Festival Photos 2015 - The Gordon Craig Story
19th June 2015
A celebration of 40 years of the Town's own theatre. This captivating evening starts with the story of actress Ellen Terry (Gordon Craig’s mother) performed by Helen Cartwright. It continues with members of Stevenage Male Voice Choir, Just Sing Community Choir, Lytton Players and some of our talented young people joining together to perform some of the songs and choruses that have entertained Stevenage audiences over the years.
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Gallery - The Gordon Craig Story
Picture shows The Festival Chorus, which includes members of Lytton Players who took part in the first performance in 1975. Image at the rear is of Ray Gorbing (Gordon Craig Theatre Architect) as "The Mikado" from that show.
Lytton Player ladies in the front row together with Just Sing Community Choir members singing "20 Lovesick Maidens" from The Mikado.
Stevenage Male Voice Choir with Colin Lee as The Lord High Executioner singing "Behold the Lord High Executioner" from The Mikado.
Stevenage Male Voice Choir with Colin Lee as The Lord High Executioner (closer shot).
The Festival Chorus with "Three little Maids from School" from The Mikado.
The Just Sing Community Choir.
Stevenage Male Voice Choir with their conductor Paul Rooke.
Helen Cartwright as Ellen Terry. This one woman play tells the story of Ellen Terry (Gordon Craig's Mother) and so gives some background to Gordon Craig's life.
The Mikado (Steve Wilks) and Katisha (Allie Neal) performing Miya-Sama/A More Humane Mikado.
Singer and performer Allie Neal - this time leading the festival Chorus in the Finale You'll Never Walk Alone from Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.
Cellist Lydia Dobson.
Singer Jochebel MacCarthy.
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