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Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, Music by Frederici< Loewe "Based on a novel by Colette" As Produced by Edwin Lester f o r the Los Angeles and San Francisco Civic Light Opera Associations and by Saint Subber f o r Broadway

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Book and Lyrics by A lan Jay Lerner Music by Frederick Loetoe ‘Based on a novel

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Director Musical Director Chorus Director Choreographer Accom panist Set Design Set Construction L ig h tin g Design Stage Management

Noel McDonough Gearoid Grant Jackie Curran-Olohan Marina Kealy Niamh McDonough John O ’Donoghue Theatre Production Services Pat Farrell Nora O ’Rourke, Gerry McKnight Derek Bunyan, Ciaran McDonough

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It opens with a tableau set in the Paris of 1901, in which colourfully costumed people are frozen briefly in time. Then Honore Lachailles, boulevardier extraordifl^ire, steps forward to sing Thank Heaven For Little Girls, and we remember where we are; watching a new R&R production of Gigi, the Lerner and Lowe musical based on a story by Colette. It is rather like spending an evening with an old friend, warm and nostalgic.

The story is a saucy one.

Honore is a womaniser, old enough to know his faults and still young enough to enjoy them.

His handsome and wealthy nephew Gaston is set to follow in his footsteps, and meantime has a platonic kind of friendship with the girl Gigi, who adores him. But she is being trained to be a courtesan by her aunt Alicia, a woman who has changed hands more often than Montenegro; never been conquered, though, only annexed for a time.

So down the road, love collides head-on with sex, and guess which wins.

There is a beguiling if transparent innocence about it all, and the story provides a launching pad for some memorable musical numbers.

There are three show-stoppers; Honore’s I Remember It Well, Gaston’s heart-tugging Gigi, and Gigi’s plaintive Wide Wide World. More tuneful songs and comedy numbers - eg She Is Not Thinking Of Me and The Contract - fill the eye and ear to repletion.

Production values, as always with R&R, are impeccable, as is Noel McDonough’s direction while, in the orchestra pit, Gearoid Grant commands a rich musical interpretation. On the stage, four performers are no less than commanding; Garry Mountaine’s Honore, Paul Byrom’s Gaston, Roisin Sullivan’s Gigi and Glynis Casson as Alicia could travel anywhere.

With chorus and dancers in good form, the evening is complete, a sustained burst of sound and colour to beguile even the misanthropic. ♦ Runs to April 23rd.

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THE RATHMINES & RATHGAR MUSICAL SOCIETY is pleased to announce its 2005 Autumn Production

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A n ev e n in g o f y o u r favo urite s h o w tones W ith P r in c ip a l s , R & R C h o r u s a n d O r c h e s tr a M u s ic a l D irector: Gearoid Grant C horus D irecto r: Jack ie Curran-Olohan Choreographer: Marina Kealy

NATIONAL CONCERT HALL, DUBLIN Evening Performances on Monday 21st, Tuesday 22nd, Wednesday 23rd, Thursday 24th & Saturday 26th of November 2005 Matinee: Saturday 26th at 2,30pm Evening Performances: 8.00pm Public Booking NCH Box Office from Monday, 17th October 2005 For R&R Block Booking Details Phone: 01-406 4820

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A Welcome to You From the President o f the Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society On behalf of the Rathm ines & Rathgar Musical Society, it is, o n ce again, my privilege to w elcom e you to the Gaiet^f T heatre for our Spring 2 0 0 5 m usical “Gigi".

It is hard to believe that a whole year h a s g o n e by s in ce our sp len d id production of “M y Fair L a d y ” h ere at th e Gaiety, a n d in d e ed our equally splendid “Yeom en o f th e G uard" six m o n th s ag o at the National C oncert Hall.

There are very few theatrical c o m p an ies ca p a b le of presenting elaborate m usical show s every six m onths. Well, the R&R h a s b een doing just th a t continuously since 1913, starting in Dublin in the rare ould times, s o m e 92 y ears ago!

So, w elcom e to “G igi”, a m usical b ased on C olette’s sh o rt story, set in Paris at the turn of th e 20th century - th e fashionable period know n as the La Belle E po que. It c o n c e rn s an innocent young girl who is being initiated into the delicate art of cou rtesa n sh ip by her worldly aunt.

It is interesting to note that w hereas m o s t su ccessfu l s ta g e m u sicals are invariably m a d e into a film, in th e case of “G igi”, however, it started life as a film (1957) with the s ta g e version following in 1973.

The R&R h a s p resen te d “G igi” on two previous occa sio n s, in 197 8 and in 1986.

1 h o p e you will enjoy our 2 0 0 5 production of this delightful show!

PAT CAMPBELL, President, Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society.

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Oliver Hill Camillus M ountaine Ig Lyons Dodo O ’Hagan Liam Carroll ISora O ’Rourke Michelle Foynes Noel B yrne Denise O ’Mahony Mary McDonagh Peter Nolan Margaret Dickson Barney Gorman Imelda Bradley Helen Hurley Brendan Galvin Eileen Gildea Lorraine Frewen S h a y Gibson

All Executive Committee Members serve the Society in an Honorary Capacity Gigi Programme - Marketing, Compilation & Design by: Peter Nolan Wardrobe by: Denise O ’Mahony & Noel B yrne Assisted by Dympna Beoan & Dara Carolan Costumes by: H omburgs of Leeds R&R Cast Committee Melanie Keating (Convenor), Gearoid Grant, D ym pna Egar, S h a y Gibson and Barney Gorman

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R&R 2005 Spring Production N O E L M c D o n o u g h - Director

Noel’s credits include the Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus and Give my Regards, with the Glasnevin M.S. in the National Concert Hall. He has been very successful in the Waterford International Festival of Light Opera, winning the Best Director Award seven tinnes with Mack & Mabel, Chicago, Cabaret, Barnum, Crazy for You and Chess. He specialises in premieres, he directed L il’Abner, Dames at Sea, On Your Toes, 42nd Street and Eoita with Arthur’s Team. He also directed A Slice of Saturday Night and Last of the Red Hot Lovers in Andrew’s Lane, and the world premieres of Rebecca Storm’s Hollywood Ladies and Brian O’Reilly’s Buskin at the Tivoli Theatre.

Noel’s television credits include winning four national finals of John Player Tops, he devised and directed Different Dreams for RTE and staged The Last Night of the Proms and the Viennese Night for the Bank of Ireland Proms in the RDS. His recent credits include Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness, Assassins by Stephen Sondheim at the Samuel Beckett Theatre, Fiddler on the Roof, Oklahoma!, Carousel, Guys & Dolls, Me and My Girl, My Fair Lady for the R&R at the Gaiety Theatre and An Evening with Mr. Gilbert and Mr. Sullivan at the NCH, Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk at the Gaiety and the acclaimed Annie and Mouseio’s Magic House at the Tivoli. Noel’s production of the New Pirates of Penzance for Wexford Light Opera won Best Overall Show in AIMS in 2002.

Noel graduated in1997 from the Samuel Beckett School, Trinity College with an Honours Degree in Drama and TheatreStudies. This is Noel’s eighth production with the R&R and he wishes to thank the production team, a brilliant cast, crew and committee for all the support and creative input in making Gigi a success.

G E A R O ID G R A N T - Musical Director Gearoid Grant was born in Dublin and graduated with a B.Mus degree from University College Dublin. Since then he has combined a freelance career as conductor with a career in music education. He has conducted all the principal orchestras in Ireland, the National Symphony Orchestra, the RTE Concert Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra, the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland.

Gearoid devised and continues to present and conduct the acclaimed series Music in the Classroom which introduces music to 30,000 Irish children annually, with performances at the National Concert Hall in Dublin and in major venues around Ireland. The programme is developed in conjunction with RTE, The Irish Times and the Department of Education. Gearoid has toured in England with the Irish Chamber Orchestra. He has conducted all of Shaun Davey’s major works, and premieres of Shaun Davey’s Relief of Derry Symphony in 1989 and his Concerto for Uilleann Pipe performed for the first time at Greenwich Festival in London. These works are recorded for Tara Records. He has done a great deal of film work with the Irish Film Orchestra, of which he is Associate Musical Director. No stranger to television and theatre, Gearoid Grant has conducted a wide repertoire ranging from Mozart to Sondheim.

Gearoid has been the conductor of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland Under 18s since it was formed in 1980 and is a member of the Board of the NYOI. Gearoid has been the Musical Director with the R&R for over 25 years.

R&R 2005 Spring Production JACKIE CGRRAN-OLOHAN - Chorus Director Daughter of Josephine Scanlon and the late Chris Curran, Jackie has distinguished herself as a performer, musician, music director, chorus master and teacher. Her musical education thrived under Sr. Agnes Nolan at St. Mary’s College, Arklow, Eithne Troy at the College of Music and subsequently (JCD from which she graduated with a B Mus. (Hons.).

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Jackie has been Music Director and Conductor for many show premieres and was awarded Best Music Director at the Waterford Festival of Light Opera for Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods.

This, and conducting her father in Annie at the Olympia, she regards as her highlights to date.

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As a performer she has appeared at the NCH and on RTE radio and television. Jackie especially enjoyed playing the role of Ruth in Festival Production’s Pirates of Penzance. Most recently she has been appointed Chorus Director of Lyric Opera.

MARINA KEALY - Choreographer Marina has been involved with dance from an early age. She has performed in all the major theatres, professional cabaret and on national television. Marina’s work has been wide and varied.

Having danced in numerous John Player Tops of the Town finals, she was delighted when the show she choreographed reached the national final and was broadcast live by RTE. Other successes include, Godspell, Chess, Guys and Dolls, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Wonderful Town and many dance workshops throughout the country.

■— Marina’s work received a nomination from AIMS for Grease and won Best Choreographer Award from both AIMS and the Bangor Festival for her work in Me and My Girl. Following this Marina was asked to co-choreograph the professional production of Me and My Girl at the Olympia Theatre. Marina has a long ^ association with the R&Ri^Firstly as a dancer, and performer in the role of Liat in South Pacific. She successfully choreographed the R&R productions of The Pirates of Penzance, the R&R 90th Birthday Celebration and My Fair Lady. Recently Marina worked with the Glasnevin Musical Society in their production of The Merry Widow.

JOHN O ’DONOGHGE - Set Design John is a graduate of the National College of Art and Design. His recent design credits include: Hamlet (Cork Opera House), La Boheme (Lyric Opera), Into the Woods (Full Circle) and Camelot (Festival Productions). For the R&R Musical Society he has designed their 90th Anniversary Concert, their recent G&S The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance productions, Oklahoma!, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof and A Century of Song.

Other credits include: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe and Jack & the Beanstalk (Cork Opera House), The Sound of Music, La Traviata and Oliver (NCH), Dog House and The Hired Man (Draiocht), Buskin’ (Tivoli Theatre & Cork Opera House), Return to the Forbidden Planet, Oncle Oncle and Nothing Compares to You (Andrews Lane Theatre). Play credits include: War, Canaries and Juno and the Paycock.

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PRINCIPALS ROISIN SULLIVAN GARRY MOUNTAINE PAUL BYROM MELANIE KEATING GLYNIS CASSON GREG TRAYNOR TYNAN HOOPER

Gigi Honore Lachailles Gaston Lachailles M a m ita (Inez Alvarez) A u n t Alicia Maitre Du Fresne Maitre Duclos

SCJPPORTED BY SOE MACHESNEY SHAY GIBSON ROBERT DEVEREGX DIARMUID O’NEILL SEYMOCIR CRESSWELL PASCHAL WALSH BRENDAN GALVIN ROBBIE KEOGH JOHN MCCAOL

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DANCERS Audrey Nolan Andrea Olin O onagh Kelly Danielle Maher Vicky Kenny Fergal Harrington J a s o n Lane Gary Ward Paul Kinsella

-■^Lorraire Frewen Michelle Foynes Orna Joyce S arah Guilmartin Victoria Clarke

The R&R w ill welcome y o u r e nq u iry i f you are interested in becom ing an R&R A ctive Chorus M ember To get more details v is it the R&R Website: WWW.RAISDRMaSlCALSOClETY.IE O r a lte rn a tiv e ly contact M ichelle Foynes, R&R Rehearsals Secretary on 01-298 0906

CHILDREN IN GIGI Team 1 Leonie Keating Julie M cCormack J e s s ic a Holland Eva O ’Riordan Je n n a O ’Riordan Team 2 K ate McKeon Ailbhe Marsh Genevieve Morris Emily Kearney Aine B urns All atten d in g the S ta r School o f Dancing

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Roisin began her dance and theatre training at a young age with the Billie Barry Stage School and was also a student at the Gladys Sheehan School of Drama.

Roisin played the lead in the R&R production in My Fair Lady of Eliza Doolittle in March last year and subsequently played in The Yeomen of the Guard in the NCH in the Autumn. She has gone on to join the European tour of Riverdance where she sang lead for the show. She sings with her sister Aisling in their own musical theatre show Melodies of the Musicals. Other theatre credits include the role of Anne Dindon in La Cage Aux Folks (presented by DAYMS - The Musical Workshop, SFX City Theatre), soloist in the Glasnevin Musical Society’s production of Showstoppers on Tour, ensemble for Grace (new musical workshop for Abhann Productions), Les Miserahles Masterclass (London), Singing Out! (Bewleys Cafe Theatre), Celebration, Dance Everybody Dance, The Millennium Beat, and A ll I Wanna Do Is Dance (Gaiety Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (The Olympia), and Oklahoma! with Festival Productions in the NCH. Operas include Madam Butterfly and Hansel and Gretel.

Her film credits include Sweeny Todd, The Miracle, Last of the Fligh Kings, The Money Go Round and In the Name of Love. Television credits include The Late Late Toy Show, Open Fiouse, Billies Babies and a live studio interview for ID Mews.

GARRY MOGNTAINE - Honore Lachailles Garry studied with Dr Veronica Dunne at the Leinster School of Music and at the RIAM with Professor Paul Deegan.

He appeared in Mahogany Songspiel (Opera Theatre Company, Dublin Theatre Festival) and In Company With Sondheim fSceanario, National Concert Hall). He has played many roles including Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (Gaiety Theatre), Ramades in Risen People (Gaiety Theatre), Emile de Becque in South Pacific (Gaiety Theatre), Joe Kellor in A ll My Sons (Andrews Lane Theatre), Eddie Carbone in A View from the Bridge (Andrews Lane Theatre), Sam Byck in Assassins (The Beckett Theatre), Khruschev in JFK (Olympia Theatre), Dancairo in Carmen (National Concert Hall), The Man in Buskin (Tivoli Theatre), Nathan Detroit in Guys & Dolls (Gaiety Theatre), and most recently Prof. Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady (Gaiety Theatre).

With the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company he played Poo-Bah in their production of The Mikado and Wilfred Shadbolt in Yeomen of the Guard (Sadler’s Wells Theatre, CIK).

Television and radio work include The Late Late Show, Live at 3 and Theatre Nights. He also appeared in the BBC productions of The Mikado and Yeomen of the Guard.

Last November Garry directed The Yeomen o f the Guard. He co-directed the R&R’s 90th Birthday Celebration Concert in 2003, having previously directed The Mikado (2001) and The Pirates of Penzance (2002), both at the National Concert Hall.

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PAUL BYROM - Gaston Lachailles

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Paul started voice training with the late Daniel McNulty at a very eariy age. He has won many competitions throughout Ireland, including the Feis Ceoil, and was subsequently awarded the Rose Bowl for achieving the highest points in the competition that year. Paul is very fortunate to be currently training with Dr. Veronica Dunne & Ms. Jeannie Reddin.

Over the years, Paul has taken lead roles in many shows and musicals, such as.. Brigadoon, South Pacific, Fiddler on the Roof, Grease, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, My Fair Lady and most recently The Merry Widoio.

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His first operatic role was as Amahl in an RTE production of Amahl and the Might Visitors. Paul has also appeared with the Anna Livia Opera Company in their production of Faust.

He appears regularly with the National Symphony Orchestra and last year he performed in Dvorak’s Requiem at the National Concert Hall. He will be performing again with them in Handel’s Messiah this year.

In 2001 Paul tasted Gilbert & Sullivan’s music for the first time, when playing the role of Nanki Poo in The Mikado and then later playing Freddy in The _ „ o Pirates of Penzance. All productions were staged in the National Concert Hall. ' At the age of fourteen Paul recorded his first solo album titled The Golden Voice and in November 2001 he released his second album I Hear You Calling to raise money for The National Council for the Blind in Ireland. Over the years, Paul has appeared many times on television and radio for RTE, BBC and UTV. He has had the honour of singing National Anthems in Croke Park for three All Ireland Finals to crowds of 80,000 people! He also got to sing the American National Anthem at the Pittsburg Steelers stadium in America. Most recently he performed at the International Rules series in Croke Park.

Paul has a huge interest in the work of Count John McCormack and in 2002 was presented with one of three bursaries by the John McCormack Society for young singers in Ireland for his interpretations of the Count's work.

Up until last year Paul was one of the Three Irish Tenors and enjoyed travelling throughout the worid performing as one of the group. Paul has just returned from India where he was an Ambassador for ‘The Hope Foundation’ a charity that works for the children of Calcutta. He has also got to perform in the National Theatre in Taipei, Taiwan.

MELANIE KEATING - Mamita (Inez Alvarez) Melanie studied speech and drama with Rosalind Lloyd and singing with Professor Paul Deegan at the Royal Irish A cadem y of Music. She has also studied Acting for Camera at the Gaiety School of A cting and TV Presentation at the Oil Keating Centre for TV and Theatre Studies.

Melanie has worked with a number of Dublin drama groups and nnusical societies and has won awards over the years for her acting roles. She has played many leading roles with the R&R in the Gaiety Theatre and she also^ performed as a soloist in the R&R’s 1999 Romberg to Rogers Conc e rt/le re ) in the MCH. ^ Melanie has presented m any concerts and variety shows in the NCH, J u ry ’s Hotel and The Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire. She played the role of Baroness Elsa Schraeder in The Sound o f Music and Glinda in Wizard ofOz'm the NCH for Festival Productions. Her last appearance with the R&R was in M y Fair Lady last Spring here in the Gaiety Theatre.

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GLYNIS CASSON - A u nt Alicia Born in Dublin, Glynis comes from tiie well-known Casson theatrical family. She is the grand-daughter of Dame Sybil Thorndike and Sir Lewis Casson. She performed with her father Christopher Casson in two recitals Mystery and History and Dance to your Shadow and is currently touring with her latest recital Voices of Ireland.

She has played The Duchess in Me and My Girl, Katisha, Ruth and lolanthe, Mrs Higgins in My Fair Lady with the R&R and is delighted to be playing Aunt Alicia in Gigi for the third time: she feels she is at last the right age for the part!

Glynis has played in The House ofBernarda Alba at the Abbey Theatre, Very Heaven at the Focus Theatre and played Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest in Liberty Hall Theatre, Dublin. She was seen recently on RTE as Kathleen Dunstan in Fair City. Her one woman show Oscar and the Sphinx was presented at Bewley’s Cafe Theatre for the centenary of Oscar Wilde’s death. It has since toured the festivals in Ireland, the Hanagar Arts Centre in Cairo and ( ^ th e Chelsea Festival in the Cadogan Hotel London.

GREG TRAYNOR - Maitre Du Fresne According to Henry in The Fantasticks, “There are no small fetors, X X only small parts” . Such has been Greg Traynor’s lot for the past thirty five years. He was nominated by AIMS, the Association of Irish Musical Societies, for ‘Best Comedian’ as the lugubrious Doody in The Arcadians and has appeared in numerous character roles in musical comedy and operetta including The Mikado, Salad Days, Oklahoma, The Pyjama Game, Innish, HMS Pinafore, The Boy Friend, Once Upon /A Mattress, Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Promises Promises, Hans Christian Andersen, The Sound of Music, Guys and Dolls, Little Mary Sunshine, Mr. Cinders, Kiss Me Kate, Mack and Mabel, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Crazy for You, Me & My Girl, My Fair Lady and others. He is looking forward to playing the part of the lawyer, Du Fresne, in Gigi.

TYNAN HOOPER - Maitre Duclos Tynan studied with the Gaiety School of Acting and from a young age has been very much involved in musicical theatre. He starred in several amateur productions including: Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

He has also appeared on many television programmes for RTE. Since joining the R&R Musical Society in 2002 he has enjoyed being involved in Me & My Girl, My Fair Lady and a number of G&S productions.

SGE MACHESNEY - Liane Sue has been an active member of the R&R for over ten years. During this time she has played many supporting roles. She enjoyed playing Gertie in the Society’s production of Oklahoma! some years ago.

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MYLES ANTONY - Gigi Logo Design Born in Dublin, Myles lived in Rathmines until at 18 he re-located to London to complete his studies. He has always been a fan of the R&R from the 1950’s. Now back living in Dublin, Myles has once again supported the R&R by designing the logo for Gigi. The logos for The Yeomen o f the Guard and My Fair Lady, the R&R’s last two productions, were also designed by Myles.

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