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2021 Season announcement

18/4/2021

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Wellington Footlights are excited to announce our 2021 season!

We have 2 fantastic shows lined up, starting with the well-loved classic, Guys and Dolls, at the Gryphon theatre from 25 June - 3 July. We've got a fantastic cast & crew on board for this show, and rehearsals are already underway, so watch this space for more information soon.
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Our second show of the year will be the New Zealand premiere of Stiles and Drewe's Soho Cinders, a modern retelling of Cinderella set in London. We are just thrilled to have Mark Dorrell on board as MD for the show. Mark was involved in the original workshop for Soho Cinders in the UK, and we are so excited to work with him on this wonderful show.
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Silver Linings: Songs from the Silver Screen

24/10/2020

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The Wellington Footlights Society presents
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Silver Linings: Songs From the Silver Screen

A musical revue celebrating the medium of cinema through the medium of theatre, Silver Linings draws on a wide variety of music from both movies & movie musicals, and aims to provide an opportunity for people to come together to celebrate performing arts and community in a time when many people are longing to connect.

Silver Linings presents timeless classics such as “Don’t Rain on My Parade” from Funny Girl, “As Long As He Needs Me” from Oliver, and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” from Meet Me in St Louis, as well as contemporary numbers from modern favourites including The Greatest Showman, Mean Girls and Frozen II. There’s something for everyone to love in this celebration of cinema through the ages.

A portion of each ticket sold will be donated to a local charity, Mary Potter Hospice.

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Cast

Emily K. Brown, Abigail Helsby, Michael Stebbings, Marley Richards, India Loveday, Will Collin, Ed Blunden, Laura Gardner, Vishan Appanna, Helena Savage, Nadia Newman, Cassandra Tse, Karen Anslow, Margaret Hill, Stacey O'Brien, Kirsty Huszka, Clara van Wel, Letitia Garrett, Patrick Jennings, Fynn Bodley-Davies

Crew

​Maya Handa Naff - Director
Michael Stebbings - MD
Jo Hodgson - MD
Shereen Capper - Choreographer
Katty Lau - Choreographer
Nick Lerew - Production Manager & Rehearsal Stage Manager
Sam Burnard - Stage Manager
Tessa Alderton - ASM & Props
Patrick Barnes - Sound Designer
Nadia Newman - Costume Coordinator
Siobhan Raisbeck - Production Assistant
Abigail Helsby - Publicity Manager
Aimee Sullivan - Poster Design
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Firebringer: Coming to Wellington in July 2020

31/12/2019

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Have you got your New Year's resolutions ready? Ours is to keep making great musical theatre! On that note, we're excited to announce our July 2020 season of Firebringer at Te Auaha. Ours will be the New Zealand premier performance of this Team StarKid musical, and we are so excited! Join the hype- check out the full tracklist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/6cx0RX6ZbqvQwPtlguVQtv
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My Fair Lady is coming to Wellington this July!

20/5/2019

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The Wellington Footlights Society presents
My Fair Lady

By Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture
Pygmalion

Directed by Michael Stebbings
Musical direction by Sue Windsor
Choreography by Shereen Capper and India Loveday


The Wellington Footlights Society is delighted to present its first production for 2019, Lerner and Loewe’s beloved classic, My Fair Lady, the award-winning story of a cockney flower girl transformed into an elegant lady.

Eliza Doolittle is a young flower seller with an unmistakable cockney accent that keeps her in the lower rungs of Edwardian society. As phonetician Henry Higgins attempts to teach her how to speak like a proper lady, an unlikely friendship begins to flourish.

Recipient of six Tony Awards for an original season that went on to run for over six years, My Fair Lady includes such universally memorable songs as “Wouldn’t It Be Loverly?,” “With a Little Bit of Luck,” “The Rain in Spain,” “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “On the Street Where You Live,” and “Get Me to the Church on Time”.

Since co-founding The Wellington Footlights Society in 2014, director Michael Stebbings has always hoped to bring his favourite musical to the Wellington stage. “A theatrical masterpiece, My Fair Lady is one of the greatest shows of all time. With its unforgettable score, strong characters and iconic scenes, it is a joy to finally work with the Society on a piece that is such a big part of why of I came to love musical theatre.”

My Fair Lady
By Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw’s play and Gabriel Pascal’s motion picture
Pygmalion.
Te Auaha, 65 Dixon St, Te Aro, Wellington 6011
25 July - 4 August 2019
TICKETS: $25 - $30
BOOKINGS:
ticketbooth.co.nz - on sale 3 June

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​Catherine Gavigan-Binnie - Eliza Doolittle 
Ed Blunden - Henry Higgins 
Mike Bryant - Colonel Pickering 
Patrick Jennings - Alfred Doolittle
Ellie Stewart - Mrs. Higgins
Vishan Appanna - Freddy Eynsford-Hill 
Margaret Hill - Mrs. Pearce
Stacey O'Brien - Jamie
Will Collin - Harry
Helena Savage - Ensemble
Laura Gardner - Ensemble
Chris McMillan - Ensemble
Marley Richards - Ensemble
India Loveday – Ensemble
Letitia Garrett - Ensemble
Kirsty Huszka - Ensemble
Fynn Bodley-Davies - Ensemble
Abi Helsby - Ensemble 
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We're excited to announce the cast of the New Zealand premiere of If/Then!

14/10/2018

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​Cassandra Tse is Elizabeth Vaughan, a city planner returning to New York for a fresh start — a role originally played by Idina Menzel on Broadway. She's joined by:

Caitlin Penrose as Kate
Michael Stebbings as Lucas
Ed Blunden as Josh
Chris McMillan as Stephen
Catherine Gavigan-Binnie as Anne
Eugene Wolfin as David
Renée Iosefa Neil as Elena

If/Then opens on November 29 at the Gryphon Theatre. Rehearsals are well under way and we can't wait to show you more!​
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