Director: Martyn Knight
Musical Director: Ian Peters
Director: Martyn Knight
Musical Director: Ian Peters
Director: Martyn Knight
Musical Director: Ian Peters
Director: Martyn Knight
Musical Director: Ian Peters
Director: Martyn Knight
Musical Director: Ian Peters
Director: Martyn Knight
Musical Director: Ian Peters
Martyn has worked in the theatre for the past 35 years – starting off as singer and dancer with a variety of amateur societies. He worked all over the world with a Portuguese dancing troop; with the Black and White Minstrels in the UK and Malta; and appeared in the last 4 years of BBC’s ‘The Good Old Days’. He has also appeared in West End musicals and was Assistant to the Choreographer in ‘SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS’. The highlight of his career was performing in the 1984 Royal Variety Performance in front of HM the Queen. He played in pantomime with Hinge and Bracket in 1990 and then took ‘early retirement’ to direct and choreograph for amateurs in the Watford area, whilst working in the travel business. He then decided to take up directing and choreographing full-time and has received 11 NODA nominations for his chorus work as well as the highest marks for chorus movement at the Buxton, G & S Festival for his production of ‘The Gondoliers’. In 1997 Martyn returned to play in panto and has now directed and choreographed his second pantomime. Martyn also works alongside fellow director, Scott St Martyn, in their company ‘Tailormade Workshops’ going all over the UK teaching all aspects of amateur theatre.
Director: Ray Jeffery
Musical Director: Ian Peters
‘This show simply couldn’t have been a better choice for BBLOC, and in my opinion it is as good a production as you would see anywhere’ … ’Professional director, Ray Jeffery, has brought out the best in the entire company, and the fact that he is also appearing in the show as Harry/Baptista speaks volumes for his opinion of them. The large chorus is often on stage and is never less than sparkling, lively, well positioned and precise in movement. And the principals, even in the smallest roles, are second to none.’
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Director: Ray Jeffery
Musical Director: Ian Peters
Ray Jeffery joined us as Director for this and the next show. Ray trained as an actor and scenic designer for the stage. His performing career took him all over the UK. He played many diverse roles, from Ibsen to Ionessa/Shakespeare to Shaw. Pantomime seasons, summer shows, national tours and the West End followed. He decided at a relatively early age to concentrate on large scale musical productions and his name soon became synonymous with fast moving, all singing, all dancing shows. Opera and operetta soon crept into his repertoire – and they are still a major part of his life. Between engagements to direct full-scale musicals, Ray tutors for national summer schools, workshops and weekend seminars on many aspects of the theatre.
Director: Judi Campbell
Musical Director: Ian Peters
‘Never perform with animals or children’ the saying goes - and here we were with 48 boys of all shapes and sizes, plus their 11 chaperones! The admin work involved in dealing with this number of juveniles was massive.
5 dogs auditioned for ‘Bullseye’ under the watchful eyes of representatives from the RSPCA and Bournemouth & District Dog Training Club. Bliss got the part and was exceptionally well-behaved until the last day when nerves got the better of her and she flooded the floor on OP side of the stage just before she went on!
Director: Judi Campbell
Musical Director: Mike Reynolds
Judi Campbell returned to direct the company’s third production of this show – each with a different Director’s stamp on it.
