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! is a deheht and a _ery ~reat honoul The Nahon,>1 Youth Musk Th ~atr~ is. I [ to ~ Im ited to pellOfm at ' he fe«iyal hope, no exception in this list The TheaHe dun"l! the Oil u.se ot its f"" ~ ar comp;>n)' ""~.' n lv has a vcry soft >p;::>t I belie,e tha t it is enormously fo' Edi nbu rGh: ,t has been visiti nll the enhghtened 0/ Paul l]"" a"d th. The"'", en)' at FestlVa ltimc for the Pdst twerlly to I\iekome wIth such w,,,mth a co rr.pany )'eors now.oo has reason to be hu~e l y of you n ~ pedormet'l onto tlle ir .tJge G r~ t d u l tor the ,upport ,t always errjoy, Not only wi ll it e,, "'mag. other )'Q u ~£ hew Tens of thou,,,,,,J, at people Ira,'e p~ople to Come and w~t(h thereby ,C<'n o ur SMWS in Edurburgh, thou",,,,1, st,e n ~' h en in£ their interest and h.,'e po!,m"d rn , lr ern - many of I hem leinlor<;ln€ 'he Importance o! the -local," Numerou, aw"rd, h~"e been pe,formin£ ~ ~ s in their minds but also wOn and wo nded"l r"";ews have It wil l e ncourage other 'cnues and appea,ed in Ihe """ I p'ess ' .k'"llstde re Art is t ic Director, National Youth Mu ~ic Th c~ tr e Co-wri ter & Co·director, Pmdrag Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber Maiol SUllPOner of The National You th Music Theatre . . rVV ' . UFFALO •• ".' . '. BGRILL •• • • • • " " 12·14 CHAPEL STREET, EDINBURGH EH8 9AY TELEPHONE: 667 7427 Monday - Friday 12 noon - 2pm Monday· Saturday 6pm . 10.15pm Sundays 5pm • 10pm Please b.y.o.b eat illiS a new music drama ",.5 fu rnlsh inlj uS w,th ffiiI"" ,.1 C is a process full of 1m. musi( lhe.\r~ worh hop .. I .."h ,n turn led to, shotl pIKe excitement and called T4t So"~ 0/ !lit 1.<101111'1 LooI, uncertainty, frustration It w~, ~ 0101}' at once lan'.'lIelll ~nd fulfilment It is an and "oj,.. ,,,,1 tl>o Slull 01 fa),), expedition into the 1,, 1,,; but also of human 1ruths unknown fOf everyone We left the Lo;llhly Lady to from the youngest "'pk"" 1M "nhunan I~ends abunddlll a. they are In member of the cast to e.",,,,,,elll .. nd hu ....n ,nte,... l the most seasoned sedin~ ma{e'i~1 1<:>, a nt'W work writer Experience may . a n ~ the,e ,he w~s ~1I"'" We"~ guide, hut inSpiration is up ! urt~e, ..Ulk<;hops .. "h ) A h~1l r~m"mbe'ffi lal" from As story·,,,If.rs .... took th. Ch~~ UTOCR I'endfill:Ofl'S consequenT queWl knlllh,s would eo on qr~;; 10 10 rerowr h~f prove them""I\ Whe, Pendragon Nick Saich (20, Cambridge) Ygraine, his queen Sh ula Keyte (16,SUUonColdfie(d) The Merlin Steve Elias (carmarthen) The Pries! Neil Abrahamson (16. Ound le) The Nurse Louise Potter (15 , Sol;hu ll) Young Morgan Le Fay Hayley Gelling ( 12. RuisJi p) Young Guinevere Hannah Spearritt Ill, Gorleston-on-5ea) You ng Elaine Rachel Grey 11 2. Abergavenny) Young Arthur Pel1 dragon Richard Stacey II I. Hudd Flute Helen Ella Ilb.Wid ) Horn Andrew Jones (17, Croydon) Percussion Adam Powell 120. Edinburgh) Keyboards Alexander I.:Estrange (20. Oxfo:d) B'~ Grant Mitchell {lb. Ed inbu'llh) ""Ie, Allwood SI""" Wnghl Ioannd Hoolon Willits:.,""-' L)"n Enderson ",,,,,ny IdlJ\l!j; T,ylor LMI~I, loJlI" KaIPn StOI'l(' F';lnk Whllll!l~ l....t~ c( lit< L«u Al, ... donl< Nalalip [ Ivy Dt>i~"" "",,'" I~ "I~ Louise I",obe; l.'Il "ii"~ Dt>i~"" f'e'N W;t l l~" L ~n n e H. a ~ Al! IS!' . ' Mo!""i 01' «10' " ' e "H~I", 1 ; t. 'lr"IL~" I For • free ....,.kl<' "" rbe 1m.. 1lo1_ PI..., '-' ..n .. Of COOl lXl 1I;0h,o he Nation.1 You , h Mu, ic Th e~lre is kind of flamoo),a" t. pin -,h;"p ense mble Ta tO\J II ni comporw Hal'i ng ilppeareD pe r l o r m an ( ~$ tI"" 'dani sh c ~c n ;he !e ~ u l a r ly in Lor" km " I ~ ~ d l c r' s Wells most seasoned Fe " i ~ " I · wJ ; ( h c r Rjl'uside Studr", ,,,,, im ,my 01 her mai er ve nues, it has . Iw \01",,,,1 exte nsive ly Ed i nb u , ~ h i< more , h" n " nome to the NYMT It is it$lmr hpbc;e, Eight""" )'ears t h ro u ~h o ,, ' ' he UK and abroad '~ h ere it Ii., I"""n ""en from Tok)'o to TOiento and , ~o , in 1 97~ lere my lames raylor led an New Yor!; to Hong Ko n ~ Although expl or,""'y e'ped ition 01 t went y-four P",ra yo" morks th" rompa nis debu, a' Ix»)", from Flelmon ! School in LO[lJon, t he Fcs t i. al Thea!re, it is a lso a n '0 ~ d lnb u r€ h . to se, up uhde r the sch(d Edinburch vetcr. " hi"i Ili vis ited th. city nar.1e i ~ a marqUe :lad ,r S,i-cmo" 1'" "''1 . , cs:iva l proouct ion s reguh rly for the his ow n opera about a ch il d ~d ()) in past 20 yea rs [J ilObcthan E n~ l a n d. It ~'o n " Fe ' l i v~ 1 Fri nee fi rs t award Irom TH ' SfOI,",," Th e organisati on has no ho rn~ theat re newspaper The com pa ny wa, on its WO )', an d is ad min isteren Iro m [ op-floor oflie(O. un deco",ed for ye"" in . n Under Taylo,-s umirihi leade"hip, the e lderl y c rumb li ui; b rr ildine in 00 ,", o reanisat ion expa nded, beC Tht word on , ho NY MT i, a lways 11 M i.aS! Y . ~ ' .nother world 1" .," ii'I~ , usual I)' beHer As ~ =ult. ' h~ com ... ~)· ~'"."''''' ' ...... ,,, Ihc «>mp;:ony )"1 another ha~ a larie and loyal in{erni,ion~1 n'ng~ FirM A.... ~rd· lis Si.,h ~"d now aud'tlKe. ""Ids si. F"nll<' Fi' . ii , ""'~ l e n ,11Ii comm it ment '0 eomm ' ,,"~",i" i new won.. and Its unique vI~ ollhe ""mid Th e best oi tile ~"11" -<"'''' NYM T 5ho","S 3re seI a, period. oi hiM,"ical ,u,moil .'~d ,ak ~ 00 occ ~s ion.lly ..,nHn>en'a l bon o il en u " n in ch i n ~ ly dhp" ssio,, ",o 6, l i n " ",)WO N AlLJ" ~ ) ~ ~ ' ~ "!~ . ~ 6l>6LOl>, - I LIOWJ UI!'.'1S p.N 1 6 L 69£~ -I L I O ' PHJ"oJ ",/1 jo 1"'I'''' 'j . uot[d"l"l V'ilL "'I D ,\\ UOP UOl 'W"'II'M U" III UeWa0L PJ e4)!l! 'u"llJO~ I !lS p l e ~ O I ~ u DpJn:) ~ J) e~4 l ) ! sn ~ ~ l O().\ I''''')!" ' N ~ lj. L ~ 'ilJ U \1 ,.. ' ~ l pe31l \l u"",nJ eww] '~'Jjl' "'!' OJJ O,"M." 'MV ,1 ,IHlIONV 1I1S --- .q pmoddns - - - ~IUIUU ~)I . '11~ I-U.'IOA rnT~ouv~ hot NatIonal YOIl1h M~ si c TkHI'~ IS one 01 8llliin's Tp '~m ie ' y"ulh thea'" ort~ni" OI lOOs ~' hK h is rapidly ""in in c an ;" '"fllal i""", ,..puta""n wn h tours 10 £ UICpe . I.w"n, Ca n",la &ncth<: USA The NYMT IS unKl~ 11 ""isIS to<'lleuu,,,,,, 1O"Ili peop~ 10 partiCIpate in ill ilSpeaS of ,he IlI'Ilormiog mU ..'llh lh~ e",ph ~ ~I~ on cn~mble qu ~IoI Y and ~bm·t ill ""jO)'mcnl HOW CAN YOU Tt(~~ kal T~ru!r~ S~ iU> Th" NYMT offers ulu.ble "' o r~ BECOME I NVOLVED? PoJI"'ticncc oppor'un,,,p'~ 10 youn, pI'I>\lle inte!CSIed in St8oi1~ man"ir:mel'l A~d,'i()n$ (tlSl "~htin~, .ound 0, "a,drohe indudl"li FirS' round workshop ,,,,dilie ns Jre he ld w"r k", ~ at the l di nl::>ureh ~f i n ll<' Fc stl ~~ 1 in reiionai C~ "I'''' .round the UK duri lli/ ~n he Na tional Yout h M usic Theatre's primary dim is to encourage Tthe crea ti on and performance of new music theat re work of t he h ighest standard. Our hope is to b uild d truly nat io nal network of performance and ed ucat ion re lated activities involving yo unt: peDple t hroughout the Uni ted Kingdom. The National Youth M usicThea tre is supported by Sir I\ndrew Lloyd Webhf'r In add ition, the company receives some box office income from p e r fo rma nce~ , course fees from the you ng actors, dancers, mll sicians and techn icians an d project funding from t he Art s Cou ncil of England If we d re going to maintai n and develop the work of The NClt iona l Youth Music Theatre we u rgent ly need additiona l fi nanci Ji slipport from the corporate sector, trusts and private do ~o r s . for example l he NYMT is current ly see ki ng a sponsor for the 1995196 Na t ional Audition and Workshop Programmes If you wou ld like to re<:e ive lurth er informJtion ilOO lit NYMT funding opportun it ies, p lease conl,oKt: RICHARD MALLETT General Manager The NatiuIldl Youth Music Theatre 2 Bow Street Cove ~ t Ga r de ~ Londo n WC2E 7BA lei 0 171 -e 36979 1 fax 0 171-240 7949 .-.- --...... ... Forthcoming Events 1995 10- 12 MAKCH 9·I I IUNE MUSIC THEATRE MUSIC THEATRE WORKSHOP WORKSHOP (11-19agegroup!. (ll -19ace tl'oup) Hockerill SChool, Bishop's Horsham Arts Centre. West Stonford, Hefls Sussex Non -«>sidential IIl-22 APR il. 2 4IULY-~6 AUG UST' MUSIC THEATRE PENDRAGON WORKSHOP 24 July - S AIIiUSt. Tour to Taipei (14-1911ge group), ,md Hong Kong- Hocker; lj School. Bishop's 22-26 AugUSt , L\'ri<: Thea tre, Stanford, Herts Hammersmith. London' TIi;s (owm ", a~ lit (Jlfm~ Ql pari ofTMt D~~ of Edin&wf!l~'s I (}.! 2 AUGUST & 1"·28 Gold i\~'Qrd AUGUST 6- 15 MAY ANNIE THE INDIAN QUEEN Adam Sm ith Theatl'!. Kirk Working to provide deep and lasting satisfaction to all theatregoers regardless of race, age, class, gender or sexuaL orientation. BOX OFFICE TH N 0131 5296000 FESTIVAL THEATRE fRIENDS Ed inburgh Festival Theatre Box Office is 01X'1l froln 1O _OOi'm to S.OOprn Monday Many ~xclus i ve and va lua ble benefit, dre to Saturday and from 12.00 noon on offered to members of the fest iva l Theatre performance Sundays, At times of Friends, along with the OppOrtLl'lity to ~."'rt i (U j arJy hl'avy demand, all Six teen make d real illld vatued contribution to Box Office lines Illay be engaged, so Scotland's most exciting new theatre , please try uguin. OrK'.' it rings, Hallg On] You r call wi ll be answered as As a Friend, you will wcejw q uickly as possible in strict rotation. • advance maili ngs • priority bookin g • big disco unts on tickets (you can saw CAFE LUCIA up to £150.00 per courk in ~ i x mont h) Located in the street level foyer and • ,I pectacular sp€ cial oifers Ope ll from l Oam tilllat~, Cafe Lucia off~r:; the finest coffees, irres istible • specia l events pastries and pt'fit clIOIiX, lus cious tarts • surprise invitations Jnd" fu ll y lice nsed bar including cask • hot-off-t hc-prc5S newsletters conditioned a l e~. • inside involvement NJlllCd Jftcr Dunildti\ roUJ ~Tlti c Scot The biggest benefi t of f.rie nds· memon tish tragedy, and the heroine of Sir Wa ltcr Scott's novel, Lucy's is where you ship will be t icket offen , These sa vings amounted to £7S ,()() per member in our (an satisfy your appetite for morning first six month season al onc, [cLOupillg coffee, a lunchtime drink, or pre-show a subscriptioll threefold in six months. JSSiglld tioll, A siI/()n whcrc passionate thea tregoers may reel in a passable pick Senior citizen members bencfit from extra discollnts at many productions. up, jus t like in the 18903. Cafe LuciJ :>.1JllJgcr: Linda Hogg Anmwl subscription for the Friends is FOR YOUR SAFETY £ 18.50 per adult (£32.50 two adults at the sa me addr"ss) or £12.S0 per senior In accordance with the rcqui rement> of citizen (£21 .SO two seniot; citizens dt tbe the City of Ed inburgh Dis trict Coundl same address). regul ation>: 1. The public lJlay leave al the end of To join the Festival Theatle Friends, see til<.' performance by all exit doors and our season magazine. Jvailaole fro m the such doors m ust il t all times he kept Box Office coun ter. If you would li ke a open. copy of the magazine po,ted to you, 2. All gangways, staircasc5, passages, and phun~ 03 1 662 11 12. cruising In:as !\lust be kept entirely fl ~(' from c1Jairs or any other obst(Uchons. 3. Persons shall not under any circum · HOSPITALITY: stances be perm itted to stand or sit in THE EMPIRE ROOMS any of the gangways. 4. Tht safety curtain must be lowered Our lavish hospitality >u ites are ideal and raised in the presence of the audi ~n tc[ t a ining and refreshment areas fur ence. gro up bookings and spunsors' parties. Lice nsee: Paul lies For dctJUs please phone David Todd, Theatre Manager on 031 662 1112. HIGH HEELS GIFT VOUCHERS Edinburgh Fc >tivaJ Theatre welcomes thcatregoers wearing high heels . I'er Give a friend thc opportunity 10 choose sons may use tht front of house lift for their own Fest ival Theatre produdions. easy ilCe<::SS to the Dress Circle ami Gift Vou ch€lS (in multiples of £5.00) Up per Circle seating and crui sing areas. may be ordered on your booking form in our season magazinc or bought direct from the Box Office. w~ (lim to give excellent servia tv a/l theatregoers . I( you wish 10 disCi/ s., allY aspect o( ollr serviCf, plea.,e ask t() see Ihe House Manager, or write t() i'1lI1i lies, GCIlcmi Ma""ger, Edinburgh Festival Theatre Trust, 13-29 Nicolson Sireet, Ellinburg!1 ENS 9FT. Alllctter, will be acknowledged within OllC week, and a detailed respomf will (ollow i(nnessary. Op<-rat U(),\I{\) Of Illluocro l(S Stage Door (:tIptoill Dougla< 8 mwn The Itl Hon I,ort! Younger fOlmdillg Pa/rom' Liaison Pam Bro"'n of Prestwick Ke VO Til m , 80.. Uflia Alan Hurn ~ Via elllIirmOll Thl' Rt Iton Norman I rons FO(/l,d~ Cj,cI~ AS.$ISI C IAO RO :"li-~ ('>4 SQUl'l-1 llRIDGE • EDtNBURGH • ~ BOOK ON 031 557 3777 \.. ~ =:",...eL'".=J -.,. r """ li" Ihc I99J E,]inoolih nt'" A.. .. rd 193,). Lts l'tIits RaU !"tInt:" res1 iv~1 (Sadie,., Wcll~ 19391 aoo JOANNA ""'~_. (199-<1 aoo he HORTON dueul!d 1I,~ Ihu~ic 10< the JEREMY JAMES (Co-Wriler and Co-Dirttlor) ~..tl , ,,,,, ,, ;(I, I"t~ "' d tional TAYLOR r....ri"'II"I~lu<1i"" ,,(l1t< has WOlle<" 1,9f[81 01.1"" Yovt h M",i< Th~ "I' ~ 'ince the (Co-Writer and Co-Dim:lor) ror"I~)srt""" im:I' J( ie T"" Dft"'" ~g<: 0I 1 ~, rerf mm i n ~ in 10<. is tho Al1 isTie Di'ffiO' '01vcd in Th<: N ahoo ~ l Ihe company. H~ ~·as Associate Ih~t at Lelihtoo P.'" School YOUth Music Toc<>!Ic·s I>I"""or .'1 I h ~ Younll Vic irO o~ " a Dill'<:to r cI The N.Tlonal I he «xTl!",nt was 'he workshop Cne li ,h N,11 ion.11 01"'''' , Y, ~u h :~ us i c Th."n. since It s p,, )(I LJ c:tkm'~ Tli< s,, "~ MI'" Clyndcboum e Too"i ''ti Ope 'H hmd.lion in 1976 L>oIMy Wy lE