BY
BOB CARLTON
INSPIRED BY THE MOTION PICTURE “FORBIDDEN PLANET” COURTESY OF TURNER ENTERTAINMENT CO. DIRECTED BY
MUSICAL DIRECTION BY
CHOREOGRAPHY BY
SET & COSTUME DESIGN BY
DAN PHILLIPS LINDSEY MILLER GEMMA PAYNE CORY SHIPP TECHNICAL ROLES BY LIGHTING DESIGN BY SOUND DESIGN BY PERFORMED BY MOUNTVIEW’S SECOND, THIRD YEAR AND DIPLOMA MOUNTVIEW’S THIRD YEAR BA (HONS) THEATRE PRODUCTION ARTS STUDENTS JACK WEIR OLLY STEEL PERFORMANCE - ACTOR MUSICIANSHIP STUDENTS 21-24 APRIL, BACKSTAGE THEATRE This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe). All authorised performance materials are also supplied by MTI Europe. mtishows.co.uk
THIS PRODUCTION IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MOUNTVIEW TRUSTEE ANDRÉ PTASZYNSKI, WHO PRODUCED THE ORIGINAL WEST END PRODUCTION OF RETURN TO THE FORBIDDEN PLANET.
Photo by RULER
ABOUT MOUNTVIEW Excellence, Access and Innovation in dramatic training are at the heart of our work. Since 1945, we have trained the very best performers, directors, theatre production artists and producers. We are committed to ensuring our community of over 500 students is representative and that drama training is accessible to all. Opened in 2018, our home in Peckham was conceived in partnership with Southwark Council as a truly 21st-century drama school and a creative arts hub for all. Our state-of-the-art facilities include the 200-seat Mountview Theatre (made possible by a £1m donation from Sir Cameron Mackintosh), the 80-seat Backstage Theatre, 21 acting/dance studios, TV and radio suites and production workshops. In recognition of their extraordinary work in establishing Mountview’s new home and for their commitment to promoting inclusivity, Joint Chief Executives Stephen Jameson and Sarah Preece were presented with Olivier Awards in 2020. Shortlisted for the RIBA London Regional Awards and Stage Awards Theatre Building of the Year, our new home is not only a vital resource for our students, but also an emerging centre of excellence for accessibility in the arts. Our fully accessible building is home to leading disability arts practitioners Candoco Dance Company amongst a number of other resident professional companies. Today’s students will join a constellation of graduates making their mark on the profession. Actor Noah Thomas (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie), Actor/Writer Amy Trigg (winner, inaugural Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2020), Olivier Award-winning Actor/Writer Giles Terera MBE (Hamilton) and Michael Longhurst, Artistic Director of the Donmar Warehouse are just a few of our notable alumni.
The Backstage Theatre was made possible by the generosity of Lady Susie Sainsbury and the Backstage Trust. It is named in honour of their extraordinary founding gift in support of Mountview’s new home. Susie understood and committed to the vision of a new Mountview in Peckham from the outset, and we will always be deeply grateful to her for championing the project and supporting the next generation of performers and theatre makers at Mountview.
SUPPORTING FUTURE THEATRE MAKERS André Ptaszynski was an award-winning producer held in the highest regard throughout UK theatre and the international stage. His ability to spot and develop talent created an impressive résumé, and he was a key player in shaping British theatre and entertainment into the world-leading industry it is today. A Trustee at Mountview from 2017 to 2020, he brought incredible experience, wisdom, wit and generosity to our Board and to Mountview as a whole. He is greatly missed. With the help of André’s family, friends and colleagues, we have created a fund in his memory to continue his passion for nurturing the next generation of theatre makers. If you enjoy this performance, please consider donating what you would have paid for a ticket. With your help we can continue André’s passion for supporting talented young people to thrive.
THANK YOU Mountview extends a sincere thank you to the individuals and organisations who generously support our work, including the following major donors: The Mackintosh Foundation The Backstage Trust Southwark Council The Leverhulme Trust Sir Trevor and Lady Susan Chinn André and Judith Ptaszynski Mr Peter Williams and Ms Heather Acton Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation Elaine Paige OBE Mr Jamie Lonsdale Sir Clive Jones and Dame Vikki Heywood Scops Arts Trust Noël Coward Foundation Harold Hyam Wingate Foundation And those who wish to remain anonymous.
To make a gift or find out more, we warmly invite you to visit our website or get in touch with the Development team. Thank you.
Actor Musicianship production of London (2021), photo by Robin Savage
Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and packed with pop hits such as Good Vibrations alongside rock ‘n’ roll classics such as Great Balls of Fire and Teenager in Love, this Olivier Awardwinning musical spectacular is performed by Mountview’s Actor Musicians. Prepare for blast off!
DURATION 105 MINUTES
CAST FREDDIE BENNETT
ELLA CORNFIELD
LEONA SUSANNE CRAIG
DAN FOLLOWS
ELLANA GILBERT
Bosun
Crew 3
Miranda
Navigation Officer
Crew 1
CHARLOTTE GRAYSON
ADAM HAYNES
EDWYN JAMES
ELLEN LAWFORD
JACK MCGLINCHEY
Ariel 2
Crew 4
Crew 6
Crew 2 (Music Captain)
Captain Tempest
HARRISON LEO MCHALE
ABBY MCKINLAY
MYLES MILLER
LUCY MUNDEN
JOE ROBIN
Prospero
Crew 5 (Dance Captain)
Cookie
Gloria ∙ Science Officer
Ariel 1
WARNING
Return to the Forbidden Planet contains the use of haze and strobe lighting.
PRODUCTION DIRECTOR DAN PHILLIPS
PRODUCTION MANAGER ALYSHA LAVINIERE
LX NO. 3 JAHMAL SWAB †
LEAD SCENIC ARTIST/PROP MAKER ANNABEL LAY ‡
MUSICAL DIRECTOR LINDSEY MILLER
STAGE MANAGER GRACIE ADLINGTON †
ASSISTANT PRODUCTION SOUND ENGINEER MATT GREED †
DEPUTY SCENIC ARTIST/PROP MAKER AURELIE CLARK
CHOREOGRAPHER GEMMA PAYNE
DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER TIMESHA MATHURIN †
SOUND NO. 1 LIBBIE READ †
SET & COSTUME DESIGNER CORY SHIPP
REHEARSAL ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER FRANCESCA MAI †
SOUND NO. 2 BILLY HIGHFIELD †
SCENIC ARTISTS/PROP MAKERS ALISON DRUMMOND ‡ NANCY LOPEZ ‡ MIKAYLA MOXAM ‡
LIGHTING DESIGNER JACK WEIR SOUND DESIGNER OLLY STEEL WARDROBE SUPERVISOR MEGAN AYRTON ASSISTANT DIRECTOR LIAM MADDIN ** ASSISTANT MUSICAL DIRECTOR JOSHUA COTTELL *
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS BETHANY JEFFERIES † MIMI PEERS-SMITH † TECHNICAL REHEARSAL ASM ROSIE BANNISTER IAN S. MURPHY † PRODUCTION LX JOSHUA ROONEY-WALKER † LX NO. 2 TRISTAN TERESZCZUK †
DAN PHILLIPS Director
SOUND NO. 3 LOUISA KEMP † VIDEO PROGRAMMER ETHAN TRAYNOR VISION MIXER IAN S. MURPHY LEAD CARPENTER TOM BARNETT DEPUTY LEAD CARPENTER EMMA HAYWARD
VOICE COACH STEVIE RICKARD * MA Musical Direction student ** MA Theatre Directing student † Theatre Production Arts student ‡ Scenic Art and Prop Making student
THANKS TO
AUTOGRAPH SOUND RECORDING WHITE LIGHT LTD MARTIN HARMAN
Dan graduated from Mountview in 2013 with a Masters in Theatre Directing and returned last year to direct Anne Washburn’s Mr Burns. Directing credits include King Lear (Finland), Jekyll and Hyde (German tour), Banana, Crabtree, Simon (The Drayton Arms), The View from Nowhere (The Park Theatre), April in Paris (The English Theatre, Hamburg), Something Something Lazarus (The King’s Head Theatre). Assisting credits include The Rocky Horror Show (UK tour) and The Best Man (West End).
MA course after working for six years as a scenic artist. She now works all across the UK as a Set and Costume Designer for theatre, musicals and any other ranges of performative work. Previous work includes The Mikvah Project (Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond), Hansel and Gretel (Chiswick Playhouse), Cyrano de Bergerac and Easy Virtue (The Watermill Theatre, Newbury), Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play, (Mountview), Another Planet (The Gramophones Theatre Company), Hags (Scratchworks Theatre Company) and most recently the costume design for Unfortunate: A Musical Parody (Fat Rascal Theatre Company).
LINDSEY MILLER Musical Director
JACK WEIR Lighting Designer
Lindsey is a freelance musical director, award-winning composer, arranger and keyboard programmer. She attended the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Lindsey has recently finished working as musical director for the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 2019-2020 season which played the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-UponAvon, The Barbican, London, and national and international touring venues. For her RSC debut season, she worked as MD for The Taming of The Shrew (dir. Justin Audibert), As You Like It (dir. Kimberly Sykes) and Measure for Measure (dir. Gregory Doran). She is also deputy MD/ Joan for the UK tour and West End productions of SIX The Musical. Other theatre credits include: Dance (The Soho Poly, London), The Blues Brothers: Live! (Arts Theatre), Fame: 20th Anniversary (UK tour), English National Ballet: Choreographics (Barbican), Tommy (Prince Edward Theatre), Women Beware Women (Alexander Gibson Opera Studio, Glasgow), Jack and The Beanstalk (The Byre Theatre, St Andrews), Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin (Theatre Royal, Windsor). Original cast recordings and live to cinema broadcasts include: The Taming of The Shrew, Measure for Measure and As You Like It (RSC). lindseymiller.net
Jack is a five-time OffWestEnd award nominee for Best Lighting Designer. He trained at The Guildhall School and won the ETC Award for Lighting Design in 2014 and the LIT Award for Lighting Design in 2017. He has recently been Associate Lighting Director on The Grinch Musical (NBC Television) and previously lit Mr Burns (Mountview) February 2020 (online), One Jewish Boy (Trafalgar Studios), What’sOnStage Awards 2018 and 2019 (Prince of Wales Theatre), Honk! (UK tour), Maria Studara (Opera Up Close), Boots (The Bunker Theatre), Title of Show, The Wizard of Oz (Blackpool Opera House), The Funeral Director (Southwark Playhouse/ETT UK tour), Rain Man (UK tour),The Boys in the Band (Vaudeville Theatre), Rothschild & Sons (Park Theatre), George’s Marvellous Medicine (Leicester Curve/RoseTheatre/UK tour), Judy! (Arts Theatre), Assata Taught Me (GateTheatre), The Plague (Arcola Theatre), Out Of Order (Yvonne Arnaud Theatre/UK tour). For more credits: weirdlighting.co.uk | Twitter: @weird_lighting
GEMMA PAYNE Choreographer Gemma trained at The Royal Ballet and Central School of Ballet. Credits: The Windsors (Channel 4), Acis and Galatea (ENO), CoChoreographer: Pet Shop Boys 2020 ITV/BBC Live Shows. Associate: Ink (Almeida/West End/Broadway), Albion (Almeida) - Rupert Goold, Love in the Isleness (Chocolate Factory) - Sir Trevor Nunn, Pet Shop Boys (Hyde Park 2019), The Crown (Season 2), San Francisco Opera, Vienna Staatsoper, Grand Theatre de Geneve - Sir David McVicar, Les Troyens and Medea. In 2019 ACE and Wilton’s Music Hall supported a choreographic residency for an R&D of Bluebeard. CORY SHIPP Set and Costume Designer Cory trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama on the
OLLY STEEL Sound Designer Olly is an award-winning sound designer, most recently awarded ‘Best Sound Design’ for El Medico El Musical a World Premiere adaptation of the bestselling Noah Gordon novel, The Physician. Throughout a career approaching 20 years in the making, Olly has been a part of countless major productions spanning five continents and over 50 countries including: The Pirate Queen (London Coliseum), Cats! The Musical (Limassol Theatre, Cyprus), Guys and Dolls (Theatre Marigny, Paris), Little Miss Sunshine (European Premiere, Arcola Theatre, Friendsical (2020 UK Tour), Stunners Opera (Mountview), 42nd Street (Drury Lane Theatre, London), Young Frankenstein (Garrick Theatre, London), Bat Out of Hell (London and Toronto), Strictly Ballroom (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Toronto Seasons), Disney’s Cinderella (Rossiya Theatre, Moscow), Singin’ in the Rain (Rossiya Theatre, Moscow), The Producers (Touring Production, UK), Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (Paris, Moscow and Netherlands Productions), The Rocky Horror Show (UK and Australian Tours.
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