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and Denmark Road High School Showcase presents:

Programme: 50p

Screenplay By BETTY COMDEN and ADOLPH GREEN Songs By NACIO HERB BROWN and ARTHUR FREED

Based on the classic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, by special arrangement with Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures, Inc.

Music Published by EMI (Original Movie Choreography by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen)

Produced by Arrangement With Maurice Rosenfield, Lois F. Rosenfield and Cindy Pritzker, Inc. Produced by Arrangement With Maurice Rosenfield, Lois F. Rosenfield and Cindy Pritzker, Inc.

This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe

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Cast

Don Lockwood ............................................................... Ella Bowman

Lina Lamont ........................................................................ Grace Towle

Kathy Selden .................................................................. Leah Mulligan

Cosmo Brown ..................................................... Josie Cartwright

R.F. Simpson .................................................................. Stefan Hossle

Dora Bailey ............................................................................. Ruby Earle

Roz ....................................................................................... Hanna Mulligan

Zelda .................................................................................... Kayleigh Lloyd

Dexter .................................................................................. Emma Forbes

3 Assistants ...... Jemima Barnes, Emily Cameron and ..................................................................................................... Nikita Kulkarni

Miss Dinsmore ................................................................ Evie Perfect

Policeman ......................................................................... Imogen Slater

Orchestra leader ........................................... Jasmine Richards

Sam/young lady ...................................................... Lauren English

Butler/passer-by ...................................... Charlotte Milbourne

Cast CONTINUED …

Kathy’s girls Abi Johnstone, Erin Peek, Tegan Stenner, Freya Simpson-Hooper

Chorus girls #1 Maisie Pearce, #2 Charlotte Young, #3 Emily Cameron and #4 Sophie Orton, Abi Johnstone, Erin Peek, Freya Simpson-Hooper and Tegan Stenner.

Stagehands #1 Alice Todd, #2 Anna Bowman, #3 Kezia Wang, Charlotte Gambrill, Tia Mason, Daisy Suehr and Chloë Shephard

Broadway melody host Hanna Mulligan

Broadway dancers Emma Forbes, Abi Johnstone and Hanna Mulligan

Students #1 Bella Hollingworth, #2 Georgie Stott and #3 Emily Hughes Thi Chakroborty, Sophia Dumbleton, Lauren English, Nikita Kulkarni, Ayisha Patel, Jasmine Richards and Imogen Slater

Audience/Screening guests/party guests Anna Bowman, Daisy Cameron, Emily Cameron, Thi Chakroborty, Sophia Dumbleton, Harriet Dunnett, Lauren English, Charlotte Gambrill, Emily Hughes, Abi Johnstone, Nikita Kulkarni, Tia Mason, Sophie Methven, Charlotte Milbourne, Ayisha Patel, Maisie Pearce, Erin Peek, Evie Perfect, Jasmine Richards, Chloë Shephard, Imogen Slater, Freya Simpson-Hooper, Eleanor Steele, Tegan Stenner, Georgie Stott, Daisy Suehr, Alice Todd, Kezia Wang and Charlotte Young.

Fans/pedestrians Nikita Kulkarni, Emily Cameron, Harriet Dunnett, Charlotte Gambrill, Charlotte Milbourne and Eleanor Steele, Daisy Suehr

Cast CONTINUED …

Singing in the Rain Ensemble Dancers: Anna Bowman, Daisy Cameron, Abi Johnstone, Charlotte Milbourne, Imogen Slater, Tegan Stenner, Alice Todd, Kezia Wang Singers: Harriet Dunnett, Emily Hughes, Tia Mason, Sophie Methven, Maisie Pearce, Erin Peek, Chloë Shepherd, Eleanor Steele, Daisy Suehr and Charlotte Young. Broadway Melody Chorus Emily Cameron, Thi Chakroborty, Sophia Dumbleton, Lauren English, Bella Hollingworth, Nikita Kulkarni, Ayisha Patel, Evie Perfect, Jasmine Richards, Imogen Slater and Georgie Stott,

Scene & SONG LIST

OVERTURE

SCENE 1 – Inside/Outside Grauman’s Chinese Theatre

Fit as a Fiddle

SCENE 2 – Hollywood Boulevard

SCENE 3 – R.F Simpson’s mansion

All I Do is Dream of You

SCENE 4 – Monumental Pictures Studio

Make ‘Em Laugh Lucky Star You Were Meant For Me

INTERVAL Drinks are available in M3, sweets and popcorn available in the hall

SCENE 5 – Miss Dinsmore’s office and Film Studio

Moses Supposes

SCENE 6 – Outside theatre and Don’s house/street

Good Morning Singin’ In The Rain

SCENE 7 – Recording Studio/Lina’s Dressing Room

Would You What’s Wrong With Me

SCENE 8 – R.F. Simpson’s office

Broadway Melody

SCENE 9 – Premier of Monumental Pictures’ ‘The Dancing Cavalier’

Would You Lucky Star

SYNOPSIS

Taking place during the rise of the

"talkies", we meet Don Lockwood

and Lina Lamont who have risen

to stardom during the silent-film era

of Hollywood. Beautiful, charismatic

and influential, the two combine

to make a great on-screen pair.

However, off-screen their relation-

ship is less than rosy. Don, aided by

his happy-go-lucky friend, Cosmo

Brown, has to dodge Lina's romantic

overtures, especially when he falls

for chorus girl Kathy Selden. With

the advent of sound in motion

pictures, it is decided to turn Don

and Lina's new film into a "talkie" and

a musical at that.

We begin outside the Grauman’s

Chinese Theatre where Hollywood

reporter, Dora Bailey is covering the

debut of The Royal Rascal, the latest

Monumental Pictures silent film……..

Creative Team: Amy Bowman, Debbie Day, Caroline Dunnett, Jamie Fitch and Helen Warner.

Lights, video and photography: Jamie Fitch

Sound: Debbie Day

Stage Manager: Caroline Dunnett

Costumes: Masquerade at Marlwood School.

Thank you to:

Staff at school, especially the Maths department and the Wellbeing centre staff who have been teaching “backstage” since Monday.

Mrs Bailey and Mr Hart for props

Mr Bowman and Mr Dunnett for making props on Sunday!

Esha Manoj and Sancia George for the backdrop

Mr Brown and Mr Walker (Site Team)

Office Staff: Mrs Hayward for the programme, Mrs Goodman and Miss Phipps for raffle and ticket admin.

Mrs Kittle for the movie-inspired snacks

Rose’s Country Fayre Newent, for the loan of the pot plant.