THE WIND SINGER A New British Musical Based on the novel by William Nicholson Book & Lyrics Teresa Howard Music & Soundscape Sarah Llewellyn Director Cressida Carré Musical Director Catherine Jayes Belmont School Choir Leaders: Georgina Perrin, Connie Greaves & Adrian Warren Percussion & Sound: Sarah Llewellyn Idea for the Show: Frances Knox Choir Soloist: Yassin Abou Zraa

Bowman Hath Ryan Heenan Ira Manth Claire Marlowe Maslo Inch/Hanno/Emperor/Raka David Muscat Kestrel Hath Tanya Shields

Belmont School Choir: Jasmin Anand, Sydney Beare, Mia Okaro, Tabitha Vale Harris, Eleanor Crampton, Nicki Panah, Praniy Ahluwalia, Maya Denton, Ruby Milligan, Natalie Orton, Amelie Starr, Jake Simon, Jayden Herman, Sammy Matthews, Georgia North, Mia Barron, Leyla Fahri, Edward Boyd, Grace Cansfield, Lana McIntosh, Maddy Stott, Edgar Gibson, Yassin Abou Zraa, Alex Cucchiara.

The Wind Singer is an Epic Family Fantasy Musical Adventure about a fierce girl, in a dystopian world, who sets out on a quest to find the Wind Singer’s lost voice and free her people from a cruel regime. Kestrel Hath kicks back- she has the kind of “girl-power” and intelligence that Lyra Belacqua and Katniss Everdeen weald. On the fearful journey she takes her twin bother Bowman and a strange outcast boy called Mumpo -everyone’s strength and ingenuity is tested. This is a “Heart wringing celebration of Love” (Sunday Times) where the bond of family, friendship and mutual support win over cruelty and rigidity.

The Wind Singer has an electro-acoustic score featuring an array of percussion, tuned wine glasses, musical saw and an owl. We want to explore ideas around aerial silk dance, puppetry and choirs. Ideally a Cast of 15 and Band of 8.

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THE WIND SINGER

Novel by WILLIAM NICHOLSON OBE FRSL: The Wind Singer is the first novel of Nicholson’s Young Adult Trilogy, translated into 25 languages, winner of the Smarties Prize Gold Award and Blue Peter Book Award. His plays for TV include and Life Story- both winning BAFTAs. He received a Royal Television Writer’s Award. His stage adaptation of Shadowlands received an Evening Standard Award and a Tony Award winning run on Broadway. His screenplay for the film was nominated for an Oscar. He was co- writer on the Oscar winning film Gladiator and screen adaptation of Boublil & Schönberg’s multi award winning Les Miserables. TERESA HOWARD SARAH LLEWELLYN Book and Lyrics Music and Soundscape Librettist, lyricist, and playwright with a Sarah studied composition with Diana Burrell background in acting, mime and physical at the GSMD conservatoire. She has written theatre. Her plays include Grock (Chichester for concerts, theatre, circus, and musicals and Festival Theatre) and book and lyrics for two most recently for radio, The Scarlet Pimpernel musicals with composer Steven Edis: Possessed (BBC Radio4). She is currently Composer in (Camden Peoples’ Theatre) and Watford Residence at the RSC on the Cameron Palace Theatre’s premiere of I Capture the Mackintosh Scheme. Work there to date Castle based on the novel by Dodie Smith, includes, The Earthworks and Myth (The Other which also toured to Bolton Octagon and Place), A Stitch in Time (Film) Three Tales From Oxford Playhouse. She was Dramaturg for Ovid and Musical Transformations (Swan Watford Palace’s recent production of Treasure Theatre). Other recent productions include, A Island. MMD Board member and director of Tale of Two Cities (Hong Kong & EdFringe), Kelmscott Productions. A short Epic Love About Love (Film), an CRESSIDA CARRÉ Director independent album ‘10’ and with Giffords Recent work as a director includes: Posh Circus War and Peace (Musical), The Saturday (Pleasance Theatre); Avenue Q (Greenwich Book, Yasmine a Musical and Caravan. Theatre/UK Tour); Spear (Courtyard Theatre CATHERINE JAYES Musical Director Hereford); The Lost Christmas (Trafalgar Recent work includes: as MD & Musical Studios). As Choreographer: The Turn of the Supervisor: Crazy For You (Watermill & Tour); Screw (Colchester Mercury); Woman in White The Color Purple (Menier, Broadway, US tour); (Charing Cross Theatre); Jersey Boys She Loves Me & Merrily We Roll Along (Menier (International Tour); Promises, Promises & Harold Pinter); as composer: A Christmas (Southwark Playhouse); Sweeney Todd (Mercury Carol and Great Expectations at the RSC; An Theatre/Derby Theatre); Titanic (Southwark Ideal Husband (Chichester Festival Theatre); Playhouse, Charing Cross Theatre, Toronto). The Mandate ( The Royal National Theatre. RYAN HEENAN Bowman Hath: Ryan Films: Stoker; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, trained at the Royal Central School of Speech De-lovely. MD at the Open Air Theatre and Drama. He has just finished the UK and Regent’s Park for 20 years and is Associate International tour of Grease and is about to Director of Cheek by Jowl. start rehearsals for new British musical CLAIRE MARLOWE Ira Manth: Claire ‘Moonfleet’ (Salisbury Playhouse). He is thrilled has spent the last few years concentrating on to be part of The Wind Singer! Film and TV work, while raising two small DAVID MUSCAT Maslo Inch/Hanno children. She is about to embark on the U.K Hath/Emperor/Raka: David appeared in and International tour of the award winning the West End production of Billy Elliot, Titanic, reprising her role of Lady Caroline. playing the role of 'Mr Braithwaite'. Most TANYA SHIELDS Kestrel Hath: Trained recently, David traveled the world in the at the London School of Musical Theatre. International Tour of Jersey Boys, playing Recent work includes: Fantastic Mr Fox 'Donnie'. Uk tours include: Thoroughly Modern (Nuffield/UK Tour/Lyric Hammersmith); Jill Millie, Miracle on 34th Street and One Man, Two in Jack and the Beanstalk (Salisbury Playhouse); Guvnors. Saturday Night Fever & Spring Awakening (Frankfurt); Seussical (Arts Theatre); Downton Special thank you to: Victoria Saxton & Abbey (New Vic) & 25th Annual Spelling Bee. James Hadley and all at MMD & MTN the BEAM2018 Team and MMD Writers Lab. Teresa & Sarah have experience of: Belmont School Mill Hill Foundation & crowdfunding & partnering with regional parents who so kindly brought the children. & independent producers to raise investment from Arts Council England.