Playing Shenzi

Hi there!
Beth here, and I'm going to tell you about what it was like to play Shenzi in the recent school show. When I first auditioned, I hadn't even considered to try out for the role of any of the hyenas. My preferences were for Scar and Simba, but now looking back, I'm so happy that I was given the role of Shenzi, I feel it really suited my personality and acting style.
I was put in a hyena group with Ella and Ellen, but later on we had a switch so my final cast was Ella as Banzai and Aisling as Ed.
My favourite part about performing as Shenzi was the singing. "Chow Down" is, in my opinion, the most fun song in the show (though I might be a tad biased) and we also got to sing on "The Madness of King Scar" with Georgina, another really fun performance.
Backstage got a bit stressful at times, especially with our huge masks - we were so afraid that somebody would knock off them and break them! Navigating backstage with a huge hyena head is never something I thought I would do. But it was worth it for the amazing artwork and the effect that the masks gave.
Overall the show was a great success, and every minute of work put into the art, singing, dancing and business really paid off!

Front house of Shadowlands.

Hi, Leah here.

I was part of the business team for the show, so basically my jobs were to organise ticket selling, run the shop on the night and to welcome people into the school each night that the show was on. 

For each night of the show, we sold lion themed cupcakes, they sold out each night!  The feedback from the show was amazing! Everyone loved it, which was great! We are all so happy with the turn out off the show, it finally turned out perfect!

Show Prepreations!

Hey everybody,

Just a short post to let ye know that all the show preparations are well under way. There are rehearsals everyday of the week for the main cast,dancers and singers. While they are rehearsing  the art and business department are also very busy. The art department have a very important role as they have to make the costumes and masks for all the main cast and for the dancers as well! The business department are currently finalising the billboard which will be put up outside the school in the coming week, so make sure to check it out!

Also everybody should check out the new website made for Shawdowland for lots of news and updates about the play!
http://theatercompanystals.wix.com/shadowland#!teams/cru1

Here are some images of the preparations for the play!

Sinead!

 

 

 

 

 

Ticket Sales for Les Miserables Opening Soon

The school production of Les Miserables is well underway with a number of weekly rehersals taking place. The show premieres on the 28th of January with a show running every evening until the 31st of January. Tickets will be on sale during the coming weeks (available in the quad) so keep an eye out for updates!

Les Misérables - TY Show

Rehersals are up and running for this years TY production of Victor Hugo's "Les Misérables". It's a great challenge for this years Transition Year's but we're all sure that they, along with Ms. Sheehan, Ms. Gillard, Philip and Aileen, will do a spectacular job! Stay tuned for more updates!

Main cast members are as follows:
Jean ValJean - Laoise Kelleher
Javert - Emma Creaner
Fantine- Susan O'Sullivan/Emily Cahill
(Young) Cossette - Sarah Mennis/Sinead O'Driscoll
(Older) Cosette - Leah Bashford/Edel Cashman
Eponine - Mary Twomey/Caoimhe Barry
Marius - Rachel O'Donoghue/Fiona Ramos
Enjolras - Kate Leahy/ Ciara O'Connor
Gavroche - Megan Gilley/Niamh Connery
Bishop - Ciara Kelly/ Jessica Long
Monsieur Thénardier - Denise Bunce/ Fiona O'Keeffe
Madame Thénardier - Jessica Murphy/ Laura Barry

We wish all involved the Best of Luck and we wait in great anticipation to see it!

Source : hollywood website