The Arts Centre Telford - The Year Ahead - 2014-2015

The Arts Centre Telford (TACT) is a theatre company and arts education provider, offering a vibrant and unique series of entertainment and learning events for children, young people and the wider communities of Telford and Shropshire.

We run a youth theatre, an adult theatre company (Voices in Partnership) and a full programme of singing and drama tuition, leading to London College of Music and LAMDA examinations.

TACT produces plays, musicals and concerts throughout Shropshire and whilst many young performers work with us simply to have fun, many others are accessing training opportunities to help them progress towards their chosen career path.

We provide an environment that fosters creativity, excellence and individuality. We have an outstanding team of experienced theatre and education professionals that provide expert guidance, tuition and direction.

We accept students from age 8 and we are always delighted to welcome new members to the company.Producers: Ruth Standley, Ross Doodson and Bobby Standley

The key for this brochure: Auditions - dates and locations open to anyone who is interested in getting involved. To book your tickets, you also need to know the dates and the locations of the Shows.

For More Information Visit: theartscentretelford.com

Auditions Shows

Just So Sat 1st & Sun 2nd Feb 24 - 26th April

The Witches Sat 1st & Sun 2nd Feb 5th - 7th June

Twelfth Night Sat 11th Jan 4th - 6th April

Into The Woods Thursday 6th February 28th - 29th June

Musicals Evening Saturday 3rd May 11th - 12th July

Trestle Mask Course Saturday 14th June 19th July

Annie Sat 13th & Sun 14th Sep 17th -18th January 2015

JUST SO - by Stiles and Drewe Youth Theatre - Year 8+ Director: Bobby Standley Musical Director: Ross Doodson Choreographer: Lydia Farnham Auditions: Saturday 1st andSunday 2nd February 2014 10am - 2pm Location: The Lakeside Centre, Stirchley, TF3 1ET Show: 24-26 April 2014 Thurs, Fri and Sat: 7:30pmSat Afternoon: 2:30pm Location: Phoenix Academy Theatre, Dawley, TF4 3JS Box Office: 07414 885344theartscentretelford.com

The Just So Stories are a collection written by the British author Rudyard Kipling, probably most famous for The Jungle Book . These wonderfully creative tales are origin stories, with vivid accounts of how various phenomena came about. In Stiles and Drewe’s colourful musical adaptation, the characters constantly ask ‘why everything should be just so’. !

Join The Arts Centre Telford, the Elephant’s Child, the Kolokolo Bird on their quest to disturb the tyranny of Pau Amma, the crab. !

Just So boasts an impressive musical score which visits a whole range of musical styles on its journey towards the Limpopo River.


THE WITCHES - An original adaptation of the Roald Dahl classic Youth Theatre - Aged 8 - Year 7 Directed by:Mari Fflur and Catherine Simpson !Auditions: Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd February 2014 10am - 2pm Location: The Lakeside Centre, Stirchley, TF3 1ET Show: 5th-7th June 2014 Thurs, Fri and Sat: 7:30pmSat Afternoon: 2:30pm Location: Phoenix Academy Theatre, Dawley, TF4 3JS Box Office: 07414 885344www.theartscentretelford.com

Witches are a constant threat to global security. While they look and act like normal human women, they are secretly plotting to get rid of every single child on Earth. !‘Real witches dress in ordinary clothes and look very much like ordinary women. They live in ordinary houses and they work in ordinary jobs...For all you know, a witch might be living next door to you right now.’ !The Arts Centre Telford’s youngest performers will take to the stage to recreate Dahl’s dark world of magic, in the hope that a 7-year old boy and his Grandmother can save the day!


TWELFTH NIGHT - “If music be the food of love, play on.” Youth Theatre @ TACT Newport Director: Aaron Prior Assistant Director: Mari Fflur !Show: 4th - 6th April 2014Fri and Sat: 7:30pmSat Afternoon: 3:00pm Sun Afternoon: 2:00pm Location: Create @ Burton Borough School, Newport, TF10 7DS Box Office: 07414 885344theartscentretelford.com !!!!!!!!!!

!The works of William Shakespeare are known, respected and performed all over the world. His stories have been used and recreated in countless productions and films including, most famously, the ill-fated story of Romeo and Juliet, also retold in the form of Leonard Bernstein’s musical West Side Story. !Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, Twelfth Night combines cruelty with high comedy and the pangs of unrequited love with some of the subtlest poetry and most exquisite songs Shakespeare ever wrote.

Shakespeare offers another new opportunity to the members of TACT, providing a learning platform for classic text as well as an appreciation of the work of ‘The Bard’. Building on the successes of recent productions, including TACT Newport’s production of The 39 Steps, we are excited to introduce a new element in the performance and learning of theatre.


INTO THE WOODS - by Stephen Sondheim VOICES IN PARTNERSHIP Director: Richard Hull Musical Director: Ross Doodson !Auditions: Thursday 6th February 2014 8pm-10pm Location: The Lakeside Centre, Stirchley, TF3 1ET Show: 28th -29th June 2014 Sat and Sun2:30 and 7:30pm Location: Oakengates Theatre, The Place, Telford, TF2 6EP Box Office: 01952 382382 theplacetelford.com!!!!

The Arts Centre Telford’s flagship adult performance company - Voices in Partnership - return to present one of Sondheim’s best loved musicals, which is currently being made into a Disney film, starring Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp and James Corden. !The musical intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them to explore the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. !Join the Baker and his wife, as they journey to break a curse placed on their house by the Witch. Meet Cinderella, Jack, Little Red, The Wolf and some Princes along the way,

as their own lives unravel to unexpected and sometimes unwanted result. !

This extremely moving musical reminds us that ‘No One Is Alone’, there are ‘Giants In The Sky’ and that ‘Children Will Listen’. !VIP (Voices in Partnership) is an audition only company. Please contact us as soon as possible if you would like to audition for the production.


An Evening of Musical Theatre Youth Theatre - Year 8+ !Director: Bobby Standley Musical Director: Ross Doodson !Auditions: Saturday 3rd May 2014 10am-2pm Location: The Lakeside Centre, Stirchley, TF3 1ET Show: Fri 11th - Sat 12th July 2014,7:30pm Location: Phoenix Academy Theatre, Dawley, Telford, TF4 3JS Box Office: 07414 885344theartscentretelford.com!!!!!!

Expand your musical theatre knowledge by singing a variety of songs from the musical theatre genre. !Composers from the Golden Age of musical theatre, such as Rodgers and Hammerstein, will be explored alongside the complexity of Sondheim’s musical masterpieces before arriving at the showstoppers of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Stephen Schwartz and Boubil & Schoenberg. TACT will bring you right up to date with the musical creations of Jason Robert Brown and Scott Alan. !Performers will showcase their solo talent as well as their ability to perform large ensemble numbers with rich harmonies. !In this term, performers will receive specialist vocal coaching to make further progress with their singing ability.


TRESTLE MASK COURSE - A short, 5-week, creative course in physical theatre and mask performance. Youth Theatre - Ages 8 - Year 7 Director: Bobby Standley !First Rehearsal:Saturday 14th June 201410am - 2pm Location: The Lakeside Centre, Stirchley, TF3 1ET Show: Sat 19th July 2014 Sat Afternoon: 2:00pmSat Night: 7:00pm Location: The Lakeside Centre, Stirchley, TF3 1ET Box Office: 07414 885344theartscentretelford.com

The course aims to create truly physical performances through a devised process centred around the mask. Trestle theatre masks are playful, they transform performers and transfix audiences. With a mask on you have the freedom to explore your world through another’s eyes. They are worn from Brazil to Singapore, Canada to Australia and are unique in their universal usage in mask theatre and performance. With a set of theatre masks, some music and lots of imagination you can begin to have fun with the masks, making characters and stories, approaching issues and playing roles. !The cast will produce a thought provoking showcase of their work during the course and demonstrate to the audience how they have learned to use the mask, for many it will offer a fresh approach to the way theatre is created and performed.


ANNIE Youth and Community Theatre All performers aged 8 - Adult welcome! Director: Bobby Standley Musical Director: Ross Doodson !Auditions: Saturday 13th September and Sunday 14th September 2014 10:00am - 3:00pm Location: The Lakeside Centre, Stirchley, TF3 1ET Show: 17th -18th January 2015,Sat and Sun2:30 and 7:30pm Location: Oakengates Theatre, The Place, Telford, TF2 6EPBox Office: 01952 382382theplacetelford.com

The famous Broadway musical ‘Annie’, with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Martin Charnin, is one of the most popular musicals of all time. !Featuring classic numbers such as ‘Tomorrow’ and ‘Hard-Knock Life’, it tells the story of 11-year old orphan Annie, her dreadful orphanage supervisor Miss Hannigan and Annie’s life with billionaire businessman Oliver Warbucks. !The Arts Centre Telford is delighted to return to Oakengates Theatre for this production and will be launching a search to find our perfect Annie in September 2014. This production is also open to adults from the Shropshire community who would like to perform in a full scale musical production.


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The Arts Centre Telford offers private and bespoke acting lessons following the respected LAMDA

syllabus. Working with an experienced tutor, you will prepare monologues and develop your

character acting ability. Acting lessons will also boost confidence and be excellent audition

preparation.

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Book Your First Lesson Now! [email protected]

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07414 619963 !

The Arts Centre Telford offers private singing lessons to those students who wish to develop their skills and confidence with solo singing. Lessons are adapted to the needs of the individual student and though we recommend that all students work towards musical theatre examinations with the London College of Music, some students do just sing for fun.

SINGING LESSONS Working towards London College of Music Examinations

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