Our next show will be., me and my girl!
WAODS are pleased to be able to finally announce our next production (first since the outbreak of covid-19) will be the all time favorite Musical Me and MY Girl!! Our initial plans to produce Dr Dolittle in November 2020 have been put on freeze for a future date, as it was agreed by the committee we would be more financially wise to stick with something that was more widely known for our first post lockdown production! We have decided on a spring production for 2022 as this allows for plenty of time to adapt and change to the government recommendations and rules on social distancing and accommodates the rehearsal time required to gat back in the saddle! This production is going to be one of our most significant productions for many years! This being as a result of all the restrictions that have been put in place on the theatre industry over the last year and a half and the fact that we have not been able to come together as a group to share our love and passion for the arts! We have defiantly missed each and every one of our members! Although we have all done well keeping in touch during this challenging period for WAODS we are all so looking forward to getting back to some form of a new normal and getting our WAODS family back together and doing what we do best, entertaining and performing for our local community!
Me and My Girl is a musical with music by Noel Gay and its original book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose. The musical is set in the late 1930s and tells the story of an unapologetically unrefined cockney gentleman named Bill Snibson, who learns that he is the 14th heir to the Earl of Hareford. The action is set in Hampshire, Mayfair, and Lambeth.
The musical had a successful original run in the West End in 1937, and was turned into a film in 1939, titled The Lambeth Walk, named after one of the show's songs. "The Lambeth Walk" was also the subject of a news story in The Times of October 1938: "While dictators rage and statesmen talk, all Europe dances – to The Lambeth Walk." The show also included the song "The Sun Has Got His Hat On".
After returning to the West End briefly in 1952, the musical's book received a revision by Stephen Fry with Mike Ockrent in the 1980s. This revised version of Me and My Girl also included the song "Leaning on a Lamp-post". The show was revised again and revived in the West End in 1984, where it received two Laurence Olivier Awards and ran for eight years. The same production was revived on Broadway in 1986 for a three-year run. The show won three of 11 Tony Award nominations.
We are so pleased to be able to produce this show once more for the society, we last did it back in 1999! some 22 years ago now!! I'm sure all the members that took part in that production will remember it well! our first meeting will be on 2nd September and as usual please bring along some friends to the first meetings as we are in desperate need of new members, for not only performing roles but also back stage to drive the production and make very part of it work just as well as each performance! We look forward to seeing you all in September!!!
Me and My Girl is a musical with music by Noel Gay and its original book and lyrics by Douglas Furber and L. Arthur Rose. The musical is set in the late 1930s and tells the story of an unapologetically unrefined cockney gentleman named Bill Snibson, who learns that he is the 14th heir to the Earl of Hareford. The action is set in Hampshire, Mayfair, and Lambeth.
The musical had a successful original run in the West End in 1937, and was turned into a film in 1939, titled The Lambeth Walk, named after one of the show's songs. "The Lambeth Walk" was also the subject of a news story in The Times of October 1938: "While dictators rage and statesmen talk, all Europe dances – to The Lambeth Walk." The show also included the song "The Sun Has Got His Hat On".
After returning to the West End briefly in 1952, the musical's book received a revision by Stephen Fry with Mike Ockrent in the 1980s. This revised version of Me and My Girl also included the song "Leaning on a Lamp-post". The show was revised again and revived in the West End in 1984, where it received two Laurence Olivier Awards and ran for eight years. The same production was revived on Broadway in 1986 for a three-year run. The show won three of 11 Tony Award nominations.
We are so pleased to be able to produce this show once more for the society, we last did it back in 1999! some 22 years ago now!! I'm sure all the members that took part in that production will remember it well! our first meeting will be on 2nd September and as usual please bring along some friends to the first meetings as we are in desperate need of new members, for not only performing roles but also back stage to drive the production and make very part of it work just as well as each performance! We look forward to seeing you all in September!!!
