Production Details
- Dates: 26th – 28th June 2008
- Venue: Gala Theatre
- Director: Fred Wharton
- Musical Director: Steven Hood
- Choreographer: Janet Dixon
Synopsis
Celebrating the lives and music of Noel Coward and Ivor Novello this show was put together by Fred Wharton and Steven Hood. The show featured an amalgam of the fascinating range of songs and musical theatre of these geniuses who represent two of Britain’s finest composers.
Songs in the show: ‘Keep the Home Fires Burning‘, ‘London Pride‘, Waltz of My Heart‘, ‘Sail Away‘, ‘Come the Wild Wild Weather‘, ‘Vitality‘, ‘Kings Rhapsody Medley‘, ‘Glamorous Night Medley‘.
Cast
Principals
- Narrators – Margaret Graham, Valenda Taylor
The Company
Clark Adamson, Ruth Ball, Alison Banks, Denise Beckford, Sophie Begg, Olly Burton, Liz Cairns, Doreen Cothay, John Cuckson, Sharon Deere, Anthony Dixon, Christine Dobbie, Karen Gallagher, Jonathan Gilderoy, Eileen Glenton, Richard Hall, Hazel Bone, Helen Harries, Tony Harries, Jennifer Harrison, Nikki Hellmuth, Steve Hill, Stephanie Hitch, Michelle Hood, Dennis Lavin, June Lavin, Catherine Lawes, Paul Maddison, Catherine Marsden, Heather McLoughlin, Delia McNally, David O’Donnell, Rachel Orr, Julie Pendleton, Sue Robinson, Audrey Robson, Laurence Scott, Anthony Smith, Eunice Sneddon, Joan Spense, Diane Sweeney, Rob Sweeney, Jonathan Taylor, Kate Thornton, Nicky Tones, Graeme Walton, Katy Watson, Stuart Wright
Children
Liah, Rachel, Helena, Paige, Saide, Lily
Backstage
- Stage Manager – Katie Duff
- Deputy Stage Manager – Christina Chapman
- Stage Crew – Alan Ball, Sarah Jackson, Gareth Beddoes & Team
- Rostra Contruction – Alan Hogarth
- Star Cloth – Universal Stars
- Properties Team – Denise Brooksbank, Melanie Spedding, Michael Langthorne, Graham Sneddon
- Wardrobe – Jean Graham, Jane Flowers
- Costumes – Bazaar Sunderland, Alan Graham Consett, Society Wardrobe
- Make-Up – Brenda Mullen, April Crossley, Jenni Sneddon
- Lighting Design – Jim Sobo
- Sound Design – Brian Dunn
- Projections – Brian Dunn, Derek Smith, Paul Wood
- Prompt – Jo Smart
- Rehearsal Pianists – Steven Hood, Martin Dack, Mark Thompson, Malcolm Moffat
- Front of House – David Foxall, Margaret Sutton, Lawrence Jones, Frank Cure, Rob Gair, Joyce Allinson, Val Cure, Mary Robinson, Jackie Billinge, Brenda Robson
- Chaperones – Karen Cumpson, Gerti Foolen, Rachael Gunn, Maxine Hitch
- Refreshments – Joan Foxall & Team