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Rehearsals for Unsinkable start
Jan 11, 2012 by Brian Pearson
Rehearsals are now starting for our community production of Unsinkable, in partnership with the Hammond School. This exciting large scale show commemorates the hundredth anniversary of the tragic loss of the Titanic.
The company will consist of community actors and choir from the Chester area, members of Theatre in the Quarter’s young people’s company Jigsaw Music Theatre, and A Level Theatre and Dance students from The Hammond School. Unsinkable (by Richard Wolfenden Brown and Matt Baker) was originally created and performed by Jigsaw Music Theatre as a piece of work for the Merseyside Maritime Museum in 1997. It has since been performed by several youth theatre and community groups around Britain and Germany. It was performed in London as Stagecoach Theatre Arts’ National Showcase production in 2009.
The new production will be an exciting musical re-interpretation of this famous historical episode. It will be directed by Ruth Alexander Rubin, with musical direction by Matt Baker, design by Judith Croft, dance work by Katherine Jacob (Hammond). Assistant Directors – Mandy Hatfield (Hammond) and members of Jigsaw Theatre Company Team
Performances will be on 28 – 31 March at THE HAMMOND SCHOOL.
Cast members take a break from rehearsals to pose outside Garden Lane Church
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.