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nowhere_fast 09:51 am UTC 10/15/12 |
| In reply to: | Whistle for Amateure groups - Happy more people will see this amazing show! - Jacqueline 08:16 pm UTC 10/14/12 |
Saw this show 3 times in london back in 2000.Really enjoyed it.Good to see it its been picked up by the amatuer groups > > Whistle Down The Wind at Mitchell Arts Centre > > AN AMATEUR operatic group will be the first in the country > to perform hit musical Whistle Down The Wind. > The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is being staged by North > Staffs Operatic Society at Mitchell Arts Centre from > Tuesday, October 16. > > DRAMA: Lydia Hall, Samuel Horton, Gareth Ridge > and Emelia Braddon in Whistle Down the Wind > DRAMA: Lydia Hall, Samuel Horton, Gareth Ridge and > Emelia Braddon in Whistle Down the Wind > > The society is the first amateur group to stage the tale > since the rights to the show were released. > > It tells the story of a group of children who think they > have found Jesus hiding in a barn and was made famous by > the 1961 film, starring Hayley Mills. > Chairman of North Staffs Operatic Society Brian Rawlins > said he had been in negotiations with Andrew Lloyd > Webber's company, The Really Useful Group, for nearly a > year before permission was granted. > > He says: "They have now released it for all amateur > societies, but our production will be the first in the > UK. > > "It is a magical show, with some wonderful songs, > including Whistle Down The Wind, When Children Rule The > World and No Matter What They Tell Me." > Stoke-on-Trent-based actor Gareth Ridge is taking the lead > role of The Man. > > Gareth, aged 26, recently took part in the ITV talent > contest to look for the next leading man to take to the > stage as Jesus Christ Superstar. > He was in the last 100 entrants although he failed to make > it to the live finals. > > Brian continues: "He first appeared with North Staffs > Operatic Society as the soloist in their production of > Cabaret last year." > The role of Swallow, who finds the man she thinks is > Jesus, will be performed by 18-year-old Lydia Hall, of > Meir Park. > Lydia first joined the group aged 10, when she appeared in > Annie. > > Samuel Horton, aged nine, of Madeley Heath, and > 12-year-old Emilia Braddon, of Leek, will appear as > Swallow's brother and sister. > > Whistle Down The Wind is at the Mitchell Arts Centre from > Tuesday, October 16 until Saturday, October 20 at 7.30pm. > There is a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm. For tickets call > 01782 393333. > | |
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