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Saturday Matinee at 2:30pm THE VICTORIA ROOMS THEATRE CLIFTON The use of tape recorders. video equipment and cameras is not permitted. Smoking is NOT permitted in the auditorium Pl ease ensure that all mobile phones are switched off. Th ere will be one interval of twenty minutes There will be a gun shot during Act 11 This production is entered for THE ROSE BOWL AWARDS FOR AMATEUR DRAMA & MUSIC Sponsored by the Bristol Evening Post WESTSIDE STORY Based on a conception of J e rome Robbins Book by Arthur l...·lUTcnts : Music by Leonard Be rnstein : Lyrics bv Stephen Sondheim Entire QI'iginal production directed and c ho reographed by Jerome Robbins Origin.llly produced on Bro.'\dway by Rnberl£ GrilTIlh & Harold Princr. b~ arrangement with Roge r tSte\·ell~ . This amatc-u r produ(.'Cion is p_rt'scntcd b,' arr.mRl."mcnt witll JOSEF WEINBERGER L1MlTED o n behaJft)fMU)ICT.HE'ATR6 Ii\'l'l:RNATroNAL orNEw YonK 'BMJS Bristol Amateur Operatic Society Founded 1894 Junior Section Established 1990 AOUiated to the National Opera Lie and Dramatic :\ ssociation PATRON Hi s Grace the Duke of Beaufort PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT David Whitehead Petel- Lamb Chairnlan ..... ....... .. ....................................... .. .... Tina Ayers-Hunt Vice Chairnlan ............ .......................... ....................... Paul Dyson Business Manager .......... ... .............. .... .............. ....... Rob McDonald Treasurer ............................. ........................ .. ....... Sarah Christnlas secretary .. ..... ... .... .. ........... ... .. .. .. ............ ......... ... Talnar Hankinson Box Office Manager ....... ............................................... Hazel Coles Publicity ..... ................................. ... ... .......... ..... .... 5an1 Boardn1an Social Sccrctar)· .... ..... ............................... ............ .. lizzy Westney Acting Members' Representative .. .............................. .. Natasha Green OTHER OFFICERS '. ,_,,,' •• ' .. ,.;:< /~ -! __~,!,:""..~"~ M Membership and Patrons Secretary ................................. Louisc Milne NODA Representative .... ... _.. _.... ... ..... _. _...... .... , ...... ....... Anna Sutto n Website ................................................................ Rob McDonald Front of House Manager ........................ , ............ ............ Barry Wiles Archivist ......... .. .. .............. .. .................... ...... ............. Peter Lamb FROM OUR CHAIRMAN ... TINA AVERS·HuNT I .am pleased to welcome you once again to our ~how at the Victoria Rooms. This wa~ In) nr31 ~,,-·a .. 33 Cbairman and it has been a \'ery rewardmg one being part of a new Commillce "hich h.h \\ol'kc(1 extremely hard to put th{" society on a stronger financial footing. We- ha\'c m ..magl.'d this \\ ith e\ e ryone' shelp hy arranging many fundr.li<;ing actl"ities. The .,ho\\ this rcar is one, which the mcmlx'rs bah,,' been wishing to perform for some time, particularl) as it shows ofT their ~ingiDg and dmdng .. kills. Wc~l S.dl' Story is .;ct in a tough Ne\\ York ~eighhourhood ",hert" the stT ~el gangs battle for lI:.'rritory amlcti with knh-f'"~. gun~ and rocb. The )'oung protitgonht, Tony. one of Lht! Jt't.s, fall., in lO\t~ with Maria, th\, si-'ter of Bcrnanlo, the 1~J.d~r of the Shark.... This determined Im'e afl'air ~t'b 0 11' a G\lamitous chain uf C'\'cnt~ that. in the emJ, manage to instil hope in di\'cr"ity! We hope that """'est Side SlOr:" \\ ill he cqua.Il~· app~aJiHg to our regular patrons and you \\ ill recommend it to your fTie nd~. The production team of B..lIT)' Wiles, Director, Tim Headl!r, MD and Lizzie Westncy. Choreographer h;H't! worked n~ ry hard to gi H~ you a superb production_ FROM OUR PRESIDENT-DAVID WHITEHEAD We."l S id l~ Story is a grown-up American mU$ical ua'icd on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juli(,l in \\hich, interestingly. the music is: by 1.eonard Bernstein with lyrics b) Stcphl!n Snndheim. \\ ho of course went to compose a great number of brilliant musicals himself. It opened 011 B road\\'a~' in 1957, directed and choreograpbeo hy Jerome Robbins and produced by Rolx.'rt [: , Gt;ITIth and Ilaroid Price and it marked Stephen Sondheim's Broadway debut. It ran lor 732 p('rfoJ"lllan('{!s (a su<.'C(,~~ rul run for the time), befol-c going on tour. Mon: recent!) the sho\\ c: nj o)cd ;t revival in the \Vest Enel in 2008. folJo\\cd by a UK tom- ami this has spa rkt'd some regional amateur grollpS In lackie it. Sl't in New York City in the mid 1950$, th~ musicell explores the rivalry bClweC'1l th,' J('t.'i ami tit(' Sharb tW() teenage !itreN gangs of different ethnic' and cullur~1 backgrounds. The clark thc~ m e. ~p hi s ti cated music, eX'lcndecl dam."e· 'icenelot, ami rocu ~ on social problems mill-ked a turning point in American musical theatre. &rnstcin',s ..core for the musical has become cxtn·mcl) popular, \\ith some timclc",s da,.• "siC!i. indudjng: "Marla", "A merica", "Somcllhcrc" and "Tonlaht". This is a musical of substance and I bdic' "c audiences gel thei r monc)"s ',orth, both in terms of storyline. chureography and music, T hi ~ b my final pnx lu(.1:ion as President, 3S T h,1\"(' servecl my term and it is the right time 1'( 11- ~ollleonc new to tah· on the rcim .md support the SOCiety going forward , I would like to \\ ish them evcry ,su(:ccss in the fu ture and ean I also olTer 111) Sincere thanks to all those who ha ve ~upportC'd the Society in the past fhoc year.!>.