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Monthly Archives: January 2016
Production Photos
Here’s a selection of pictures from productions of Urinetown.
Critical Responses for the Original Production
“A declaration of the power of theatre…a sensational piece of performance art, one that acknowledges theater tradition and pushes it forward as well…. Simply the most gripping and galvanizing theater experience in town. And did I mention that Urinetown is hilarious?” Bruce Weber, New York Times “Elevated silliness of the highest order that makes a gratifying case for […]
Sleeping Beauty – Feedback
Thanks to everyone who came to see our Sleeping Beauty, here’s some of the great feedback we’ve had.
Urinetown Read Through & Auditions Next Week!
Our Read through for Urinetown will be Monday 1st February at Cannon House, St Monica’s Social Club Cannon House 6 Cannon Hill London N14 7HG at 8pm On the night our production team Director, Warren McWilliams, Choreographer, Jo Bakhurst and Musical Director, Mike Benyon, will talk you through their plans for Urinetown. We’ll also read throught […]
Sleeping Beauty Blog – The Get Out
IT’S A WRAP!… As our brilliant last audience cheerfully exited the theatre, singing our finale song as they went, and the curtains came down on another super show week in SMP land, so began our “Get out” While cast were busy folding cloths, our FOH team were dismantling displays and taking down “Urinetown” posters. Back […]
Sleeping Beauty Blog – Show Week
So a little about me, I first joined smp for zombie prom back in 2010, and haven’t looked back since. We are more than an amateur dramatics company, we are a family and I think that’s why we manage to retain the same talent show after show! I’m delighted to be a member of the […]
Sleeping Beauty Blog – Opening Night!
Oh how joyous! It’s my turn to write for the Sleeping Beauty Blog – and this time, it’s Opening Night!! After spending far too long sticking sparkles and glitter on my face, it was time to take to the stage as Fairy Fauna – the ditsy, blonde, ‘one sparkle short of a […]
Sleeping Beauty Blog – Community Night
Guten Tag from me, Rebecca Gediking – the Little German! (this is a well known character in the original ‘Sleeping Beauty’ fairytale so I’m told… Yah!) Tonight was SMP’s opening night of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by Warren Mc Williams for charity and community groups and what a great night it was! It was so much fun performing […]
Sleeping Beauty Blog – Tech Run & Dress
We’ve reached the end of our rehearsals and Wednesday night will be our first performance in front of an audience. Monday started off early as our lighting designer Matt arrived at 10 am to start plotting the show ready for the tech run later that evening. Alex our stage manager wasn’t far behind and with […]