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Spring Awakening
Newcastle Jubilee Theatre
Wednesday 22nd
– Saturday 25th March 2017
Book
& lyrics – Steven Sater
Music
– Duncan Sheik
Based
on the original play by Frank Wedekind
After
the success of ‘RENT’ in September 2016 (NETG 'Rent' Review LINK),
Second Act Theatre presents ‘Spring Awakening’, by arrangement with Josef
Weinberger, in the Grade 2 Listed Jubilee Theatre, Gosforth.
Second
Act, the adult company to First Act Theatre, has been resident at the Jubilee
Theatre for 25 years.
In
a world where the adults call all the shots, a group of school friends begin
their fraught and exhilarating journey into adulthood. This Tony Award-winning
musical, based on the controversial 1891 play that was once banned in Germany, brings the story of
sexual awakening and self-discovery amongst teenage classmates into the new
century.
*Contains
explicit scenes/scenes of a sexual nature that may not be appropriate for
younger audiences.
Cast & Creatives include:
Directors:
Bobby Trotter & Barry Wilmot
Musical
Director: Jenni Watson
Assistant
Musical Director: John Dalziel
Principals:
Melchior
– Ethan Lang (18, Hartlepool) – member of Casting Call Academy. He has performed in Her
Majesty’s Theatre, London. Studying performing
arts at college and wants to be an actor.
Wendla
– Rebecca Charlton (18, Gateshead) – Rebecca is studying
towards her second LAMDA Grade 8 and hopes to go on to drama school in the next
few years.
Moritz
– Jonny Hill (19, Whickham) – Jonny will also be playing the scarecrow in The
Wizard of Oz at the Theatre Royal in July. He’s in the National Youth Theatre
& is currently auditioning for drama schools.
Tickets:
The
show runs from Wednesday 22nd – Saturday 25th March at Jubilee
Theatre, St. Nicholas’ Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth
Curtain
up at 7pm
Tickets
£8/£10 from www.secondacttheatre.com
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