MySpace, Bebo, Youtube, how can we now survive without them? Is this the only way to express ourselves, to define who we really are?  Are we succeeding? 

Grace Online is the development of a new work: a postmodern operetta which blurs the lines between modernism and kitsch. It looks at how we strive for authentic individuality in a culture where we are apparently all communicating in the same way, all with the same set of rules: we are all the same!

Pushing the boundaries of modern performance and using multi-media environments, Grace Online will challenge your perspective on music, performance and interaction. We will therefore be looking at online identities, the manner of modern human communication, and the quest for true individuality.

SPONSOR

Youth Music

Additional Thanks to:
Asda (Portlethen), Marks and Spencer (Aberdeen), Acergy LTD, First Aberdeen Ltd, Middlesborough Concil, Lisburn Arts Advisory Committee, Coca Cola Bursary, Methodist College Belfast.

THE COMPANY

Cast:

Louise Best, Sophie Bicknell, Sarah Birtles, Jessica Bray, Rhiannon Chesterman, Natalie Crouch, Megan Daniels, Lara Davis, Shauna-Marie Diamond, Abigail Evans, Natasha Fardell, Georgie Farwell, Chelsea Gall, Lucy Gooch, Natalie Goodwin, Amy Hotchin, Fia Houston-Hamilton, Juliette Ivie, Karin Latham, Victoria Lennox, Felicity Litster, Ruth McCague, Florence Morgan-Richards, Keedy Noble, Sophie Partridge, Kerri Rafferty, Sarah Rafferty, Naima Sakande, Emily Taylor, Amy Thornton, Caldy Walton, Helen Watkinson, Emily Welch, Roxy Welch, Samantha Wynn

Orchestra: Sarah Carson, George Davey, George Morton, Nick Stutchbury

STAFF

Director: Des Kennedy
Musical Director: Garth McConaghie
Choreographer: Lucy Cullingford
Pianist: Ghane McVicker  

PASTORAL STAFF AND ARRANGEMENTS

Head Chaperone: Alison Murray

Chaperones: Catherine Bagg, Adam Graddon, Katerina Stearman

Contact phone number: 07948 544 846 (This phone number will be available from 30th July)

Rehearsal venue and dates:

Venue:  The Chapel at Plymouth College

Address:Plymouth College Junior School
                 The Millfields
                 Plymouth
                 PL1 3JL

Date and times: 6th - 18th August 2007. Performances 8pm 17th August and 2pm 18th August
                              Registration from 1pm on 6th August. Departure from 4pm on 18th August

Other important information:

Travel information:

By air:

Plymouth airport is 15 minutes from the school and has connecting flights to London and other major UK city airports.

By train:

Plymouth station is a 5 minute taxi journey away from the school and has regular connections to London, Birmingham and the South West.

By car:

On exiting the A38, at the roundabout, take the A386 towards the city centre. Travel for 1.2 miles and take the slip road to remain on the A386 towards the city centre. At the first roundabout take the third exit, Stuart Road, signposted Torpoint. Continue along Stuart Road, taking the first exit at the mini roundabout onto Wilton Street. At the traffic lights, turn left onto Molesworth Road. Travel for 0.3 miles until the roundabout, take the third exit onto Clarence Place. At the mini roundabout, take the third exit into The Millfields. Report to the Security Office. Once on The Millfields site, follow the road to the left, turn right at the mini roundabout and continue until you reach the School car park.