I didn't manage to be anywhere that I could get one.

I got one but couldn't find the picture anywhere. The paper is in several sections. I got the last paper.maybe one bit was missing. I'll look again before I put it into the recycling bin.

That's a shame. I was hoping it'd be in the 'Independant' but it seems not.

Oh well at least it was in an edition somewhere.

Maybe it was just online - better than nothing.

Another cast member

 

Chloe set for West End debut

Just five years ago she had never appeared on a professional stage and was interested only in getting her GCSEs.

 

But next month 20-year-old Chloe Bishop from Staffordshire makes her West End debut in Trevor Nunn’s much-heralded production of Gone With The Wind – and thoughts of an academic career have gone by the board.

 

The show stars Scotsman Darius Danesh, who rose to fame in the TV talent show Pop Idol, as Rhett Butler. West End actress Jill Paice is to play Scarlett O’Hara.

 

The size of Chloe’s role in the ensemble has still to be determined but she is over the moon just to be part of such a prestigious production. But it means she has had to abandon her degree course at the Birmingham School of Acting after being told by the show’s producers to report for rehearsals the following Monday.

 

And it all started after she was cast as Eliza Doolittle in Wolverhampton-based South Staffs Musical Theatre Company’s production of My Fair Lady at the Grand Theatre in 2003.

 

She said: “It’s a dream come true. I’ve always loved the theatre, especially musical theatre, but I’d never been on a stage until I was 15. It’s not like I grew up going to dance or drama classes. It’s all happened so quickly, I can hardly believe it.”

 

Chloe sent off her CV to the show’s producers just before Christmas and was contacted the next day. After auditions she was told: “Quit your course, you’ve got the part.”

 

Originally from Perton, she has now moved to London but returns at weekends to help run a children’s theatre group in Halesowen with husband Ben Handley.

 

Theatre Company chairwoman Alison Norton, of Tettenhall, said: “When Chloe auditioned for the role of Eliza Doolittle, she completely captivated the audition panel. We’re very proud to have been involved in her early career.”

 

l Gone With The Wind officially opens at the New London Theatre on April 22.

 

 

She's listed as one of the swings.

 

 

What do swings do in a cast?

 

 

There is huge talent in the amateur ranks of local societies etc as I have noticed but not all want to take it to the top.

The much heralded comment in that report worries me because it just has to deliver else...

It's such a famous and emotional story, I don't think it could fail. It has the best people in the business orchesrtating it's success :) I don't think we need to worry about it failing :)

Edited March 14, 200817 yr by B.P.

Swings provide cover for the rest of the casst. If anyone is ill, they take their part.

:yahoo: :cheer: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

 

Darius is dancing again - well at least one waltz from the bazaar scene.

how do you know...

the rehearsal pics.

 

Darius looks gigantic in the pic leading Jill on to the floor and she's so slim, it makes him look broad.

yes - silly me I found that out after when I looked on gwtw site

where are the photos?

in the sights section of www.gwtwmusical.com

thanks I was just coming to say I'd found them :D

 

What's BT watching on youtube...something new?

the Incredible video -

Oh...got excited thinking it was something new.

 

 

 

I do love that video though :)