The Music Box - A Christmas Extravaganza
West End singing sensation, Peter
Corry and Ulster Operatic Company present The Music Box - A Christmas
Extravaganza in the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum from Tue 15th to
Sat 19th December.
This captivating event is anticipated to be the ultimate festve musical experience and will be one of the most exciting seasonal spectacular shows ever to visit Belfast.
With a blend of magical festive entertainment, Christmas songs, dazzling dancers, beautiful costumes and outstanding music from the talented cast, it is sure to be a production which would not be out of place in any of London’s West End theatres, and sure to make you rediscover the wonder of Christmas past and present.
In addition to Peter Corry, the show will feature soloists, dancers and a choir from the Ulster, as well as boy sopranos, ballet dancers and a different school choir each night.
Click here to see the cast list or to download the rehearsal schedule or the flyer.
The shows starts at 7:45pm Tue 15-Fri 18 December. There are two shows on Sat 19 December at 4:00pm and 8:00pm.
Tickets are available now from the Odyssey Box Office on 028 9073 9074 and from Ticketmaster by phone on 0844 277 44 55 and on-line at Ticketmaster.co.uk.
Boogie Nights - the 70s Musical
With
another first for Northern Ireland's musical societies, we brought
Boogie Nights - the 70s Musical to the
Grand Opera House in November 2009. Co-written by (and originally starring)
Shane Richie, the show features many great songs from the 1970s:
- Blame it on the Boogie
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart
- Y.M.C.A.
- Play that Funky Music
- I Will Survive
- No More Tears - Enough is Enough
- Boogie Wonderland
- and of course, the title track.
Boogie Nights - the 70s Musical ran from Tue 3-Sat 7 November 2009 in the Grand Opera House. Director Peter Kennedy, Musical Director Wilson Shields and Assistant Choreographer Rebecca Leonard combined to deliver a magical show filled with hits from the 70's.
Many of the audience sang along every night, with some of them even dressing up in the 1970s gear - maybe they wanted to join us on stage!
High School Musical 2
Our
second show for 2009 was the Northern Ireland premiere of High
School Musical 2. Troy, Gabriella, Ryan, Sharpay and
their friends spent their summer break at Lava Springs Country Club, singing
songs including:
- What time is it?
- You are the music in me
- All for one - and of course
- Humuhumunukunukuapua'a
High School Musical 2 ran from Aug 25-29 in Stranmillis College Theatre, Belfast. The audiences, which included kids from 3 to 93, sang, danced and clapped their way through each performance - and many of them queued up to meet the cast afterwards, getting autographs and photographs with their favourite characters.
Click here to see details of the cast. Click here to see a fantastic set of photographs from the dress rehearsal, taken by Jacqui Neill.
Rent
Rent
is the ground-breaking musical phenomenon that truly changed Broadway
forever and touched millions. Its breathtaking score and inspirational
story have defined an entire generation.
After twelve amazing years at Broadway's Nederlander Theatre, Rent - the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon - made its Northern Ireland amateur premiere in June 2009.
We are proud to be the first musical society in N. Ireland to be granted the rights to perform Rent, one of the most talked about shows of recent years. Based on Puccini's La Bohème, it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive in New York's Lower East Side, under the shadow of AIDS and drug addiction. Rent ran for 12 years on Broadway, becoming the eighth-longest running Broadway musical.
Click
here to read the story of Rent, view
the song list, check out the
cast or read the review of our opening
night.
Peter Kennedy directed and choreographed this challenging and controversial show with Wilson Shields returning as musical director.
REHEARSAL PHOTOS
Click here to see a selection of photos
from our rehearsals for this show.
West Side Story
Wow!
What a show! We returned to the Grand Opera House for the first time in
30 years, when we performed West
Side Story in October.
Our 2004 production of this 50-year-old musical classic was highly acclaimed when we played the Island Hall, Lisburn, and we knew that we had set ourselves a high standard. Did we meet the challenge? Did we surpass it? If the reviews and audience reactions are anything to go by, we certainly did. In our six performances, there were just 37 seats left unsold - a remarkable achievement in an auditorium that holds over 1,000 people.
Click here to see photos from the dress rehearsal.
Click here to read reviews of the show.