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Young performers to star in sell out ‘Bugsy Malone’
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| The cast |
Talented youngsters from Performance Drama School will be donning their feather boas and Trilbys next weekend in a bid to recreate scenes from the hit musical Bugsy Malone.
The youngsters will be acting out scenes from the show as part of a benefit concert for Otley Courthouse.
The fundraising concert, held each year, will see a mishmash of excepts from various musicals and tickets for the event, on Saturday, July 12, have already sold out.
This year there will be two shows, one in the morning for the younger children and one in the afternoon for the older section of the school.
All proceeds from the event will to towards the Courthouse Project.
Performance Drama School, for children aged 5-16 years, has been running classes at The Courthouse on Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings since 2003.
From August this year they will be moving in to offices at The Courthouse in order to expand the casting agency.
School Director, Sue Hughes said: "We have many requests for our children to be involved in professional work. Presently 25 of our children, aged 14 and above, are gearing up to spend much of the summer working over at Yorkshire Televisi
"We are pleased that the new office accommodation will enable us to further expand this side of the business. It is a pleasure to be involved in such a fantastic community resource centre."
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| Benjamin Naylor is set for the starring role |
Performance also runs weekly classes on a Thursday evening, in Burley-in-Wharfedale, at St Mary's Parish Centre. Having only moved to Burley last November, all classes are now virtually full.
From September, Performance will be introducing new classes, including a class for Performance Tots (3-5 years) in Musical Theatre, singing and dancing along with Speech and Drama classes, which aim to prepare pupils of all ages for Trinity Guildhall drama examinations, a nationally recognised qualification.
Sue said: "We involve all our children in our shows, which we stage three times a year. We never audition children as we believe it is our job, regardless of a child's talent and natural ability, to bring out the best in each individual."
Following the benefit concerts Performance is also running three summer schools, two at Otley Courthouse between Monday, August 11, and Friday, August 15, and between Monday, August 18, and Friday, August 22.
These will be based on High School Musical Two' and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat'. There will also be one in Ilkley at St Margaret's Church Hall between Monday, August 18, and Friday, August 22 , based on High School Musical One' and High School Musical Two'.
Enquiries regarding summer schools or Performance Drama telephone Sue on 01943 602265.
10:04am Thursday 10th July 2008
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