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West End fame for Showdown Boy...
Showdown are thrilled that one of their students
Jake Ibelo has been cast in the lead role of Bruce in hit West End show Matilda
the musical, Jake has been training with Showdown for two years and landed the
role after auditioning before Christmas. He will move to London whilst he
is in the Show, he and his family are so thrilled and excited, as are we, we
can’t wait to watch the show very soon!
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Showdown hit NYC!
Showdown members were thrilled on their trip to USA to have dinner with star of film and Broadway ‘Tracie Thoms’. Tracie, who starred in RENT both on stage and in the film, spent an evening with our cast, giving tips on characters for our next production of RENT, answering questions, taking photo’s and just generally having fun in NYC. We can not thank her enough for taking the time out of her busy schedule and we all wish her the best of luck in her next project ‘Stick Fly’ on Broadway. Showdown loves Tracie!! |
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Showdown head for the States!
Showdown are thrilled to announce that they will be taking 10 students to Baltimore this November to train at The Baltimore School for the Arts and workshop the show that both academies will perform together in the UK during May 2012. The students who have been selected to return the exchange program this year are beside themselves with excitement as well as all the Showdown membership who are looking forward to being offered the opportunity in the coming years. Showdown can not thank ‘Hip Productions’ and the Gavan family enough for the sponsorship donations they have made to enable to the students to fund the trip, we can’t wait to tell you all more about the experience, watch this space!
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Cut Footloose!
Showdown didn’t think they could top everything they had done this year so far however the success of Footloose was a great achievement and an even better way to mark the end of the summer term, Guildford members produced a fantastic show, with great reviews from audiences, one audience member emailed in to say ‘We booked the show thinking it was the professional Footloose tour that had been showing in the main theatre, we turned up all the way from Bracknell and thought ‘uh oh what have we done here’ but by 5 minutes in we were absolutely flabbergasted at the standard of these young performers and enjoyed every second, we told all our friends it is a must see and my son will be trying out in September!’ that’s what we call great feedback and we also enjoyed every second of show week! Bring on the next shows...
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Showdown goes International...
Showdown Theatre Arts have waved goodbye to their new friends from Baltimore School For the Arts this week after spending 8 days together rehearsing and performing ‘The Exonerated’ based on the true story of 6 innocent people sent to Death Row, the show received great reviews from audiences and the individual performances from the cast aged 15-19 were outstanding. The whole project has proven what talent both academies have and they are training the future of British and American theatre. The exchange programme has gone so well and had such an impact on both casts that Showdown have now been confirmed as the permanent British partners for this event, not only does this mean they can offer this opportunity to young people in Surrey and West Sussex every year, UK casts will also be returning to Baltimore to perform out there, principal Carli Jones says ‘During the week I witnessed this experience have a huge impact on these young individuals, not only as performers but as people, they created friendships for life and they will share those memories forever. Experiencing each other cultures and rehearsing in this intensive format is a real taste of the focus and determination needed to train and work professionally in this industry’. Showdown Theatre Arts will now look to find funding for the return journey of the exchange.
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Showdown host’s talented students from America...
Showdown Theatre Arts are proud to announce that they will collaborate with the students and director from Baltimore School for the Arts and produce the hit play ‘The Exonerated’. Rehearsals will begin on 23rd May 2011 and the performances can be seen on Saturday 28th May at 4pm & 7.30pm. Showdown students can not wait to meet the BSA cast and work intensively together and perform this award winning play. For tickets please call 01483 893688.
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We’re all in this together...
Showdown members from Billinghurst and the newly opened school in Horsham have performed their first big show at The Capitol Theatre during April. High School Musical was performed to sell out audiences and had people dancing in their seats to this fantastic performance. The cast were thrilled and the production was high energy and extremely professional for such young performers aged 6-19!
News to follow on the next show in this area...
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Showdown Light up the Sky...
Last week Showdown members from both Billingshurst and Guildford School’s performed Fame – The Musical at The Rhoda McGaw Theatre, the crowds cheered for our cast of performers who pulled off this favourite musical in style! The response and feedback has been incredible and audiences are continually surprised with how professionally our productions are produced especially with a young vibrant cast of ages 6-18 years. The group work exceptionally hard and are a sad to see it come to an end however they are already looking forward to the next productions that will be coming to a theatre near you! |
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Taking the stage...
Showdown will soon be presenting their next production which is ‘Fame – The Musical’ at The Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking, 28th-30th October 2010. Excitement is building and the students can’t wait to present this well loved story of a group of American performing arts high school students trying to ‘make it’ and become stars! Tickets are now on sale, please come and support the show, if you are considering auditioning for our next show come and see what we do – hope to see YOU there!
For tickets call the box office on: 0844 871 7645
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Showdown make top ten!
Thank you to everyone who voted for Showdown to perform in the live final for Surrey’s Got Talent, we are now in the top ten acts to perform at the Celebrating Surrey Festival on Saturday 26th June, the judges include top PR guru Max Clifford and Musician Cosimo Keita who has previously worked with Mariah Carey and Shakira. Members can not wait to perform their all singing, all dancing number from the top TV show ‘Glee’ and would love to see you all there... |
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Great news - vote Showdown!
Showdown Theatre Arts have made the top 20 finalists out of hundreds of entries and now need to round up plenty of votes to make it to the top 10 and have the chance to perform in front of a panel of judges including Max Clifford! Please help Showdown reach the top 10 by sending an email to:
saying that you are voting for Showdown, we would really appreciate it if you can support the talented members of Showdown, to view all the top 20 finalists go to:
Thank you for your support!
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A day to remember...
Showdown students had the fantastic opportunity to perform at the Voice in a Million concert at London 02 arena on Thursday 28th January and it was certainly a day to remember! The group helped to form a choir of 5000 talented voices across the country and also our members who auditioned back in September were up at the main stage in the featured choir, with an audience in their thousands the atmosphere was incredible, contact us to find out how you can join us and perform at the 02 in 2011... |
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We can't wait.....
Showdown Theatre Arts will take to their biggest stage yet this month performing at London’s 02 Arena on Thursday 28th January in the Voice in a Million Concert, 30 Showdown members will be performing in a choir for this huge event with 4000 other talented singers from across the country. A big congratulations to those Showdown students who were also picked to record on the Voice in a Million album, we will of course have pictures to follow with info on how the day went...
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What a success and this is just a start...
Showdown members performed their first full scale musical ‘Aladdin’ to a sold out matinee audience and a packed out evening audience last Saturday 24th October at The Rhoda McGaw Theatre in Woking. Audiences were loving every second of this magical show and the cast had a fantastic experience performing in a professional environment. Congratulations Showdown and bring on the next show...
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Showdown Theatre Arts perform in Starlight Starbright.....
Twenty Showdown members performed in Saturday’s sell out show which raised over £2000 for children’s charity The Starlight Foundation. The cast performed extracts from the hit show High School Musical and have certainly earned the title of one of Guildford’s finest performing academies! Well done to everyone involved!
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Showdown Theatre Arts dance for life…
Showdown members raised over £200 taking part in the Dance For Life competition at The Leatherhead Theatre in aid of the British Red Cross on Saturday 13th June and took home the award for ‘Diversity of Dance’. The cast have worked hard on their piece over the past two months and had a fantastic time raising money for such a great cause! |
Showdown Theatre Arts will perform Disney's Aladdin...
Showdown Theatre Arts have now announced our first musical production will be Disney’s Aladdin and we are offering a free 3 hour workshop for young people aged 6-18 who are interested in joining Showdown and performing in Disney’s Aladdin at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre in Woking in October 2009. For more information or to book a place for one of our workshops, please fill in the online form below or contact us on 01483 893688.
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