A theatre group in Stamford is marking five years next week by achieving a major milestone in its productions.
Founder of Stamford Showstoppers, Nicola Sandall, who's directing two productions next week at Stamford Corn Exchange, says:
"So we've done 21 shows, including A Chorus Line and Matilda, obviously that's next week, in five years. Twelve of them have been full scale musicals with a full scale cast, theatre and lighting. We've done two Christmas productions for a bit like mini children shows for key stage one and two, which is primary school age, Goldilocks, Red Riding Hood and Rapunzel this year, that have gone out. We've done the 12 full scale musicals and the others have been cabarets, but we run them like a show, a two hour afternoon tea and cake, and we tend to do them twice a year. And that's really good because it gives performers a chance to sing songs from the musicals that like you've just said, if they're in the West End, you can only perform one song maybe every now and again from them. So it just creates it, yeah? That doesn't actually include us going to Hunstanton and singing in their parade, which we've just been invited back again for this year. So our cast are going to get a chance to go and sing on the big stage in Hunstanton again in the summer."
Stamford Showstoppers was formed when rights became available to stage Chicago. Next week they're putting on Matilda Jr. in the afternoon and A Chorus Line in the evening with their older performers.
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