{"id":752,"date":"2015-10-01T10:26:23","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.risen.org.uk\/?p=752"},"modified":"2015-10-01T10:26:23","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T10:26:23","slug":"blog-october-1st-risen-the-musical-in-the-portsmouth-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=752","title":{"rendered":"Blog October 1st – Risen!- The Musical in the Portsmouth News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I have put part two of the\u00a0 London Touring Cast story on hold for a week because we have an article in the Portsmouth News today written by Rev Steve Marsh, the Curate for \u00a0Holy Rood and St Edmund\u2019s, Stubbington.\u00a0 Here it is below:<\/p>\n

I\u2019m delighted to see that a Christian musical based on the story of Jesus\u2019 Resurrection will be performed by a professional cast in Portsmouth next month.<\/p>\n

Risen! \u2013 The Musical<\/em> was first performed two years ago in our church, Holy Rood, where it had a fantastic reception. It used songs written by a member of our congregation, Ken Shearsmith.<\/p>\n

Ken is quite unusual, in that he has no musical training at all, but relies on God to inspire him with melodies and lyrics. The songs he is inspired with are amazing.<\/p>\n

The show has been completely revamped since we last saw it \u00a0and the new version will be premiered by a cast of 14 professionals who trained at the London College of Music. The show will also feature the award-winning Portsmouth University Gospel Choir.<\/p>\n

The plot takes us through the last week of Jesus\u2019s life, including the Last Supper, Jesus\u2019s crucifixion and the reaction of his disciples, then his Resurrection and his appearances to those disciples. It shows us just how amazing it must have been for them to see their friend Jesus risen from the dead.<\/p>\n

There was a studio produced double CD of Risen!- The Musical<\/em> and the person who mastered the songs is a Lecturer at the London College of Music. He spoke to a colleague in the Performing Arts Department, Niamh Mcguckin, who became keen to become Director\/Producer. Niamh recruited a cast of postgraduates with Degrees in Musical Theatre and plays the role of Mary Mother of Jesus herself.<\/p>\n

It means the production will have a real West End feel. I\u2019m looking forward to seeing what it looks like now \u2013 I\u2019m sure it will be a very powerful production.<\/p>\n

It will be one of the first productions in the recently-revamped New Theatre Royal, on Guildhall Walk. It will be staged at 7.30pm on November 6, and at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on November 7. It is fantastic that Risen!- The Musical<\/em>\u00a0 will be part of an iconic venue like the New Theatre Royal and I\u2019m looking forward to seeing how that has changed too.<\/p>\n

Tickets are priced at \u00a316.50 and \u00a314.50 (\u00a310 for the matinee) and are available on 023-9264 9000.<\/p>\n

RISEN! \u2013 THE MUSICAL<\/strong>
\nNew Theatre Royal, Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth<\/strong>
\nNovember 6: 7.30pm<\/strong>
\nNovember 7: 2.30pm and 7.30pm<\/strong>
\nTickets: \u00a316.50\/\u00a314.50\/\u00a310 available on 023-9264 9000 or <\/strong>www.newtheatreroyal.com<\/strong><\/a>
\nDetails: <\/strong>www.risenthemusical.com<\/strong><\/a>
\nRisen!- The Musical<\/em> is produced by Mustard Seed Songs in association with Faith and Football<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JE and SUS from the album “Uplifted” featuring Lucy Stimpson- Maynard with the Mustard Seed Soul Band \u00a0 I have put part two of the\u00a0 London Touring Cast story on hold for a week because we have an article in the Portsmouth News today written by Rev Steve Marsh, the Curate for \u00a0Holy Rood and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ken-shearsmiths-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":753,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions\/753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}