OUR NEXT PRODUCTION
We are proud to announce Sweet Charity as our next production from
12th to 16th June 2012 at
The Old Market
11a Upper Market Street, Hove BN1 3AS
We are one of the first amateur societies to be performing the show after sell out runs at The Menier Chocolate Factory and The Haymarket Theatre London in 2010. With a large cast highlighting actors, dancers and singers there is something for all to enjoy.
SWEET CHARITY
CAST:
Sweet Charity - Mel Perry
Charlie/Oscar/Vittorio - Thomas Hackett
Helen - Lea Spells
Nickie - Mia Michaels
Carmen - Claire Dixon
Rosie - Sophie Yates
Ursula - Vicky Hanley
Herman - Steve Emery
Daddy Brubeck - Gary Lynn
The Company
Rebecca Chandler, Beth Preston, Claire Iacovou, Francessca Benton-Stace, Gabi Benton-Stace, Louise Richardson, Sarah Connelly, Amy Ferguson, Jill Emery, Sam Clements, Helen OBrian, Anne Collins, Brenda Pretchard, IaIn Bishop, Edd Berridge, Harry Woodhams, David Aichinson, Connor Lovejoy and Mark Mallabone.
Have you ever known a girl who wanted something so badly, that she tried too hard to get it? Meet Charity, the girl who wants to be loved so much, that she has lost sight of who she is. Charity sings, dances, laughs and cries her way through romances with the "animal magnetism" hero, the "ultra-chic continental" hero, and the "impossible-to believe-but-he's-better than nothing" type hero. Her world is the all too real world of Times Square, and the people who pass through her world are as deceptively charming a group as ever swept across any stage. From her cynical, hard-core trio of girlfriends at the dance hall, to the phony evangelist, the Coney Island "fun people", the Central Park "strollers" and the YMHA "self-improvers," every character is interesting. This is a bright and sophisticated show in every sense. Cy Coleman has captured the rhythms and sounds, and Dorothy Fields the vernacular and fun of New York. It's a comedy in every sense of the word. Neil Simon has a particular talent for looking at the truly amusing side of life. It's a dancing show too, with great opportunity for use of dramatic movement. Wonderful musical numbers include Big Spender, If My Friends Could See Me Now, Too Many Tomorrows, There's Gotta Be Something Better Than This, I'm a Brass Band and Baby, Dream Your Dream.