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The Summer Youth Project 2009

Wednesday 12th to Saturday 15th August

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Open Monday - Saturday  10.00am - 5.00pm
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Rebecca is delighted to be returning as director for this years summer youth production ‘The Wiz’. She trained at Performers College in Essex in all aspects of musical theatre. During her professional career she appeared in countless productions including ‘Singin’ in the Rain’, the ‘Kosmic Krew’ ‘A Little Princess’ and ‘Cinderella’. She was an original member of the dance group ‘Mystique’, a backing dancer for Lionel Richie and backing singer for Rod Stewart. Performances have seen her travel as far as Bombay, Monte Carlo and Paris. Rebecca has performed with celebrities such as Arnold Schwartzenegger, Kylie Minogue and Gabrielle.

Recently Rebecca returned to her home town and opened two very successful stage schools, one in Felixstowe and one in Woodbridge. For information about the stage schools please contact felixstowe@stagecoach.co.uk

Rebecca Darcy
DIRECTOR
Richard Healey
Musical Director
Suzi Lowe
Choreographer
Suzanne trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London from the age of 10.  At 16 she went to the London Studio Centre training in Musical Theatre for a year.

Suzanne has worked professionally in the West End, London and around the UK and Europe in various shows and pantomimes, including, Oliver at the London Palladium, The Rocky Horror Show – European Tour, Royal Variety Performances and many more.  She has also worked in film and television working with Franco Zefferelli and Minnie Driver and was the voice of Barbie for television.

Suzanne choreographs for the Dennis Lowe Theatre Company and also teaches for various theatre schools in and around London.

Suzanne is currently playing Lambchops and understudy Serena in the European tour of Fame the Musical.

Richard is a freelance musical director, writer, pianist and vocal coach.

His early years were spent at at Hulme Grammar School for Boys, where he was a pianist, chorister and budding (if ultimately failed) trombonist! Having won the John Chadwick trophy for musical performance, he then left to study a BA (Hons) degree in Music at Southampton University.

Whilst there, he studied voice with John Wakefield, the former Wagnerian and Covent Garden tenor and then Head of Voice at Trinity Guildhall. He also directed, performed, musically directed and composed music for productions as varied as 'Iolanthe', 'Princess Ida', 'Little Shop of Horrors', 'Up on the Roof', 'Bent', 'One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest', 'Rock n Roll Alice in Wonderland', 'Troilus & Cressida' and 'Talking Heads' to name but a few. In addition he was privileged to study Composition with Matthew Scott (current Head of Music at the National Theatre),  perform as a soloist in the Stravinsky Mass, tour the Czech Republic, enjoy performance and improvisation workshops with Dave Brubeck and help found the university's Musical Theatre Society.

He then studied an MA in Multimedia Music Design for Film & TV, under Stephen Deutsch at Bournemouth University.

During his studies, Richard worked professionally as musical director on the national tours of 'Emma' and 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles', both of which originated at the Kings Head Theatre.

After graduating, Richard worked & lived in London (via brief employment in a Forsyth's music shop in Manchester!) He taught voice privately as well as recording voice-overs, composing for the stage and musically directing. Credits at this time include the 'Two Flats & a Sharp', 'Mina Laury', '45755' (short-listed for the Vivian Ellis award) and 'More Light'.

Richard then spent seven years as a High School teacher before deciding to return to the profession from whence he came, and is now once more enjoying the varied (if stressful) lifestyle of a self-employed musician! During his employment at High School he was Head of Music & Performing Arts, in addition to being involved with the Jubilee & Harmony choirs. Since changing focus, he has enjoyed building his studio at home from where he now teaches singing to over 20 pupils a week. He also currently teaches singing at the prestigious Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Additionally, Richard has recently been commissioned to write a new Youth Theatre project alongside Martin Cleverley to take to on tour to Russia later this year. He is also developing his own theatrical material, due to be showcased at the brand new studio theatres at the Hazlitt Theatre, Maidstone and the Headgate Theatre, Colchester. Future projects also include, creating a small touring theatre company, developing a variety of cabaret evening shows, corporate music workshops, developing special needs workshops and opening up music theatre youth-centred performance/creation opportunities to the local community.

He is involved with YMT:UK and NYMT (with whom he toured Japan as Musical Director and Workshop Leader) and is currently the resident MD for the Ipswich-based Gallery Players. He is also the MD for The Spa Pavilion's Annual Summer Youth Project, The Hazlitt Youth Theatre's annual musical and a team MD for Paul Holman Productions.

Theatre Credits (past, present & future) include:

Summer Holiday (Spa Pavilion); Spend, Spend, Spend; (New Wolsey Theatre); Cinderalla (Watersmeet Theatre); We Will Rock You (Spa Pavilion); Grand Hotel (New Wolsey Theatre); Working (Hazlitt Theatre); Passion (New Wolsey Theatre); Tess of the D’Urbervilles (New End Theatre & National Tour); A Threepenny Opera )Lyric Theatre); Oliver! (Spa Pavilion); Emma (King’s Head Theatre); Godspell (New Wolsey Theatre); A Celebrity Chef Ate My Hamster (Bridewell Theatre); Mina Laury (Brighton Arts Festival) Hamlet, Volpone and Canterbury Tales (The Cast Youth Theatre); One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Edinburgh Festival); Do You Want Chilli Sauce With That (Sir John Mill's Theatre & Headgate Theatre); With Love (John Mills Theatre); Sweeny Todd, Dracula!, Little Shop of Horrors, Oklahoma!, Les Miserables & various musical review shows.



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