Hitchin Thespians Present
AN AMATEUR PRODUCTION BY ARRANGEMENT WITH SAMUEL FRENCH LIMITED
Chess
Music by Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Based on an idea by Tim Rice
Director Jim Snell
Musical Director Mike Payne
10th – 15th March 2008
Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage
Featuring the hit songs “I Know Him So Well” and “One Night in Bangkok”, the game of chess has suddenly become trendy!
As the young American contender adds a bit of excitement to the otherwise dull and un-newsworthy International Chess Championships his second, a young Englishwoman, falls in love with the Russian Grand Master. Behind the scenes the politicians try to manipulate the championships for their own political gain, using the central characters like pawns in a game of chess.
With lyrics by Tim Rice, Chess features a lush, romantic score written by the male members of Abba shortly after the break up of the group. The music has been described as nothing short of breathtaking.
CAST LIST
| Russian | Tom Evans | ||
| American | Matt Greenbank | ||
| Florence | Tracey Gwynne | ||
| Svetlana | Barbara Thomas | ||
| Molokov | Mike Barker | ||
| Arbiter | Charles Langford | ||
| Walter | John Keogh | ||
| Mayor | Chris Waghorn |
POP CHOIR
Philippa Bayfield, Jo Lillian Cartwright, Alex Evans, Julia Nicholson, James Hamilton, Kier Home
FEMALE CHORUS
Jean Austin, Sarah Bailes, Donna Barrett, Holly Bohme, Caroline Bonja, Sarah Cunningham, Alison Day,
Chris Fox, Maz Greenbank, Anna Hallett, Katy King, Ranae McCrae,
Lucy Miller-White, Sandra Page, Melanie Plowman, Carolyn Roberts, Pat Staff,
Zoe Stubbs, Kate Webb
DANCERS
Sarah Bailes, Donna Barrett, Holly Bohme, Caroline Bonja, Sarah Cunningham, Alison Day,
Ranae McCrae, Melanie Plowman, Carolyn Roberts.
MALE CHORUS
Philip Arend, Ian Hamilton, Jack Lardent, Nick Morgan, Keith Mortland,
Kevin Nolan, Mike Roberts, Bryan Summers, Andy Wyllie
