ONE of Ballarat\u2019s premier musical theatre companies for young people is showcasing their intermediate and senior students this weekend with a compilation of old and new works.<\/p>\n
Hosted by members of the Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts, the production, called Imagine This, will feature 18 songs dating between 2023 releases to as far back as the 1950s.<\/p>\n
The show\u2019s producer, and music and choral director Paula Heenan said it\u2019ll be an exploration of different theatrical styles for the students.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of these kids have been in a lot of theatre productions and we wanted to explore the variety of musicals available to them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s about teaching them about old-fashioned musicals to contemporary musicals and the different styles involved in that.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s also a great way to pick the best songs from every show that we\u2019ve wanted to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of our seniors will have done some of these songs before so it\u2019s a loving revisit for them as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The production will showcase 40 of the company\u2019s intermediate musical theatre and musical theatre extension performers.<\/p>\n
Peppered with brief solo monologues, the show will include classic one-offs from productions like Ride the Cyclone, A Chorus Line, Sunday in the Park with George, and The Pirates of Penzance.<\/p>\n
Student, Isla has been with BCMA for a decade and will play Sylvia in the production\u2019s excerpt of Finding Neverland.<\/p>\n
She said Imagine This will be a great showcase of the students\u2019 versatility.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt shows lots of different aspects of theatre and lots of different songs with different emotions and stories behind it with different and unique people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy character has this more motherly role. She\u2019s a very sweet character who projects a lot of love. I\u2019ll have a solo song called All That Matters that ends act one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Imagine This will be held at Mount Clear College\u2019s Gay E Gough Theatre this Saturday at 7pm followed by a matinee the following day at 2pm.<\/p>\n
Tickets range between $10 and $30 and can be booked at bit.ly\/3QuGKeO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ONE of Ballarat\u2019s premier musical theatre companies for young people is showcasing their intermediate and senior students this weekend with a compilation of old and new works. Hosted by members of the Ballarat Centre of Music and the Arts, the production, called Imagine This, will feature 18 songs dating between 2023 releases to as far […]<\/p>\n