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| You are in: SHOWS > The Purple Showcase 2006 |
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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
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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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| 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 |
| Audrey Bink |
| Peter Burnett |
| Mandy Gasson |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Michelle Allen |
| Phil Burton |
| Peter Burnett |
| Gideon Coles |
| Mandy Gasson |
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| 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 |
| Emma Beckitt |
| Mandy Gasson |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Lorna Cameron-Fisher |
| Amelia Gamble |
| Mandy Gasson |
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| 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, |
| Peter Burnett |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| by Charlotte Keatley |
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| Director | Joanne Reeves-Baker |
| Rosie | Lorna Cameron-Fisher |
| Doris | Chrisa Constantinou |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Front of House Manager | Aneka Rai |
| Graphic design | Phil Burton |
| Front of house display | Phil Burton
Mandy Gasson |
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