Dogfight Dogfight is a show with music by Pasek and Paul of Dear Evan Hansen, Smash and La La Land fame. Being a huge fan of their work and having experienced SEDOS’ high standards previously, I was excited to discover what Dogfight had to offer. Dogfight is set in San Francisco on the eve of the Kennedy assassination and the night
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Top Hat Top Hat is the musical version of the 1935 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers film. It tells of Jerry Travers, an American star who comes to London to perform in a show, produced by his friend Horace Hardwick. Whilst staying at his hotel his tap dancing causes the guest below him, Dale Tremont, irritation. Jerry however sets about trying
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9 to 5 by Cygnet Players 9 to 5 is a musical which transports you back to the 70’s when the old boys club was rife, where bosses having affairs (or at least attempting to) with their secretaries was common place and flexible working meant the positions the secretaries had to get themselves into to please their boss. The musical
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A Chorus Line by GEOIDS A Chorus Line is a seminal piece of musical theatre, formed from taped workshops with dancers. It tells the story of a number of dancers who have attended an audition, run by director Zach, for a job on Broadway. Along the way the audience gets to know the dancers through song or monologue as Zach asks each
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Little Women the Musical Little Women the musical is based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott and apart from reading the book many years ago and knowing one song from the show (Astonishing) I was not familiar with the show at all. The show tells of the 4 distinctly different March sisters, Jo; Meg; Beth and Amy during
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Lend Me A Tenor by Wimbledon Light Operatic Society. Lend Me A Tenor is a musical farce by Peter Sham and Brad Carroll, based on the play by Ken Ludwig. It tells of the famous opera singer, Tito Merelli, that is due to arrive to sing Otello at Cleveland Opera House. However when Tito finally arrives it is clear that he
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Betty Blue Eyes by Petts Wood Operatic Society. Betty Blue Eyes is a British musical by Stiles and Drewe. It tells of the Chilvers family, new into town at the time where all are preparing for the royal wedding. It is also a time where all are tightening their belts and having to do their best with a tin of
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The Drowsy Chaperone The Drowsy Chaperone is a musical which harks back to the golden era of musicals, except with a twist. It is told from the point of view of a modern day narrator, a man in a chair who uses his favourite show as a means of escapism. Of course this show is named, ‘The Drowsy Chaperone,’ and
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Working with Animals…an Alternative Approach! As part of my over commitment to amateur dramatics I have been and done some unusual things but the recent set of auditions I ran possibly takes the biscuit….the dog biscuit that it! I am currently directing am amateur production of Legally Blonde and for those of you that know Legally Blonde (which is like,
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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Following their recent productions such as Legally Blonde and Hairspray, Cygnet Players invited me along to their next production, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is a musical based on the 1988 film of the same name. The West End version opened in 2014 and ran for just under a year. The show tells of con-artist Lawrence
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