Ushers: The Front of House Musical

USHERS: The Front of House Musical!
Original Poster

Music Yiannis Koutsakos
Lyrics James Oban
Yiannis Koutsakos
Book James Rottger
Premiere 3 December 2013 (2013-12-03): The Hope Theatre
Productions 2013 The Hope Theatre
2014 The Charing Cross Theatre
2015 Momentum Venues@The Edinburgh Fringe

USHERS: The Front of House Musical is a musical with music by Yiannis Koutsakos, lyrics by James Oban, and a book by James Rottger. The musical premiered in 2013[1] with a workshop performance at The Hope Theatre (Kings Head Theatre), before transferring to Off-West End Venue The Charing Cross Theatre in 2014, with a cast including Daniel Buckley, Ceris Hine, Ross McNeil, Liam Ross-Mills, Carly Thoms, Ralph Bogard.

Synopsis

Set in a West End theatre, USHERS: The Front of House Musical follows a working shift in the lives of the stagiest people in the theatre - the front of house staff, portraying the hilarious, ridiculous and frequently moving stories of ice cream and programme sellers who dare to dream.

Productions

The production came to fruition from twitters mysterious @WestEndProducers competition "Search For A Twitter Composer" at the Soho Theatre London, The production was in the final four of the competition.[2]

The Hope Theatre (Fringe / (Off-Off West End)- December 2013

The Charing Cross Theatre (Off-West End) - March till June 2014

The Momentum Venues @ St Stephens (Edinburgh Fringe) - 5–30 August 2015

The Arts Theatre - 9 September - 18 October 2015

Current licensing

The Licensing and performance rights for "USHERS: The Front Of House Musical" are currently being distributed by Kouban Productions

Amateur Perfromances

The Amateur premiere was produced by sunshine productions & exit stage left at the Blakehay Theatre Weston-Super-Mare in February 2016.

Musical numbers

Act I
  • "Welcome" – Company
  • "Spend Per Head" – Robin, Company
  • "Leading Men" – Rosie
  • "Induction" – Company
  • "The Parts I Could Play – Stephen
  • "Dreams & Ice Creams" – Lucy
  • "(It's Time to) Let Go" – Ben
Act II
  • "Interval Preparations" – Company
  • "Welcome Back" – Company
  • "Half-Finished Story" – Gary
  • "The Ballad of Robin Poketts" Robin
  • "Loving You Is All I Know" - Gary and Ben
  • "The Ballad of Robin Poketts" (Reprise) - Robin
  • "Goodbye" – Company

Cast

Role The Hope Theatre
The Charing Cross Theatre - Late Night
The Charing Cross Theatre
Momentum Venues - The Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The Arts Theatre
Lucy Abigail Carter Simpson Carly Thoms Corrine Priest
Ben Liam Ross-Mills Rory Maguire
Stephen Ross McNeil Cameron Sharp
Gary Will Jennings Daniel Buckley Ben Fenner
Robin Poketts Ralph Bogard Jacob Chapman Harry Stone
Rosie Chloe Brooks Ceris Hine Alexandra Parkes

References

  1. ↑ "USHERS: THE FRONT OF HOUSE MUSICAL to Debut at The Hope Theatre". broadwayworld.com. Broadwayworld.com. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Theatre, Soho (June 23, 2013). "Whats On at The Soho Theatre". Retrieved 30 March 2014.

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