Time to clear away the clutter… LONDON - PARIS - ROAM ! A new one-woman show starring Sarah Tullamore
Written by Sarah Tullamore Original music and lyrics by James Burn Additional music and lyrics by Sarah Tullamore Directed by Frederic Baptiste Original London workshop exploration with Russell Lucas Accompanists : John Florencio or Jordan Clarke
GENRE :
A new one-woman show fusing fab innovative music with an original story ! Situational comedy, heart-to-hearts with the audience, yet with a narrative arc and song as an integral part of the storytelling create a NEW genre: a one-woman musical.
THE CONCEPT :
Singular personal experiences that paint a portrait of today’s “slightly older” woman, yet understandable to all. Glam, touching and just a bit funny as well !
THE MUSIC :
All original music : a blend of musical theatre, soulful ballads and catchy rhythms. Accompanied by piano. Before we get The London Symphony Orchestra, of course.
THE PITCH :
She's jived in Japan, indulged in Italy, feasted in France… and suddenly woken up to find she's now a woman of a certain age. When you have to sit down to put your tights on, it's obviously time to take stock. So what's the next move, Sarah? Gay Paree has been magnifique but maybe it's time for a change? In this funny and moving account of her globetrotting life so far, Sarah Tullamore is packing her bags, waving au revoir and singing brand new songs all about it. Clear away the clutter…
SARAH TULLAMORE – SINGER, ACTRESS, MUSICIAN
Sarah Tullamore, from Banstead, Surrey, began her vocal career as a child singer with the Coloma Girls' School Choir, one of the largest school choirs in Southern England. Choral activities included regular sell-out concerts at the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, international singing tours and regular recordings of the children's programmes Singing Together and Time and Tune for BBC Radio. She trained with the New Zealand mezzo-soprano Scilla Askew (Associated Board of Music, London, Grade 8 with distinction). Sarah has most recently worked on voice technique with Gillyanne Kayes and Jeremy Fisher (Vocal Process, London) and on vocal interpretation with Frédéric Baptiste (Paris), BT McNicholl (New York), Christopher Denny (New York) and with Bob McAndrew (New York). She also has training in music theory, flute and recorder, modern jazz and tap.
Credits include : France : Sweeney Todd (The Beggar Woman/Opéra de Toulon); Sister Act (Sister Mary Martin of Tours; Mother Superior and Sister Mary Lazarus first cover/Stage Entertainment, France); La Vie Parisienne (The Baroness of Gondremarck/Théâtre Antoine Productions), John of Arc (John/Jonathan Kerr Productions), Alice in Wonderland (Alice/ Disneyland Paris Productions) and Pocahontas (Carla/Disneyland Paris Productions).
UK : Singin’ in the Rain (Dora Bailey and Miss Dinsmore/ Kilworth House Theatre); Jog On! (Julie/The Soho Theatre and The So-and-So Arts Club, London); Echos (Sarah/Tristan Bates Theatre, The Actors’ Centre).
Japan : Two National tours of Japan with The Broadway Musical Company (Velma Kelly/Chicago; Eponine/Les Misérables; Svetlana/Chess; Stella/Follies; Mame/Mame; Peggy/Forty Second Street. Sarah wrote and performed her first one-woman show, a one-woman musical called : “Estelle Bright”, premiering at the Avignon Fringe Theatre Festival before running in Paris, the rest of France and touring Europe. Originally in French, Estelle was adapted into English, running at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford and The Salisbury Playhouse. Sarah has performed for many prestigious events in France, singing solo (Le Moulin Rouge, Le Bataclan, Le Palais des Congrès, Disneyland…) or with her jazzy groups that she created, “The Jazzberries” and “Le Cinq’tet.” She has recently discovered a whole new repertoire of contemporary musical theatre, singing the original songs of New York-based composers : Ewalt and Walker; Leo Hurley; Adam Overett;Tim Rosser and Charlie Sohne and Orlando-based composer, Elaine Pechacek at the Broadway au Carré series of concerts organised by Lisandro Nesis in Paris. As well as a performer, she is a sought-after voice-over actress (TV, internet, film) and vocal coach, conducting ensembles desirous to perfect close-harmony singing. Her second one-woman show, “London – Paris – Roam !” premiered at La Comédie Nation, Paris on 12th November 2015. Sarah then performed excerpts at The Loft at The Toulouse Lautrec Brasserie and The Bedroom Bar, London. A full version was performed at The Rosemary Branch Theatre, London, in January 2016 before an industry showcase at The Jermyn Street Theatre on 11th February 2016. The show ran at the brand new Paris Fringe Festival in May 2016 at Les feux de la Rampe Theatre and then at the Ed Fringe 2016 at Jury’s Inn with theSpaceUK to critical and public acclaim.
JAMES BURN - COMPOSER, ARRANGER, LYRICIST, PIANIST.
James studied music at Oxford University and worked for several years in Paris and Bermuda before returning to England to base himself in London.
Most recently, as well as writing music and lyrics for London-Paris-Roam!, with book and additional lyrics by Sarah Tullamore, James was awarded a grant from the Arts Council to develop a new musical, Silent Voices, inspired by the life of Doris Stokes, a controversial celebrity medium from the 1980s who was known as "the housewife's clairvoyant". A workshop presentation of Silent Voices took place at the Tristan Bates Theatre in January 2016 and it is now being developed as a full-scale musical.
In 2013, his musical Legacy Falls enjoyed a sold-out run at the New York Musical Theatre Festival having earlier been produced at the New Players Theatre in London.
Other musicals include Joan of Arc; Nine Days - based on the life of Lady Jane Grey. He has also written extensively for pantomimes and Christmas shows, providing complete original scores for productions of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, The Firebird, Ali Baba, and Snow White.
Recently, his music was heard in Hawaii where two original songs were used in the score of Prince Dance Company’s touring production of Que Sueñes Con Las Angelitas.
He has worked as Musical Director on numerous productions, including A Little Night Music (Earl Cameron Theatre, Bermuda), If I Were Me (Edinburgh Fringe Festival) An Evening of Johnny Mercer and An Evening of Bricusse and Wildhorn (Russell Scott Entertainment). He was Assistant MD on the French production of The Lion King (Stage Entertainment France, Théatre Mogador, Paris).
JOHN FLORENCIO - ASSOCIATE PIANIST 1
Filipino-American pianist John Florencio started his musical training at the age of 5. He made his first appearance in public at 10. He moved to the U.S. at 16 and went on to finish his piano studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. His years following the Conservatory were spent performing in concert halls across many cities in the U.S., Europe and Asia for artists in many genres ranging from classical, jazz, pop, rock and alternative music. Past shows include: “Sweeney Todd”, “Putting it Together: A Sondheim review”, “The Fantasticks”, “Songs for A New World”, “Edges”,” Ordinary Days” and “The Last Five Years”.
JORDAN CLARKE - ASSOCIATE PIANIST 2
Jordan Clarke is a student composer, musical director and accompanist. After attending Chethams School of Music (Manchester) he is now studying Composition at The Royal Academy of Music.
Credits include:
Pianist for Into the Woods, Honk (Magna Carta Theatre) Miss Saigon, Little Shop of Horrors (Weymouth Pavilion) West Side Story (Poole Lighthouse), Grease, Crazy for You, Guys and Dolls (Wimbledon), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (Greenwood, London Bridge), Just So (Rhoda McGaw Woking) Ragtime (Bishopgate Institute), Musical Theatre Voices (Kerry Ellis), Excess All Areas Pianist (Cabaret Confidential, West End Wendies Open Mic - The Pheasantry, Chelsea), West End Frenchies Open Mic, Life's a Drag (Cellar Door), Suburbaret (Tour of Zone 3), Flanders and Swann - At The Drop of a Hippopotamus (Edinburgh Fringe), London, Paris, ROAM! (Edinburgh Fringe) and Olivier Award Winning Showstopper, The Improvised Musical
Assistant Musical Director for Grease, Rent, HMS Pinafore (Dorset), The Goodbye Girl (Upstairs at the Gatehouse), The Stationmaster (Tristan Bates), Loserville (Union).
Musical Director for Matilda Workshop/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Key Theatre, Peterborough), Musical Masterclass Showcase (Landor, Tristan Bates Theatre), 'The Tour' (Spangle Productions UK, Edinburgh Fringe), S***-Faced Showtime (Edinburgh Fringe), An Old Fashioned Girl (Brighton Fringe), On the Side (Jermyn Street) Spring Awakening (Reading Room Theatre), Proud of Your Boy (Lost Theatre), Joseph and the Technicolour Dreamcoat (Harlow Playhouse), London Road (Bridewell Theatre) as well as working internationally on numerous Revues, Cabarets, Concerts and Showcases.
Original Musicals and Compositions include: Tyneham: No Small Sacrifice (Bay Theatre and Chethams School of Music, Manchester), 再 Goodbye (Tristan Bates Theatre, Original Cast Recording), I Hope Your Are Happy (Reading Fringe) and Much Ado About Nothing/The Tempest (Newcastle University Commission).
Whilst finishing his studies at RAM, Jordan works full time as an audition/rehearsal/workshop pianist (Ben Newsome, Danielle Tarento, Debbie O'Brien, Katy Lipson's Aria Entertainment, Kerry Ellis, Scott Alan), the resident Musical Director of Pindar Theatre Academy (Surrey), a free-lance transcriber/arranger and is the Musical Supervisor of Elite Artist's Ltd.
FREDERIC BAPTISTE - DIRECTOR, DRAMATIST
FILM DIRECTOR Amoureuses (Feature film) : pre-production, shooting Spring 2016, with Virginie Ledoyen, Ana Girardot, Catherine Arditi, Stéphane Varupenne (from the « Comédie Française »)
THEATRE RESIDENT DIRECTOR (for Stage Entertainment France) Cabaret by Sam Mendes & Rob Marshall - associate director BT Mc Nicholl - Folies Bergère; Theatre Marigny, Paris; French Tour Zorro by Christopher Renshaw – Folies Bergère, Paris ; Beittedine Festival, Lebanon
SCRIPT WRITER Amoureuses (Feature film) Bambi (Short) Ne me quitte jamais (Short) with Murielle Magellan Laverie Blanche (Bible : musical for TV in serial format) with Agnès Muckensturm
DRAMATIST (théâtre, musicals original books) Liaisons Dangereuses with Marion Guilloux Dans le vent with Matyas Simon Complètement barré with Agnès Muckensturm Estelle Bright with Sarah Tullamore Musical Suspect with Murielle Magellan Déconnectées with Carole Decaudin, Murielle Magellan
DIRECTOR Dans le vent - Theatre Stains, Franconville, Comédie Saint Michel, French Tour Le monde entier est un théâtre based on Shakespeare’s monologues by and with Catherine Arditi - The Avignon Fringe Festival Estelle Bright with Sarah Tullamore – Paris, French tour and international, notably : “Paris Comedy festival”; “Avignon Festival”; “Just for Laughs Festival”, Nantes; the “Saveurs culturelles du monde Festival”, Luxemburg; The Mill Studio at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, UK; The Salberg Studio at the Salisbury Playhouse, Salisbury, UK. Complètement Barré – Theatre des Varietes (Paris) Etoile Forever de Virginy L.Sam - The Avignon Festival, Comédie de Paris (Paris), French Tour. Musical Suspect - Théâtre Sorano (Vincennes), Xxème théâtre (Paris) Déconnectées - The Avignon Festival, Aktéon Théâtre (Paris) The Wiz, Bye Bye Birdie, Fame, Grease (directed in English) Marymount School, Paris. ACTING Cinema - In feature films directed by Jean-Marie Poiré (Les Visiteurs, Les Visiteurs 2); James Ivory (Jefferson in Paris); Alain Corneau (Le Nouveau Monde); Michel Blanc (Grosse fatigue); various shorts. Theatre - directed by Andrzej Seweryn and Robert Cantarella in plays by Shakespeare, Musset, Minyana, Nordmann, Fargeau at The National Chaillot Theatre (Paris), CDN Gennevilliers, The Blaye Festival, The Theatre of Rouen, The Belle de Mai Theatre (Paris).
RUSSELL LUCAS - DIRECTOR
Russell trained in acting, voice and movement in Birmingham and London. He has been a performer since the age of seven and directed for over twenty years encompassing plays, musicals, mime, revues, choreography, pantomime, new writing and youth based arts.
His recent works include TAPE FACE Xmas Special, 'ATROPHY' by Heather Uprichard (SHUNT), adapting and directing 'HENRY V' at The Stanwix Theatre, 'TITUS ANDRONICUS' at The Cockpit, co-creating & directing 'NIGHTBUS' with Linda Marlowe & Sarah-Louise Young at The Pleasance and the UK premiere of 'THE FAT MAN'S WIFE' by Tennessee Williams at The Canal Cafe Theatre.
Passionate about independent theatre making, he has worked with Tricity Vogue, Sh!t Theatre, directed the short play 'THE EARTHWORKS' by Tom Morton-Smith (Oppenheimer) at The Soho, 'ICARUS' by Martin Malcolm at The Southwark Playhouse and several new musicals for Goldsmiths.
Russell is also co-creator and the director of smash-hit 'JULIE MADLY DEEPLY' (London/Australia/Canada). He is currently working with The Boy with Tape on his Face on his new theatrical show 'TAPE FACE' and with Sarah-Louise Young on the new poltergiest experiment 'GHOST BOLLOCKS'; also with Sh!t Theatre on 'DOLLYwould'
As a trained lecturer Russell regularly delivers in educational settings for theatre programs. He has partnered with The Donmar Warehouse, Old Vic New Voices and has directed for The National Youth Theatre, The Princes Trust, Goldsmiths, East 15 and Cumbria University.
An actor-focused director, Russell recently delivered for The Directors Guild of Great Britain exploring ways to pull down the imagined walls between the director and actor.