I know I shoudln't plug but I will...we are now into our penultimate week of rehearsal for the John Caird version of Jane Eyre the Musical and it is going great guns. A fantastic big score that really reflects the tone of the novel. It should also be great doing it at The Bridwell - an almost perfect venue (well would be if it had a revolve and 15 fly bars!!)...very atmospheric.
Anyway, if you are in London and fancy catching a real Xmassy show (OK a few people die but it all ends well) then pop along to The Bridewell 2-13 December www.sideshowtheatre.co.uk.
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QUOTE(Daisy @ Nov 13 2008, 05:43 PM) 
I know I shoudln't plug but I will...we are now into our penultimate week of rehearsal for the John Caird version of Jane Eyre the Musical and it is going great guns. A fantastic big score that really reflects the tone of the novel. It should also be great doing it at The Bridwell - an almost perfect venue (well would be if it had a revolve and 15 fly bars!!)...very atmospheric.
Anyway, if you are in London and fancy catching a real Xmassy show (OK a few people die but it all ends well) then pop along to The Bridewell 2-13 December www.sideshowtheatre.co.uk.
Anyway, if you are in London and fancy catching a real Xmassy show (OK a few people die but it all ends well) then pop along to The Bridewell 2-13 December www.sideshowtheatre.co.uk.
If I come to London, I will certainly come to your show, well done!
QUOTE(guest @ Nov 13 2008, 11:29 PM)
If I come to London, I will certainly come to your show, well done!
how long has the bridewell been a theatre now? was thinking back when i saw romance romance and that must be over 10 years ago.....looking forward to seeing rent this week and jane eyre !
I remember seeing Lucky Stiff there and loved it - but hated Rags! It seems to have a full on programme now
Next week sees a couple of firsts......for the BRIDEWELL THEATRE
The London Premiere of Jane Eyre the musical. Book by John Caird Music by Paul Gordon. 2nd Dec - 13th Dec including matinees on Sundays and Saturdays
A great romantic and heartwarming musical in the perfect setting of the Bridewell Theatre. The classic tale brought to live by a company of 45 actors and musicians.....one not to be missed and perfect for the run up to Christmas !
Book now on www.sideshowtheatre.co.uk or call the box office on 07963 585 350
SideShow Theatre company debut at the Bridewell Theatre. Having previously stayed over in East London we felt it time to dip our toes at the Bridewell....previous shows of ours include
Mystery of Edwin Drood, Will Rogers Follies, Elegies for Angels..., Big River, Company, Popcorn, Ghetto, Just So, Children of Eden, Little Women.
As you can see we dont play it safe....! So come along and see us over the nex two weeks ...you wont regret it !
The London Premiere of Jane Eyre the musical. Book by John Caird Music by Paul Gordon. 2nd Dec - 13th Dec including matinees on Sundays and Saturdays
A great romantic and heartwarming musical in the perfect setting of the Bridewell Theatre. The classic tale brought to live by a company of 45 actors and musicians.....one not to be missed and perfect for the run up to Christmas !
Book now on www.sideshowtheatre.co.uk or call the box office on 07963 585 350
SideShow Theatre company debut at the Bridewell Theatre. Having previously stayed over in East London we felt it time to dip our toes at the Bridewell....previous shows of ours include
Mystery of Edwin Drood, Will Rogers Follies, Elegies for Angels..., Big River, Company, Popcorn, Ghetto, Just So, Children of Eden, Little Women.
As you can see we dont play it safe....! So come along and see us over the nex two weeks ...you wont regret it !
SPECIAL OFFER FOR ALL WHATSONSTAGE BOARD USERS
TICKETS FOR A TENNER !! TICKETS FOR A TENNER!!
JANE EYRE THE MUSICAL
BRIDEWELL THEATRE
ST BRIDES LANE
LONDON EC4
The long awaited LONDON premiere of the Tony Award winning JANE EYRE with music by Paul Gordon and Book and Lyrics by John Caird
TICKETS £10 EACH FOR TONIGHTS PERFORMANCE . SIMPLY ARRIVE AT BOX OFFICE AND QUOTE "BRONTE" TICKET OFFER TO CLAIM YOUR £10 TICKETS
A brilliant musical adaption brought to life by a company of 40 actors and musicians in the intimate and perfect setting of the Bridewell Theatre
A SideShow theatre production.
TICKETS FOR A TENNER !! TICKETS FOR A TENNER!!
JANE EYRE THE MUSICAL
BRIDEWELL THEATRE
ST BRIDES LANE
LONDON EC4
The long awaited LONDON premiere of the Tony Award winning JANE EYRE with music by Paul Gordon and Book and Lyrics by John Caird
TICKETS £10 EACH FOR TONIGHTS PERFORMANCE . SIMPLY ARRIVE AT BOX OFFICE AND QUOTE "BRONTE" TICKET OFFER TO CLAIM YOUR £10 TICKETS
A brilliant musical adaption brought to life by a company of 40 actors and musicians in the intimate and perfect setting of the Bridewell Theatre
A SideShow theatre production.
QUOTE(SiDeSHow @ Dec 3 2008, 11:34 AM)
SPECIAL OFFER FOR ALL WHATSONSTAGE BOARD USERS
TICKETS FOR A TENNER !! TICKETS FOR A TENNER!!
JANE EYRE THE MUSICAL
BRIDEWELL THEATRE
ST BRIDES LANE
LONDON EC4
The long awaited LONDON premiere of the Tony Award winning JANE EYRE with music by Paul Gordon and Book and Lyrics by John Caird
TICKETS £10 EACH FOR TONIGHTS PERFORMANCE . SIMPLY ARRIVE AT BOX OFFICE AND QUOTE "BRONTE" TICKET OFFER TO CLAIM YOUR £10 TICKETS
A brilliant musical adaption brought to life by a company of 40 actors and musicians in the intimate and perfect setting of the Bridewell Theatre
A SideShow theatre production.
TICKETS FOR A TENNER !! TICKETS FOR A TENNER!!
JANE EYRE THE MUSICAL
BRIDEWELL THEATRE
ST BRIDES LANE
LONDON EC4
The long awaited LONDON premiere of the Tony Award winning JANE EYRE with music by Paul Gordon and Book and Lyrics by John Caird
TICKETS £10 EACH FOR TONIGHTS PERFORMANCE . SIMPLY ARRIVE AT BOX OFFICE AND QUOTE "BRONTE" TICKET OFFER TO CLAIM YOUR £10 TICKETS
A brilliant musical adaption brought to life by a company of 40 actors and musicians in the intimate and perfect setting of the Bridewell Theatre
A SideShow theatre production.
OFFER EXTENDED THROUGH TO DECEMBER 13TH. TICKETS FOR A TENNER QUOTE "BRONTE" AT BOX OFFICE WHEN BOOKING
FOR A TICKET FOR £10.00
"Despite my cynicism (after a million novels with ‘the musical’ placed after their name), Jane Eyre is genuinely touching, heartfelt and inspiring. John Caird’s book provides suitable segues between the numbers that are so emotively written by Paul Gordon. Early pieces such as “Forgiveness” will find you empathising and applying Jane’s strong spirit to your own life, while fastidious numbers like “Painting His Portrait” carry the action along."
"Brought together well by director Philip Halpin and excellent fullness of sound orchestrated by Stephen Day (with an orchestral arrangement on the balcony above the stage), its not what you would expect from the Bridewell. Emotive numbers set off by the actors’ ability to ‘fill the room"
"An inspiring story to take from, and a challenging novel to adapt, it’s thankful that Gordon and Caird pulled it off so successfully and this interpretation does it justice.
" the execution is excellent and the writing is good.If you’re a fan of the book or love strong women characters, it’s definitely worth a trip to check this venture out."
www.sideshowtheatre.co.uk
Oh dear... so it's not setting the box office alight??
But good to hear you have extended the offer, i hope to try and get to see it next week. I love the score and am looking forward to seeing it in production.
Good luck with the rest of the run!
But good to hear you have extended the offer, i hope to try and get to see it next week. I love the score and am looking forward to seeing it in production.
Good luck with the rest of the run!
**** 4 Star review via Remotegoat.com
Charlotte Bronte's Gothic novel Jane Eyre has every single 1847-staple needed for a story of hard-done-by innocents. The heroine starts off life as an abandoned child in an orphanage run by sadists on bleak moors; her best friend Helen Burns dies of consumption in her arms; and she ends up working for an employer with an insane wife living in the attic who regularly tries to kill him. (The only Bgrade staple missing here is an evil scientist bent on creating a monster or an evil twin turning up, but Bronte probably didn't have time to cram them in as well.)
Fortunately most melodramas are custom-made for musicals, as they are never short of a situation just perfect for a heartbreaking chorus or plaintive solo.
Bronte's protagonist Jane (Heather Longman) is an intelligent but plain girl, who despite being thrown into an orphanage by her aunt, supports herself by becoming a teacher, and then succeeds in getting a job as a governess at Thornfield Hall.
Longman's vocals are excellent, and she duets perfectly with the boisterous Mr Rochester (Lee Thompson) and his motherly housekeeper Mrs Fairfax (Lesley Curtis). There's a welcome touch of humour with Mrs Fairfax who creates an excellent musical comedy duo with Jane. Watch especially for the two ladies' hilarious tea-and-sugarlump scene, which seems to have been borrowed from The Importance of Being Earnest's snappy comedy.
Jane's archenemy, the fortunehunter Blanche Ingram who also has an eye for Jane's beloved Mr Rochester, is a brilliant creation by Hollie Anne Cartwright. A sugary monster hiding behind a decorative mask of blonde ringlets and blonde lace, Blanche is a mixture of decorative idleness and bitchiness. She looks down on all governesses and Jane in particular as a subhuman species. If Roald Dalh's spoilt-child creation Veruca Salt had grown up and escaped the Chocolate Factory, she would be a fictitious twin to Blanche.
The musical uses some smart stage narrative, with aspects of Jane's life being portrayed by both a child actress (Ciara Halkes and Stacey Cockram) while simultaneously her adult self looks on and comments. Although stagy, this gives a good contrast of the hotheaded child and the mature adult.
The Bridewell's trapdoor and spiral staircase allow for frequent dramatic stage movements that more conventional stages can't pull off, and director Philip Halpin makes best use of it. Bertha Mason, Mr Rochester's mad wife (Monica Salvi) soars up the staircase in her torn wedding dress, and the evil John Reed (Phillip Rowlands) pops up the trapdoor to torment the young Jane in best evil demon king mode.
The novel is Gothic and overdone, but intelligent stagework and the actors' enthusiasm and skill sweep you along.
Event Venues & Times
Showing until 13/12/08 Bridewell Theatre | Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8EQ
Charlotte Bronte's Gothic novel Jane Eyre has every single 1847-staple needed for a story of hard-done-by innocents. The heroine starts off life as an abandoned child in an orphanage run by sadists on bleak moors; her best friend Helen Burns dies of consumption in her arms; and she ends up working for an employer with an insane wife living in the attic who regularly tries to kill him. (The only Bgrade staple missing here is an evil scientist bent on creating a monster or an evil twin turning up, but Bronte probably didn't have time to cram them in as well.)
Fortunately most melodramas are custom-made for musicals, as they are never short of a situation just perfect for a heartbreaking chorus or plaintive solo.
Bronte's protagonist Jane (Heather Longman) is an intelligent but plain girl, who despite being thrown into an orphanage by her aunt, supports herself by becoming a teacher, and then succeeds in getting a job as a governess at Thornfield Hall.
Longman's vocals are excellent, and she duets perfectly with the boisterous Mr Rochester (Lee Thompson) and his motherly housekeeper Mrs Fairfax (Lesley Curtis). There's a welcome touch of humour with Mrs Fairfax who creates an excellent musical comedy duo with Jane. Watch especially for the two ladies' hilarious tea-and-sugarlump scene, which seems to have been borrowed from The Importance of Being Earnest's snappy comedy.
Jane's archenemy, the fortunehunter Blanche Ingram who also has an eye for Jane's beloved Mr Rochester, is a brilliant creation by Hollie Anne Cartwright. A sugary monster hiding behind a decorative mask of blonde ringlets and blonde lace, Blanche is a mixture of decorative idleness and bitchiness. She looks down on all governesses and Jane in particular as a subhuman species. If Roald Dalh's spoilt-child creation Veruca Salt had grown up and escaped the Chocolate Factory, she would be a fictitious twin to Blanche.
The musical uses some smart stage narrative, with aspects of Jane's life being portrayed by both a child actress (Ciara Halkes and Stacey Cockram) while simultaneously her adult self looks on and comments. Although stagy, this gives a good contrast of the hotheaded child and the mature adult.
The Bridewell's trapdoor and spiral staircase allow for frequent dramatic stage movements that more conventional stages can't pull off, and director Philip Halpin makes best use of it. Bertha Mason, Mr Rochester's mad wife (Monica Salvi) soars up the staircase in her torn wedding dress, and the evil John Reed (Phillip Rowlands) pops up the trapdoor to torment the young Jane in best evil demon king mode.
The novel is Gothic and overdone, but intelligent stagework and the actors' enthusiasm and skill sweep you along.
Event Venues & Times
Showing until 13/12/08 Bridewell Theatre | Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 8EQ
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