THEY’RE CREEPY AND THEY’RE KOOKY…
The
Addams Family
South Shields
Customs House
Friday
10th - Sunday 12th August 2018
The cast of this year’s Summer School at The Customs House
are in rehearsals for their forthcoming production of musical comedy The Addams
Family. Last year’s Summer School production
of Legally Blonde was named
Best Amateur Musical in the North East Theatre Guide Best of 2017.
Auditions for the roles of Gomez and Morticia Addams, their
children, Wednesday and Pugsley, close family members Uncle Fester, Grandmama
and Cousin Itt and the family’s butler, Lurch, were held in April. Children and young people aged between eight
and 21 were invited to take part and a 35-strong cast has been assembled, with the
Summer School taking place during the first three weeks of the school summer
holidays. It concludes with five performances over three days, from Friday 10th
to Sunday 12th August.
Musical
director Andrew Clarence said: “What a fantastic and talented group of young people
we had for the auditions. We have been fortunate to cast some of the region’s most
experienced and enthusiastic young people in the principal roles for this
year's show and also are lucky enough to have a hugely talented and gifted
ensemble too.”
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| The Addams Family cast members (back row, left to right) Robert Wilson Baker, Corey Adam Muizelaar, Katie Reed and Kai Newton (front row, left to right) Holly Chinneck and Emily Mohan. |
Corey
Adam Muizelaar has been cast as Gomez, while Katie Reed will play Morticia, and
Emily Mohan and Melissa Whale-Spencer their children, Wednesday and Pugsley. Uncle
Fester will be played by Robert Wilson Baker, Grandmama by Holly Chinneck and
Lurch by Kai Newton and the disembodied hand, Thing, will also make an
appearance.
The
Addams Family started as a cartoon series in The New Yorker and the macabre
family has since been depicted on TV, in both live action and animated form, in
film and most recently, on Broadway and in the West End.
Featuring an original story, the stage version sees Gomez
do something he’s never done before – keep a secret from his wife when his
daughter confides in him that she has fallen for a ‘normal’ boy. So what
happens when they invite his family over for dinner? The ‘normal’ family will be played by Katie
Stubbs (Mal), Nieve Murphy (Alice) and James Jobling (Lucas).
Director
Gareth Hunter said: “The team are working hard to create a visual spectacle
worthy of such a talented cast. Every year I am blown away by the dedication
and talent that enables us to put on such a good musical in just two weeks. The
Addams Family is such a fun, quirky show full of great tunes that I can’t wait
to get started.”
Choreographer
Bethany Slavin added: “I am extremely excited about choreographing for The
Customs House Summer School this year. We have a great cast, full of talented
performers and I can’t wait to work with everybody. The Addams Family may not be well known as a
musical, but the music is very catchy and it’s going to be a fantastic show.
I’m looking forward to spending my summer with such talent.”
Tickets for The Addams Family
are priced from £10 and are available from the box office on (0191) 454 1234 or
online at www.customshouse.co.uk.
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