MOS present’s Carousel 2015 at the Desborough Suite, Maidenhead Town Hall
Show Dates: 20th – 23rd of May 2015
Director: Jennifer Scott • Musical Director: David Hazeldine
Countdown to opening night. Show opens [fergcorp_cdt_single date=”20 May 2015, 19:30:00″]Cast List
| Person | Part |
| Ali Bagshaw | Billy Bigelow |
| Amanda Thornton | Julie |
| Barrie Scott | Jigger |
| Eve Macdonald | Nettie |
| Gareth Watkins | Mr Snow |
| Kit Hobson | Heavenly Friend |
| Laura-Anne Putterford | Carrie |
| Lou Tait | Mrs Mullins |
| Martin Bennett | Starmaker |
| Matt Ash | Mr Bascombe |
| Matt Bolton | Policeman |
| Our fantastic children principals are: | |
| Abbi Berry-Richards | Louise |
| Nathan Bristow | Enoch Jnr |
Information for Cast:
Tuesdays – Principals’ rehearsal evenings | Thursdays – Full Cast rehearsal evenings
Correct unless otherwise stated. Please check your rehearsal schedule for detailed information.
Synopsis
In a Maine coastal village toward the end of the 19th century, the swaggering, carefree carnival barker, Billy Bigelow, captivates and marries the naive mill-worker, Julie Jordan. Billy loses his job just as he learns that Julie is pregnant and, desperately intent upon providing a decent life for his family, he is coerced into being an accomplice to a robbery. Caught in the act and facing the certainty of prison, he takes his own life and is sent ‘up there.’ Billy is allowed to return to earth for one day fifteen years later, and he encounters the daughter he never knew. She is a lonely, friendless teenager, her father’s reputation as a thief and bully having haunted her throughout her young life. How Billy instils in both the child and her mother a sense of hope and dignity is a dramatic testimony to the power of love. It’s easy to understand why, of all the shows they created, CAROUSEL was Rodgers & Hammerstein’s personal favourite.
Find out more about the plot and the history of the musical at Wikipedia →
Listen to more Carousel:
MUSIC BY RICHARD RODGERS
BOOK AND LYRICS BY OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II
BASED ON FERENC MOLNAR’S PLAY “LILIOM” • AS ADAPTED BY BENJAMIN F. GLAZER
ORIGINAL DANCES BY AGNES DE MILLE
AN AMATEUR PRODUCTION BY ARRANGEMENT WITH R&H THEATRICALS EUROPE