{"id":2046,"date":"2020-04-16T18:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2020-04-16T18:23:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T18:23:10","slug":"blog-april-16th-risen-the-musical-watch-party-and-coventry-pentecost-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=2046","title":{"rendered":"Blog April 16th Risen! The Musical Watch Party and Coventry Pentecost 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24101-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2047\" srcset=\"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24101-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24101-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24101-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24101-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_24101-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nCast for first professional performance of Risen! The Musical Coventry Pentecost Festival 2015.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Risen Flashmob\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OSpjCIHboHU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nFirst flash mob for Risen! The Musical &#8211; Coventry 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Well the Facebook Risen! The Musical Watch Party took place on Saturday. I messed up the tech and there were three parties going on at the same time- also people kept losing the stream. Nevertheless it was great for the London Touring Cast to reminisce and interact.  They joined from all over the world &#8211; Jodie Quirke, who played Mary Magdalene, was in Dubai and Max Panks, who played Jesus, was confined to his cabin on a cruise ship anchored off the coast of Florida.<br \/>\nAfter the Watch Part Darren Bovis Coulter (see blog of October 25th 2018) live streamed the whole of Risen! The Musical. We received some wonderful comments such as \u201cThis is the best musical I have ever seen! This made me think of the first performance of Risen! The Musical at the 2015 Coventry Pentecost Festival which Darren had a big part to play in organising.  I also reminisced on how this all came about and below have taken an extract from my blog of May 2017<br \/>\nThe Risen! CD was mastered by Andrew Bourbon, who was Joffy Girling, our Musical Director\u2019s Lecturer while they were at Birmingham University. Andrew is now a Senior Lecturer at the London College of Music (LCM) which is part of the University of West London based in Ealing. He was so impressed with the show that he told his colleagues in the Performing Arts Department.  I met one such colleague, Niamh Mcguckin, who Lectures in Voice (which means singing too) and she too was so impressed that she took  it upon herself to form a cast from LCM students and alumni  together with fellow professionals. She acquired the use of the LCM facilities (which are amazing) for rehearsals and had 10 rehearsals on Wednesdays and Sundays before the Pentecost production.<br \/>\nSo finally, after more than four years of writing, recording and piloting Risen!-The Musical premiered at the Coventry Pentecost Festival on Saturday, May 23rd.  It was an unforgettable day; the cast from the London College of Music were absolutely brilliant, not just in their performance but also for being such a great bunch of people to be with. So a huge thanks from me to them for everything that made the day so special \u2013 the \u201cflash mob\u201d in the Lower Precinct (our featured video) \u2013 Jodie managing a great performance even though poorly sick- the impromptu singing of \u201cJesus is My Lord\u201d in the Marquee, with that pretty much straight after the cast arrived after a two and a half hour journey.  I will never forget the way that \u201cjaws dropped\u201d when people heard Leah sing the opening notes   \u2013 they obviously had no idea of how good the cast would be but they certainly found out there and then! And of course all the commitment, patience and good humour in rehearsing with such a short time available \u2013 oh and I nearly forgot, for helping me drink a few glasses of Prosecco!<br \/>\nTremendous thanks also for the amazing organisation that took place from the Festival Organisers \u201cHope for Coventry\u201d \u2013 Andrew , Angus, Matthew and of course my great mate Darren- Bovis Coulter. Also to Jo the Manager of Holy Trinity Church\u2019s Prayer House ; some parts of this inspiring building  were built in the 15th Century and the cast had the privilege of using it for their changing rooms. Just behind us was Coventry Cathedral, which is so impressive with the new building standing side by the side with the original that was bombed in World War Two.<br \/>\nBiggest thanks, however must go to Niamh McGuckin, our brilliant Director who also played Mary Mother of Jesus. With very little time to rehearse she worked tirelessly to ensure that the production was of the highest possible quality.  Her humility was also really apparent when she looked so shocked when the cast presented her with a bouquet of flowers in thanks for all her efforts.<br \/>\nSo many people said such kind things about Risen!- The Musical  but here is a quote from Andrew \u2013 one of the organisers:<br \/>\n\u201cRisen! \u2013 The Musical\u201d was a wonderful climax to the Coventry Pentecost Festival -we were treated to an uplifting portrayal of the story of Holy Week to Pentecost through amazing songs, word, action and dance by a highly professional team who conveyed the hope of the Gospel very powerfully. We felt truly blessed and privileged to host the premiere of this inspirational musical and everybody I spoke to was blessed by it. We wish you all God\u2019s blessing in the future, and that \u201cRisen!\u201d will bless many thousands of people in the months to come.<br \/>\nCAST<br \/>\nJesus \u2013 Mikey Wooster<br \/>\nMary Mother of Jesus \u2013 Niamh McCuckin<br \/>\nJohn- Andrew Dovaston<br \/>\nMary Magdalene- Jodie Quirke<br \/>\nPeter- Kieran Lawson<br \/>\nMary sister of Martha and Lazarus \u2013 Claire Hutchinson<br \/>\nThomas- Adam Valentine<br \/>\nMary wife of Clopas \u2013 Leah Godbold<br \/>\nJames- Johnny Fitzharris<br \/>\nCleopas- Benny Bright<br \/>\nCleopas\u2019 friend- Coby Collins<br \/>\nJudas \u2013 Ennio Ficiur<br \/>\nDirector and Mary Mother of Jesus: Niamh McCuckin<br \/>\nWe are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.<br \/>\nChuck Swindoll <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cast for first professional performance of Risen! The Musical Coventry Pentecost Festival 2015. First flash mob for Risen! 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