Stagedoor Manor’s Musical Director, PAUL ARDEN-GRIFFITH (right) coaches Harry Katzman on Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat from Guys and Dolls.

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Stephen Holroyd has been commissioned by TheatreWorks to re-design the lighting for the 2007 tour of Railway Children which will play back to back with Little Women. This will involve the designing of a repertoire rig to ease of the mid week changeover of the plays. “It is so important that we keep the present charm of the Railway Children’s lighting and the magical tour through the seasonal atmosphere of Little Women whilst giving the cast well designed and meaningful lighting for both plays”

The Relight Technician for the tour will be Benjamin Lee during the period when Stephen Holroyd will be Staging Sinbad and the Pearl of Peace for Make It So’s latest production for the Great Entertainment Company at Dubia’s Centerpoint Theatre.

Selections of venues at which to catch Little Women and or Railway Children are:

Guildford. 18th - 23rd June. (Little Women)

Cardiff. 26th - 30th June. (Little Women)

Swansea. 9th - 14th July. (Railway Children)

Darlington. 16th - 21st July. (Little Women/Railway Children)

Cheltenham. 23rd - 28th July. (Railway Children)

Brighton. 31st July - 4th August. (Railway Children)

Paul Arden-Griffith – “Pag” – is delighted to have been engaged as a Guest Musical Director at the Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center, based at Loch Sheldrake in the United States, from 13th June until 20th August, 2007.

Pag will be engaged as one of a team of seven Musical Directors, and will be personally responsible for the casting, musical preparation and rehearsal of three full-scale musical productions in a period of nine weeks.

Loch Sheldrake is situated in the beautiful Catskill Mountains and has played host to Stagedoor Manor for thirty years. The course offers the only performing arts training programme of its type in the world and boasts many of the world’s most successful artistes amongst its alumni, as displayed at www.stagedoormanor.com. Pag feels particularly proud to be representing Make It So in the United States.