Windermere School's Oliver musical opens tonight

With the opening night of Oliver,a MUSICAL extravaganza hits Windermere School this evening, the senior school’s Christmas theatre production.

Female students Phoebe Gillard and Evie Plumb played,Oliver and the Artful Dodger,joined on stage by over 50 student cast members performing the original 1960s script still used in the West End.

To bring a real energy to musical favourites Food Glorious Food the school’s orchestra will play live during the performance.

Head of music and production director Les Williams said: “It’s a great family production that everyone will enjoy. The students are really fired up for the opening night. We’re using the original script by Lionel Bart and had to buy the rights to perform it so it’s certainly one of our bigger productions.”

Fagin will be played by Year 13 pupil Ryan Matthews, Bill Sykes by Year 13’s Matthew Jarvis and Nancy will be played by Jennifer Slack in Year 12.

The musical starts at 7pm and there will be performances tomorrow Friday December 10 and Saturday December 11 at the school’s Crampton Hall, Windermere.

Oliver comes to the stage

Rendition of Lionel Bart's classic musical has been introduced once again by Etobicoke Musical Production and they also managed to bring the audience back to their feet.

It has been the quality of Oliver that they always enthusiast their fans by putting lot of energy to their performance.From elaborate sets to the enthusiastic cast, whether or not you like their musical selection or not, this remains a factor that sets them apart from other groups.

The remaining performances of Oliver! are Nov. 26, 27 and December 3, 8 p.m. with 2 p.m. matinees on Nov. 28 and Dec. 4, Burnhamthorpe auditorium, 500 The East Mall.

Oliver Twist at Frontier Middle School

The musical version of Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" would have had the author himself humming and tapping his toes to "Consider Yourself" and "Food Glorious Food."

In the Frontier Middle School auditorium on Thursday, Nov. 18 and Friday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m.,The Frontier Middle School Drama and Music Club will present "Oliver!.

Tickets may be obtained from cast members and at the door for a donation of $3.00.

Cast members include Matthew Smardz as "Oliver", Helen Gemberling as "Nancy", Isaac Gadikian as "Fagin" and Anthony Tojek as "Bill Sykes." Alexis Kicinski will portray the "Artful Dodger"and the part of "Bet" will be played by Ali Gates.

The cast, staff and crew hope that you will join them for the production of
and "consider yourself one of us!"

'Oliver!' opening followed by reception

On past Thursday,A special opening night reception for the Rotary Club of Batavia’s 62nd production. After the reception “Oliver!,” this year’s musical was begun about 10 p.m. Cast and crew were expected to be in attendance.

The reception catering was looked after by .D & R Depot of Le Roy.Five Star Bank was the reception’s sponsor.

A selection of desserts was available along with light refershments, beer, wine, soda, coffee

What actually the "Oliver" is? the story of an orphan boy who runs away from his orphanage and hooks up with a group of boys trained to be pickpockets by an elderly mentor,“Oliver!” is based on Charles Dickens’ novel “Oliver Twist".

Jordan McNees of Brockport had been cast in the title role.Patrick D. Burk was directing the show from the music, books and lyrics by Lionel Bart.

last month at Valley Parade

"It's a shame because I think they've enjoyed it. They have both done some good things for us and I think they would have got better if they'd stayed longer."

Belsonic at Custom House Square in the city centre will also feature veteran Welsh rockers Stereophonics.

Brown and Gill spent the last month at Valley Parade after being granted a temporary exit by their parent club. The duo excelled in League Two, with Gill playing in all five fixtures during that time and Brown making three appearances despite a knee injury.

"The crowd will vary: there's stuff for older audiences like the Stereophonics and Paul Weller, as well as pop acts like David Guetta and Florence."

Other headline acts include 2manydjs, Biffy Clyro and David Guetta.

at Burghley Oliver Townend to begin London Olympics

Oliver Townend to the Great Britney's will use the defence of his Burghley title to organize for the Olympic Games 2012.

Townend said, "For the London Olympics next year is going to be very important in terms of qualification. In Britain everyone's interests to organize well over the coming winter."

This is the greyness colour 12 months ago that took him to glory, when he also took the Badminton title and will be the only horse going to Burghley near Ellesmere from his yard in a year.

Townend added, "I was going to accept Ashdale Cruise Master as well decided against. This season he has done enough and it is far more important that he is rested. After all, he is going to be an important horse for me in the next couple of years."

At Youth Games Britain's Oliver Golding beats top seed

At the first Youth Olympic Games to the Great Britain's Oliver Golding made a superb start to his campaign in Singapore with victory over the top seed.
The 16 year old Londoner beat the world number one and Wimbledon boys' champion Marton Fucsovics of Hungary 7-5 6-3 in round one.
Golding, at Wimblidon who reached the semi finals, is recently 30th in the junior world rankings.
Golding said, "It's one of the best feelings I've had in my life".
"It's only the first match though and I've got four more to win if I want to get that gold medal, which would be unreal.
"My game I tried to play and focus on what I do best. I felt like if I did that well I would stand a great opportunity of winning and that's what I did.
"I feel good; the last couple of months have been absolutely brilliant for me so I just want to keep that going.
"Winning with an ace was exactly what I wanted to do. I think I've got a nice opportunity of winning the gold medal if I take each game as it comes and carry on playing like I did tonight."
In the second round Golding will play either Galeano of Paraguay or Colella of Italy.
Team GB has 39 athletes competing in 16 Olympic sports at the Games.

Oliver: Oliver Luck starts tenure as WVU's AD

In Morgantown Oliver Luck is back and looking for his first project.

The former West Virginia University quarterback took over as the school's athletic director on Thursday.

Luck is replacing long serving AD Ed Pastilong, who will stay on as athletic director emeritus through 2012.

The Ohio native says WVU's athletics program is in pretty nice shape and there are no looming catastrophes to deal with.

For the foreseeable future, Luck says he will gather information and try to identify issues that will need his attention.

At this point, he says he does not know what those issues will be.

'Oliver' is ready to take to the stage

KILKENNY Musical Society's 2010 production Oliver opens on Easter Sunday night for a week-long run at the Watergate Theatre. Rehearsals have been underway for over four months and the cast of almost 100 are now putting the final touches to what is sure to be a magnificent production.

“Please Sir, I want some more....” Oliver’s innocent request at the start of the show lands him in trouble and sets him on his famous adventure. Based on Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist, the musical first opened in London in 1960 and has since enjoyed worldwide popularity. Full of gloriously rousing songs and a compelling storyline, Oliver promises to be one of the Society’s finest productions in its 37-year history.

Hollywood names up for Olivier theatre awards

Anderson and Weisz are contesting the best actress category for their turns in A Doll's House and A Streetcar Named Desire respectively, and are up against Imelda Staunton (Entertaining Mr Sloane), Juliet Stevenson (Duet For One) and Lorraine Burroughs (The Mountaintop).
Knightley was nominated for a best supporting actress award for The Misanthrope, her West End debut.
In the best actor category, Law is shortlisted for his portrayal of the title role of Shakespeare's Hamlet, while James McAvoy, also best known for his films, is nominated for Three Days of Rain.
With six nominations apiece are Lucy Prebble's Enron, about the collapsed U.S. energy trading company, and Jerusalem, Jez Butterworth's portrayal of less-than-idyllic life in rural England.
The Royal Court Theater garnered the most nominations with 15, followed by the Donmar with 10 and the National Theater with nine.
London's West End enjoyed a bumper 2009, with attendances rising 5.5 percent to 14.3 million and revenues 7.6 percent higher than 2008 at 505 million pounds ($790 million).
Following is a list of the main categories for the 2010 Laurence Olivier Awards, to be handed out in London on March 21.
Best Actress
- Gillian Anderson/A Doll's House
- Lorraine Burroughs/The Mountaintop
- Imelda Staunton/Entertaining Mr Sloane
- Juliet Stevenson/Duet For One
- Rachel Weisz/A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Actor
- James Earl Jones/Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
- Jude Law/Hamlet
- James McAvoy/Three Days of Rain
- Mark Rylance/Jerusalem
- Ken Stott/A View From the Bridge
- Samuel West/Enron
Best Supporting Actress
- Hayley Atwell/A View From the Bridge
- Michelle Dockery/Burned By the Sun
- Alexandra Gilbreath/Twelfth Night
- Keira Knightley/The Misanthrope
- Rachael Stirling/The Priory
- Ruth Wilson/A Streetcar Named Desire
Best Supporting Actor
- Mackenzie Crook/Jerusalem
- Rory Kinnear/Burned By the Sun
- Tim Pigott-Smith/Enron
- Eddie Redmayne/Red
Best Director
- Rupert Goold/Enron
- Michael Grandage/Hamlet
- Lindsay Posner/A View From the Bridge
- Ian Rickson/Jerusalem
- Bijan Sheibani/Our Class
Best New Play
- Enron by Lucy Prebble
- Jerusalem by Jez Butterworth
- The Mountaintop by Katori Hall
- Red by John Logan