Muse & Music
presents
It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
Devised, Directed and Choreographed by Kris Manuel
Musical Director Robert Dowton
As in past years, Muse & Music's Christmas production for 2011 gives its audiences a perfect taste of seasonal song and dance laced with bite-sized chunks of humour.
This year's brand new cast of young performers deliver a touch of the South Seas as a ukulele backs the Hawaiian Christmas favourite Mele Kalikimaki; strains of a violin help evoke the plaintive tone of In The Bleak Mid Winter and Winter's Tale.
In short, Silent Night meets Sleigh Ride in one hour of exquisite solo and choral harmony guaranteed to raise the spirit amid the hustle and bustle of the season.
See the Rehearsal Photos!
Tues-Sat 6-17 December 2011 at 1pm
Jermyn Street Theatre
16b Jermyn Street,
London SW1Y 6ST
(nearest tube station Piccadilly Circus)
Box Office 020 7287 2875
Tickets £11.50 (concessions £10)
Mon 12 December 2011 at 8pm
Battersea Barge
Tideway Walk,
Nine Elms Lane,
London SW8 5BP
(nearest tube station Vauxhall - 12 mins walk)
Box Office 020 7498 0004
Tickets £11.50 (concessions £10)
Doors open at 7pm. Food available at the venue.
CAST
Lauren Davis has recently graduated from the London School of Musical Theatre. Recent roles include Coma Baby in Bright Lights, Big City, Martha in Big Top and Little Red Riding Hood in Into the Woods.
Oliver Metcalfe trained at the London School of Musical Theatre. Credits include The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the Union Theatre and Mark in Rent at the Bridewell Theatre. Oliver is also an accomplished violinist, viola player and pianist.
Ben Morray trained at London School of Musical Theatre. Recent theatre: Rent (Bridewell); Narrator in Into the Woods; Carmen; Javert in Les Miserables and Roscoe in Big Top. Ben has also performed at The Royal National Theatre, London, The Chichester Festival Theatre and The Theatre Royal, Brighton.
Emily Davies is a Musical Theatre graduate from the Royal Academy of Music. Credits include Ensemble for Elton John at the Royal Albert Hall, soloist at the St. George’s Day Celebration in Trafalgar Square and Mrs. Nordstrom in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music. Emily recently completed a successful run of Ruddigore at the Tabard Theatre playing Dame Hannah and Tommy directed by Guy Retallick.
Kathleen McNamara graduated from The London School Of Musical Theatre after gaining a BA (Hons) degree in drama from the University of Surrey. Roles whilst training include Kate in Taming of the Shrew, Alice in Alice in Wonderland and Amelia in Bernarda Alba. On graduating Kathleen played Alice Fitzwarren in Dick Whittington. Recently, Kathleen appeared as Women 1 in I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change!
Matthew Boyd graduated from RADA in 2011. Theatre credits include: Jake Lake in Soundbites, the Duke of York in This Strange Eventful History, Victor Hesse in The Wonderful World of Dissocia, Nick/Schlomo in Fame and Lion in The Wiz. Matthew has just finished filming the role of Jack in True Love, directed by Mark Triller.
PRODUCTION TEAM
Musical Director - Robert Dowton
Robert trained at the Royal Academy of Music.
Theatre: Nanki-poo in The Mikado (Southwick Theatre), John Hinckley in Assassins (Royal Academy of Music), understudy Tony Candolino in Master Class (UK tour) and Ensemble in Il Trovatore (Upstairs at the Gatehouse).
Concerts include: soloist for Rosemary Ashe (Jermyn Street Theatre), choir for Elton John and Sondheim at 80 (Royal Albert Hall).
Awards: BBC Performing Arts Award, Ian Fleming Award
Director / Choreographer - Kris Manuel
Kris trained at the Royal Academy of Music.
Credits include the all-male Iolanthe at The Union Theatre and Elton John and Ray Cooper Live at The Royal Albert Hall. UK, European and overseas tours include Starlight Express, Saturday Night Fever, Crazy For You and R.A.W. (Rhythm At Work). Regional credits include Peter Pan, Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, Oklahoma, Sunday In the Park with George and Assassins.
Television and film include Gullivers Travels, Discomania 2, Peak Practice and Auf Wiedersein Pet.