Bexhill College shows Rent at DLWP
The musical is winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and is the seventh-longest running Broadway show in history.
An East Village rock version of Puccini's opera La Bohme, Larson's stirring and life-affirming score captures the heart and spirit of a generation of struggling artists, addicts, and impoverished young people living in the shadow of AIDS, battling the coming wave of gentrification.
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Hide AdIt's not the easiest choice perhaps but the production mounted by Bexhill College displayed vocal and acting talent as well as being stunning to watch thanks to a moody and stylised set.
The cast was made up of:
Roger Davis: Christos Georghiou
Mark Cohen: Aidan Tigwell
Tom Collins: Ed Layer
Benjamin Coffin III: April Fusco
Joanna Jefferson: Sarah Cook
Angel Schunard: Nathan Hyland
Mimi Marquez: Ana Pinto
Maureen Johnson: Chiara Kean
Alexi Darling: Imogen Willets
Mrs Cohen: Samantha Pont
Chorus: Rebecca Dalton, Holly Gooch, Sophie Streeten, Jade Worboys, Samantha Pont, Simone Jeffrey, Lotti St Aubyn, Pia-jaie Carpenter, Sophie Williams, Hannah Mathew, Naomi Procter
Director: Kim Hodgson
Vocal Director: Natalie Roberts
Choreographer: Lucy Ayling
Assistant director: Kate Nelmes
Band: Keyboards '“ Jacob Willoughby, guitar '“ Luke Hellett, bass '“ James Kimber, drums '“ Daniel Kempson, and they were supported by Jason Boyd.
Thanks go to teaching staff who have supported the show by letting students out of lessons for rehearsals and Carol Coles for accepting all bizarre challenges set for her.