A TALE AS OLD AS TIME, A SONG AS OLD AS RHYME...
As always, the Lennox Productions team has worked hard to pull off this challenging but truly spectacular show and the audience feedback has been simply astounding. The not-so-amatuer show included all the popular numbers from the 1991 Disney film plus many new songs written by Disney for the stage show. 'Belle', 'Gaston', 'Be Our Guest', 'Something There', 'Human Again' and the all time classic 'Beauty and the Beast' were just a few of the songs that audience members were singing along to with glee.
The Friday evening and Saturday matinee audiences were treated to meet and greet sessions with all the cast members in the foyer after the show. All the popular characters including Belle, The Beast/Prince, Gaston, LeFou, Mrs Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth and Babbette signed autographs for excited attendees and Georgia Purmutt who played Belle posed for photos with children in the famous gold dress.
The Friday evening and Saturday matinee audiences were treated to meet and greet sessions with all the cast members in the foyer after the show. All the popular characters including Belle, The Beast/Prince, Gaston, LeFou, Mrs Potts, Lumiere, Cogsworth and Babbette signed autographs for excited attendees and Georgia Purmutt who played Belle posed for photos with children in the famous gold dress.
Thank you to everyone involved in the production, from fundraising, to make up, to dance routines, to lighting designs, everyone has worked hard for nine months to make sure this show was a huge success, and we have certainly pulled it off!
The Lennox would like to say an extra special thank you to:
The Lennox would like to say an extra special thank you to:
- Steve Liversedge (Artistic Director) for lending his artistic flair and expert comic timing to make this production completely magical.
- ~ Natalie Thurlow (Musical Director) who has pulled out all the stops for the forth time to give us a fantastic sounding show with some beautiful harmonies and a very talented orchestra.
- Jo Paverley (Choreographer) for her incredible choreography and patience while teaching it!
- Catherine Grief (Production Manager) for all her enthusiasm and hard work both on the stage and behind the scenes.
- Gemma Fitzmaurice (Production Coordinator) for promoting and marketing the show and being great support to the whole cast and production team.
- Carol Clark for her very keen eye to costume detail and ensuring the cast looked perfect throughout the show week.
- Kate Smith, Richard Baker and the stage crew for putting together a challenging but incredible set and for their patience with the cast in the wings.
- Kelly Davison-Lacey, Brenda Watkins and the whole hair/wigs and make up team for making the cast look fabulous every night.
- Mo Jones for running around like a crazy lady every night to make sure all the props are correctly placed for the cast.
- Michael White for doing a fantastic job of looking after the principles microphones backstage.
- Alan Foale for donating his time and talents to produce the poster and programme designs.
- Cameron Baxter for donating his time and talent to produce the show photography.
- Joan and Mandy Little, Patsy Page, Lisa Clark, Lindsey Horne, Keith Harman, Jean Brown, Pat
Campbell, Pam Garner and June Grief for volunteering their time to promote the show and help backstage.
Synopsis
Belle is a girl who is dissatisfied with life in a small provincial French town, constantly trying to fend off the misplaced "affections" of conceited Gaston.
The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. The one way he could break the spell was to learn to love another and earn her love in return before the last petal from his enchanted rose fell, which would bloom until his twenty-first birthday. But who could ever learn to love a beast?
Ten years later, Maurice, an inventor from a nearby village, becomes lost in the woods and seeks shelter in the Beast's castle, the Beast imprisons him for trespassing. His daughter Belle, a bookworm who dreams of life outside her provincial village, finds him trapped in the castle and offers her place in his stead. The Beast accepts with a promise she'll remain in the castle forever.
In the beginning Belle views him as nothing more than a monster, he views her as difficult and stubborn. But the two soon taste the bitter-sweetness of finding you can change and learning you were wrong.
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The Beast is a prince who was placed under a spell because he could not love. The one way he could break the spell was to learn to love another and earn her love in return before the last petal from his enchanted rose fell, which would bloom until his twenty-first birthday. But who could ever learn to love a beast?
Ten years later, Maurice, an inventor from a nearby village, becomes lost in the woods and seeks shelter in the Beast's castle, the Beast imprisons him for trespassing. His daughter Belle, a bookworm who dreams of life outside her provincial village, finds him trapped in the castle and offers her place in his stead. The Beast accepts with a promise she'll remain in the castle forever.
In the beginning Belle views him as nothing more than a monster, he views her as difficult and stubborn. But the two soon taste the bitter-sweetness of finding you can change and learning you were wrong.
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Photography by Cameron Baxter - www.cameronbaxter.com
