Just had word from our panto Director on his latest trip to see Ray Quinn in Grease
Here's what he had to say:-
Last Saturday I went to see Ray Quinn in Grease in the West End. Ray has been in the show for a while now and will leave in November before beginning SLEEPING BEAUTY rehearsals in Birmingham.
The audience clearly loved his take on Danny Zuko and screamed with delight when he appeared. I think he'll be a great leading man in panto and his singing and dancing skills are hugely impressive.
There are plenty of musical numbers for him to get his teeth into. Jon Bowles, our choreographer came with me to the show and now he has a much clearer idea as to how far he can go with the numbers. The musical arrangements are finished and I have heard the demos - they are brilliant. A mixture of standards and brand new songs written for the show!
As I write, Joe Pasquale has walked into the office as we are about to have another catch up on the script so I'd best be off and see what new gags and pieces of business he has for me!
Click here to view TV footage from press launch and listen to interviews with cast.
Monday 28 September 2009
Tuesday 22 September 2009
The Big Meeting
Yesterday marked the end of our rainy summer, the start of what looks like a very glorious autumn and believe it or not just 3 months until panto opening night!
So with only 3 months to go, Michael Harrison, the panto's writer and director arrived from London to meet with our Chief Executive, Stuart Griffiths and the marketing team here. He wanted to up-date us on the script and go through the storyline. He went into great detail about the special effects we'll be seeing this Christmas and some of the more physical scenes Joe Pasquale will be performing. I was pretty impressed with a clever weather sequence, which sounds amazing and Joe and Ray have some hilarious scenes which Michael acted out for us - accents and all!
Michael also came up with a big file of images of the sets and some of the designs which would be a great addition to anyone's panto memorabilia.
The guys from Heart FM radio joined the meeting later in the afternoon including Ed James from the breakfast show. They are our media partners this year and Michael wanted to meet them all. They were like kids in a sweet shop when Michael told them more about the show and we're really looking forward to working with them.
It sounds like Sleeping Beauty will be a massive production with all the pazzazz and sets of a big West End show and as Michael said yesterday with the "Birmingham Hippodrome stamp of quality".
Can't wait.
So with only 3 months to go, Michael Harrison, the panto's writer and director arrived from London to meet with our Chief Executive, Stuart Griffiths and the marketing team here. He wanted to up-date us on the script and go through the storyline. He went into great detail about the special effects we'll be seeing this Christmas and some of the more physical scenes Joe Pasquale will be performing. I was pretty impressed with a clever weather sequence, which sounds amazing and Joe and Ray have some hilarious scenes which Michael acted out for us - accents and all!
Michael also came up with a big file of images of the sets and some of the designs which would be a great addition to anyone's panto memorabilia.
The guys from Heart FM radio joined the meeting later in the afternoon including Ed James from the breakfast show. They are our media partners this year and Michael wanted to meet them all. They were like kids in a sweet shop when Michael told them more about the show and we're really looking forward to working with them.
It sounds like Sleeping Beauty will be a massive production with all the pazzazz and sets of a big West End show and as Michael said yesterday with the "Birmingham Hippodrome stamp of quality".
Can't wait.
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