Current show
TITANIC, The Musical
April 25 to May 5, 2012 – Darlington Civic Theatre
Described by the critics as “the greatest American musical to have been written in the last 15 years” the award-winning Titanic, The Musical will have its North East premiere in April 2012 when DarlingtonOS bring this “joyous, breathtaking and heartbreaking” show to the Darlington Civic Theatre.
RMS Titanic was the largest, strongest and grandest ocean liner in the world – called, in fact, the ‘unsinkable’ ship. In the early hours of April 15, 1912, just days into her maiden voyage, the crown jewel of the White Star Line struck an iceberg and sank. A total of 1517 people – men, women and children – lost their lives, including William T Stead – the former editor of The Northern Echo, world peace advocate and defender of civil liberties.
The sinking of RMS Titanic remains the quintessential disaster story of the 20th Century and April 2012 marks the Centenary anniversary of the tragic night the ‘ship of dreams’ hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean. Countless films and TV documentaries have been made about the tragic maiden voyage of ‘the largest moving object in the world’ – none more well known than the 1997 James Cameron film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
TITANIC – The Musical swept the Tony Awards on Broadway in 1997, winning 5 including Best Musical, and went on to enjoy considerable success throughout the USA and Europe. It had its UK Premiere in May 2004. As one might expect, the demands and challenges in every department of this musical are genuinely ‘titanic’ in proportion. A huge cast of singers, actors and dancers (both adults and children) is being assembled together with a technical support team to match.
Titanic, The Musical will be a major event which will undoubtedly attract a lot of interest given the fact that is will take place just days after the Centenary anniversary – there can be few people who are not intreagued by the disaster. Director for this production, Scott St Martyn, is very close to the show having played the ship’s builder, Thomas Andrews, in a professional production of the show and we are looking forward to working with him once more.
TITANIC CAST LIST ANNOUNCED:
Captain Smith : Paul Threadgall
J. Bruce Ismay : Matthew McCabe
Thomas Andrews : Julian Cound
Joseph Boxhall : Jason Slater
William Murdoch : Cayvan Coates
Herbert Pitman : Lee Morris
Carlton : Mikey Altoft
Hitchens : Matthew Carlisle
Bride : Leighton Taylor
Fleet : Ben Connor
Bell : Rob McDougal
Barrett : Neil Harland
Etches : Lee Morris
Hutchinson : Dani Moore
Anna Robinson : Millie Harris
John J Astor : Gary Laville
Madelaine Astor : Vicki McIntyre
Guggenheim : Mikey Altoft
Mme Aubert : Zoe Mather
Ida Straus : Avril Leach
John Thayer : John Lloyd
Marion Thayer : Kat Newman
George Widener : Ben Connor
Eleanor Widener : Debbie Barrigan
Cardoza : Carly Harris
Edith Evans : Sue Laycock
Edgar Beane : Stefan Curtis
Alice Beane : Claire Willmer
Charles Clarke : Rob McDougal
Caroline Neville : Matilda Wood
Kate McGowen : Sarah Williams
Kate Murphy : Joanne Harker
Kate Mullins : Claire Bullock
John Sage : Ian Whitfield
Ann Sage : Ceri Wynn
Jenny Hendrick : Stacey Broomhead