Frosted – Week 5

Hello frosticles!!! So this week you have me aka Lucy aka the BIRTHDAY girl guiding you through the blog! We began our rehearsals on Monday with a fabulous recap of the dance numbers we’ve set so far. Our wonderful choreographer Fay put us through our paces once again and our two opening numbers are now […]

Frosted Blog – Week 4

Hello Panto lovers I’m Andy Jordan, it’s my turn to let you all know how the rehearsals are progressing for next year’s panto Frosted this wonderful production written by the amazing Warren, directed by the magnificent Luke, musically directed by the dazzling Mike and choreographed by the bodacious Miss Fay. This week we started our […]

Dog racing and parade dancing…

Wow what a busy weekend we’ve just had, and an awesome one at that! First off was the return of the annual SMP race night! In the past race night has proven to be a fantastic occasion, both in terms of fun had by attendees and money raised for the group, and this one didn’t […]

The Lloyd Webber Factor: Where are they now?

In 2006 Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber gave birth to a new form of TV talent show when he used ‘How do you solve a problem like Maria?’ to find the leading lady for his staging of The Sound of Music. Since then he has run similar programmes to find the lead on four other musicals, […]

Lord Lloyd Webber Foundation supports new generation

Andrew Lloyd Webber is donating more than £380,000 to arts education projects across the UK, through his philanthropic foundation. The Royal Ballet School will receive £180,000 to support young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. A £75,000 grant will go to Creative & Cultural Skills to train technical theatre staff. The Foundation is dedicated to supporting a […]

ATG to pilot autism-friendly pantomimes

Ambassador Theatre Group will trial autism-friendly performances at three of its regional venues with a view to bringing similar shows to the West End. The ‘relaxed performance’ pilot scheme will be aimed at families with children that have an autistic condition, sensory and communication disorders or a learning disability. It will begin at the Churchill […]

The first ever SMP blog…

Thursday 25th October 2012, by Ben Hewis Welcome to the SMP Blog! At the AGM last night a suggestion was made that we start a blog to keep you up to date with all that is going on at SMP. This can be mixture of news, announcements, reviews, opportunities or just things that we think […]