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Shrek the Musical Study Guide
The contents of this study guide are based on the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers. Navigational Tools within this Study Guide Backward Forward Return to the Table of Contents Many pages contain a variety of external video links designed to enhance the content and the lessons. To view, click on the Magic Mirror. 2 SYNOPSIS USING THE LESSONS RESOURCES AND CREDITS TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1 BEHIND THE SCENES – The Making of Shrek The Musical Section 2 LET YOUR FREAK FLAG FLY Section 2 Lessons Section 3 THE PRINCE AND THE POWER Section 3 Lessons Section 4 A FAIRY TALE FOR A NEW GENERATION Section 4 Lessons Section 5 IT ENDS HERE! - THE POWER OF PROTEST Section 5 Lessons 3 Act I Once Upon A Time. .there was a little ogre named Shrek whose parents sat him down to tell him what all little ogres are lovingly told on their seventh birthday – go away, and don’t come back. That’s right, all ogres are destined to live lonely, miserable lives being chased by torch-wielding mobs who want to kill them. So the young Shrek set off, and eventually found a patch of swampland far away from the world that despised him. Many years pass, and the little ogre grows into a very big ogre, who has learned to love the solitude and privacy of his wonderfully stinky swamp (Big Bright Beautiful World.) Unfortunately, Shrek’s quiet little life is turned upside down when a pack of distraught Fairy Tale Creatures are dumped on his precious land. Pinocchio and his ragtag crew of pigs, witches and bears, lament their sorry fate, and explain that they’ve been banished from the Kingdom of Duloc by the evil Lord Farquaad for being freakishly different from everyone else (Story Of My Life.) Left with no choice, the grumpy ogre sets off left to right Jacob Ming-Trent to give that egotistical zealot a piece of his mind, and to Adam Riegler hopefully get his swamp back, exactly as it was. -
Headlong Announces Jeremy Herrin's
PRESS RELEASE – 27 NOVEMBER, 2019 IMAGES CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE HEADLONG ANNOUNCES JEREMY HERRIN’S LAST SEASON AS ARTISTIC DIRECTOR– 2020/21 • WORLD PREMIERE OF AFTER LIFE AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE – CREATED BY JACK THORNE, JEREMY HERRIN AND BUNNY CHRISTIE, BASED ON THE FILM BY HIROKAZU KORE-EDA (SHOPLIFTERS) • A NEW PRODUCTION OF AUGUST WILSON’S JITNEY DIRECTED BY TINUKE CRAIG (VASSA) WHICH WILL PREMIERE AT LEEDS PLAYHOUSE • A SERIES OF SHORT FILMS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE GUARDIAN EXPLORING EUROPEAN COUNTRIES’ RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE EU • APRIL DE ANGELIS’ RESPONSE TO THE CLIMATE CRISIS, MRS NOAH, TO BE STAGED AS A MUSIC AND THEATRE VIDEO • FURTHER CASTING ANNOUNCED FOR CHRIS BUSH’S FAUSTUS: THAT DAMNED WOMAN • HEADLONG ORIGINS DIRECTORS APPOINTED FOR 2020 • FUTURE COMMISSIONS FROM JOSH AZOUZ, INUA ELLAMS, JAMES GRAHAM, JASMINE LEE-JONES, NATHANIEL MARTELLO-WHITE, CHLOE MOSS AND NAOMI WALLACE ANNOUNCED Today, Headlong have announced their programme for 2020/21, the final season under current Artistic Director, Jeremy Herrin. Jeremy Herrin, Artistic Director, Headlong said: “Running Headlong has been the privilege of a lifetime and I’m immensely grateful to the colleagues, artists, stakeholders and audiences who have been part of the journey. It seems appropriate to draw my time as Artistic Director to a close with a range of projects and collaborators that are close to my heart. Bunny Christie, Jack Thorne and I have been incubating After Life for a while and I hope it will be a soulful and satisfying show that showcases what Headlong and the National Theatre can do at their best. I’m a big fan of August Wilson’s peerless writing, and Tinuke Craig’s production of one of his greatest plays Jitney will be a meaningful expansion of the canon on the UK’s touring scene. -
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Monday 25, Wednesday 27 February, Friday 1, Monday 4 March, 7pm Silk Street Theatre A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Benjamin Britten Dominic Wheeler conductor Martin Lloyd-Evans director Ruari Murchison designer Mark Jonathan lighting designer Guildhall School of Music & Drama Guildhall School Movement Founded in 1880 by the Opera Course and Dance City of London Corporation Victoria Newlyn Head of Opera Caitlin Fretwell Chairman of the Board of Governors Studies Walsh Vivienne Littlechild Dominic Wheeler Combat Principal Resident Producer Jonathan Leverett Lynne Williams Martin Lloyd-Evans Language Coaches Vice-Principal and Director of Music Coaches Emma Abbate Jonathan Vaughan Lionel Friend Florence Daguerre Alex Ingram de Hureaux Anthony Legge Matteo Dalle Fratte Please visit our website at gsmd.ac.uk (guest) Aurelia Jonvaux Michael Lloyd Johanna Mayr Elizabeth Marcus Norbert Meyn Linnhe Robertson Emanuele Moris Peter Robinson Lada Valešova Stephen Rose Elizabeth Rowe Opera Department Susanna Stranders Manager Jonathan Papp (guest) Steven Gietzen Drama Guildhall School Martin Lloyd-Evans Vocal Studies Victoria Newlyn Department Simon Cole Head of Vocal Studies Armin Zanner Deputy Head of The Guildhall School Vocal Studies is part of Culture Mile: culturemile.london Samantha Malk The Guildhall School is provided by the City of London Corporation as part of its contribution to the cultural life of London and the nation A Midsummer Night’s Dream Music by Benjamin Britten Libretto adapted from Shakespeare by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears -
The Old Vic Season 4: Part 2
PRESS RELEASE FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER THE OLD VIC SEASON 4: PART 2 Matthew Warchus’ fourth season as Artistic Director of The Old Vic completes with an Arthur Miller double-bill, a World Premiere by Lucy Prebble and a special One Voice performance. These productions form Part 2 of the season, and follow the previously announced Part 1 consisting of ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company’s production of SYLVIA; Annie-B Parson’s 17c; Emma Rice’s Wise Children; and A Christmas Carol – for which today we also announce further casting. • Visionary director Rachel Chavkin makes her Old Vic debut directing Arthur Miller’s The American Clock from 4 February • Jeremy Herrin directs Sally Field, Bill Pullman, Jenna Coleman and Colin Morgan in Arthur Miller’s American classic All My Sons in a co-production with Headlong from 15 April • Closing the season is A Very Expensive Poison – a new play by Lucy Prebble based on the book by Luke Harding • A special One Voice performance to mark 100 years since the Armistice, Remembrance curated by Arinzé Kene and directed by Annabel Bolton • Further casting is announced for Jack Thorne’s version of A Christmas Carol directed by Matthew Warchus and starring Stephen Tompkinson as Ebenezer Scrooge. Coming soon: • A musical adaptation of the hit 1983 film, Local Hero, adapted by David Greig and Bill Forsyth, directed by John Crowley and with music and lyrics by Mark Knopfler, will come to The Old Vic in June 2020 following its world premiere at the Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh in 2019. From The Old Vic: • Girl from the North Country opens on 1 October at the Public Theater, New York, and performances have been extended until 9 December. -
Tina Turner Said: “I First Met Aisha During Early Rehearsals for Our Show
AISHA JAWANDO TO PLAY TITLE ROLE IN T I N A - T H E T I N A T U R N E R M U S I C A L AT THE ALDWYCH THEATRE Aisha Jawando, who has been with the Company since its world premiere in Spring 2018, steps up to play the title role in TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL from 8 October 2019. Having originally played Tina’s sister Alline Bullock, Jawando has subsequently performed the iconic role of Tina at certain performances. Tina Turner said: “I first met Aisha during early rehearsals for our show. She was in our original West End Company playing my sister Alline and I loved her performance. It has been special to watch her journey with us and see the development of her extraordinary talent. I am so pleased that Aisha will now lead our company through its next chapter here in London.” Aisha Jawando said: “I have loved being part of this show from the very beginning, and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to play this exceptional role. Tina Turner is such an inspirational woman and I hope that I continue to make her proud.” Based on the life of legendary artist Tina Turner, TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL will continue its open-ended run in London at the Aldwych Theatre with new seats on sale this Autumn. Jawando takes on the leading role from Nkeki Obi-Melekwe, who will join the Broadway company later this year to play Tina at certain performances. Adrienne Warren, who originated the role here in the West End, will lead the Broadway cast. -
Simon Russell Beale Photo: Charlie Carter
Paddock Suite, The Courtyard, 55 Charterhouse Street, London, EC1M 6HA p: + 44 (0) 20 73360351 e: [email protected] Simon Russell Beale Photo: Charlie Carter Location: London Other: Equity Height: 5'7" (170cm) Eye Colour: Grey Playing Age: 51 - 55 years Hair Colour: Greying Appearance: White Hair Length: Short Stage 2018, Stage, The Lehman Trilogy, The National Theatre, Sam Mendes 2016, Stage, Prospero, The Tempest, Royal Shakespeare Company, Gregory Doran 2015, Stage, Mr Foote, Mr Foote's Other Leg, Hampstead Theatre/Haymarket (transfer), Richard Eyre 2015, Stage, The Dean, Temple, Donmar Warehouse, Howard Davies 2014, Stage, King Lear, King Lear, National Theatre, Sam Mendes 2013, Stage, Acting Captain Terri Dennis, Privates on Parade, Noel Coward Theatre, Michael Grandage 2013, Stage, Roote, The Hothouse, Trafalgar Studios, Jamie Lloyd 2012, Stage, Timon of Athens (Critics' Circle Award 2013), Timon of Athens, National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner 2011, Stage, Jimmy, Bluebird, Atlantic Theatre Company, New York, Gaye Taylor Upchurch 2011, Stage, Stalin, Collaborators, National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner 2010, Stage, Sydney, Deathtrap, Noel Coward Theatre, Matthew Warchus 2010, Stage, Sir Harcourt Courtly, London Assurance, National Theatre, Nicholas Hytner 2009, Stage, Lopahkin, The Cherry Orchard, Brooklyn Academy/World Tour/Old Vic, Sam Mendes 2009, Stage, Leontes, The Winter's Tale, Brooklyn Academy/World Tour/Old Vic, Sam Mendes 2008, Stage, Edward, A Slight Ache, National Theatre, Iqbal Khan 2008, Stage, Landscape, National Theatre, -
The Bedian, Winter 2019-2020
WINTER 2019 - 2020 WELCOME You might not know it quite yet, but 2020 is a While we look back at the past then, and celebrate the 125th significant year in Bede’s history. Anniversary of the foundation of our school, it is important to remember that we are also starting a whole new decade. In part this is because this year marks a significant anniversary, in that St Bede’s Preparatory School first opened its doors 125 years It is one in which my colleagues and I look forward to reconnecting ago. and deepening links with every Old Bedian, and I was very thankful to meet so many of our founding Senior School pupils and staff last year Who in 1895 could have imagined that our school community would at the 40th Anniversary Dinner. thrive as it has done, and that Bede’s would become a place where every individual is encouraged to explore, seek new horizons, and I hope to meet many more of you at the events we have planned at the achieve their potential – whatever that might mean for them? school in this special anniversary year, and in the meantime during this unprecedented time I encourage every Bedian to reflect back and 2020 also began with some very sad news however, in that Peter also to look ahead, in just the way Peter Pyemont always did and to Pyemont passed away on Friday 7 February. keep safe and well during this difficult period. He was a remarkable man, and was regarded as one of the greatest Peter Goodyer headmasters of his generation. -
Art and Performing Arts Recommended Reading List
Read Around the Subject Art and Performing Arts Recommended Reading List The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo – Performing and Poetry A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother's religion and her own relationship to the world. Debut novel of renowned slam poet Elizabeth Acevedo. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers, especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about. With Mami's determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So, when she is invited to join her school' s slam poetry club, she doesn't know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out, much less speak her words out loud. But still, she can't stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent Slog's Dad by David Almond - Art Do you believe there's life after death? Slog does. He reckons that the scruffy bloke sitting outside the pork shop is his dad who has come back to visit him for one last time. -
THE 42Nd COMPARATIVE DRAMA CONFERENCE the Comparative Drama Conference Is an International, Interdisciplinary Event Devoted to All Aspects of Theatre Scholarship
THE 42nd COMPARATIVE DRAMA CONFERENCE The Comparative Drama Conference is an international, interdisciplinary event devoted to all aspects of theatre scholarship. It welcomes papers presenting original investigation on, or critical analysis of, research and developments in the fields of drama, theatre, and performance. Papers may be comparative across disciplines, periods, or nationalities, may deal with any issue in dramatic theory and criticism, or any method of historiography, translation, or production. Every year over 170 scholars from both the Humanities and the Arts are invited to present and discuss their work. Conference participants have come from over 35 countries and all fifty states. A keynote speaker whose recent work is relevant to the conference is also invited to address the participants in a plenary session. The Comparative Drama Conference was founded by Dr. Karelisa Hartigan at the University of Florida in 1977. From 2000 to 2004 the conference was held at The Ohio State University. In 2005 the conference was held at California State University, Northridge. From 2006 to 2011 the conference was held at Loyola Marymount University. Stevenson University was the conference’s host from 2012 through 2016. Rollins College has hosted the conference since 2017. The Conference Board Jose Badenes (Loyola Marymount University), William C. Boles (Rollins College), Miriam M. Chirico (Eastern Connecticut State University), Stratos E. Constantinidis (The Ohio State University), Ellen Dolgin (Dominican College of Blauvelt), Verna Foster (Loyola University, Chicago), Yoshiko Fukushima (University of Hawai'i at Hilo), Kiki Gounaridou (Smith College), Jan Lüder Hagens (Yale University), Karelisa Hartigan (University of Florida), Graley Herren (Xavier University), William Hutchings (University of Alabama at Birmingham), Baron Kelly (University of Louisville), Jeffrey Loomis (Northwest Missouri State University), Andrew Ian MacDonald (Dickinson College), Jay Malarcher (West Virginia University), Amy Muse (University of St. -
UK-Films-For-Sale-TIFF-2017.Pdf
10X10 TAltitude Film Sales Cast: Luke Evans, Kelly Reilly Vicki Brown Genre: Thriller [email protected] Director: Suzi Ewing Market Office: UK Film Centre Status: Post-Production Home Office tel: +44 20 7478 7612 Synopsis: After meticulous planning and preparation, Lewis snatches Cathy off the busy streets and locks her away in a soundproofed room measuring 10 feet by 10 feet. His motive - to have Cathy confess to a dark secret that she is determined to keep hidden. But, Cathy has no intention of giving up so easily. All The Devil's Men TGFM Films Cast: Milo Gibson, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Sylvia Hoeks, Morgan Spector, Edoardo Bussi +44 7511 816295 William Fichtner [email protected] Genre: Action/Adventure Market Office: UK Film Centre Director: Matthew Hope Home Office tel: +44 20 7186 6300 Status: Post-Production Synopsis: A battle-scarred War on Terror bounty hunter is forced to go to London on a manhunt for a disavowed CIA operative, which leads him into a deadly running battle with a former military comrade and his private army. Apostasy Discovery TCornerstone Films Genre: Drama David Charles +44 7827 948 674 Director: Daniel Kokotajlo [email protected] Status: Completed Market Office: UK Film Centre Home Office tel: +44 20 3457 7257 Synopsis: Family and faith come into conflict for two Jehovah’s Witness sisters in Manchester, when one is condemned for fornication and the other pressured to shun her sibling. This fresh, unadorned first feature from director Dan Kokotajlo carries an unmistakable note of authenticity from its very first scenes. Set in a Jehovah's Witness community in England, the film's strength and power lies in its directness. -
June 17 – Jan 18 How to Book the Plays
June 17 – Jan 18 How to book The plays Online Select your own seat online nationaltheatre.org.uk By phone 020 7452 3000 Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 8pm In person South Bank, London, SE1 9PX Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 11pm Other ways Friday Rush to get tickets £20 tickets are released online every Friday at 1pm Saint George and Network Pinocchio for the following week’s performances. the Dragon 4 Nov – 24 Mar 1 Dec – 7 Apr Day Tickets 4 Oct – 2 Dec £18 / £15 tickets available in person on the day of the performance. No booking fee online or in person. A £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. If you choose to have your tickets sent by post, a £1 fee applies per transaction. Postage costs may vary for group and overseas bookings. Access symbols used in this brochure CAP Captioned AD Audio-Described TT Touch Tour Relaxed Performance Beginning Follies Jane Eyre 5 Oct – 14 Nov 22 Aug – 3 Jan 26 Sep – 21 Oct TRAVELEX £15 TICKETS The National Theatre Partner for Innovation Partner for Learning Sponsored by in partnership with Partner for Connectivity Outdoor Media Partner Official Airline Official Hotel Partner Oslo Common The Majority 5 – 23 Sep 30 May – 5 Aug 11 – 28 Aug Workshops Partner The National Theatre’s Supporter for new writing Pouring Partner International Hotel Partner Image Partner for Lighting and Energy Sponsor of NT Live in the UK TBC Angels in America Mosquitoes Amadeus Playing until 19 Aug 18 July – 28 Sep Playing from 11 Jan 2 3 OCTOBER Wed 4 7.30 Thu 5 7.30 Fri 6 7.30 A folk tale for an Sat 7 7.30 Saint George and Mon 9 7.30 uneasy nation. -
Announces 2018 Winter/Spring Season, Featuring Music, Theater, Dance, “Live Radio,” Digital Arts, and Community Events, January 15—June 23
Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) announces 2018 Winter/Spring Season, featuring music, theater, dance, “live radio,” digital arts, and community events, January 15—June 23 Bloomberg Philanthropies is the Season Sponsor Music Cellular Songs…………….Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble……………………........... page 2 Qyrq Qyz (Forty Girls)……Aga Khan Music Initiative, Saodat Ismailova, Dmitri Yanov- Yanovsky ....................................................................................................................... page 3 The Jazz Epistles…………Abdullah Ibrahim & Ekaya……………………….................... page 5 Theater King Lear………………….Royal Shakespeare Company………….………..................... page 4 Long Day’s Journey into Night…….Eugene O’Neill, Bristol Old Vic, Sir Richard Eyre… page 6 Love and Intrigue…………Friedrich Schiller, Lev Dodin, Maly Drama Theatre………… page 9 Dance DanceAfrica 2018………..Abdel R. Salaam………………………………………………… page 8 Additional programming The 32nd Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr…………………………… page 10 Teknopolis™…………………………………………………………………………………...... page 10 RadioLoveFest………………………………………………………………………………...... page 10 Everybooty…………………Curated by Sean B + Jason Roe……………………………… page 11 Nov 14, 2017/Brooklyn, NY—Joseph V. Melillo, executive producer of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, today announced programming for the BAM 2018 Winter/Spring Season. The season runs from January 15 through June 23 and includes theater, dance, music, and other live events in the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, BAM Harvey Theater, and BAM Fisher. Melillo said, “BAM’s Winter/Spring Season is one of global discoveries and triumphant returns. Qyrq Qyz, presented in partnership with the Aga Khan Music Institute, explores the little-known oral epic tradition of Central Asia from a feminist perspective while newly-minted Bessie-Award winner and DanceAfrica artistic director Abdel R. Salaam brings the complex history and dance tradition of South Africa to the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House stage.