WOW member, Maggie Ayles, is stepping into a principal role in Pirates of the Pavilion for the remaining eight performances of this summer pantomime at Weymouth’s Pavilion Theatre. Sixteen-year-old Maggie has already been performing in Pirates as a dancer and is now taking on the part of Buccaneer Becky, a role that former WOW member,…
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Stage Management Seminars
For the first weekend in August, our rehearsal studio hosted two days of seminars on stage management, led by Mark Shayle, who thoroughly engaged and entertained everyone. The biggest challenge of the weekend, apart from Saturday night homework, was the cueing exercise which involved calling the lighting and sound cues for a radio play. The…
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Thirty young performers, aged 9 to 15, attended our 2017 summer workshops during the first week of the school holidays. At Friday’s end of the workshop performance, a full house of around 60 enjoyed a sparkling performance of musical numbers from Aladdin. (Watch the closing encore in the video below.) WOW received so many positive…
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