Fringe 2012 Auditions

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In Musical Company

Following our Fringe 2011 success Pop goes the Musical we are pleased to announce that for Fringe 2012 we shall be performing a Musical Revue In Musical Company

Lose those recession blues and be uplifted by songs from this our company’s catalogue of smash hit musicals including Sweeney Todd, West Side Story, A Chorus Line and Rent. If you love musicals you’ll love this!

Monday 6^th – Friday 10^th August, 2012

St Cuthbert’s Church, Lothian Road, Edinburgh

For In Musical Company EMT will continue to push the boundaries of its use of fully integrated signing for the deaf and hard of hearing using British Sign Language to reach out to an even wider audience and share in its Members’ passion for the songs of musical theatre.

Auditions

For information on how to audition please click here.

It’s a Hit!

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4* Review from The Evening News

EMT’s Sweeney Todd gets a great review from Edinburgh’s daily paper for their “innovative and memorable” production.

Read the review here.

Production Images

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A small selection to whet your appetite for the fiendishly macabre week ahead…

Sweeney Todd EMT Cast 2012

The Puppet Master…

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Meet EMT’s Director

Michael Richardson

Lost in Music

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Meet EMT’s Musical Director…

Neil Metcalfe

Footloose

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Edinburgh Music Theatre Co. proudly present:
FOOTLOOSE -The Musical,
22nd – 27th February 2010,
Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh

We brought you the ultimate American rock musical Hair in 2009 and now, Edinburgh Music Theatre present the Edinburgh amateur premier of the ultimate toe-tapping, feel-good, musical Footloose.

Footloose tells the story of Ren who moves with his mother from Chicago to the small farming town of Bomont. Faced with the almost tyrannical local preacher, and a small town with outdated values, Ren must help them overcome the painful past which has led to a ban on dancing and rock and roll. Ren must also win the heart of Ariel, the Reverend’s rebellious daughter, and face up to her boyfriend and his friends who are intent on sabotaging Ren’s reputation.

This fast-paced musical will have you dancing in the aisles to the hit songs Holding Out For a Hero, Let’s Hear it for the Boy, Almost Paradise, and the title song Footloose.

So, if you feel it’s time to cut loose in 2010, kick off your Sunday shoes and see Footloose – you’ll love it!

Tickets Prices:

Opening Night Special: All Seats £8
Tuesday-Saturday evenings-£12 full price/£10 concessions
Saturday Matinee-£10 full price/£8 concessions

Tickets Available from:

From the Usher Hall, Lothian Road, 0131 228 1155 (booking fee applies) or online at www.usherhall.co.uk (booking fee applies)
From Tickets Scotland, 127 Rose Street, 0131 220 3234 (booking fee applies)
From Footloose Company members

4 Star Review in The Scotsman!

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Footloose opened last night and Josie Balfour from The Scotsman was there to review it:

“With a strong musical score, including the all the hits that first gave the movie cult status, and a pithy, knowing script, the show exudes an effervescent charisma which the EMT embrace with gusto.

Opening the play with a snappy dance number and rendition of Footloose, the audience is immediately transported into Ren’s world.

From there, the action proceeds at breakneck pace for the next two and a half absorbing hours, as the EMT managed to rein in some opening night technical issues and put in a fantastic musical performance…”

Read the entire review at The Scotsman

It’s not too late to get tickets. Come along to the Church Hill Theatre in Morningside and join in the fun. Friday and Saturday nights have a limited numbers of tickets but there are more available for Tuesday (tonight!), Wednesday and Thursday nights and the Saturday matinee.

Another 4 star review!

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As the run of Footloose reaches its thrilling climax on Saturday, we are delighted to receive a second 4 star review – this time from EdinburghGuide:

“There are strong performances all round from the principals. The second female lead, Rusty has probably the best part and Katie Gadsby makes the most of it.

Her romantic target Willard, played by the tall and apparently ungainly Lee Brown plays the slow country lad to perfection, but his transformation to a dancer was a highlight of the show.

Louise Black, as the rebellious daughter of the preacher, carries the lead role well when singing, dancing or acting. Jon Kidd as Ren from Chicago is also good but perhaps needs to project his character a little more to get the audience believing that he can be a catalyst for change.

The Rev. Moore (Kenneth Pinkerton) and his wife (Julia More) are impressive with their second-half songs in particular. Musically, the cast and band are great with lots of good vocals.”

Read the whole review

Don’t Stop the Beat!

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The Company that brought you Disney: Fringe Fantasia and Masquerade! Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber now presents a tribute to the MovieMusical with songs from Hairspray, 9 to 5, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Rent, Footloose and many more…..

Aug 9-12 19:10 (50 mins) £10.00 (£8.00)

Aug 9-12 20:40 (50 mins) £10.00 (£8.00)

For information about auditions, please contact us.

Fringe 2010 Auditions

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If you would like to audition for Don’t Stop The Beat please come along to our information evening on Wednesday 28th April, 7PM at Barclay Church, Tollcross, Edinburgh.

The purpose of the evening is to give further information about the production and give you a chance to meet the artistic team. The information session will last for 1 hour after which there will be an opportunity for you to audition for the cast. Further audition slots will be available on Wednesday 5th of May.

For the purposes of your audition you will be required to sing something of your choice. When making your choice why not think of the concept of the show and pick something that you think might fit! Be creative! However, something will be taught in the first hour of the open evening which can be used for audition purposes.

For further information please contact us via our Contact page

Show 2012: The Producers

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We are delighted to announce that for our 30th Anniversary production in the Spring of 2012 we have secured the performing rights for The Producers.

Fringe Box Office Now Open!

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You can now buy tickets for our Fringe concert Don’t Stop The Beat.

Aug 9-12 19:10 (50 mins) £10.00 (£8.00)

Aug 9-12 20:40 (50 mins) £10.00 (£8.00)

Church of St Andrew & St George, George Street, Edinburgh

To book tickets through the fringe website click here (please note that the Fringe Box Office charges a booking fee).

To order tickets directly from us please click here

Rent Auditions

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EMT presents Rent in 2011

Auditions for Rent are being held at the end of September.

If you would like to audition for our 2011 production of Rent please click here for further information.

Rent Cast Announced

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EMT presents Rent in 2011

After a successful round of auditions we have now cast our 2011 production of Rent. Thank-you to everyone who auditioned and congratulations to all those who were successful in their auditions.

We still have many exciting opportunities, both backstage and front of house, for those of you who didn’t manage to audition this year but would like to be involved with the show.

Please click here to join our mailing list.

Click here to view the cast list.

The Box Office Is Now Open!

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Tickets for our forthcoming production of Jonathan Larson’s Rent are now avaliable to buy from cast members and from the Usher Hall.

The show runs from the 5th to the 9th of April at the Churchhill Theatre in Morningside. For further performance details please click here.

Our online ticket ordering service will open within the next week.

To join our mailing list please click here.

Online Box Office Now Open

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To order tickets online please click here

Tickets are also available from the Usher Hall.

EMT General Meeting

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The Board and Committee of Edinburgh Music Theatre would like to invite you a General Meeting at Barclay Church on Wednesday the 23rd of February from 7.30- 8.30pm.

The purpose of the meeting is to share our plans for the future and to give the EMT community a chance to share their views on the company.

This meeting is open to everyone with an interest in EMT and we look forward to seeing as many of you there as possible.

EMT Supports Waverley Care

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EMT is proud to be partnering Waverley Care, Scotland’s leading charity providing care and support to people living with HIV and Hepatitis C.

All profits from the performance of Rent on Thursday, 7th April 2011 will be donated to Waverley Care.
For more details about Waverley Care please click here.

Cerin Richardson, our designer for Rent, volunteers for Waverley Care and is writing a blog about the ups and downs of working on a production like Rent. To read Cerin’s blog click here.

EMT at the Fringe

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Pop! Goes The Musical

We are delighted to announce that we will be performing another fantastic musical revue at this year’s Fringe. Hot on the heels of Don’t Stop The Beat, a tribute to the movie-musical, Pop! Goes The Musical takes you on a journey through the wonderful world of the songbook musical. Featuring songs from musicals such as Mamma Mia and We Will Rock You this show is bound to have you dancing in your seat.

Pop! Goes The Musical will be performed at St Andrew’s & St George’s West Church on George Street from the 8th -12th of August.

If you are interested in auditioning please click here to join our mailing list.

Rent closes after a successful run

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Rent closed on Saturday the 9th of April after an incredibly successful run. Not only was the show a box office smash but it also received a 4 star review in the Edinburgh Guide. From the performers to the Front of House staff and the crew everyone had an absolute blast and will look back on the production with many fond memories. Thank-you to everyone who was involved in making this production possible and we look forward to starting production of our Fringe show Pop! Goes The Musical.

To read our review please click here

Fringe 2011 Auditions

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Auditions for our Fringe 2011 production of Pop! Goes The Musical will be held on Wednesday the 11th of May from 7PM.

For further information or to book an audition slot please click here

Show 2012

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“Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd……the demon barber of Fleet Street!”

As you may be aware, we were fortunate enough to secure the performing rights to The Producers and intended to perform this in the Spring of 2012.

However after careful consideration we have decided that, given the restrictions of our current venue, it is not in the best interests of the company to stage The Producers at this time.

After meeting with our Artistic Team we are delighted to announce that we will instead stage a production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd.

For further information about this production please click here.

Fringe Box Office Is Open!

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The countdown to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has officially begun. The box office is now open so you can start booking your tickets to see our production of Pop Goes The Musical.

For further information about our Fringe production and details of how you can buy tickets please click here

EMT introduces integrated signing to some performances

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We are really pleased to announce that some of our performances of Pop Goes The Musical will be signed.

Usually, when a show is signed, the sign language is delivered by someone standing at the side of the stage. This can make it difficult for deaf people to follow the action. With integrated signing, a signer shadows the actors as they move across the stage, making it easier for deaf people in the audience to follow the show.

In November 2010, Glasgow Pantheon Club became the first theatre company to use integrated signing in Scotland. To read an article about their signed production of Footloose please click here.

For details of our signed performances and to book tickets please click here.

Follow us on Facebook!

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EMT has a new Facebook page. Visit our page and click on ‘like’ to be kept up-to-date with all of our news, show gossip and audition dates.

Pop Goes The Musical Opens Tonight!

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Our Fringe show Pop Goes The Musical opens at Venue 111, St Andrew’s & St George’s Church, tonight. We’ve been rehearsing hard for the last three months and are really excited about performing in front of an audience at last.

Here are some photo’s from our dress rehearsal last night taken by the wonderful Ian Fallon.

The next picture shows us using BSL to sign part of Bohemian Rhapsody.

There are still tickets available for all performances and these can be purchased at the venue either in advance or just before the show. For performance details please click here.

Sweeney Todd Auditions

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Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd……….the demon barber of Fleet Street

In the Spring of 2012 EMT will stage a production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd and we’d like you to be a part of it. We are holding open auditions starting on Wednesday the 31st of August. Our auditions are open to anyone who is aged 16 or over. For further audition information please click here.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Cast for Sweeney Todd is announced

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After two workshops and countless auditions we are very pleased to announce that Sweeney Todd has been cast. The artistic team were overwhelmed with both quality and the sheer numbers of people auditioning making their decisions very tough. We are positive that we have a very talented cast and confident that, come March, we will have an outstanding show. Congratulations to all those who made it in to the cast and we look forward to working with you.

To view the cast list please click here

Our Flyer Has Arrived!

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Meet our Sweeney Todd!

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Tickets for EMT’s Sweeney Todd are now available for booking and to celebrate, we want to introduce you to our man taking on the journey of Benjamin Barker… Mr Warrick Hunter!

Read an interview with Warrick here