2016
Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA
The inaugural 24 Hour Musical Project was held on 2-3 April 2016.
2 April 6pm
"Rodgers & Hammerstein's CINDERELLA" is announced, packs are opened and casting revealed. Cast went straight into music rehearsals, musicians started their first read of the score, crew set the stage and costume fittings begin!
all through the night...
Rehearsals continue with more music, choreography and blocking. The orchestra finish their first read and head home for a good night's sleep (lucky ducks!). The crew finish putting the set together, setting up backstage areas and start rehearsing scene changes.
The next morning the sunrise is coupled with the renewing smell of bacon, the orchestra returns and the morning is filled with final rehearsals. The tech run after lunch is the one chance to run the show before the audience arrives!
3 April 6pm
After a short 10min technical delay the curtain finally opens on the first 24 Hour Musical Project performance, Cinderella.
The songs weren't note-perfect, the dancing was an enthusiastic rather than precise affair (so much waltzing!) and the dialogue was occasionally improvised; but the energy that connected the company and the audience on that night was electric, and full of such love and support, that we consider our Cinderella nothing short of a triumph!