Season 2024
Introduction to our 2024 season.
Season 2024
SIX: TEEN EDITION
STORYFIELD’S CENTRE, CAMBRIDGE 22 – 25 FEBRUARY
Directed by Lanica Wilson
Think you know the six Wives of Henry VIII? Think again…
The crowning glory of the West End, Broadway and beyond, history is about to get over-throne in the homegrown hit musical sensation, SIX.
Created by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss, prepare to lose your head and experience the Tudor Wives’ lives as they turn back the clock and take to the stage to reclaim their crowns and retell their stories of love, loss and the infamous ex they all have in common.
Join Aragon, Boleyn, Seymour, Cleves, Howard and Parr, backed by their fiercely all-female band, the Ladies in Waiting, and get down to a royal retelling of the sassiest story in British Her-story.
Six: Teen Edition Breakdown
Audition age: 13- 19 (you must be aged 13 on 1st January to be eligible to participate)
Audition Workshops: Tuesday 2 and Wednesday 3 January
Regular Rehearsals: Thursday, 19:00 – 21:30 and Sunday, 11:00 – 17:00 (from Sunday 7th January)
Show Week: Wednesday 21 – Sunday 25 February (performances times vary)
SUMMER: SCHOOL: INTO THE WOODS JR GREAT HALL AT THE LEYS 1 – 3 AUGUST
Directed by Amelia Bass
Be careful what you wish for as Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s cockeyed fairytale comes to life in this adaptation of their groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical. Into the Woods JR. features all of your favourite characters – Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and the Witch in this lyrically rich retelling of classic Brothers Grimm fables.
The musical centres on a baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King's festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a witch's curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse and wind up changed forever.
Summer School Breakdown
Audition age: 9- 18 (you must be aged 9 on 1st July 2024 be eligible to participate)
Audition Workshops: Sunday 12 May
Audition Recall: Sunday 19 May
Regular Rehearsals: Sun 7, Sun 14, Sun 21, July 11:00 – 17:00
Intensive Rehearsals: Tue 23 – Sat 27 July, 10:00-17:00 & Mon 29–Tue 30 July, 10:00 –17:00
Show Week: Wednesday 31 July – Saturday 3 August (performances times vary)
YOUNG COMPANY: GUYS AND DOLLS GREAT HALL AT THE LEYS 30 OCTOBER – 2 NOVEMBER
Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, Guys and Dolls is an oddball romantic comedy. Gambler Nathan Detroit tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck; meanwhile, his girlfriend, nightclub performer Adelaide, laments that they've been engaged for 14 years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler Sky Masterson for the dough, but Sky ends up chasing the straight-laced missionary Sarah Brown. Guys and Dolls takes us from the heart of Times Square to the cafes of Havana, Cuba, and even into the sewers of New York City, but eventually everyone ends up right where they belong.
Young Company Breakdown
Audition age: 13- 19 (you must be aged 13 on 1st August to be eligible to participate)
Audition Workshops: Sunday 21 April
Audition Recalls: Sunday 28 April
Intensive Week: Tuesday 27 – Sunday 1 September 2024, 10:00 – 18:00
Regular Rehearsals: Friday, 19:00 – 22:00 and Sunday, 11:00 – 17:00 (from Sun 8th Sep)
Show Week: Monday 28 October – Saturday 2 November (performances times vary)
NATIVITY! THE MUSICAL
GREAT HALL AT THE LEYS 18 – 22 DECEMBER
Directed by Emily Starr
Feel-good, funny and full of joy, this cracker of a musical was adapted for the stage by Debbie Isitt, the creator of the much-loved films.
Every child in every school has one Christmas wish, to star in a Nativity, and at St Bernadette’s School they’re attempting to mount a musical version! Only trouble is teacher Mr Maddens has promised that a Hollywood producer is coming to see the show to turn it into a film. Join him, his teaching assistant the crazy Mr Poppy, hilarious children and a whole lot of sparkle and shine as they struggle to make everyone’s Christmas wish come true.
Featuring all of your favourite sing-a-long hits from the movies including Sparkle and Shine, Nazareth, One Night One Moment, She’s the Brightest Star and a whole host of new songs, this musical really ‘is a heartfelt hit’ (The Times).
Nativity – The Musical Breakdown
Audition Workshops
Saturday 15 June
14:00 – 15:30 – Children Audition Workshop #1
15:30 – 17:00 – Children Audition Workshop #2
18:00 – 19:30 – Children Audition Workshop #3
Saturday 22 June
15:00 – 17:00 – Children Recalls
Regular Rehearsals: Tuesday and Thursday evenings and every other Sunday (starting 22nd September).
Show Weeks: 15 – 22 December (performance times vary)