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COSTUME LIST FOR THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS

All to have and all black costume + stage central polo shirt
All white costume
All a coloured t-shirt of own choice with no logo or writing just plain.
All winter hats and scarfs
Group 3 blue tops
Group 1 own fairy outfit plus slippers
Group 3 OAPs costume

Black jazz shoes would be preferable for foot wear

A thick piece of tinsel that could be worn as a scarf

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Latest letter to parents Saturday 17th Nov 07

STAGE CENTRAL
9 Alexandra Grove
Knaresborough
North Yorkshire
HG5 0PH
01423 540533
07940014448
www.stagecenral.co.uk
darren@stagecentral.co.uk

11/19/2007
The Spirit of Christmas
Hi all,
Just wanted to let you know of our forthcoming show on the 15th and 16th
of December. It is entitled "The Spirit of Christmas" and will be a
mixture of drama, dance and song. I feel that it is important for all
students to have equal opportunity to perform therefore I have decided on
a variety of work to be performed rather than a book show which limits
those who do not hold a main part. This show will have a festive feel and
performed well in advance of the Holidays.
On the 15th after Stage Central morning, students will be required to move
into the main hall for a dress rehearsal with lights and sound. We will be
hopefully finished by 4pm when they will need picking up. The Saturday
performance will start at 7pm and the Sunday performance will start at 4pm
so if you could get them to the school 45 mins before, that would be
great.

Tickets will be on sale as soon as we receive them but you can fill out
the ticket request form (on front desk) beforehand to let us know your
requirements.

After the Christmas break we will be starting the Lamda training, so do
let us know by the beginning of December if you would like your child to
part of that. We will also be working on a new exciting idea which will
give each group a show of their own. Each of the teachers will work on one
single show for each group so by the summer we should have three different
performances that we will show at the school with the possibility of
taking to other venues and competitions.

We are looking for written testimonials from the parents of our students
about Stage Central so if you have the time to write your views we would
appreciate it.
Many thanks
Darren
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Don't miss out on this fantastic theatre trip to Bradford during the Easter break!!
Amy has managed to get 30 tickets at a massively reduced rate. You will be accompanied by Stage Central staff.

Please fill in your name if you want to go. Look for poster on Saturdays or ask Darren or Amy

The Wiz review

REAL WIZ KIDS

Stage Central’s latest Yuletide offering ‘The Wiz’ was- as I’ve come to expect from this production team- a real hit on it’s opening night, last Wednesday at St John Fisher’s, thoroughly deserving the full capacity audience it enjoyed across two evening performances. I was glad to have seen both and to see the young cast literally grow in confidence overnight!

The familiar and much loved story, based of course on The Wizard of Oz was certainly an ambitious project, opening as it did with a beautiful rendition by Holly Edmunds, of Eva Cassidy’s moving version of the classic ‘Somewhere over the rainbow’, which set the tone perfectly.

Though the story-line adhered to the traditional plot we all know and love, the production team gave it a thoroughly modern overhaul and energy in using a variety of musical styles and numbers, moving from the blues of ‘Ease on down the road’ through to traditional ballads and on to contemporary dance, allowing for a variety of choreography routines.

This not only makes the performance all the more enjoyable but the diversity really stretches the skills and talents of the young cast, who cannot fail to develop in confidence as a result.

The multi-functional but simple set gave a suitably dreamy quality and was used well and with ease to create different scenes and settings, complemented perfectly by a multitude of lighting effects (Michael Walker).

The leads- Dorothy (Sophie J Jackson, Ashley Kate Ayres), the Tin man (Leif Anderson), the Scarecrow (Joseph Moore) and the Lion (Liam Mumford, Jessica Barnard) were all strong, playing their parts with the innocence and charm that is central to the characters and crucial to the success of the story. They coped equally well with what at times can be somewhat technically difficult solo songs. Joseph Moore’s exuberant lion, who roared his solo ‘Mean ole lion’ with real flair and humour, was a real hit, as was Jessica Barnard’s in the subsequent evening’s performance.

Others who really shone included Elisha Ainsley as the wonderfully flamboyantly evil Wicked Witch, who gave a brilliant and much enjoyed performance of her solo ‘no bad news’.

As usual, the company ensemble set pieces were always most pleasing, particular highlights for me being the flying monkeys spooky routine and the tornado sequence.

The real successes though, for me, are always the highly stylised, choreographed and costumed group performances such as the delightful Munchkins (‘He’s the Wiz’), the Kalidahs, the hypnotic Poppies, the Winkies and the Yellow Bricks, who all personify the land of Oz so well with it’s forest, emerald city and yellow brick road.

It is here where this production team really come into their own in creating interesting and unexpected versions of well-loved but much seen classics.

Stage central never shy away from the challenge of ambitious projects like this and excel in taking the less-expected but more difficult route of combining traditional story telling with somewhat more experimental dance and music styles. Because of this, the cast and crew believe they can do anything. Well, they can and they do, and like the Tin Man, the Lion and the Scarecrow, they do it with new-found intellect, courage and heart.


SARAH TEECE