mort

Mort

Adapted by Jenifer Toksvig
from the novel by Terry Pratchett
with music by Dominic Haslam

Director Clive Paget
Musical Director
Mark Dougherty
Choreographer
Sam Spencer-Lane

Manchester Library Theatre

6th - 19th August
Perfs 17th August 8pm &
18th August 3pm and 8pm

'Mort: You're looking for an apprentice?
Death: Of Course.
Mort: I don't have to die to get the job, do I?
Death: Being dead is not compulsory'

Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death’s apprentice.

As 'Mort' starts, the titular teenager, whose picture is in the dictionary next to both "gangly" and "geek", has been dragged to the local job fair by his father to be shipped off as someone else's assistant. Mort and his father wait until the final stoke of midnight, when a tall and very thin gentlement -just bones, no skin- shows up with the offer of a lifetime: an opportunity to be Death's apprentice. Mort gets the job, but the opportunities for love are more interesting than the chances to deal death...

Terry Prachett's worldwide popularity as a fantasy and science fiction writer was recognised in 1998 when he received the OBE for services to literature. He has sold more than 50 million books to date, publishing his first work at the age of 15. His novels have since been adapted for TV, film, stage, comics, computer games and radio plays.

YMT: UK are proud to be developing Part 1 of Terry Prachett's novel Mort and look forward to working on Part 2 in 2008.

SPONSORS

BRIT Trust
Youth Music

Additional Thanks to:
Scottish Arts Council, Young Scot Action Fund, Test Valley Arts Foundation, WSCC Durrington School, Asda (Portlethen), Marks and Spencer (Aberdeen), Acergy UK Ltd, First Aberdeen Ltd, Middlesborough Council.

THE COMPANY

Cast:

Nadia Assaf, Jessica Atkins, Florence Barton, Rosanna Bates, Nathan Bull, Jacob Chapman-Short, Nassira Cheref, Kelly Craig, Isabella Crowther, Marcus Dobson, Chris Earley, Kaitlin Farnfield, Christopher French, Ashley Gayle, Daniel Hall, Lowri Hamer, James Hyde, Callum Jones, Gabriel Jones, Scott Lewin, Benjamin Lewis, Harry Lyttle, Jessica March, Bethan McCann, Simon McCoy, Philip Moynihan, Gabriella Nash, Benjamin Norris, Benjamin Potter, Alice Sillett, Jos Slovick, Katie Spencer, Natasha Staffieri, Amelia Thomas-Wilson, Jodie Welch

Orchestra:

Amy Hubbard, Jodie Parsons, James WIlkinson

Stage Manager: Ruth Keir
Deputy Stage Manager: Greg Sharman
Assistant Stage Manager: Bethan Strangeward

STAFF

Director: Clive Paget
Musical Director: Mark Dougherty
Choreographer: Sam Spencer-Lane
Costume Designer: Lesley Hill
Assistant Musical Director: Wen Nee Ho

PASTORAL STAFF AND ARRANGEMENTS

Head Chaperone: Rachel Smith

Chaperones: Judith Drake, Glyn Hawke, Paul Byrne

Contact Phone number: 07948 544 845 (This phone number will be available from 30th July)

Rehearsal venue and dates:

Venue: St Anselm Hall, University of Manchester

Address: Kent Road East
                 Victoria Park
                 Manchester
                 M14 5BX

Dates and times: 6th - 19th August 2007. Performances: 8pm 17th August and 3pm and 8pm 18th August
Registration from 1pm on 6th August. Departure from 10am on 19th August

Other important information:

TICKETS:

Tickets will be available from the Manchester Library Theatre Box Office.

TRAVEL:

By air:

Manchester airport is located 30 minutes away from the University. The airport's two terminals are linked directly to the city centre by a fast, frequent 24 hour train link to both Piccadilly and Oxford Road stations. A taxi from the airport to the University will cost approximately £15.

By train:

St Anselm Hall is located close to both Piccadilly main line station and Oxford Road train station, with Victoria train station a little further away. A taxi from all stations to the Hall will cost approx. £5.