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The Footlights Class of 2018/19! Congratulations to every single one of our incredibly talented members! We are so excited to welcome these faces, both old and new, and cannot wait for the year ahead!!! #footlightsfamforever ❤️
Come find us at the activities fair! We will be here today and tomorrow so come say hi!✨ You can also sign up to audition for 9 to 5 and Showchoir's Seven! Only two days till auditions begin and slots are filling fast...
Come along to our yearly Musicals and Theatre pub quiz on Tuesday 11th September at 7:30PM at 56 North! Have a chat with lots of different members of various performing arts societies and test your knowledge of everything Theatre! See you there!
Auditions begin in only 8 days! This year’s Showchoir Production Team are delighted to present SEVEN, our interpretation of the deadly sins, with a twist… We will be repurposing the traditional interpretation of the sins and using SEVEN to create a compelling and powerful piece of theatrical entertainment. SEVEN will include an array of numbers from musicals, including Kinky Boots, Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen, as well as a range of contemporary pop, rock, funk and various other hits. We will even be offering the opportunity for our cast to create their own choreography and movement for the production. This year we are also supporting ‘Papyrus’, a charity for the prevention of young suicide, and using SEVEN to promote Mental Health Awareness via musical theatre. At its core, Footlights Showchoir is a group whose goal is to demonstrate everything there is to love about performance. We are looking for a diverse cast of creative individuals to work alongside our band, production team and crew to pull off our most ambitious project yet. Come and be part of something extraordinary! Thanks to the wonderful James Crang and Mhari Sibeth for their publicity design here!
Only 9 days to go until we start auditions! Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJDnyQBHdscGat3QXimNzV8CL9XF01t-lgfIt4Z9GSCB0x6w/viewform
10 days until auditions start! Hear about our first show this year, 9 to 5: Outrageous, hilarious and thought-provoking, Dolly Parton’s ‘9 to 5’ follows employees Judy, Violet and Doralee as they attempt to make their way in the patriarchal working world at Consolidated Industries. The company is ruled over by the sexist, sleazy and pompous boss, Franklin Hart. After Judy’s awful first day, Hart passing Violet over for yet another promotion and Doralee discovering that Hart has been spreading rumours that they are having an affair, the three women unite in their hatred of the lecherous Mr. Hart. And then, over a joint, they fantasize about how they would kill him... This award winning musical is a whirlwind of bold brash musical numbers that are as empowering as they are entertaining. This production will be glitzy and glamorous but with dark undertones that highlight the issues of workplace gendering, objectification and the dehumanising monotony of working life in the 1970s. We are seeking a diverse and talented cast willing to throw themselves into the process with as much energy as possible! Thanks to the wonderful Trevor Lin for the publicity design!
Edinburgh University Footlights would like to wish a huge GOOD LUCK to two of our wonderful graduating members this year. Eleanor Crowe will be undertaking a Masters Degree in Musical Theatre at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and Trevor Lin will be undertaking a Bachelors Degree is Musical Theatre at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. Eleanor has spent four years giving her all to Footlights. She was part of Showchoir (2014/15), Guys and Dolls (2016), Urinetown where she played 'Hope', Showchoir Encore (2017/18) and American Idiot (2018) where she played 'Heather'. Not only that, she has served on committee as Sponsorship Manager (2015/16) and Patronage Coodinator (2017/18), where she lead a team who organised the 2018 Footlights Alumni Gala. Trevor has spent his past 2 years at Edinburgh University dedicated to Footlights. He began his Footlights journey in 2015 as part of the Urinetown cast. This year, he has been both a part of Fame (2018) and most recently American Idiot, where he played 'Extraordinary Girl'. He also has dedicated himself to Footlights Committee, serving as Publicity Manager (and designing the publicity for both American Idiot and 9 to 5). We are so sad to see these two wonderful people leave us this year, but we couldn't be more proud of everything they have achieved. We know the future can only hold wonderful things for these two, and we wish them the best of luck and a huge thank you for everything they've done for Footlights.
We are thrilled to announce our Showchoir Production Team for 2018/19! Creative Director: Rachael Beaty Musical Director: Hugh Richardson Executive Producer: Emily Williams Producer: Harri Jones We are so excited to see what this team are going to create. If you are interested in joining this Production Team as Production Manager, pop us a message on the Facebook page!
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