WOW Celebrates 40 Years with two Acclaimed Productions “The standards WOW sets and achieves are astonishing and this 40th Anniversary Show was certainly that.” These are not our words but the opening of a report on November’s 40th Anniversary Show from our NODA representative, Martin Stephen. This was WOW’s second production of 2022 – a…
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Members of Weymouth’s WOW Youth Musical Theatre are desperate to get back on stage in front of a live audience. This show has been a long time in the making but the wait is nearly over, as the award-winning group will present The WOW Show, Bringing You the Joy of Musicals at Weymouth Pavilion this…
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WOW has joined the Givey fundraising platform to help raise funds for its work with young people. WOW receives no public funds and, due to the pandemic, has lost its main source of income which is ticket sales for its shows. WOW had to postpone and eventually cancel Shrek, which had already incurred a lot…
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WOW entertained audiences online with a 25 minute set at the Virtual Fayre in the Square on Sunday 7 June 2020. Their streamed performance was created from a recording of The WOW Show filmed at Weymouth Pavilion Theatre in November 2019. Weymouth Rotary have been running this fundraising event since 2014 to raise monies for…
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“A great cast who all lit up the stage from start to finish.” WOW’s second production of 2019 was a compilation of musical numbers from stage and screen. In her show report, NODA representative, Sylvia Coates, describes how the powerful opening section from the Greatest Showman drew audiences in to “the wonderful world of WOW.”…
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“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…
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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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Thirty young performers attended our 2016 summer workshops during the first week of the school holidays. At the end of the week there was standing room only when an audience of around 60 enjoyed a performance of musical numbers from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. (Watch the opening number in the video below.) The workshops were…
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The 2015 WOW Show scooped two awards at the NODA South West Awards Evening, including the Councillors’ Cup for Best Youth Production. It also gained the award for most Imaginative Compilation. This show was directed and choreographed by Martine Burt who has previously received the Outstanding Choreography award from NODA SW for her 2013 WOW…
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‘Performances worthy of the West End’“..exquisitely choreographed…..Wonderful attention to detail is paid in this production…snap up some tickets to see these talented teenagers’ energetic and polished take on Grease”, Dorset Echo“Once again, the youngsters have outdone themselves with a fantastic, entertaining, version of the popular musical with performances worthy of the West End”, Letter to…
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THE WOW SHOW November 2013, Director and Choreographer – Martine Burt Musical Director – Heather Reed “This scintillating show… was a non-stop musical compilation with widely ranging themes to show off the remarkable versatility of this youthful company….musical numbers were excellently performed…intricate and eye-catching choreography..”, NODA Martine Burt won the award for ‘Outstanding Choreography’ at the NODA South West…
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