SMASH

We are pleased to announce that TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE for the 2012 musical production of Seussical at the Dovehouse Theatre, Wednesday-Friday March 28-30 at 7.30 pm, and Saturday March 31st at 2 pm and 7 pm.

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This magical foot-tapping musical for all the family features favourite characters from the stories of Dr Seuss – Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, Lazy Mayzie, The Whos, and a boy with a big imagination—Jojo. The blessings of friendship, loyalty, family and community are challenged and emerge triumphant in a story that will make you laugh and cry.

The opening song captures the show’s spirit of imagination which transports us to the Jungle of Nool, the Circus McGurkus and the invisible world of the Whos.

The story centers around Horton the Elephant, who finds himself faced with a double challenge–not only must he protect his friend Jojo (and all the invisible Whos) from a world of naysayers and dangers, but he must guard an abandoned egg, left to his care by the irresponsible Mayzie La Bird. Although Horton faces ridicule, danger, kidnapping and a trial, the intrepid Gertrude McFuzz never loses faith in him, the only one who recognizes “his kind and his powerful heart.” Here is a synopsis of the story in more detail.

SMASH’s last production at the Dovehouse Theatre in March 2011 (23rd-26th) was The Vackees.

This musical for all the family is about the invasion of a Somerset village by child evacuees from London – the Vackees – at the start of the Second World War. When the local youngsters don’t take kindly to the “invaders”, a different type of war seems imminent.

View more details about the story, the characters, the songs.

THE VACKEES – LIST OF CHARACTERS Londoners Kip (an East End evacuee) Kip’s Mother Mr Duncan Constance (A London schoolteacher) Chuck; Mack; Eric; Arthur Eileen; Kath; Nan; Elsie; Molly (London Evacuees) Additional vackees London mothers and fathers In Darchett Village Buzz Brown (leader of the Darchett gang) Lance; Stan; George; Fred; Dot (members of the [...]

The Vackees – list of Songs Act One: 1 Wireless Music 1 (Instrumental) 2 London Kids (Darchett gang) 4 Moving On (London parents; Vackees) 5 Please Someone Choose Me (Darchett adults; Vackees) 5a Please Someone Choose Me (reprise) (Eileen; Kath) 5b Constance and Maybee’s Choose Me (Mr Constance; Miss Maybee) 6 When This War Is [...]

The next musical production at the Dovehouse Theatre will be The Vackees, March 23rd-26th 2011. Auditions will be held in the autumn, but in the meantime here are some details about the story, characters and songs.

SMASH performed a musical version of the very popular story, The Railway Children at the Dovehouse Theatre on 24th-27th March 2010

Our cast of 47 (and our audiences) really enjoyed this show which has something for everyone.

Read more about the show, photos and audience reaction »

ACT ONE Scene 1: The London House and Surrounding Streets Song: Prologue (Perks) Song: Christmas is here! (Family, servants, carol singers) Song: You can never return (Perks) Scene 2: Charing Cross Station Song: Together (Mother, Bobbie, Peter, Phyllis) Scene 3: The Cottage Song: You may enter a tunnel (Perks) Scene 4: The Hillside Scene 5: [...]

Perks, a stationmaster Father, a civil servant Mother, his wife Bobbie (Roberta) his daughter Peter, his son Phyllis, his younger daughter Ruth, his maid Cook, his cook Carol Singers Mr Barrie Dr Forrest Lord Fleet Ethel Flo Mrs Ransome Gert The Perks family:      Mrs Perks      Colin Perks      Elsie Perks      Ginger Perks      Patch Perks Village Children [...]

London, Christmas Day 1905 A Christmas Party is in full swing (CHRISTMAS IS HERE) but further celebrations are cancelled after two men call to see father (who works for the Foreign Office). Mother tells the children (Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis) that Father has had to go away on business and that she does not know [...]

March 2009, Solihull Methodist Church Hall