There’s surely nothing more rewarding for a musical theatre company than to play to packed, appreciative audiences every night, and that’s what we were lucky enough to experience for our production of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this April.

More than 2,000 people were squeezed into the Amey Theatre over our six performances, and they certainly seemed to be having a great time. What was particularly satisfying was the number of children, with their parents and grandparents, in many cases having their first experience of live musical theatre.  They were clearly loving it.

But of course, just as quickly as the set goes up and the performers take to the stage, at the end of show week it’s all put away again – scenery becomes scrap wood ready to be turned into something else, and costumes and props are put back into storage.  After months of rehearsal and hard work to make it all run perfectly, we suddenly move on and it all becomes a memory.

With just a few days rest and time to audition new members, we begin work on our next show.  To learn more about that, why not visit our Current Productions page, and don’t forget to put the dates in your diary.  It’s going to be wonderful all over again.

And you can see more photos from this production in our online gallery.