‘General’ posts
New year’s news
Jan 30, 2012 by Brian Pearson
2012 is going to be a busy year for us. In February Star of Wonder finishes its tour in Blackpool, as part of the Showzam Festival. At the end of March, our large-scale community musical Unsinkable is launched in collaboration with the Hammond School. Also in March, A Handbag of Harmonies, leading a massed choir of over 400 voices from across Cheshire, with children from many schools, the Chester Schools Concert Band and Homegrown Dance , will be performing TIQ’s artistic director Matt Baker’s anthem Across the World, commissioned by the BBC Music Nation project as part of the Cultural Olympiad. The anthem will also feature at the Olympic Torch ceremonies in Chester and Tatton Park in May.
Continuing the Olympic theme, June will see the performance of The Chester Giants’ Opera. Our young people’s company, Jigsaw Music Theatre will again be contributing to the International School Theatre Association festival at Porthleven, Cornwall. And we’re pleased to announce that our Christmas show this year will be a bumper Chester musical version of A Christmas Carol.
Star of Wonder to illuminate Blackpool!
Jan 04, 2012 by Brian Pearson
We’ll be performing Star of Wonder at the Blackpool Grand Studio Theatre on 14 – 16 February 2012 during the Showzam! Festival. There will also be a performance at Edge Hill University on 13 February. For booking details, click here
On Christmas Eve, 1899, under the watchful eyes of a packed house in Chester’s music hall, the impossible happens! The fate of two young lovers hangs in the balance as the lines between illusion and reality, love and ambition are blurred by their encounter with the beautiful and exotic magician known as Isis, the Star of Wonder, self-proclaimed possessor of the lost secrets of ancient Egyptian magic.
Star of Wonder is a musical magical mystery. It features magician and actor Paul Dabek, Michael Magnet, Isla Carter and Emily Barlow, and is created by the Theatre in the Quarter team (writer Helen Newall, director Russ Tunney and music director/composer Matthew Baker) whose previous shows Silent Night and Home for Christmas have enchanted audiences across the region.