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Groundhog Day GROUNDHOG DAY TEACHING RESOURCES JUL—S E P 2 016 CONTENTS Company 3 Old Vic New Voices Education The Old Vic The Cut Creative team 7 London SE1 8NB Character breakdown 10 E [email protected] @oldvicnewvoices Synopsis 12 © The Old Vic, 2016. All information is correct at the Themes 15 time of going to press, but may be subject to change Timeline – Musicals adapted from American and 16 Teaching resources European films Compiled by Anne Langford Design Matt Lane-Dixon Rehearsal and production Interview with illusionist and Old Vic Associate, Paul Kieve 18 photography Manuel Harlan Interview with David Birch and Carolyn Maitland, 24 Old Vic New Voices Alexander Ferris Director Groundhog Day cast members Sharon Kanolik Head of Education & Community From Screen to Stage: Considerations when adapting films to 28 Ross Crosby Community Co-ordinator stage musicals Richard Knowles Stage Business Co-ordinator A conversation with Harry Blake about songs for musicals and 30 Tom Wright Old Vic New Voices Intern plays with songs and the differences between them. Further details of this production oldvictheatre.com Practical exercises – Screen to stage 33 A day in the life of Danny Krohm, Front of House Manager 37 Bibliography and further reading 39 The Old Vic Groundhog Day teaching resource 2 COMPANY Leo Andrew David Birch Ste Clough Roger Dipper Georgina Hagen Kieran Jae Julie Jupp Andy Karl Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble Phil Connors (Jenson) (Chubby Man) (Jeff) (Deputy) (Nancy) (Fred) (Mrs Lancaster) AndrewLangtree Vicki Lee Taylor Emma Lindars Antonio Magro Carolyn Maitland Kirsty Malpass Lisa Mathieson Eugene McCoy Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble Ensemble Swing Ensemble (Ned Ryserson) (Lady Storm Chaser) (Doris) (Sheriff) (Joelle) (Piano Teacher) (Larry) Jenny O’Leary Carlyss Peer Leanne Pinder Mark Pollard Damien Poole Jack Shalloo Andrew Spillett Spencer Stafford Ensemble Rita Hanson Swing/Dance Captain Ensemble Swing/Assistant Dance Ensemble Ensemble Swing (Debbie) (Buster) Captain (Ralph) (Gus) COMPANY LEO ANDREW KIERAN JAE Ensemble (Jenson) Ensemble (Fred) Theatre: The Phantom of the Opera, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Theatre: Gypsy (West End/Chichester Festival Theatre), Charlie and the Chess, Underneath the Arches, Which Witch, On Your Toes (West Chocolate Factory, Billy Elliot The Musical, All the Fun of the Fair, Jersey End), Poppy (RSC), The Smallest Show on Earth, Evita, Jesus Boys, Mamma Mia!, The Witches of Eastwick (West End), Joseph and Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Fame The Musical (UK tour), (UK tour), Curtains, Follies, Into the Woods (Landor), Anyone Can Dick Whittington (Hull New Theatre), Cinderella (Liverpool Empire). Whistle (Jermyn Street), Sweeney Todd (Library Theatre, Manchester), TV: Teachers, The Four Parts of Johnny Vegas, The Royal Variety Company (Palace Theatre, Westcliffe), The Sound of Music Performance. Kieran graduated from Doreen Bird College in 2001. (Cheltenham Everyman), As You Like It (Chichester Festival Theatre). Film: Beauty and the Beast (2017). TV: Victoria Wood Christmas JULIE JUPP Special, The Royal Variety Performance. Olivier Awards, BAFTA Tribute Ensemble (Mrs Lancaster) to Julie Andrews. Theatre: Richard III, Urinetown, Merrily We Roll Along, Wonderful Town (West End), Bad Girls (West End/West Yorkshire Playhouse), Road DAVID BIRCH Show (Menier Chocolate Factory), Turandot (Hampstead), Finding Ensemble (Chubby man) Neverland (Leicester Curve), The Secret Garden (Birmingham Rep), Theatre: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Singin’ in the Rain, Boston Marriage, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Mikado (Stephen The Wizard of Oz (West End), Barnum, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Joseph, Scarborough), The Good Soul of Szechuan, Company, Mary Poppins, 42nd Street, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (UK tour), Assassins (Library Theatre, Manchester), Sunshine on Leith (Dundee Jungle Book, The Young Ones on Summer Holiday (Worthing Pavilion), Rep), Abigail’s Party (Northcott, Exeter), Jamaica Inn, Sweeney Todd Peter Pan (Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone), Cinderella (Hexagon, Reading). (New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme), A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Film: Sylvia, London Road. The Card (Regent’s Park Open Air). Film: Topsy Turvy, Hello You, Tree of Hands, Serious and Organised. TV: Casualty, Doctors, EastEnders, STE CLOUGH The Bill. Ensemble (Jeff) Theatre: Jersey Boys, Spamalot, Annie Get Your Gun, Oklahoma!, Evita ANDY KARL (UK tour), Seussical (Arts Theatre, London), Shrek The Musical (Theatre Phil Connors Royal Drury Lane), Orpheus in the Underworld (Opera Holland Park). Theatre: Rocky, On the Twentieth Century (Outer Critics Circle Award), The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Jersey Boys, Wicked, 9–5 The Musical, ROGER DIPPER Legally Blonde The Musical (ACCA Award), The Wedding Singer, Ensemble (Deputy) Saturday Night Fever (Broadway), Annie Get Your Gun (Encores), Theatre: Gypsy (West End/Chichester Festival Theatre), Altar Boyz (Outer Critics Circle Award), Saturday Night (Off-Broadway), The Cat in the Hat (Pleasance Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre/UK Cats, The Who’s Tommy (USA). Film: New York I Love You, And So It & Middle East tour), Aladdin (Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds), Oil and Goes, Joyful Noise. TV: Law & Order: SVU, Forever, Legally Blonde: Trouble (TREMers), Cinderella (Lighthouse Theatre). Whatsonstage The Search for Elle Woods. Awards, BBC Friday Night is Music Night, Olivier Awards 2011/12. Roger graduated from ArtsEd in 2013. ANDREW LANGTREE Ensemble (Ned Ryerson) GEORGINA HAGEN Theatre: The Shoemaker’s Holiday (RSC), Oppenheimer Ensemble (Nancy) (RSC/West End), The Rose Tattoo (National Theatre), Ghost The Theatre: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Annie (West End), Musical (West End/China tour), A Stroke of Luck (Park Theatre), The Judy Garland Songbook, We Will Rock You (UK tour), Batboy Sherlock: The Best Kept Secret (West Yorkshire Playhouse/UK tour), The Musical (Southwark Playhouse), Evita (Ljubljana Festival), Starlight Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Theatr Clwyd), Of Mice and Men (Octagon, Express (Bochum, Germany). TV: Britannia High, The Story of Tracy Bolton), Come Blow Your Horn, London Assurance, A Conversation, Beaker, Magic Grandad. Radio: Charlotte’s Web, When Marnie Was Six Degrees of Separation (Manchester Royal Exchange), The Glass There, The Dweller in High Places. Menagerie (Manchester Royal Exchange/UK tour), The Resistable Rise of Arturo Ui (Citizens, Glasgow), Brighton Beach Memoirs (Oldham Coliseum). Film: De-lovely. TV: Emmerdale, Doctors, Coronation Street, Heartbeat, The Royal, Holby City, Cutting It. The Old Vic Groundhog Day teaching resource 4 VICKI LEE TAYLOR LISA MATHIESON Ensemble (Lady storm chaser) Swing Theatre: A Chorus Line, Urinetown (West End), Mamma Mia! (West Theatre: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (West End/UK tour), End/international tour), Carousel (Arcola, Offie Award for Best Love Never Dies (West End), Spamalot, We Will Rock You (Germany), Supporting Female), Sunset Boulevard, Sweeney Todd (ENO), Betwixt! Gotta Sing Gotta Dance, Twist and Shout (UK tour), Anything Goes (Trafalgar Studios), Hairspray The Musical (Leicester Curve), On a Clear (Kilworth House), Ultimate Broadway (Shanghai), Dancing Queen (USA Day You Can See Forever (Union), Letters to Myself (Tristan Bates), tour), Hold Tight It’s 60s Night (Holland tour), Santa Claus: The Musical Annie! (West Yorkshire Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Birmingham (Singapore), Jack and the Beanstalk, Cinderella, Aladdin (Jordan Rep/West Yorkshire Playhouse), Stepping Out (Oldham Coliseum), Productions). The Young Ones (Ovation Productions), The Witches of Eastwick, Guys and Dolls, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Famous Five EUGENE McCOY (UK tour). TV: The Queen’s Nose, Sooty, Big Meg Little Meg, Star for Ensemble (Larry) a Night, Heartbeat, If..., Emmerdale. Theatre: American Psycho (Almeida), Jersey Boys, Mamma Mia! (West End), The Pajama Game (Chichester Festival Theatre/West End), Guys EMMA LINDARS and Dolls (West End/Donmar), Oklahoma! (Chichester Festival Theatre), Ensemble (Doris) They’re Playing Our Song (Menier Chocolate Factory), Little Shop Theatre: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (National Theatre/UK tour), The of Horrors (UK tour), West Side Story (Larnaca). TV: Little Crackers, Wind in the Willows (National Theatre/The Old Vic), Made in Dagenham, Doctors. Shrek The Musical, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Sound of Music (West End), Singin’ in the Rain (Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris). TV: Sunday JENNY O’LEARY Night at the London Palladium, The Paul O’Grady Show, Children in Ensemble (Debbie) Need, Comic Relief, The Alan Titchmarsh Show. Theatre: Les Misérables (West End), Shrek The Musical (UK tour), Once Upon a Mattress (Union), Our House: 10th Anniversary ANTONIO MAGRO (Savoy Theatre), Hairspray The Musical (Aberystwyth Arts Centre). Ensemble (Sheriff) Jenny graduated from ArtsEd in 2012. Theatre: Matilda The Musical (RSC/West End), A View from the Bridge (West End), The Game of Love and Chance CARLYSS PEER (Salisbury Playhouse), Enron (Headlong). Film: Kingsman, Blood Rita Hanson Orange. TV: Hooten and the Lady, Apocalypse Slough, Stath, Not Safe Theatre: The Rivals (Theatre Royal Bath/West End), A Midsummer for Work, Line of Duty, The Bible, Doctors, Titanic, Little Dorrit. Night’s Dream, Hamlet (Shakespeare’s Globe), Jefferson’s Garden (Watford Palace), Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Salisbury Playhouse). CAROLYN MAITLAND TV: The Secret Agent, Peter Pan, Holby City, Silent Witness, Doctors,
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