Titanic the Musical

April 10, 1912: the RMS Titanic sets out from London on her maiden voyage, across the Atlantic. Billed as “The Largest Floating Object in The World,” the Titanic is already big news.

April 15, 1912: Titanic, the “unsinkable” ship, sinks, killing over 1500 men, women and children.

In a stunning chamber musical as massive as the ocean liner that shares its name, Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s musical, Titanic the Musical, tells the stories of the people on board the legendary steamer and the men who got them there.

Spanning all classes, the show captures the stories from the whole range of humanity aboard the ship: from workers in the boiler room to first-class attendants, from the poorest passengers, who scraped together their life savings to purchase third-class tickets to America, to some of the wealthiest men of the Victorian age, including John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim.

Maury Yeston and Peter Stone’s musical tells the tragic story with a compassionate book, intelligent lyrics, and soaring melodies. Full of memorable characters based on the real men and women on the ship, Titanic the Musical is a powerful, complex look at the making of a tragedy.

The show was performed by the TADLOP, Telford, Shropshire
from 3rd to 5th October 2007

Photos courtesy of  Society members.

Production Team:

Director/Choreographer - Lynn Craib
Musical Director - Alistair Craib
Rehearsal Assistant - Adam Giblin
Rehearsal Accompanists - Julie Dipple
Suzanne Findlay - Stephen Roberts
Production Co-ordinator - Lynn Craib
Costumes - Helen Bryant
Sound & Special Effects - Andrew Murray
Stage Properties - Glennis Mansell
Stage Manager - John Brown
Assistant Stage Manager - Peter Cooper
Stage Crew - James Cruddas, Jon Drew, Teresa Collins, Tony Jones, Shaun Parkes
Lighting Technician - Brian Eades
Sound Technician - Gary Parton
Stage Properties - Kayley Allen, Leanne Jones
Wardrobe - Ann Roberts assisted byNadine Allen, Carol Sharp
Stage Makeup - Alison Jackson, Nadine Allen
Hair Design - Lynn Craib
Prompt - Glennis Mansell
Front of House Manager - Norma Smith assisted by Members & friends of the society
Stage Design - Robin Cooper
Set Construction - John Brown, Peter Cooper
Set painting assisted by - Jason Wood
Costume Design - Ann Roberts

Cast:

The Designer & Builder Thomas Andrews - Kevin Sudlow
The Owner J. Bruce Ismay - Keith Ellis
Captain E.J. Smith - Graham Yerby
First Officer Murdoch - Mark Parry
Second Officer Lightoller - Andy Reed
Third Officer Pitman - Tim Oakley
Fourth Officer Boxhall - Adam Giblin
Quartermaster Hitchens - Terry Lockett
Harold Bride - Nigel Whyles
Frederick Barrett - Roger Ashford
Frederick Fleet - Robin Cooper
Joseph Bell - David Jones
Henry Etches - Andrew Sandilands
Bellboys - Brandon Corfield & Alex Jones
Miss Latimer/ Housekeeper - Sue Pointon
Isidor Straus - David Leask
Ida Straus - Maureen Sandilands
John T Astor - Alan Wisener
Madeleine Astor - Sarah Wilkes
Benjamin Guggenheim - Robin Hood
Mme Aubert - Jane Ellis
John B Thayer - Andrew Murray
Marion Thayer - Rosemary Gouge
Jack Thayer - Mstr David Sudlow
George Widener - Tony Sharp
Eleanor Widener - Sheila Hood
Charlotte Cardoza - Jo Matkin
Edith Corse Evans - Margaret Evans
J H Rogers - Steve Venezia
The Major - David Jones
Alice Beane - Helen Bryant
Edgar Beane - John Eaton
Charles Clark - Carl Wellington
Caroline Neville - Frances Cruddas
Jim Farrell - Stephan Meredith
Kate McGowan - Liz Law
Kate Mullins - Emily Floyd
Kate Murphey - Lucy Barnes
Frank Carlson - Adam Giblin
Hartley the Bandmaster -Stephen Roberts
Company - Dilys Williams, Janet Jones, Jenny Reid, Jill Davies, Jo McMellon, Linda Hollington, Marion Lowe, Mary Young, Melissa Wellington, Nicky Lloyd, Craig Wassell, Adrian Cooper
Dancers - Ellie Farrington, Jemma Lockett, Natalie Lewis, Sarah Rogers, Sam Bushell, Annika Dixon
Children - Eliza Carrie, Mia Carrie, Lauren Preece, Daniel Reid, Alex Lockett, Daniel Sudlow, Chloe Ellis
Titanic Pets - Hollie, Jasper, Sadie