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New Show
Will Remember
Much-Loved
Director
Geordie the Musical
South Shields Customs House
Friday 21st August
to Saturday 5th
September 2015
A
new musical will be dedicated to a much-loved member of the theatre community.
Geordie
the Musical was due to be directed by Jackie Fielding at The Customs House in
South Shields this August, but following her sudden death earlier this year it
will now be dedicated to her memory.
Jackie
had worked closely with the creative team to shape the play. Customs House
Executive Director Ray Spencer said: “Jackie was an immensely talented
performer and
director who made The Customs House her home. It is only right that this
production is dedicated to a woman who is still an absolute inspiration to so
many.”
Andy
Bogle, the ex-pat who came up with the story behind the musical, added: “Jackie
left an indelible mark on Geordie and her creative input serves as a fitting
tribute to a life devoted to the The show, which features traditional Geordie
song and is set during a time of change in the North East, will now be directed
by Jamie Brown, who worked closely with Jackie on several projects and starred
in her final show, The Man and the Donkey, in May.
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Director Jamie Brown and
assistant director Viktoria Kay
at The Customs House
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He
said: “I will be forever thankful to have been entrusted as one of Jackie’s
leading men over the past few years, including in her final production The Man
and The Donkey. Her loss is still very raw to “How she’d feel about me
directing ‘Geordie’ in her stead, I couldn’t possibly say – all I can say is that
I’m honoured and privileged to be part of a project which, although it may be
going ahead without her at the helm, will have her as the wind in its sails,
and the fire in the belly of all those driving the project forwards. There is
little doubt that our time together shaped me artistically and personally and I
can’t think of anything that could stand me in better stead for the challenge
ahead.”
His
assistant director will be his fellow Man and the Donkey co-star Viktoria Kay. She
added: “Being part of Geordie the Musical is a very special honour and a
privilege for me. Geordie: The Musical highlights how precious the Geordie
dialect is and how, through the art of song, it will forever be preserved. I
had a huge emotional response when I read the script, I was full of pride, and
I’m sure the audiences will feel the same. Jackie was always my champion and
for that I will forever be in her debt. Helping to bring the project she
started, Geordie The Musical to life, in all its glory, is a chance to repay
just a smidgeon The fact that Geordie The Musical has been dedicated to Jackie
will make her very happy, albeit secretly, as she was renown to hate any sort
of fuss made of her!”
Mike
Turnbull will be the musical director, lighting will be done by James Henshaw, set
will be produced by Kate Urwin and the costumes have been created by Lou Duffy.
A
memorial show will also be held in Jackie's honour on September 13. It will
raise funds to help young budding actors go to drama school.
Tickets
Geordie
runs at South Shields Customs House from Friday 21st August to Saturday
5th September 2015.
Tickets
for Geordie the Musical, from £10, are available from The Customs House box
office on 0191 454 1234 or visit www.customshouse.co.uk.
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