Well, the 20th anniversary of our musical “His Story” on Saturday, November 8th was absolutely fantastic.
The format had actors acting, singers singing and dancers dancing – all parts rehearsing separately and not coming together until the evening before- so pretty scary! One of the joys was to see each set of performers seeing others perform for the first time, smiling in admiration.
The response to His Story has been brilliant and the idea formed that any church wishing to produce a community event now has a template. Local talent could be enlisted to include a Primary school choir- a dance school or perhaps Secondary School GCSE dance students –an amateur theatrical company and the church’s own worship band. Mustard Seeds could provide the audio -visual presentation which helps tell the story through scripture text and voice overs.
The Mayor of Fareham and the Mayor of Gosport were at the Matinee performance, and they both loved it!
So, a huge, huge thank you to the cast:
Theatre: Mary, Mother of Jesus – Leah Halliwell Peter – Richard Mellion John – Jake Drake
Music: Vocals and Piano: Lucy Stimpson Maynard- The St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School Choir – Mustard Seed Soul and Gospel Band- Vocals: Tim Glennie, Sarah Summer Lead Guitar: Adrian Grobler Bass: Heath Williams – Matinee | Gemma Terry – Evening Drums: Jenna Gunter Keys: Pete Marsh Auxiliary Keys and Backing Vocals: Lewis Gunter Trumpet: Jon Yates Tenor Sax and Whistle: Tim Downs Musical Director: Lewis Gunter
Dance: The Alverstoke School of Dance
Tech:
Voice Overs: Edward Baker-Duly
AV Presentation: Joffy James and Chris Binns
Sound: Technical Services Ltd
Lighting: Essential Marketing – PJ Radcliffe
The musical was filmed but that will take some time to edit – in the meantime I hope you enjoy today’s clip from one of the original productions 20 years ago!
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