SENIOR SCHOOL
Drama
Little Shop of Horrors
Books and Lyrics by Howard Ashman. Music by Alan Menken, based on the film by Roger Corman. Screenplay by Charles Griffith.
Senior Drama production
The 2019 Senior Drama Production of Little
Shop of Horrors, was held in the David
Lawe Davies Centre over three nights in
Term 3. The production was directed by
Head of Drama, Mrs Jane Diamond with
the support of Assistant Director, Mrs Lucy
Felstead and Musical Direction by Mr Mark
Underwood.
Little Shop of Horrors is a wonderful
comedy set in the early sixties which tracks
the development of a flesh eating plant
(mysteriously arriving during a total eclipse of
the sun) which grows to a substantial size in
Mr Mushnik’s Florist shop. Unfortunately, the
plant is unsatisfied with the small amounts
of sirloin it is fed by Seymour and eventually
consumes Orin, Mushnik, Audrey, and
Seymour. At the end of the play we are left
with the notion that the plant multiplies and
takes over the world and are warned ‘don’t
feed the plants!’
As Musical Director, Mr Mark Underwood
brought his vast professional expertise to
bear on the musical direction, training and
rehearsing with the cast to help them learn
the score and singing techniques as well as
leading and directing the band.
The production was distinguished by a group
of very capable and strong student musicians
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and lead performers who were exceptional in
their roles, performing their characters with
depth and commitment, creating a highly-
engaging, entertaining performance.
There were two casts for the season to
allow more of our talented students the
opportunity to be involved in a lead role. The
students who performed in lead roles were:
Charlize Gosnell (12Fr) and Audrey Bell
(12St) as Audrey, Cadmon Cocliff (12Wb)
and Jackson McBride (11Be) as Seymour,
Mason Shephard (12He) and Stuart
Boyd (10Wb) as Mushnik, Luke Osborne
(12Be) and Dylan Caporn (12St) as Orin
the Dentist, Alexia Bell (10St) and Gemma
Smith (11Wb) as Crystal, Chelsea Ameduri
(10Fr) as Chiffon, Arabella Brosnan (11Sc)
as Ronette and Brian Haslam-Bowling
(12He) as the voice of the plant Audrey 2.
There were many other students involved