Sleeping Beauty Blog – Final Week 17

  Hi Guys, Prince Rupert here looking forward to seeing you all next week in the wonderful world of SMP Pantoland! After directing Bugsy Malone in the Summer I enjoyed working with this talented, super fun unbelievably nice group of people I thought I would join the dark side and become a cast member. Monday […]

Urinetown: The Musical about the Privileges of Peeing. A conversation with composer Mark Hollmann

Adapted from an interview with Robert Wilder Blue for usOperaweb.com On the eve of its opening at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco (where it would begin its successful national tour), Robert Wilder Blue spoke with Mr. Hollmann about his life before URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL. “I was born in Belleville, Illinois,” he confessed, “which is in […]

Sleeping Beauty Blog – Week 16

  Hi there my name is Andy Jordan and it’s my turn to update you with the latest Blog. Before I do that I would like to tell you all a little bit about me. I’m the newest and oldest member of the cast in this years panto Sleeping Beauty and it’s my first ever […]

Our Pantomime for 2017 will be…

SMP are very pleased to announce that after much consideration we’ve chosen our pantomime for January 2017. We’re very excited to share it with you. For the first time in the groups history we will be performing ‘FROSTED – A Family Pantomime.’ The story tells the tale of two Princesses as one struggles to come to […]

Sleeping Beauty Blog – Week 15

This weeks blog comes from our Fairy Flora – Lynzey Cooper Hello boys and girls how are you all today? I am very excited to be playing Fairy Flora in SMP’s Sleeping Beauty, a role I have been dreaming about since I fell in love with the world of Panto many years ago. Fairy Flora […]

Urinetown Music Links

Here are links for each of the songs to give you an idea of what they look like; 1. Overture 2. Too Much Exposition 3. Urinetown 4. It’s A Privilege To Pee 5. Mr. Cladwell 6. Cop Song 7. Follow Your Heart 8. Look At The Sky 9. Don’t Be The Bunny 10. Act One […]

Sleeping Beauty Blog – Week 14

This week our blog comes from our choreographer Fay Kemal, over to you Fay… Fay here!! And so happy to be choreographing my 10th panto for smp. Having joined SMP in 2001 I have choreographed many summer shows and pantos, but panto is my fave!! The comedy and humour makes it such fun to create […]

The Writing of Urinetown

(source: the Magazines of the University of Chicago and the American Conservatory Theatre) Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann, both 1985 graduates of the University of Chicago didn’t worry much about their show’s crowd-pleasing potential when they wrote URINETOWN, THE MUSICAL. Instead, they wrote a story in which the downtrodden do not triumph, the handsome hero is […]

Sleeping Beauty Blog – Week 13

Hi, I’m Mike Benyon and I am musical director for SMP’s production of Sleeping Beauty. Doing panto is not a new thing for this old stager. In fact, having joined SMP in 1992 this is my 24th successive year being involved with panto, either as musical director or as a member of the band. So […]

Urinetown – Videos

Here’s some good videos from the UK production:   What is Urinetown? Audience Reaction Urinetown rehearsals Backstage on the UK Production:   Want to see the whole show? Here you go: Here’s a video of the Broadway run.