WOW’s November production of CATS was a box office hit with around 4,000 tickets sold for the five show run at Weymouth Pavilion Theatre. Audience members reacted very positively to this creative re-imagining of CATS from director, Jeremy Tustin. Responses on social media were typified by the following comment on WOW’s Facebook Page, “Fantastic performance….
WOW is excited to be bringing three smash hit West End musicals to the Pavilion stage. First up, this November, is Cats to be followed by Chitty Chitty Bang Bang next April and Shrek the Musical in April 2020. WOW started rehearsing Cats in May with Musical Director, Heather Reed and just before the summer…
“Thank you for organising another spectacular summer school! A big well done to all involved.” (parental comment) Now in it’s fifth year, our 2018 week of musical theatre workshops was once again fully booked. Over 30 young performers aged between 9 and 15 had a fun filled week developing their confidence and performance skills with…
The month of May saw our group perform two charity cabarets for Weymouth Rotary. The first of these was the ‘Wurzels and Friends’ Concert at Weymouth Pavilion Theatre and a week later at ‘Fayre in the Square’ during the Bank Holiday weekend At the charity concert on 20th May, a dozen of our members performed…
WOW members and volunteers were very excited when Trustee, Mandy Burley, came along to a rehearsal for CATS and presented a cheque for over £2,500, raised from her run in the 2018 London Marathon. Mandy ran this year’s Marathon to raise funds for WOW and The Front Skatepark. Leading up to the marathon she set…
“Footloose was fizzing from the dynamic opening number to the high-octane finale,” wrote Sylvia Coates in her show report for NODA. Sylvia was one of over 2,500 people who came to see Footloose and the audience response was also tremendously positive. It’s worth taking time to read the whole WOW Footloose Show Report 2018 but here’s…
WOW received two awards at the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) Annual Awards Evening held in Bristol for the south west region. These were in recognition of the high quality of both of WOW’s 2017 productions. Last April’s WOW Show, directed and choreographed by Martine Burt, won the Best Compilation Award for the whole…
Nine of WOW’s cabaret performers took to the stage in Weymouth Pavilion’s Ocean Room as part of the entertainment for a fundraising day for Support Dogs and SUDEP Action. SUDEP action raises awareness of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy and support dogs can transform the lives of their owners, including those with epilepsy where the dogs can…
WOW are delighted to announce that they have secured the rights to perform CATS, the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical at Weymouth Pavilion Theatre this November. The production will be directed and choreographed by Jeremy Tustin, with Heather Reed as Musical Director. Jeremy’s previous shows for WOW include ‘Hairspray’ in 2015. CATS will run from Wednesday…
WOW committee members and supporters were in the audience for the Southampton opening of Sunset Boulevard with former WOW member, Matt Barrow, in the cast (far left of photo above). He is swing and assistant dance captain for this production which has received rave reviews. Matt’s extensive theatre credits include Mamma Mia, The Wizard of Oz,…