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Performance Details
The Purple Showcase 2006 was performed at the following venues:
- Friday March 17th 2006 at the Diorama Centre, London
- Saturday 18th & 25th March 2006 at Iver Heath Village Hall
- Friday 24th March 2006 at Ickenham Village Hall
Production Team
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| Producer / Director |
Joanne Reeves-Baker |
| Musical Director |
Toby Vennard |
| Assistant Director |
Charlie Kerridge-Smith |
| Assistant Musical Director |
Mandy Gasson |
| Choreographers |
Michelle Allen
Emma Beckitt
Miranda Kirschel |
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Istanbul (not Constantinople) |
| by Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon |
| Leave it to musicians to turn centuries of ethnic and religious struggle into a catchy ditty. This song is a direct descendant of a humorous piece called ‘Al-Bar the Bubul Emir’. |
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| Cast |
Michelle Allen |
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Audrey Bink |
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Peter Burnett |
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Mandy Gasson |
The Importance of Being Ernest |
| by Oscar Wilde |
| Probably his most famous play, it tells a wonderfully witty story of love, society and how a name can make a man who he really is! |
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| Director |
Charlie Kerridge-Smith |
| Gwendolyn |
Miranda Kirschel |
| Cecily |
Emma Beckitt |
| Jack |
Phil Burton |
| Algernon |
Peter Burnett |
Luck be a lady |
| from Guys and Dolls |
| This song became a staple part of Frank Sinatra’s repertoire after he was not allowed to sing it in the film. Instead Marlon Brando was given that honour and it gave him one of his most memorable performances on the silver screen. |
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| Choreographer |
Michelle Allen |
| Cast |
James "Bas" Dickson Leach |
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Michelle Allen |
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Phil Burton |
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Peter Burnett |
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Gideon Coles |
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Mandy Gasson |
I Wish I May |
| from The Witches of Eastwick |
| From the musical stage version of the classic movie.Three women tell poignantly of how their lives differ from their childhood dreams. How they wish that they could return to those youthful fantasies. |
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| Choreographer |
Michelle Allen |
| Cast |
Michelle Allen |
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Emma Beckitt |
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Mandy Gasson |
My Mother Said I Never Should - 1 |
| by Charlotte Keatley |
| This is a story which explores the lives and relationships of four generations of women from the same family through a series of snapshots from key moments in their lives. The play uses ‘fantasy/dream’ sequences when all the women play together as children. |
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| Director |
Joanne Reeves-Baker |
| Jackie |
Miranda Kirschel |
| Rosie |
Lorna Cameron-Fisher |
| Margaret |
Audrey Bink |
| Doris |
Chrisa Constantinou |
Catch 22 |
| by Joseph Heller |
| At the heart of Joseph Heller’s bestselling novel, first published in 1961, is a satirical indictment of military madness and stupidity, and the desire of the ordinary man to survive it. |
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| Director |
Charlie Kerridge-Smith |
| Sergeant Townsend |
James "Bas" Dickson Leach |
| Major Major |
Peter Burnett |
Mamma Mia |
| by ABBA |
| One of the most popular hits from the most famous Eurovision winners. It has formed a staple of the highly successful musical of the same name, which is now a hit all around the globe. |
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| Choreographer: |
Michelle Allen |
| Cast |
Melanie Aspinall |
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Lorna Cameron-Fisher |
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Amelia Gamble |
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Mandy Gasson |
I love EP |
| by Toby Vennard and Peter Burnett |
| Another premiere from the duo who brought you ‘80 Days the Musical’ and ‘Something Wicked’.This song is sure to put a smile on your face! |
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| Cast |
Toby Vennard, |
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Peter Burnett |
A Midsummers Night’s Dream |
| by William Shakespeare |
| A perfect example of Shakespearean comedy.This scene, referred to as ‘the play within a play’, occurs at the end of the play. The ‘actors’ are labourers of Athens who have decided they will perform the Greek myth ‘Pyramus and Thisbee’ to celebrate the marriage of Thesus to Hippolyta. |
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| Director |
Joanne Reeves-Baker |
| Helena |
Melanie Aspinall |
| Demetrius |
Peter Burnett |
| Lysander |
Phil Burton |
| Theseus |
Gideon Coles |
| Hippolyta |
Chrisa Constantinou |
| Hermia |
Mandy Gasson |
| Prologue |
Audrey Bink |
| Wall |
Lorna Cameron-Fisher |
Thisbee
Moonshine |
James "Bas" Dickson Leach |
| Lion |
Miranda Kirschel |
| Pyramus |
Toby Vennard |
Fever |
| as covered by Elvis Presley |
| Elvis was hot, but this version is even hotter. Be prepared for some steamy action with this rendition of a classic song. |
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| Choreographer |
Emma Beckitt |
| Elvis |
Gideon Coles |
| Backing singers |
Peter Burnett
Phil Burton
James "Bas" Dickson Leach
Toby Vennard |
| Dancers |
Michelle Allen
Emma Beckitt
Joanne Reeves-Baker |
The Crucible |
| by Arthur Miller |
| Set during the Salem witch hunt of 1692, this play mirrors the McCarthy trials of the 1950s.Terror grips the town, and Miller portrays this perfectly, exploring the frightening gullibility of the human mind. This scene explores the destructive effects on John and Elizabeth Proctor’s life and shows how their love has been tested to its limit by John’s illicit affair with Abigail Williams, the young girl who has brought about the mass hysteria. |
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| Director |
Joanne Reeves-Baker |
| Proctor |
Peter Burnett |
| Elizabeth |
Mandy Gasson |
Defying Gravity |
| from Wicked |
| From a new broadway musical set in the magical land of Oz.The story of a little green skinned girl called Elphaba, who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West. Elphaba is a smart, prickly, misunderstood creature who challenges our perceptions of the nature of good and evil. |
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| Cast |
Emma Beckitt |
My Mother Said I Never Should - 2 |
| by Charlotte Keatley |
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| Director |
Joanne Reeves-Baker |
| Rosie |
Lorna Cameron-Fisher |
| Doris |
Chrisa Constantinou |
Blithe Spirit |
| by Noel Coward |
| Many consider this to be one of Coward’s best and most unusual farces. Novelist Charles Condomine invites a medium to hold a séance to learn about the occult for his new book.The last thing he or his second wife expect to happen is the materialisation of his first wife, Elvira. |
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| Director |
Charlie Kerridge-Smith |
| Charles |
Gideon Coles |
| Ruth |
Emma Beckitt |
| Elvira |
Amelia Gamble |
My Friend Never Said Goodbye |
| by Robert Mauro |
| A moving scene which explores the anguish of the human soul. |
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| Director |
Joanne Reeves-Baker |
| Tommy |
Phil Burton |
| Annie |
Charlie Kerridge-Smith |
Cell block tango |
| from Chicago |
| From one of the most successful stage musicals of the decade comes this song of the merry murderesses of murderer’s row! They tell their tales of love, loss and murder in a sharp and sexy song. |
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| Choreographer |
Miranda Kirschel |
| Velma |
Emma Beckitt |
| Hunyak |
Audrey Bink |
| Mona |
Lorna Cameron-Fisher |
| Annie |
Chrisa Constantinou |
| Liz |
Miranda Kirschel |
| June |
Joanne Reeves-Baker |
| Backing singers |
Mandy Gasson
Michelle Allen
Melanie Aspinall
Amelia Gamble |
Sunday Morning at the Centre of the World... |
| by Louis de Berniers |
| Louis de Berniers lived for ten years in a south London suburb. This one act play captures the essence of the people he had known, saw daily and come to love in his time there. Brilliantly capturing the myriad voices of modern Britain, with their different rhythms of speech and accents, their humour and their tragedy. |
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| Director |
Joanne Reeves-Baker |
| Thrombotic Bert |
Toby Vennard |
| Antique Annie |
Lorna Cameron-Fisher |
| Emphysemic Eric |
Phil Burton |
Here |
| by Michael Frayn |
| Michael Frayn is a British playwright, well known for fast paced comedies such as ‘Noises Off ’ (play 1982, film 1992), ‘Here’ features a couple who move into a room and start the arduous task of making decisions ‘together’. |
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| Director |
Charlie Kerridge-Smith |
| Phil |
James "Bas" Dickson Leach |
| Antique Annie |
Chrisa Constantinou |
America – West Side Story |
| from West Side Story |
| Probably the most famous song from one of the best known musicals of all time, this loud and colourful song brings a touch of Puerto Rico to the small stage. |
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| Choreographer |
Miranda Kirschel |
| Guys |
Peter Burnett
Phil Burton
James "Bas" Dickson Leach
Gideon Coles |
| Gals |
Melanie Aspinall
Audrey Bink
Lorna Cameron-Fisher
Chrisa Constantinou
Amelia Gamble
Mandy Gasson
Charlie Kerridge-Smith
Miranda Kirschel |
Publicity and Front of House |
| Front of House Manager |
Aneka Rai |
| Graphic design |
Phil Burton |
| Front of house display |
Phil Burton
Mandy Gasson |
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