Charity night at the theatre
Music, mirth and melodrama return to East 15’s Corbett Theatre, this year raising money for children’s hospice charity Haven House Foundation.
Second-year BA Acting students will be performing Music Hall throughout the week commencing Monday 4 February, with ticket sales from the performance on Thursday 7 February donated to Haven House Children’s Hospice.
This week-long run, which comprises two entirely different shows, contains rousing songs and sentimental ballads from the good old days of Music Hall. It is directed by John Baxter and hosted by two genial chairmen who will urge the audience to boo, hiss, cheer and sing along! In addition, this talented cast are supported on the piano by East 15’s Head of Music, Colin Sell, who is also the pianist on BBC Radio’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue.
Leon Rubin, Director of East 15, said: ‘As well as being a brilliant show, Music Hall will raise money for a very deserving local charity.’
Haven
House Children’s Hospice is a charity providing holistic care for children and
young adults who have been diagnosed with a life-limiting condition. Through a
range of services including day care, overnight stays, family support, community
care and bereavement counselling, Haven House is able to help families cope with
the demands of caring for their child.
One of the UK's most innovative acting schools, East 15 has been providing
professional training for those wishing to work in theatre, film, TV, radio and
related fields for more than 40 years. It has a campus in Loughton, just 12
miles outside London and, in September 2000, became part of the University of
Essex. Since then a strategy has been developed to expand East 15's provision to
the University's new campus in
Southend-on-Sea.
Alumni of East 15 include actresses Alison Steadman and Annette Badland, Coronation Street star Jenny Platt, playwright April de Angelis, former artistic director of The Bush Theatre, Mike Bradwell, and director Stephen Daldry, who was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his feature films The Hours and Billy Elliott.
Notes to editors:
Music Hall is on at The Corbett Theatre, East 15 Acting School, Rectory Lane, Loughton IG10 3RY at 7.30pm from Monday 4 February to Saturday 9 February.
The charity night for Haven House Foundation is on Thursday 7 February. For further information, please visit the East 15 website at: www.east15.ac.uk
To book tickets, please contact East 15’s Box Office on telephone: 020 8508 5983 or e-mail: east15@essex.ac.uk
Photographs of East 15 productions are available on request. For more information, please contact Victoria Bartholomew, Marketing Manager at East 15, on telephone: 020 8508 5983 (extension: 32) or e-mail: vbarth@essex.ac.uk
For further information about Haven House Children’s Hospice, please visit the website at: www.havenhouse.org.uk
