MUSICAL THEATRE STUDENTS PRESENT:
LABAN THEATRE
Trinity Laban Conservatoire
of Music & Dance
The
Clockmaker’s
Daughter
FRI 2 & SAT 3 DEC
14.30h & 19.30h
An original faerytale musical
by Michael Webborn and Daniel Finn
PROGRAMME £3
THE CLOCKMAKER’S DAUGHTER
Presented by Trinity Laban final year Musical Theatre students.
This production is presented by special arrangement with Webborn and Finn.
Director Michael Howcroft
Musical Director Tony Castro
Choreographer Jenny Arnold
Set and Costume Designer Amy Yardley
Lighting Designer Chloe Kenward
The Clockmaker’s Daughter was originally produced by Theatrica Limited at the Landor Theatre.
Directed by Robert McWhir
Choreographed by Robbie O’Reilly
Designed by David Shields
Lighting by Richard Lambert
Executive Producer Clive Chenery
SYNOPSIS
Spindlewood, like most towns of age, has its traditions. But no practice,
custom, or Old Wives Warning is so firmly adhered to as ‘The Turning of the
Key’. Every year, on the last night of winter, as the first day of spring unfolds,
the townsfolk gather to take part in a strange ritual. They meet in the centre
of the town square, where a statue bearing the likeness of a young girl
stands, poised and still, one hand raised as if to toast the sky. Constance
has stood in the square for as long as any can remember. And she is never
more lifelike than tonight.
BAND
CREATIVE TEAM
Director
Michael Howcroft
Lighting Designer
Chloe Kenward
Piano/Musical Director
Tony Castro
Musical Director
Tony Castro
Costume Supervisor
Cristiano Casimiro
Violin
Rosie Judge
Choreographer
Jenny Arnold
Sound Designer
Chris Tanton
Double Bass
Lewis Reid
Set and Costume Designer
Amy Yardley
Production Manager
Fay Patterson
Percussion
Craig Lutton
Stage Manager
Jo Alexander
musical numbers
ACT 1
ACT 2
1
The Turning of the Key
11
Market Day 2
You’re Still Here
A Modest Modiste
12
If You Could See My Heart
3
4
Impossible
13
Fear And Whispers 5
A Story of My Own
14
If You Could See My Heart (reprise)
6
Spindlewood
15
A Town Meeting
7
Where You’ll Be
16
Clockwork
8
Keep It To Yourself
17
Finale Act II
9
A Story of My Own (reprise)
10
Finale Act I – Raise a Glass
CAST list
Christy Bellis
Jack McNeill
Leo Rowell
Morgan-Lee Wilcox
Alexandra Davies
Friday matinee 14.30h
Saturday evening 18.30h HENRY
MAYOR
MAB
RHIANNON
MARY
JANE
SUE/Madame Le Sel
LUCILLE
MOLL
JOHN
Samuel Spence
Juan Douglas
Ailsa Hutchison
Chloe Frances
Emily McLachlan
Katie Finch
Kimberley Ramshaw
CONSTANCE
WILL
ABRAHAM
AMELIA
MA RILEY
Lucy Elson
Tom Ramsay
Elliot Coombe
Elize Layton
Lori-Jane McLare
Friday evening 19.30h
Saturday matinee 14.30h
TED
JIM
DAVE
SAM
DANCE
CAPTAINS
Callum Craggs
Emyr J Lewis
Alexander Lockett
Tyler Raymond Frankland
Samuel Spence,
Emily McLachlan
and Danii Middle
Dannii Middle
Faye Harrison
Joseph Hartley
VOCAL
CAPTAINS
Morgan Lee Wilcox
and Juan Douglas
Ailsa Hutchison
Alexander Lockett
Alexandra Davies
Callum Craggs
Chloe Frances
Christy Bellis
Dannii Middle
Elize Layton
Elliot Coombe
Emily McLachlan
Emyr J Lewis
Faye Harrison
Jack McNeill
Joseph Hartley
Juan Douglas
Katie Finch
Kimberley Ramshaw
Leo Rowell
Lori-Jane McLare
Lucy Elson
Morgan-Lee Wilcox
Samuel Spence
Tom Ramsay
Tyler Raymond Frankland
BIOGRAPHIES
Michael Webborn and daniel finn – creators
Daniel and Michael met during a workshop at the Royal
Conservatoire of Scotland and soon after began writing
musicals together...
After working together on Daniel’s first show riZen
(with Tom Oakley), Webborn & Finn decided they
would attempt to devise a piece of their own. Their
first project was a collection of songs for a potential
staging of the best selling novel The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern. After issues came to light over
the acquisition of rights, they decided that the best
possible way forward would be the creation of a
wholly original piece.
Their first full-length musical: The Clockmaker’s
Daughter, first premiered at the Landor Theatre
(Clapham) in 2015. The show went on to a sell out run,
critical success and has, to date, been nominated for
eleven awards. This summer it completed a further
sell-out run at the Minack Theatre, Cornwall. Earlier this
year, Michael and Dan marked the completion of their
second musical, Animus commissioned by the Musical
Theatre Academy.
Daniel’s credits include: riZen, The Clockmaker’s
Daughter, Animus and The Year Before You. As well as
a musical theatre writer, Daniel has had a vast career
working as actor, broadcaster and aspiring novelist.
As a writer, his projects include: Visillion, I, (as novels),
Hidden in the Iyndaeg Tree (collection of short stories)
and Why 13? (anthology of poems). He is also currently
adapting The Clockmaker’s Daughter as a novel. He
thinks it important to note that none of the works listed
above are officially published. He is however, officially
seeking representation.
Daniel also holds a BA (Hons) Acting from Birmingham
School of Acting and also spent 4 years presenting the
International Federation of Sports Climbing’s (IFSC’s)
World Cups across the globe, working in cooperation
with: 247.TV, Eurosport, Sky Sports, Premier Sports and
Red Bull TV. Daniel also acted as director on the original
concept albums for both riZen and The Night Circus.
Michael originally trained at Trinity Laban on the Vocal
Studies course before attending the Royal Conservatoire
of Music to gain his MA in Musical Direction.
Michael continues to work around the world as a
Musical Director, Accompanist and Arranger. As Musical
Director his shows have included Animus (World
Premiere) Bridewell Theatre, The Clockmaker’s Daughter
(World Premiere), Damn Yankees, Meet Me in St. Louis
(UK Premiere), [title of show] (London Premiere), Next
Thing You Know, Hot Mikado and Curtains (European
Premiere) (Landor Theatre), Willy Wonka (DUCTAC
Theatre, Dubai), Peter Pan (International Tour), Beauty
and the Beast (International Tour), A Midsummer Night’s
Dream (International Tour), Aladdin (International Tour),
Macbeth (International Tour), Pinocchio (International
Tour), The Tempest (International Tour), The Little
Mermaid (International Tour) (S4K International), Aladdin
(Harlequin Theatre, Redhill), Spring Awakening (Catford
Broadway), Jack and the Beanstalk (Perth Theatre),
Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (Tron
Theatre, Glasgow). Michael also has acted as Assistant
Musical Director on Blood Brothers (UK, No. 1 Tour).
Michael Howcroft – director
Tony Castro – musical director
Directing credits include: Punk Rock (London College
of Music), Sunshine on Leith (MTA, Bridewell Theatre).
Venus in Fur, Good People (German Premières,
English Theatre Frankfurt); Breaking The Code
(English Theatre Frankfurt), Some Girl I Used To Know
(Runaway Productions, West Yorkshire Playhouse
& UK Tour), The Ballad of Kitty Jay (MTA, Bridewell
Theatre), Elaine Paige in Concert (Royal Festival Hall,
UK Tour), Sleeping Beauty (Place Theatre), Poor Ted
(OnO Theatre Co.), Company, How To Succeed In
Business…, The Wiz, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
(LIPA), Soho Cinders, Hair (The Urdang Academy),
Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Nymph Errant (Mountview).
Musical director/Supervisor credits include: City of
Angels (Royal Academy of Music), Phantom of the Opera
(Cameron Mackintosh/West End), Miss Saigon (Cameron
Mackintosh/West End), The Iron Man (Young Vic/Pete
Townshend), Moll Flanders (Lyric Hammersmith), Side
by Side by Sondheim (Tour of Far), Dick Wittington
(E&B/Birmingham).
Readings: Five Children and It, a new British musical
by Eamonn O’Dwyer and Helen Watts at the Tristan
Bates Theatre.
As Associate/Resident Director: South Pacific
(Barbican & ATG Tour 2011/12), Spamalot (UK Tour,
West End), The Rocky Horror Show (ATG UK Tour and
International Tour).
As performer: The Soldier’s Fortune (Young Vic),
Amadeus (Wilton’s Music Hall), As You Like It
(Wyndhams, West End), Privates on Parade (New
Victoria Theatre, Stoke). Michael played the Beadle in
the original Watermill Theatre production of Sweeney
Todd, (UK Tour/West End). Also at the Watermill: Martin
Guerre, Piaf, Cinderella and the Enchanted Slipper,
Fiddler on the Roof and Carmen.
Michael has taught and led masterclasses at: Royal
Central School of Speech and Drama, Rose Bruford,
Arts Ed, Mountview, Guildford School of Acting, Trinity
Laban, The Urdang Academy, RAM, LSMT, CPA, Italia
Conti, MT4UTH (Dublin), The Musical Theatre Academy
and at the National Student Drama Festival.
michaelhowcroft.com
Piano/Keyboard credits include: Les Miserables
(Cameron Mackintosh/West End), Wonderful Town (Bill
Kenwright/West End), Snoopy (West End, Cheltenham),
The Second Mrs Tanqueray (RNT on tour), Amadeus
(RNT/West End), Wild Honey (RNT), Don Juan (RNT),
Toad of Toad Hall (Bill Kenwright/Mermaid), Street Scene
(ENO), Waste (West End), Chess (Churchill Theatre).
Tony Castro has had a long and successful career as a
freelance Conductor, Musical Director, keyboard player,
vocal coach, composer and educator. He ran Higher
Education performing arts degrees and departments
at Central School of Speech and Drama, and Rose
Bruford College, was Principal of the Academy of
Live and Recorded Arts and Director of Music at The
BRIT School.
jenny arnold – choreographer
Recent theatre work includes: Love’s Labour’s Lost and
Love’s Labour’s Won with the RSC @ Chichester and
soon to be at The Haymarket Theatre; A Midsummer
Night’s Dream (Bath Theatre Royal), Tales of Offenbach
(Wilton’s Music Hall), Orpheus in the Underworld (Iford
Arts Festival), Spamalot (West End and tour), Company
(LIPA), Dr Who Live (Arena tour), The History Boys (Tour),
A Little Night Music and Nymph Errant (Mountview),
Peter Pan a Musical Adventure and The Wizard of Oz
(West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Rep), The
Merry Wives of Windsor (The Globe), The Rocky Horror
Show (West End, National Tour & Korea).
Jenny was nominated for an Olivier Award and What’s
On Stage Award for her choreography for Jerry Springer
the Opera (Royal National Theatre, West End, National
Tour and Sydney Opera House).
Films include: Nativity starring Martin Freeman and
Ashley Jensen, Confetti and Vagabond Shoes, a short
film staring Iain Glenn which was nominated for a
Scottish BAFTA. TV credits include: Marie Lloyd and
Fanny Hill (BBC4), Al Murray’s Happy Hour (ITV1),
Kombat Opera (BBC2).
amy yardley –set and costume designer
Amy works across the spectrum of theatre practice
as a Set and Costume Designer for large and small
scale productions, creative learning projects, tours, site
specific and open air theatre. She trained in Design at
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and studied Theatre at
Leeds University.
Design work includes: Queen’s Hornchurch,
Southampton Nuffield, Colchester Mercury, Hull Truck,
Creation, Red Ladder, Headlong, Foursight, Arcola, The
Yard, Tangle, Townsend Productions, Talawa, Floods
of Ink, Half Moon, The Point, Stuff and Nonsense,
Theatre Temoin, Tamasha and Birmingham Rep. Amy
is currently designing Shirley Valentine for a major UK
tour in 2017.
She was nominated for an off west end award for I
am a Camera at the Rosemary Branch and Little Red
Riding Hood at artsdepot. Her Arcola show Around the
World in 80 Days is currently playing at the Talimhane
Tiyatrosu Theatre in Istanbul.
Amy works as a designer/tutor with various youth
theatres and drama schools and is a Design lecturer
at The London College of Music. She also spent a
year as a Drama Teacher and Design Specialist at an
International School in Thailand.
Periodically, Amy also leads development projects in
East Africa working with displaced communities.
chloe kenward – lighting designer
Chloe’s recent lighting designs include: Layla’s Room
(Theatre Centre), Kes (West YorkShire Playhouse),
Orator (Far From the Norm), Girlfriends, Dogfight,
Grandfathers and Prince of Denmark (Mountview),
Carmen and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Isango
Ensemble, South Africa and USA), Bedtime Stories
(Upswing, Stratford Circus), Crowning Glory (Theatre
Royal Stratford East), Lady from the Sea (RADA), What
Happens in the Winter (Upswing), La Boheme, Aesop’s
Fables and The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist
(Isango Ensemble, Hackney Empire).
Chloe also teaches Lighting Design at Goldsmiths
College, Rose Bruford and internationally.
CRISTIANO CASIMIRO – costume supervisor
Born in Portugal, Cristiano Casimiro graduated in
Fashion Design at the Architecture University in Lisbon
in 2008.
After graduating he started designing costumes for
a TV Series in Plural Entertainment Portugal. He was
the Costume Designer of the production until the
end of the series in 2012. During this four years he
also freelanced, designing costumes for musicians,
advertisement and independent film makers.
Having enjoyed that role in TV Production he moved
to the UK in 2013 to further his experience and
professional growth.
He presently is based in Unicorn Theatre in London
Bridge and his credits include ENB Choreographics,
Unicorn Theatre, Trinity Laban, Aine Flanagan
Productions and several films in collaboration with
London Film School.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TRINITY LABAN CONSERVATOIRE OF MUSIC AND DANCE
Patron
HRH The Duke of Kent KG
Chairman
Lord Lipsey
Principal
Professor Anthony Bowne
Director of Music
Dr Claire Mera-Nelson
Assistant Director of Music
and Head of Performance
Havilland Willshire
Music Manager and
Head of Music Planning
Sonali Banerjee
Assistant Music Manager
Sara Daintree
Orchestra and Ensembles Manager
Roz Surtees
Performance Operations Manager
Marianne Chapman
Performance Operations Coordinator
Laura Kitson
Head of Orchestral Studies
Jonathan Tilbrook
Department Coordinator
Howard Felton
Head of Musical Theatre
Programme Leader BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Performance
Victoria Stretton
Music Administrators
Anna Thomas
Felicity Hayward
Heads of Department
Andrew Dunn – Wind Brass Percussion
Nic Pendlebury – Strings
Dr Dominic Murcott – Composition
Peter Tuite – Piano and Keyboard Instruments
Linda Hirst – Voice
Simon Purcell – Jazz
Department Coordinators
Gemma Chance – Voice /Musical Theatre
Lucy Chivers – Jazz / Concert Programmes
Peter Nagle – Wind Brass Percussion /Composition
LABAN THEATRE
Head of Theatre Programme
Brian Brady
Customer Services Manager
Lj Cook
Acting Head of Production
Fay Patterson
Marketing Manager
Fiona Moorhead
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
GOLD MEDAL SHOWCASE
Mon 23 Jan 19.00h
Jazz Saxophone Rob Griffin
French Horn Jon Frank
Cello Urška Horvat
Baritone James Newby
Composition Benjamin Pearson
Piano Ettore Strangio
trinity laban wind orchestra
Thurs 8 Dec 19.30h
Catch Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion,
Andrew Dunn, as he conducts the Trinity Laban
Wind Orchestra in an eclectic performance of
varied repertoire, including a world premiere by
Trinity Laban student Erica MacLeod.
Witness six outstanding young artists as they
compete for Trinity Laban’s most prestigious
prize, The Gold Medal.
Nominated by the Heads of Departments for
their high level of creativity and musicianship,
The Gold Medal Showcase sees young artists
demonstrating the diverse musical talent from
each department at Trinity Laban.
Expect an eclectic mix of jazz, classical and
contemporary music as these rising stars
perform at the brink of promising careers.
Great Hall, Blackheath Halls
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