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Programme Notes for THE SPELLBOUND BOY
Audio Description on Sunday 19th March at 7.30 in the Crescent Arts Centre. Notes will be read ten minutes before the performance.
Open Arts Community Choir, Luminous Soul dancers, Monday Players Drama group the Gamelan ensemble, and pianist and flute player, tell the story of the Spellbound boy, which is an adaptation of Ravel’s opera.
Scolded by his mother for bad behaviour, the boy destroys the chairs, bean bag, story book, clock, football poster, and family photo in his bedroom.
His belongings then come to life, and tell him of the wrong that he has done.
THE CHARACTERS:
THE CHILD is played by GERRY MCBRIDE. He is slight and sharp featured, and like all the rest of the cast wears black trousers and sweater.
THE MOTHER is acted by ANNA KYLE. Oval faced with short dark hair, she is of medium height and slim. ELAINE PELAN sings the part of MOTHER.
THE FATHER is played by ROBERT NOLAN.
THE CLOCK, is played by GARETH SMYTH, wearing a large clock face suspended from a broad band round his neck. Gareth is tall, and broad, with plump face and grey hair, balding on top. He also sings with choir.
THE BEANBAG is acted by MARY LOUISE MC CORD and sung by JEMMA ROBINSON.
THE CHAIR is acted by NICHOLAS MCATAMNY and sung by MICHAEL GREEN.
THE PRINCESS is acted by CARLEY PALMER, sung by JOLENE FLYNN, and danced by KATY MEGAHEY. ALL THE PRINCESSES are dressed in black, with blue frilly skirts.
In battles between good and evil, good spirits wear silver masks over their eyes, evil spirits wear red masks.
In the football scene, footballers wear orange or blue bibs.
The choir wave red scarfs.
The choir sit at each side on the stage, actors and dancers enter from the centre back.
Across the back wall is a white screen on which are projected various images.
The boy’s bed is at the right side of the stage, slanted, end on to us.
The performance lasts about an hour.
Audio Description on Sunday 19th March at 7.30 in the Crescent Arts Centre. Notes will be read ten minutes before the performance.
Open Arts Community Choir, Luminous Soul dancers, Monday Players Drama group the Gamelan ensemble, and pianist and flute player, tell the story of the Spellbound boy, which is an adaptation of Ravel’s opera.
Scolded by his mother for bad behaviour, the boy destroys the chairs, bean bag, story book, clock, football poster, and family photo in his bedroom.
His belongings then come to life, and tell him of the wrong that he has done.
THE CHARACTERS:
THE CHILD is played by GERRY MCBRIDE. He is slight and sharp featured, and like all the rest of the cast wears black trousers and sweater.
THE MOTHER is acted by ANNA KYLE. Oval faced with short dark hair, she is of medium height and slim. ELAINE PELAN sings the part of MOTHER.
THE FATHER is played by ROBERT NOLAN.
THE CLOCK, is played by GARETH SMYTH, wearing a large clock face suspended from a broad band round his neck. Gareth is tall, and broad, with plump face and grey hair, balding on top. He also sings with choir.
THE BEANBAG is acted by MARY LOUISE MC CORD and sung by JEMMA ROBINSON.
THE CHAIR is acted by NICHOLAS MCATAMNY and sung by MICHAEL GREEN.
THE PRINCESS is acted by CARLEY PALMER, sung by JOLENE FLYNN, and danced by KATY MEGAHEY. ALL THE PRINCESSES are dressed in black, with blue frilly skirts.
In battles between good and evil, good spirits wear silver masks over their eyes, evil spirits wear red masks.
In the football scene, footballers wear orange or blue bibs.
The choir wave red scarfs.
The choir sit at each side on the stage, actors and dancers enter from the centre back.
Across the back wall is a white screen on which are projected various images.
The boy’s bed is at the right side of the stage, slanted, end on to us.
The performance lasts about an hour.
