No Youth Section rehearsals tomorrow for R and J and Macbeth (Tuesday 8th May) due to GCSE Drama practicals- next session Tuesday 15th May. If you want to order a Fiddler DVD please email or message us as order will go on WednesdayDon't stop The Show
March 6th 2012
at The LB theatre
advance theatre Company and Advance Juniors was fantastic
“Seven is the number of the seven sided dice”. Follow the LBCT children in a journey through game land with song, dance and drama - fully costumed and choreographed, this lively shows takes the audience into new worlds of monopoly, Cluedo, computer games and snakes and ladders. A huge chess game concludes the piece, will the evil Lady Fortune win or will kindness and righteousness win through, sounds complicated, it is but visually fantastic, a fun filled full scale musical theatre performance performed by 30 local performers aged 9-13.
Box Office: Tel No. 0300 300 8125
A dvd will be made at the 4pm performance for you to buy. Cast photos will be taken during the dress rehearsal and will be available to order after the show date. No recordings are permitted by audience during the show.
Zoom at The LB Theatre Saturday March 5th 20114pm and 7pm in aid of OXFAM as part of OXJAM
Saturday CT cast for Seven sided Dice/ Minis cast for Zoom- now Youth section !!
New term starts january 15th 2011 for all CT and Mini Theatre members. Mini theatre emails have been sent. CT will be sent next week. YS start date tba
New term starts january 18th 2011 for all Youth section members.
Registration is beginning for new term! Please check emails, facebook site and post for details
Mini and CT new shows- March 2011
2010
What a year. Well done to each and every member on your hard work. £500 will be sent to Help 4 Heroes as a result of the amazing Les Miserables and £500 to Cancer Reserach Uk after our lovely Christmas sing Out Against Cancer.This year we have produced The King and I, Bugsy Malone,The Pirates of Penzance and Les Miserables schools edition plus many more. we sang at the Grove Theatre as part of the Grove sings and we performed at The 02 arena in the 25th anniversary Production of Les Miserables at the request of Cameron Mackintosh- AWESOME!
2010
Highlight-Peter Polycarpou Les Mis workshop
Les Miserables Posters
The Posters for Les Miserables have been sent off to print! If you want to see a picture of the poster search for our event on facebook!
Wonderful weekend
Leighton Buzzard theatre was taken over by pirates on Saturday 2nd October. Fantastic performances all round and hopefully a good amount raised for Macmillan Cancer care- total pending LB Theatre fees and income for the show. WATCH THIS SPACE. Then on Sunday 3rd October LBCT youth section members had an experience of a lifetime performing in the 25th anniversary performances of Les Miserables at The 02 Arena- remarkable. Members brushed shoulders with Matt Lucas, Alfie Boe, Nick jonas and many many more. It was amazing and as always LBCT membres were brilliant. Next the Youth Section and older CT members will take part in "The Grove sings" with 2 songs from Ring of Roses and a snippet of Les Miserables
Watch out for The Pirates of Penzance
Leighton Buzzard theatre will be taken over by pirates on Saturday 2nd October but for one day only when members of Leighton Buzzard Children's Theatre aged 13-15 will perform Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Pirates of Penzance" The show is full of fun songs including "The Very Model of a Modern Major General" and concerns the story of a group of girls attacked by the famous Pirates of Penzance, their father pleads for their lives and soon finds out that although famous the pirates are really not bloodthirsty or at all cunning. Romance, laughter, intrigue and a troop of policemen add to the story especially adapted for young performers. The performances are in aid of Macmillan Cancer Care and curtain up is 3pm and 7pm. Tickets are available from the Leighton Buzzard Theatre Box office. Youth Section and older CT members will take part in "The Grove sings"
"Christmas Sing Out" - Christmas Concert in aid of Cancer Research UK 11th December venue TBC - all sections of LBCT involved
The Mikado update
Wednesday, 30th April 2008 an>
"The Mikado" of Japan is coming to Leighton Buzzard. Youngsters aged
13-18 from Leighton Buzzard Children's Theatre Youth Section have been
busily preparing the colourful musical for performance on May 2nd and
3rd at the Vandyke Theatre.
The musical theatre production follows the fate of Nanki Poo and the
girl he adores Yum Yum as they try to escape capital punishment for
flirting! The production directed by Sally Allsopp assisted by Janine
Nightingale is a traditional Gilbert and Sullivan piece with a special
sparkle, the addition of specialist martial arts work by expert Colin
Lawrence and musical direction under David Allsopp with special
permission of the Doyle Carte Opera Company.
The Mikado will be played by Edward Percival of Heath Road, Leighton
Buzzard. Edward is studying A level drama and would like to be a
proffesional actor. "Playing the Mikado is great" says Edward "It is
an over the top part and I get to sing -which is super"
There are many principal parts all played by local youngsters, the
singing is intense and the young people have been practising weekly
since January.
Costumes are colourful in the production and will include items
donated by local people after a plea to local people as well as twenty
kimonos bought on the internet from Shanghai.
Director Sally says- "tackling something like the Mikado is a
challenge but the cast have really risen to this- they have learnt a
lot about Victorian operetta and the performances promise comedy,
culture and charisma from the varied and complex characters. I have
loved working with the young talented company and do hope the poeople
of Leighton Buzzard and the surrounding area will come to see their
work. I performed the part of Yum Yum at school in Dunstable wh en I
was a teenager and my husband David was Nanki Poo,we were 17 and loved
it, we also produced the show ten years ago with LBCT so we kind of
have a history with it- it's great fun - my favourite songs are "Three
Little Maids from School" and "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring"
It is a totally different experience for our Youth theatre group-
versatility to me is what every good performer needs- it's wonderful
to see young people so commited to this type of work."
The production will add to the charity work of LBCT, over the past 13
years the group has raised over £33,000 for local, international and
national charities. The Mikado is in aid of Cancer research Uk. Ticket
details are available on www.lbct.org and tickets priced £5/£3 are
available from sally@lbct.org or 01525237469 (answerphone)
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Over 50 local youngsters from Leighton Buzzard Children's Theatre
Youth Section aged 13-19 are busy rehearsing The Mikado for
performance at The Vandyke Theatre in April. The Mikado by Gilbert and
Sullivan is a comic opera with additional libretto written by director
Sally Allsopp. The piece is full of colour, fun and popular tunes
including "Three Little Maids from School" and "I've got a Little
List"
The cast are learning Martial Arts moves with expert Colin Lawrence
and enjoying the experience of a totally different type of production.
To make the performance complete the cast are looking for any
colourful hand fans, oriental parasols, martial arts suits and full
length colourful kimonos that might be hiding in Leighton Buzzard and
the surrounding area. LBCT are offering free tickets for the
performance to anyone who can donate any suitable costume(s) or
prop(s) for the production. If you have anything that might be
suitable please contact Sally on 01525237469 or email sally@lbct.org.
The group is keen to forge more community links and would love to see
the Vandyke Theatre full of local people who may have not seen these
talented youngsters perform before, they are happy to collect any
items that can be donated and will offer free tickets in return.
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Saturday, 2nd February 2008
Leighton Buzzard Children's Theatre members have started the New Year
by sending £1,000 to Cancer Research UK and £500 to Keech Cottage
Hospice. The group which has 150 members aged 5-19 in three seperate
groups- the Mini theatre, the Children's Theatre and the Youth section
raised the money in December with performances of Fiddler on the Roof,
Sing out Against Cancer and Christmas singing at Milton Keynes. "It
was a great finish to 2007" said director Sally Allsopp "and the
fundraising for this year has already started, 30 members performed at
Laburnam Court last weekend and raised £60. The youngsters will decide
their charities for 2008 soon and money will be raised at many events
including Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" in April and "Alice in
Wonderland the Musical" in July. The group has raised over £30,000
since 1996 and have sent money to local, national and international
charities."
"The Mikado" will take place in the Vandyke Theatre at the end of
April and will star over 50 local young people aged 13-19. the Mikado
is a colourful, fun comedy and will be a traditional production with
Yum Yum marrying Nanki Poo and the Lord High Executioner trying to
find someone to behead from his "little list" Casting is almost
complete and the players come from Leighton, Linslade, tring, Milton
Keynes, Dunstable and many surrounding villagers.
Edward Percival who has been with the group over 7 years will play the title role of The
Mikado with James Leaver aged 17 playing Ko- Ko. James has been with
the group for many years and played the Major General with the group
in Pirates of Penzance when he was 10. The group first performed "the
Mikado" ten years ago at the Leighton Buzzard Theatre.
Update
Good luck to Tammy Oxley who heads off to Leeds to study Medicine -
Thanks for being a great Youth helper - we will miss you!
Sam gets into Sylvia Young
Tuesday, 29th April 2008
Congratulations to Sam Harris who has succesfully gained a place at the Sylvia Young Theatre School.
Sam will commute to London daily starting in September. Sam is an outstanding performer who has been in many LBCT productions including "Annie" and "Dream On" and always been involved in our community performances.
We will miss him but wish him every best wish.
Well done Sam!