CASINO THEATRE 42 Rue De Carouge, 1205 Geneva
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GAOS PRESENTS Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman Music by Special Arrangement with Sony/ATV Publishing Adapted for the Stage by Jeremy Sams Based on the MGM Motion Picture Licensed Script Adapted by Ray Roderick CASINO THEATRE 42 rue de Carouge, 1205 Geneva 2016 : 15 April 20h00 22 April 20h00 16 April 18h30 23 April 18h30 17 April 15h00 24 April 15h00 CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI) All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI: www.MTIShows.com • Based on MGM Motion Picture Script, adapted by Ray Roderick www.gaos.ch Need help managing your Finances? for Expa ning ts. plan ncial ance. T ous fina to ch ruly scrumpti t up ving i Don’t be Potts by lea In Switzerland Guardian helps you plan for the lifestyle you dream of, protecting your family against the worst and ensuring your hard earned savings work as hard for you as you have for them. 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Telephone: +41 22 710 78 64 Mike Sell, Chairman Email: [email protected] 1 XXXHVBSEJBOXFBMUINBOBHFNFOUDPNPGmDFTHFOFWB FROM KINDERGARTEN TO UNIVERSITY Kindergarten, primary, lower and upper secondary school Swiss Maturité French Baccalauréat Private French-speaking school with an international vocation. From September 2014, Florimont will off er all the quali cations needed for international, French and Swiss universities New from September 2014! International Baccalaureat and bilingual classes 37, av. du Petit-Lancy 1213 Petit-Lancy, Genève Tél. : +41 (0) 22 879 00 00 www.florimont.ch THE THREE PRODUCERS: Liz, Di and Carolyn aka The Three Witches Di Brown has been on the GAOS scene for many moons, as dancer, choreographer, backstage gofer, and notably as indefatigable director/producer of musical comedies, first for the now-defunct Little Theatre of Geneva (producing Grease and Little Shop of Horrors) before concentrating on GAOS shows (Vagabond King, Brigadoon, Oklahoma! and La Perichole). Carolyn Hornfeld has also spent many years with GAOS, including hours wielding a make-up brush, singing with the GAOS Choral Group, and notably choreographing eight GAOS Old Time Music Halls back in their glory days in the 1970s–1980s. At forty songs per show, well that’s a lot of choreography! She cut her teeth in directing the tenth Old Time Music Hall, and then moved on to The Music Man. Liz Williams has likewise graced the GAOS scene many times, both front and backstage, both dancing, choreographing and acting—most recently as “Fräulein Schneider” in Cabaret. She also served as Secretary (and newsletter writer) on the GAOS Committee for seven years. As a reward for her devotion she was elected Chair of GAOS for three years (2010– 2013), a dubious honour carried out with much enthusiasm and aplomb. In 1997 Di teamed with Carolyn to produce Anything Goes as a two-witch collaboration. Liz joined to produce Guys and Dolls in 2000, and the cauldron was complete. They moved on to Hello Dolly, The Producers, Chicago in 2013 and now Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, and all of them have provided “toil and trouble” but lots of laughs too. In all GAOS shows the backstage team are the unsung heroes. In Chitty the technical challenge was enormous (the CAR, the inventions, the many different scenes and props, the special effects including projections). Di, Carolyn and Liz send their best magic potions and most sincere thanks to the many GAOS members who collaborated on the backstage efforts for Chitty (and even enjoyed it!) to make this show the success we hope you think it is!! 3 Weekly removals to Switzerland? Just get on the blower. The Switzerland specialists T: +44 (0)1865 740700 or call free from Switzerland: 0800 000 126 F: +44 (0)1865 750625 Email: [email protected] www.lukerbros.com Memb No. L031 MUSICAL DIRECTOR AND ASSISTANT ALLARDYCE MALLON — Musical Director Originally from Scotland, Allardyce gained his degree in musicology, history and composition at the University of Edinburgh. He went on to study for his Masters in composition at the University of Surrey, and then to Geneva where he gained his diploma in conducting and the Prix du Conservatoire for composition. He was involved in several musical ventures in the Geneva area, including the GAOS productions of The Producers, Chess, Iolanthe and Oliver! He also worked as assistant conductor at the Grand Théâtre de Genève (Billy Budd by Britten) and with the San Francisco Opera (Pelléas et Melisande by Debussy). Holder of the Walter Susskind Scholarship, he spent time at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in Glasgow where he gained experience as a repetiteur and conductor. From 2003 to 2007 he was repetiteur and assistant conductor at the Meiningen Theater in Germany, which was the followed by an engagement in Weimar at the Deutsches Nationaltheater und Staatskapelle. Further engagements included the Grand Théatre de Luxembourg (Le Nozze di Figaro), the Utah Symphony and Opera in Salt Lake City (Cenerentola), the Sondsershausen Schlossfestpiele in Germany (Die Zauberflöte) and several seasons at the Aix-en-Provence International Festival. Often based in Switzerland, he was in charge of music for the Swiss Fête des Vignerons in 1999, as well as for the Opening Ceremony of the Expo.02 in Neuchâtel. He works a lot with young musicians all over Switzerland, training players for the national brass championships, preparing and accompanying students for exams at various conservatoires, as well as coaching singers. PATRICK McDONALD — Assistant Musical Director Paddy is thrilled to be working on Chitty, a film that was on constant replay at his Nana’s house for much of his childhood. Having recently expanded his acting repertoire into baddies— “Ernst Ludwig” in Cabaret and the title role in Rumpelstiltskin last year—he has been continuing on this trajectory by playing the draconian music instructor, first for the Choral Group’s Christmas concert, and now as Chitty’s assistant MD. Frighteningly for all involved, he is beginning to like it. A one-time student of the Melbourne Conservatory of Music, and a voice and piano tutor and youth choir director in his native Australia, Paddy is grateful to GAOS for allowing him to continue indulging his passion for music in his “spare time”.