All proceeds will go to “The British Red Cross” and “Disasters Emergency Committee”
Featuring Mark Sebastain D’lacey, Billy Thompson, Tia Gill, Local Dramatic, Operatic and Musical Societies, supported by the Greg Williams Glenn Miller Style Big Band.
Tickets available online https://gladstonetheatre.org.uk/events/ukraine-refugee-charity-concert/
To celebrate, Julia Whitehead is producing our Centenary Show to commemorate the last 100 years of spectacular musicals, plays and pantomimes that we have produced.
The show is scripted, through the 100 years and featuring many numbers from some of the best shows since 1922.
The show will be held in March 2022 at the Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight. Weekly rehearsals will begin in September 2021.
We would love as many PSP members, past, present and new to join us for what is going to be a glorious celebration of the past 100 years.
If you are interested in getting involved, please Email Us and include:
We can’t wait to get back together treading the boards after what’s been such a hard time recently! We look forward to seeing you all soon.
We’re excited to announce that our June 2020 play is ‘The Wind in the Willows’.
Written by Alan Bennett, the play is based on the novel by Kenneth Graham.
The show is on from 11th-13th June at 7:30pm at the Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight, Wirral.
The classic story of the riverside friends has a large cast including Mole, Rat, Badger and Toad of Toad Hall.
Auditions for all parts will be held on Wednesday 29th January at 7:30pm at the Lever Club (upstairs), Port Sunlight, Wirral. Everyone is welcome to come along and meet and get to know the parts. As well as the main characters there are over 25 parts to cast. All ages and genders are fully flexible.
Please get in touch if you have any queries.
Please note that this schedule is in draft form – rehearsals, times and venues may have to be re-scheduled or changed at short notice in the event of unforeseen circumstances. Most rehearsals take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings. Rehearsals and performances on Sundays and other days (Friday 13th and Tuesday 17th March) are indicated with an asterisk. (*)
We will have a signing in sheet for all rehearsals from Sunday 16th February. Performers who miss more than two rehearsals after this date, without first agreeing their absence with Jane or Greg, may lose their role in the show.
Please email Jane on janedirectorpsp@gmail.com as soon as possible if you are unable to attend particular rehearsal. We will do our best to re-schedule our worklist to accommodate people who can’t be with us when their scenes are being rehearsed but, as time is very short it’s unlikely that we will be able to please everyone!
Thanks and we look forward to seeing you at rehearsal!
Jane, Greg and the Port Sunlight Players Committee.
We’re holding auditions for our March 2020 musical ‘Kiss me Kate’!
Audition dates are 4th and 11th November 7:30 – 9:00pm at the Lever Club, Port Sunlight. 4th November will be giving out scripts and read through as well as singing the songs and 11th will be the auditions.
If you would like to audition for any parts, please email our director to show an interest and for any further information or queries about the auditions, please email: janedirectorpsp@gmail.com
Please note – there is a lovely old film of the show, with Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson as Fred and Lilli… but we will be producing the 1999 Broadway revival (stage show) which is slightly different from the original production. To learn about the Broadway revival production, and to prepare for auditions or for your role in the chorus, please watch the show, and you’ll find the whole show (with sing-a-long subtitles!) on there. It’s a fantastic production -all filmed on stage – and the offstage and on stage character roles are very clear.
CAST: Please note – Each person will play an offstage character in the company who are staging “The Taming of the Shrew”. The company is small so each offstage character also plays an onstage character in the company’s performance. For example (see first row of the cast list below) Pops is the stage doorman when the company are in a theatre, but he is also an actor and plays the role of the Padua Priest in “The Shrew”
| Character (offstage) | Character (“Shrew”) | Voice – Solos & linesin songs etc. | Profile, playing age & build etc. |
| Pops (stagedoorman) | Plays Padua Priest | Baritone. Another Op’nin’, Another Show,I sing of Love, Bianca. Kiss Me Kate. | Older character – everyone’s “show” dad, kind & helpful. |
| Hattie (Lilli’s dresser) 2nd dance captain | Plays Serving lady to Katharine/Kate | Mezzo soprano. Another Op’nin’, Another Show, Kiss Me Kate. | 30s-40s, busy, unflappable, discreet and trustworthy. Paul’s girlfriend. |
| Stagehand #1 (electrician) | Plays Nathaniel – servant to Petruchio | Baritone Another Op’nin’, Another Show, I sing of Love, Bianca, Kiss me Kate | 30s-40s actor/technician, good humoured/long suffering |
| Stagehand # 2 (assistant electrician) | Plays Philip – servant to Petruchio and half of the pantomime donkey | Baritone. Another Op’nin’, Another Show, I sing of Love, Bianca, Kiss Me Kate | 30s-40s actor/technician, good humoured/long suffering and energetic as the pantomime donkey |
| Stagehand #3 (carpenter and driver to General Howell) | Plays Haberdasher and half of the pantomime donkey | Baritone Another Op’nin’, Another Show, I sing of Love, Bianca, Kiss Me Kate | 30s-40s actor/technician, good humoured/long suffering and energetic as the pantomime donkey |
| Wardrobe mistress & wardrobe ladies | Play Ensemble Singers | Mezzo Soprano. Another Op’nin’, Another Show, I sing of Love, Bianca, Kiss Me Kate | Older more experienced performers who mentor younger seamstresses |
| Ensemble ladies | Play Padua Inn waitresses, ensemble singers and ensemble dancers. | Mezzo soprano/alto/mixed Another Op’nin’, Another Show, I sing of Love, Bianca, Kiss Me Kate | 20s-30s, Strong singers & dancers |
| Ensemble men (below) | Play Padua Inn customers, ensemble singers and ensemble dancers | Baritone/Bass baritone/mixed Another Op’nin’, Another Show, I sing of Love, Bianca, Kiss Me Kate | 20s-30s. Strong singers & dancers |
| Paul (Fred’s dresser) dance captain | Plays Gregory – servant to Petruchio | Tenor/Baritone Too Darn Hot, I sing of Love, Bianca, Kiss me Kate | 40s. A “seen it all” confidante to Fred. Strong singer and dancer |
| Ralph (stage manager) | Plays Ensemble Singer | No solos but sings in ensemble | Older character – serious, loud voice |
| Lois Lane | Plays Bianca Minola | Mezzo Soprano. Why can’t you behave, Tom, Dick or Harry,Always True to You in My Fashion, Kiss me Kate (finale) | Early 20s – A cute, dim-witted but lovable nightclub singer. “The Shrew” is Lois’ first ‘featured’ role on the stage. She is ambitiousand grateful to Fred for his support. |
| Bill Calhoun | Plays Lucentio(suitor) | Baritone. Why can’t you behave? I sing of Love,Bianca, Kiss me Kate. | Late 20s – early 30s. A Broadway “hoofer”, Lois’ boyfriend and a hopeless gambler. |
| Lilli Vanessi | Plays Katharine/Kate | Soprano. Wunderbar, So in Love, We open in Venice, I Hate Men, From this moment on, I am ashamed that women are so simple. Kiss me Kate. | Early-Mid 30s. Experienced “star”stage and screen actress. Lilli is the leading lady of “The Shrew” and Fred’s recently divorced ex-wife. |
| Fred Graham | Plays Petruchio, Katharine’s husband | Baritone. Wunderbar, We Open in Venice, I’ve come to Wive it wealthily in Padua, Were thine thy special face, Kiss Me Kate, Where is the Life that late I led? So in Love. | Late 30s – Early 40s. Fred is an experienced writer, producer, director, actor and theatrical ‘superman’. |
| Harry Trevor | Plays BaptistaMinola(Katharine’s Dad) | No solos but sings in ensemble | Older character – veteran Broadway character actor |
| First Man/Gangster | Plays an “Aide” to Katherine/Lilli | Baritone. Brush up your Shakespeare | Middle aged debt collector/gunman gangster & half donkey in finale |
| Second Man/Gangster | Plays an “Aide to Katherine/Lilli | Baritone. Brush up your Shakespeare | Middle aged debt collector/gunman gangster & half donkey in finale |
| Flynt (aide to General) | Plays Gremio (first suitor) | Baritone. Bianca, I sing of Love. Kiss me Kate | Strong physique & motorcyclist |
| Riley (aide to General) | Plays Hortensio (second suitor) | Baritone. Bianca, I Sing of Love. Kiss me Kate | Strong physique & motorcyclist |
| General Harrison Howell | The general is the only character who does not play a role in “The Taming of The Shrew”. | Bass Baritone. From this moment on. | 50s – square-jawed, with a strong physique. Harrison is a career minded, military officer, a newly appointed politician, friend of the president& Lilli’s “new” man. |
Synopsis
Act One
It is 1952 and a musical version of “The Taming of the Shrew” is about to open in Baltimore, USA. Performing in the show, with producer &actor-manager Fred Graham, are the leading lady (his former wife) LilliVanessi; Lois Lane, a young nightclub singer in whom he is ‘interested’, and Bill Calhoun, who is Lois’s boyfriend… and a busy, but not very successful gambler.Soon after the cast arrive at the Theatre,Bill arrives late and tells Lois that he has signed Fred’s name to a $10,000 IOU for his own gambling debts. She begs him to reform, stop gambling and to pay the debt back before the “heavies” come looking for Fred. She also reminds him that Fred has given them both their “big break” in the Theatre and they should respect him rather than ‘stich him up’ with a gambling debt.
Backstage in adjoining dressing rooms, Fred and Lilli snipe and bicker… then they reminisce nostalgically about other shows they have appeared in together – it’s clear that they still love each other and, after singing “Wunderbar”, they eventually kiss and begin to patch up their differences. Soon after, Fred sends a ‘good luck’ card &bouquet to Lois, which is delivered, in error, to Lilli. On stage, as Katherine in a public performance of “The Shrew”, Lilli discovers that the bouquet was meant for Lois; she is furious, refuses to kiss and is then spanked by Fred/Petruchio. And sheflounces angrily ‘offstage’. Her early departure, however, is prevented by two gangsters who have come to collect the IOU Bill forged withFred’s signature. They want the show to continue its run so that Fred can pay his debts back – so Lilli is forced (at gunpoint) to stay. As the first Act ends Lilli is raging, both as Kate in “The Shrew” and in reality – her fiancé (a self-important American general with political ambitions) is on his way from Washington to save her from the humiliation she says she’s suffered at the hands of Fred: but the 2 gangsters are dressed in “Shrew costumes” and accompany her everywhere- even on stage – so that she cannot leave.
Act Two
Some of the actors are gathered, in their “Shrew” costumes during the interval, in the alley behind the theatre – they sing that it’s “Too darn hot!”, but rush back in to the theatre when they hear the opening bars of Act 2 of “The Shrew”. Fred (in costume as Petruchio) explains to the audience that Miss Vanessiis “indisposed” and unable to ride a donkey in the next scene. They must jump forward to the honeymoon scene, where Petruchio, just married to Katherine/Lilli, realises that married life will be hard – so he sings and yearns for his life as a single man. Backstage we learn that because of a sudden change in gang“administration” (their boss has been murdered by rival gangsters)the gangsterstear up the now worthless IOU andprepare to leave. Lilli’s newly promoted boyfriend, General Harrison Howell, appears and, released from the demands of the gangsters, she prepares to walk out on the show… Fred muses on his love for her and tries to stop her… but (even knowing that she loves him too) she still decides to leave to be married to the controlling and unfaithful general the next day. The two gangsters try to leave the theatre but get trapped in front of the show curtain – seeing the audience, they seize the opportunity to sing the show-stopping “Brush up Your Shakespeare” as the company wait backstage to carry on with “the Shrew” without their leading lady.Petruchio/Fred finally enters prepared for the worst, but as the show comes to a close, Lilli unexpectedly returns to the stage (dressed as Kate) and ‘in character’ agrees to be an obedient wife to Petruchio… andalso expresses her intention of returning to her ex-husband, Fred.
Fred/Petruchio and Lilli/Kate embrace – and it is the happiest kiss in all of kissing history – the company sing of love and the two gangsters appear as the pantomime donkey, laden with baskets of flower petals… which the company take and throw above the happy couple like confetti at a wedding. Curtain – the end.
Our musical for March 2020 is ‘Kiss Me Kate’!
The show will be performed at the Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight from 19th – 21st March 2020.
With music and lyrics from the legendary Cole Porter, the show involves a musical version of Shakespeare’s ‘The Taming of the Shrew’.
Cole Porter poured huge amounts of his best music into Kiss Me Kate. The show boasts a great stream of lovely melody allied to words by the wittiest lyricist America ever produced… and the score scintillates with timeless “Broadway” tunes like “Another Op’nin’, Another show…”, “Wunderbar”,”So in Love”, “Too Darned Hot” and the brilliantly witty and stylish “Brush up your Shakespeare”.
Tickets are £14 and £10 concessions (including booking fee) and will be available to buy online soon.
For details of our audition information and dates, please click here.
Our Christmas show this year is a variety show packed full of songs from the musicals and a whole bunch of Christmas songs!
There will be fantastic dance numbers for you to tap your feet to and plenty of well loved songs for you to sing along with!
The show is on Saturday 7th December 14:30 and 19:30 at the Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight.
Tickets are just £9 and available from the theatre box office and online:
https://gladstonetheatre.org.uk/events/port-sunlight-players-christmas-cracker/
We hope to see you there to get you in that Christmas spirit!
We’re thrilled to announce our June play for 2019 is ‘The Darling Buds of May’. Famous from the TV series starring David Jason and Catherine Zeta-Jones.Tickets available online https://gladstonetheatre.org.uk/events/darling-buds-of-may/
Characters and audition information:
Below is the rehearsal schedule for “The Sound of Music”.
As you will see, rehearsals start on Monday 7th January – at 6pm for Maria and the children – and from 7.30pm for all Ladies in the chorus. Gentlemen, you are very welcome to attend on Monday 7th January but, as there is very little singing for the male chorus until Act 2, you may wish not to attend until Monday 14th January. Most rehearsals follow our usual schedule of chorus (music and large scene) rehearsals on Mondays, when we will have the larger space in the civic centre, and main character (songs and small scene) rehearsals on Wednesdays. There will be some further (smaller female and male role) auditions in early January but these will take place during or at the end of Monday evening rehearsals.
Scripts (the full libretto and vocal score) will be available for all main characters to pick up from Valerie Houldin at the first rehearsal on 7th January. Scripts are hired at a significant cost, so each person who receives a script will be asked to sign for it and to pay a £5.00 deposit to Valerie before they take it away. The deposit will be returned to you when your book is cleaned of all (pencil only) markings and returned to Valerie at the end of the show.
There are 3 Sunday afternoon rehearsals scheduled for 24/2, 03/03 and 10/03 at Bebington Methodist Church and two further Sunday rehearsals on 17th and 24th March when we are in the Theatre. Rehearsals and performances which take place on Sundays and other days of the week in the last 2 weeks before the performance are indicated with an asterisk. (*)
The rehearsal schedule will be displayed at every rehearsal and there will be a signing in sheet for all rehearsals. Performers who miss more than two rehearsals without first agreeing their absence with Jane, Greg or Valerie may lose their role in the show.
Please email Jane on janedirectorpsp@gmail.com as soon as possible if you (and/or your child) are unable to attend a particular rehearsal. We will do our best to re-schedule rehearsals to accommodate people who can’t be with us when their scenes are being rehearsed but, as time is short and there is a very large company for this show, it’s unlikely that we will be able to please everyone!
We look forward to seeing you in January! – Jane, Greg, Valerie and the Port Sunlight Players Committee.
| Day/Date | Time | Venue | Who is needed? | What will we be doing? | With |
| Week 1
Monday 07.01.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children and Maria
Rolf and Leisl Female Chorus (Nuns) |
Act One songs
16 Going on 17 Act One songs |
Greg
and Jane |
| Wednesday
09.01.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
The
Lever Club |
Children and Maria
Rolf and Leisl Main characters |
Act One early scenes – read & block
Act One early scenes – read & block Maria & Captain – Act One songs |
Jane
and Greg (Greg) |
| Week 2
Monday 14.01.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children and Maria
Rolf and Leisl Male & Female chorus (Smaller role auditions) |
Act Two songs
16 Going on 17 Act Two songs |
Greg
and Jane |
|
Wednesday 16.01.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
The
Lever Club |
Children and Maria
Leisl and Maria (16/17 Reprise) Main characters |
Act Two early scenes – read & block
Act Two early scenes – read & block Captain, Elsa & Max – Act One songs |
Jane
and Greg (Greg) |
| Week 3
Monday 21.01.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children and Maria
Rolf and Leisl Female Chorus (Nuns) |
Act One Songs & movement
16 Going on 17 – movement Act One Songs |
Greg
and Jane |
|
Wednesday 23.01.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
The
Lever Club |
Children and Maria
Rolf and Leisl – movement Main characters |
Act One later scenes – read & block
Act One later scenes – read & block Maria & Captain – Act Two songs |
Jane
and Greg (Greg) |
| Week 4
Monday 28.01.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children and Maria
Maria & Mother Abbess Male & Female Chorus |
Act Two songs & movement
Sound of Music/Climb every Mountain Act Two songs & movement |
Greg
and Jane |
| Day/Date | Time | Venue | Who needed? | What will we be doing? | With |
|
Wednesday 30.01.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
The
Lever Club |
Children and Maria
Maria and Captain Main characters |
Act Two later scenes – read & block
Act Two later scenes – read & block Captain, Elsa & Max – Act Two songs |
Jane
and Greg (Greg) |
| Week 5
Monday 04.02.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.00pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children
Maria and Captain Male & female chorus Ball scene characters |
“So long farewell” song & movement
Landler Ball scene and Landler movement |
Greg
and Jane |
| Wednesday
06.02.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.30 – 9.00pm |
Lever
Club |
Children and Maria
Main Nuns & Maria |
“Do a Deer” song and movement
Act One scenes, songs & movement |
Jane
and Greg |
| Week 6
Monday 11.02.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children and Maria
Maria and Captain Male & Female chorus Ball scene characters |
“So long farewell” song & movement
Landler Ball scene and Landler movement |
Greg
and Jane |
| Wednesday
13.02.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.30 – 9.00pm |
Lever
Club |
Children and Maria
Main Nuns, Maria, Captain |
“Lonely Goatherd” song & movement
Act Two scenes, songs & movement |
Jane
and Greg |
| Week 7
Monday 18.02.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children and Maria
Max, Elsa and Captain Male & Female chorus Ball scene characters |
Act One songs and movement
Act one songs – movement Act One Ball scene and Movement |
Greg
and Jane |
| Wednesday
20.02.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.30 – 9.00pm |
Lever
Club |
Children and Maria
Main Nuns/Main characters |
Act Two Songs and Movement
Act Two Nuns Wedding scenes |
Jane
and Greg |
| * Sunday
24.02.19 |
2pm – 5pm | Methodist
Church CH63 7RA |
Act One (Costume)
Full Company Chorus & Main characters |
Act One scene development
Act One songs and movement Act One – Slow Run |
Jane,
Greg & Team |
| Day/Date | Time | Venue | Who is called to rehearse? | What will we be doing? | With |
| Week 8
Monday 25.02.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.00 – 7.30pm 7.30 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children, Maria & Captain
Main characters & nuns’ Male & Female Chorus |
Act Two songs and movement
Act Two wedding chorus procession Act Two Kaltzburg festival scene. |
Greg
and Jane |
| Wednesday
27.02.19 |
6.00 – 7.00pm
7.30 – 9.00pm |
Lever
Club |
Children, Maria & Captain
Main characters |
Act Two songs and movement
Act Two songs and movement |
Jane
and Greg |
| *Sunday
03.03.19 |
2pm – 5pm | Methodist Church
CH63 7RA |
Act Two (Costume)
Full Company Main characters & chorus |
Act Two scene development
Act Two songs and movement Act Two – Slow Run |
Jane, Greg &
Team |
| Week 9
Monday 04.03.19 |
6.00 – 7.30pm
7.00 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children, Maria, Captain
Main character nuns and Nuns’ chorus |
Act Two scenes, songs & movement
Act Two scenes, songs & movement Act One nuns scenes |
Greg
and Jane |
| Wednesday
06.03.19 |
6.00 – 7.30pm
7.00 – 9.00pm |
Lever
Club |
Children, Maria, Captain
Max, Elsa, Captain |
Act One scenes, songs & movement
Act Two and Act One scenes & songs |
Jane
and Greg |
| * Sunday
10.03.19 |
2pm-5pm | Methodist
Church CH63 7RA |
Act One (Costume/Props)
Full Company Main characters & chorus |
Act One scene development
Act One songs and movement Run Act One |
Jane, Greg &
Team |
| Week 10
Monday 11.03.19 |
6.00 – 7.30pm
7.00 – 9.00pm |
Bebington
Civic Centre |
Children, Maria, Captain
Main character nuns and Nuns’ chorus |
Act One scenes, songs & movement
Act Two scenes, songs & movement Act One nun scenes |
Greg
and Jane |
| Wednesday
13.03.19 |
6.00 – 7.30pm
7.00 – 9.00pm |
Lever
Club |
Children, Maria, Captain
Max, Elsa, Captain |
Act Two scenes, songs & movement
Act Two and Act One scenes & songs |
Jane
and Greg |
| *
Sunday 17.03.19 |
2pm – 4pm 4pm – 6pm |
Gladstone Theatre |
ACT TWO on stage ACT ONE on stage |
Act One scenes rehearsed in Bar Act Two scenes rehearsed in Bar |
Jane & Greg |
| Week 11
Monday 18.03.19 |
6.00 – 7.30pm
7.00 – 9.30pm |
Theatre | Children & main characters
Full company (Act One) Costume, props & set |
Act One children’s scenes on stage
Act One other scenes on stage Ball & Landler Scene rehearse in Bar |
Jane, Greg
& Team |
|
Wednesday 20.03.19 |
6.00 – 7.30pm
7.00 – 9.30pm |
Theatre | Children & main characters
Full company (Act Two) (Costume, props & set) |
Act Two children’s scenes on stage
Act Two other scenes on stage Nuns procession rehearse in Bar |
Jane, Greg
& Team |
| *
Friday 22.03.19 |
7.00 – 10.00pm | Theatre | Full Company
Children Cast A on stage Children Cast B to watch |
Run full show with costume, props, set & lights | Jane, Greg
& Team |
| *
Sunday 24.03.19 |
1.00 – 4.00pm
4.00 – 7.00pm 7.00 – 10.00pm |
Theatre
|
Full Company
Children Cast B on stage Main characters TBC |
Run full show with costume, props, set & lights-Children Cast A to watch
Band call with main cast soloists Trouble shooting rehearsal if needed |
Jane, Greg &
Team |
| Week 12
Monday 25.03.19 |
Show week
6.00pm 6.30pm 7.30pm |
Theatre |
Main characters & children Chorus Full Company |
Radio mics, sound checks Costume, make-up and notes etc. Dress rehearsal 1 (Cast A) |
Jane, Greg & Team |
| *
Tuesday 26.03.19 |
6.00pm
6.30pm 7.30pm |
Gladstone
Theatre |
Main characters & children
Chorus Full Company |
Radio mics, sound checks
Costume, make-up and notes etc. Dress rehearsal 2 (Cast B) |
Jane, Greg
& Team |
|
Wednesday 27.03.19 |
6.00pm |
Theatre |
TBC |
Trouble shooting rehearsal for full company songs, difficult scenes etc. |
Jane, Greg
& Team |
| *
Thursday 28.03.19 |
6.00pm 6.30pm 7.30pm |
Theatre |
Main characters & children Chorus Full Company |
Radio mics, sound checks Costume, make-up and notes etc. Performance 1 (Cast A) |
Jane, Greg & Team |
| *
Friday 29.03.19 |
6.00pm
6.30pm |
Theatre | Main characters & children
Chorus Full Company |
Radio mics, sound checks
Costume, make-up and notes etc. Performance 2 (Cast B) |
Jane, Greg & Team |
| *
Saturday 30.03.19 |
1.00pm 1.30pm 2.30pm
5.30pm
6.00pm 6.30pm 7.30pm |
Theatre |
Main characters & children Chorus Full Company
Break between shows
Main characters & children Chorus Full Company |
Radio mics, sound checks Costume, make-up and notes etc. Matinee Performance 3 (Cast A)
Radio mics, sound checks Costume, make-up and notes etc. Performance 4 (Cast B) |
Jane, Greg & Team
Jane, Greg & Team |
Please note that this schedule is in draft form. Rehearsals, rehearsal content, times and venues may have to be re-scheduled or changed at short notice in the event of unforeseen circumstances.
Once again, a huge thank you to everyone who auditioned for ‘The Sound of Music’.
We are pleased to announce our final cast list:
| Maria | Elenka Bennion | |
| Mother Abbess | Phillipa Hipwell | |
| Sister Berthe | Margaret Jones | |
| Sister Margaretta | Adele Riley | |
| Sister Sophia | to be auditioned and cast in January | |
| Captain Von Trapp | Iain Tyrrell | |
| Franz the butler | to be auditioned and cast in January | |
| Frau Schmidt (housekeeper) | to be auditioned and cast in January | |
| Rolf Gruber | Joe Mears | |
| Max Detweiler | David Oliver | |
| Elsa Schraeder | Marie Williams | |
| Children | Cast A | Cast B |
| Leisl | Cara Roberts | Kirsty Brennan |
| Freidrich | Charles Knowles | Dominic Williams |
| Louisa | Gabrielle Ryan | Olivia Gardener |
| Kurt | Jack Lally | audition in Jan |
| Brigitta | Sadie Putnam | Niamh Phelan |
| Marta | Olivia Hanrahan | Amelia-Rose Ratcliff |
| Gretl | Ava Smith | audition in Jan |
| Herr Zeller | to be auditioned and cast in January | |
| Baron Elberfeld | to be auditioned and cast in January | |
| A new postulant (non-speaking) | to be auditioned and cast in January | |
| Admiral Von Schreiber | to be auditioned and cast in January | |
| The following chorus roles will be cast during rehearsals in January 2019. | ||
| At the Abbey | Nuns, novices and postulants (singing only) | |
| At the Von Trapp villa | Guests & dancers at the ball (non-speaking) | |
| At the Kaltzberg concert hall | The Herwegen trio (non-speaking) | |
| Fraulein Schweiger (non- speaking) | ||
| Soldiers/offstage voices/3 men in SS uniforms | ||
Congratulations to everyone who received principle roles! There are still some smaller roles to be cast in January so please come along to rehearsals or contact us if you are interested in any of these roles.
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