Bates]]
*DICK JONES - [[LOUIS HAMILTON]]
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*ESTATE AGENT - [[BEN DOLMAN BOWLES]]
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*ROBBER - [[HARRY COULTAS BLUM]]
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*CHARLOTTE - [[CAITLIN BUCHANAN]]
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THE GUT GIRLS
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The Stray twins, Presley and Haley, live together in a sublimely tortured state of arrested development, apparently brought on by the mysterious disappearance of their parents. Only we know our innermost fears - what do you do to prevent the terrors taking hold?
BY SARAH DANIELS / DIRECTED BY [[MARIA BATES]]
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*LEN - [[JAKE THOMAS]]
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*Presley - Harry Coultas Blum
*HARRY - [[LOUIS HAMILTON]]
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*Presley's Imagination - [[David Clements]]
*JIM - [[DAVID CLEMENTS]]
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*Hayley - Caitlin Buchanan
*ELLEN - [[REBECCA BROUGH]]
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*Hayley's Imagination - Asia Pettitt
*POLLY - [[RITA GOODHEAD]]
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*KATE - [[ISLAY TRAIN]]
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*MAGGIE - [[NIQUITA SOOKEDO]]
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*ANNIE - [[JOANNA LANIGAN]]
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*OTHER GUT GIRLS - [[ALICE LOWE]], [[SOPHIE RYAN]], [[ASIA PETTITT]] and [[CAITLIN BUCHANAN]]
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ANTHEM
 
BY KES GRAY / DIRECTED BY [[DAVE HOLLANDER]]
 
  
*[[ALICE LOWE]]
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=== The Philadelphia ===
*[[BEN DOLMAN BOWLES]]
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By [[David Ives]]<br>
*[[CHARLOTTE DOBSON]]
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Directed by [[Anton Krause]]
*[[ISLAY TRAIN]]
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*[[LOUIS HAMILTON]]
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*[[NIQUITA SOOKDEO]]
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*[[RACHEL JUDGE]]
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*[[REBECCA BROUGH]]
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*[[RITA GOODHEAD]]
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*[[SHONA DOYLE]]
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UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
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Another piece from [[All In the Timing]], this time thrusting its unsuspecting characters into "a Philadelphia", a Twilight Zone-like state where nobody can get what they ask for.  The only way out of their dilemma?  To ask for the opposite of what they want.
BY DAVID IVES / DIRECTED BY [[ANTON KRAUSE]]
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*DON - [[DECLAN DOYLE]]
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*Waitress - [[Gabriella Curry]]
*DAWN - [[KATY THOMAS]]
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*Al  - [[Ella Rigby Lewenstein]]
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*Mark - Sophie Ryan
  
THE TEN PERCENTERS
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=== [[Corpse (2007)|Corpse]] ===
BY [[STUART DRAPER]] / DIRECTED BY [[STUART DRAPER]]
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Written and directed by [[Stuart Draper]]
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*HILARY(Harry's sister) - [[SCARLETT DOBSON]]
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*DOUGLAS (Evacuee from London) - [[TAYLOR RICHARDS]]
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*HARRY - [[LIAM SHARKEY]]
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MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
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Don’t you just hate it when you get back from a hard days work, only to discover a dead stranger in you living room?
BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / DIRECTED BY DAVE HOLLANDER
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*BENEDICK - [[THOMAS BUCHER]]
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*Mike - Christopher Hynes
*BEATRICE - [[ELLA RIGBY LEWENSTEIN]]
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*Harry - Oliver Hellman
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*Detective - Paris Capone
PITCHFORK DISNEY
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*Pizza Delivery Boy - Taylor Richards
BY PHILIP RIDLEY/ DIRECTED BY [[MARIA BATES]]
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*Corpse - [[Liam Sharkey]]
  
*PRESLEY - [[HARRY COULTAS BLUM]]
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=== Solo Song ===
*PRESLEY’S IMAGINATION - [[DAVID CLEMENTS]]
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''Bridge Over Troubled Water'' (Simon & Garfunkel), performed by [[Declan Doyle]]
*HAYLEY - [[CAITLIN BUCHANAN]]
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*HAYLEY’S IMAGINATION - [[ASIA PETTITT]]
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THE PHILADELPHIA
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=== Finale ===
BY DAVID IVES / DIRECTED BY [[ANTON KRAUSE]]
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A version of ''Twist and Shout'' (Lennon & McCartney), performed by the whole company and choreographed by [[Heather French]]
 
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*WAITRESS - [[GABRIELLA CHARLOTTE CURRY]]
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*AL  - [[ELLA  RIGBY LEWENSTEIN]]
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*MARK - [[SOPHIE RYAN]]
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CORPSE
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BY [[STUART DRAPER]] / DIRECTED BY [[STUART DRAPER]]
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*MIKE - [[CHRISTOPHER HYNES]]
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*HARRY - [[OLIVER HELLMAN]]
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*DETECTIVE - [[PARIS CAPONE]]
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*PIZZA DELIVERY BOY - [[TAYLOR RICHARDS]]
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*CORPSE - [[LIAM SHARKEY]]
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SOLO SONG
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*[[DECLAN DOYLE]]
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TWIST AND SHOUT MUSICAL NUMBER
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CHOREOGRAPHY BY [[HEATHER FRENCH]]
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PERFORMED BY THE FULL COMPANY
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== Crew ==
 
== Crew ==
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*Choreography  - [[Heather French]]
 
*Choreography  - [[Heather French]]
 
*Stage Manager - [[Heather French]]
 
*Stage Manager - [[Heather French]]
*ASMs - [[Lauri Morgan]] and [[Declan Doyle]]
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*ASMs - [[Lauri Morgan]] and [[Declan Doyle]]
 
*Special Props Maker - [[Sharon Kaye]]
 
*Special Props Maker - [[Sharon Kaye]]
 
*Props - [[Alan Buckman]]
 
*Props - [[Alan Buckman]]
*Lighting Design - [[Neil Charmichael]]
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*Lighting Design - [[Neil Carmichael]]
*Lighting/Sound Operation - [[Neil Charmichael]]
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*Lighting/Sound Operation - [[Neil Carmichael]]
 
*Costumes - [[Stuart Draper]]
 
*Costumes - [[Stuart Draper]]
 
*Photography - [[Phil Gammon]]
 
*Photography - [[Phil Gammon]]
 
*Poster / Programme Design - [[Maria Bates]]
 
*Poster / Programme Design - [[Maria Bates]]
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The Directors, Cast and Crew would like to extend a huge thank you to the following people who have helped to make this production possible: [[Neil Carmichael]], Katie Franson, Kimball Denetso, [[Sharon Kaye]], Kes Gray, [[Gabriella Curry|Gabriella Charlotte Curry]], [[Alice Lowe]], [[David Clements]], [[Ella Rigby Lewenstein]], [[Hans Mudlamootoo]], [[Alan Buckman]], [[Mike Elliott]], [[Val Williams]], [[Phil Gammon]] and [[Dee Fancett]].
  
 
== Reviews ==
 
== Reviews ==
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== See Also ==
 
== 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.
 
  
 
[[Category:Productions]]
 
[[Category:Productions]]
 
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]
 
[[Category:Bell Theatre Productions]]
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[[Category:Youth Productions]]

Latest revision as of 19:37, 27 March 2013

Poster by Maria Bates


Directed by Maria Bates, Anton Krause, Dave Hollander, Stuart Draper, and Heather French

Performances: Wed 7th - Sat 10th March 2007, Bell Theatre


Introduction

From Shakespeare and sword fighting to hard-hitting modern classics the SLT Youth Theatre showcased their talent in this evening of comedy, drama and musical mayhem:


Romeo and Juliet

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Anton Krause

An excerpt from the opening of Romeo and Juliet - a chance to showcase one of the specialist skills Youth Group members have been learning as thumbs are bitten and blades are drawn in the classic scene of conflict between the Montagues and the Capulets.

Watch rehearsal footage of this scene (You Tube)

Solo Dance number


Much Ado About Nothing (i)

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Dave Hollander

An short scene from the classic Shakespearean comedy, in which arrogant Benedick overhears a conversation between his friend Claudio and some respectable members of the establishment. Should he believe everything they say about spiky Beatrice's secret admiration?

A Victorian Play

By Shona Doyle
Directed by Maria Bates

A story of love, loss and a haunted house set in Victorian London. Written by youth group member, Shona Doyle.

  • Victoria Smythe - Alice Lowe
  • Elizabeth Smythe - Gabriella Curry
  • Anne Jones - Asia Pettitt
  • Dick Jones - Louis Hamilton
  • Estate Agent - Ben Dolman Bowles
  • Robber - Harry Coultas Blum
  • Charlotte - Caitlin Buchanan

The Gut Girls

By Sarah Daniels
Directed by Maria Bates

Three scenes from Sarah Daniels' play about the "Gut Girls" of Deptford, England, circa 1900. They are rowdy, boisterous, have mouths like sailors and are as strong as the oxen they gut. By day they are up to their knees in freshly slaughtered animal entrails, but in the evenings they are their own women, financially independent to a degree rare for young working-class women in Victorian England.


Anthem

By Kes Gray
Directed by Dave Hollander

A powerful piece of new writing, inspired by the experience of being bullied at school.

The Universal Language

By David Ives
Directed by Anton Krause

From All In The Timing, David Ives’ inspired collection of comic vignettes, verbal gymnastics abound in this tale of a language lesson with a difference.

The Ten Percenters

Written and directed by Stuart Draper

Somewhere in the South of England, 1944. About tea time.

  • Hilary - Scarlett Dobson
  • Douglas - Taylor Richards
  • Harry - Liam Sharkey


Much Ado About Nothing (ii)

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Dave Hollander

A second scene from the shakespearean comedy: Beatrice's friend, Hero, has just been jilted at the altar by Claudio, a companion of Benedick –what can he say, when Beatrice is left to pick up the pieces?

The Pitchfork Disney

By Philip Ridley
Directed by Maria Bates

The Stray twins, Presley and Haley, live together in a sublimely tortured state of arrested development, apparently brought on by the mysterious disappearance of their parents. Only we know our innermost fears - what do you do to prevent the terrors taking hold?

  • Presley - Harry Coultas Blum
  • Presley's Imagination - David Clements
  • Hayley - Caitlin Buchanan
  • Hayley's Imagination - Asia Pettitt


The Philadelphia

By David Ives
Directed by Anton Krause

Another piece from All In the Timing, this time thrusting its unsuspecting characters into "a Philadelphia", a Twilight Zone-like state where nobody can get what they ask for. The only way out of their dilemma? To ask for the opposite of what they want.

Corpse

Written and directed by Stuart Draper

Don’t you just hate it when you get back from a hard days work, only to discover a dead stranger in you living room?

  • Mike - Christopher Hynes
  • Harry - Oliver Hellman
  • Detective - Paris Capone
  • Pizza Delivery Boy - Taylor Richards
  • Corpse - Liam Sharkey

Solo Song

Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon & Garfunkel), performed by Declan Doyle

Finale

A version of Twist and Shout (Lennon & McCartney), performed by the whole company and choreographed by Heather French

Crew

The Directors, Cast and Crew would like to extend a huge thank you to the following people who have helped to make this production possible: Neil Carmichael, Katie Franson, Kimball Denetso, Sharon Kaye, Kes Gray, Gabriella Charlotte Curry, Alice Lowe, David Clements, Ella Rigby Lewenstein, Hans Mudlamootoo, Alan Buckman, Mike Elliott, Val Williams, Phil Gammon and Dee Fancett.

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