Tuesday 27 January 2009
Railway Children availability
Following a sell-out performance last night (Monday 26 January), please be advised that the performances on Friday and Saturday (both matinee and evening) are also sold out. We do have tickets available for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evening performances.
Monday 12 January 2009
Notes from The Railway Children (2)
Director Jill Mico tells us a little more about what the cast of our forthcoming production of The Railway Children have been getting up to:
“As part of our rehearsals we were lucky enough to have an opportunity to work with the creators of the show, lyricist Julian Woolford and composer Richard John. It's not every day you get the chance to meet and actually work with the creators of one of our musicals. Julian and Richard spent a Sunday afternoon with the cast and production team. It was fascinating to hear how the show had come into being and how they decided which elements of the book to include and which to leave out and to understand how the musical numbers evolved from simple constructions into the wonderful compositions that punctuate the story.
Just to give you a flavour, Richard, explained how 'Posh Talk' - the musical number where the Railway Children meet the children of the village for the first time and view one another with hostility and suspicion - evolved from the playground chant “Nah, nah, nah, nah nah!” See if you can detect it when you hear 'Posh Talk' on the stage.
Julian took us through a wonderfully simple and yet fascinating exercise to help us develop the characters. Using a roll of brown paper laid out on the floor, he jotted down key dates over the past 30 years and asked each of us to write down important dates in our own lives: being born, going to school, getting married, etc. Then using a second sheet of paper he wrote down dates from 1850 – 1905 (the period in which the Railway Children characters are living) and asked each of us to imagine important occasions and times in our characters lives. Such a simple yet effective tool in getting us to flesh out the characters on stage.
As well as enhancing our production, it was a special opportunity for musical theatre enthusiasts both young and old to gain an insight into the world of the professionals and we are delighted and not a little daunted to know that Julian and Richard will be in the audience during our run!”
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
Sat 24 – Sat 31 January (no Sunday performance)
Evenings at 7.45pm, 31 January matinee at 2.30pm
Please note that the matinee performance is SOLD OUT and there are very few seats remaining for the Monday 26 and Saturday 31 evening performances
“As part of our rehearsals we were lucky enough to have an opportunity to work with the creators of the show, lyricist Julian Woolford and composer Richard John. It's not every day you get the chance to meet and actually work with the creators of one of our musicals. Julian and Richard spent a Sunday afternoon with the cast and production team. It was fascinating to hear how the show had come into being and how they decided which elements of the book to include and which to leave out and to understand how the musical numbers evolved from simple constructions into the wonderful compositions that punctuate the story.
Just to give you a flavour, Richard, explained how 'Posh Talk' - the musical number where the Railway Children meet the children of the village for the first time and view one another with hostility and suspicion - evolved from the playground chant “Nah, nah, nah, nah nah!” See if you can detect it when you hear 'Posh Talk' on the stage.
Julian took us through a wonderfully simple and yet fascinating exercise to help us develop the characters. Using a roll of brown paper laid out on the floor, he jotted down key dates over the past 30 years and asked each of us to write down important dates in our own lives: being born, going to school, getting married, etc. Then using a second sheet of paper he wrote down dates from 1850 – 1905 (the period in which the Railway Children characters are living) and asked each of us to imagine important occasions and times in our characters lives. Such a simple yet effective tool in getting us to flesh out the characters on stage.
As well as enhancing our production, it was a special opportunity for musical theatre enthusiasts both young and old to gain an insight into the world of the professionals and we are delighted and not a little daunted to know that Julian and Richard will be in the audience during our run!”
THE RAILWAY CHILDREN
Sat 24 – Sat 31 January (no Sunday performance)
Evenings at 7.45pm, 31 January matinee at 2.30pm
Please note that the matinee performance is SOLD OUT and there are very few seats remaining for the Monday 26 and Saturday 31 evening performances
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