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Spooky Noises
Like all teddy-bears, Norman is magical. When the lights go out and everyone is sound asleep, he comes to life. A young girl’s imagination runs wild in this warmly reassuring musical story, that things that go bump in the night are not always Fire-breathing Dragons from Puffsville, Ghosts from Ghostberry Farm or even Trolls from Trottersfield Snipe! But with the help of her magical tatty teddy-bear Norman, can Lisa muster up enough courage to discover what IT really is?
Project History
Book: Simon James Collier
Original songs and score by Richard Bates
Cast: Miranda Dawe, Jessica Foden, Charlotte George, Rebecca Gilhooley, Jack Porter, Mark Stewart, Rikki Stone with Mitch Howell, J. B. Newman & David McKechnie
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The Countess
Zumbug Munchyville was a quiet place with lush green meadows, golden fields of corn and bubbling brooks which flowed with ease over smooth river rocks. It was a wonderful place to live. That is until the King died and left the Prince everything. Now, the Prince was always one for a quest and when it was suggested that he go in search of ‘The Golden Shoe of the One-Legged Lamb’ he was all for it. But he made one huge fatal mistake, and that was leaving kingdom in the hands of the horrible and mean: Countess Minty-Ball Zang. When the Countess went against the Prince’s wishes and made everyone work in her cabbage mine, the people knew that unless someone did something about the situation, they were going to be doomed for the rest of their gloomy lives. But with Barry Braithwaite, our hero, a whole host of giant worms led by Frankie, a tree named Arthur Hardwood-Fantasticus, and Ermintrude Mintz, had the Countess more than met her match and were her days as ruler numbered?
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Book: Simon James Collier
Original songs and score by Richard Bates.
Cast: Chloe Akam, Emma Hough, Megan Jarvie, Stephen Johnson, Jenny Perry, with John Barr as Arthur
Musicians: Tom Foskett-Barnes, Connor Fogel, Matt Smith, Hannah Thomas, Connor Smither, Jonathan Thomson, Ruth Whybrow & Laura Williams
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Brian's Last Musical
Brian Wilts, a small-time London based ‘fringe’ theatre producer, has spent his entire working life scheming, dealing, begging and borrowing, sweet-talking, manipulating and schmoozing, pampering, massaging egos, promising ‘the world’, and skating on financial, ethical and moral thin-ice, suddenly has a rude-awakening one morning when he finds himself facing his own judgement day.
Project History
Book: Simon James Collier
Music & Lyrics: Richard Bates
The Mystery of Howling Woods
‘Five unique and unlikely heroes band together to investigate the haunting sounds coming from Howling Woods in this musical family adventure...’
An Evcol Entertainment / Clockwork Digital Studios Original Production, a part of the On Another Wavelength audio anthology series featuring the voice talent of Miranda Dawe, Jessica Foden, Rebecca Gilhooley, Mark Stewart with Mitch Howell, J. B. Newman & David McKechnie – Music & Lyrics: Richard Bates, Written, Directed & Produced by Simon James Collier, Series Created & Co-Produced by Adam Dechanel, Musical Director & Orchestra Mix: Alex Bellamy, Recording Producer & Engineer: Ben Robbins, Recorded at Umbrella Sound, London.
Under the Ocean
‘Join Lisa and her tatty teddy-bear Norman on a magical journey to the world on the ocean floor…’
An Evcol Entertainment / Clockwork Digital Studios Original Production, a part of the On Another Wavelength audio anthology series featuring the voice talent of Miranda Dawe, Rebecca Gilhooley, Mark Stewart, Jack Porter, Riki Stone & David McKechnie – Music & Lyrics: Richard Bates, Written, Directed & Produced by Simon James Collier, Series Created & Co-Produced by Adam Dechanel, Musical Director & Orchestra Mix: Alex Bellamy, Recording Producer & Engineer: Ben Robbins, Recorded at Umbrella Sound, London.
The Troll from Trottersfield Snipe
‘Lisa and her tatty teddy-bear Norman encounter yet another ‘monster’ lurking in her dark spooky bedroom corner…’
An Evcol Entertainment / Clockwork Digital Studios Original Production, a part of the On Another Wavelength audio anthology series featuring the voice talent of Miranda Dawe, Jessica Foden, Charlotte George, Rebecca Gilhooley, Mark Stewart, Riki Stone & David McKechnie – Music & Lyrics: Richard Bates, Written, Directed & Produced by Simon James Collier, Series Created & Co-Produced by Adam Dechanel, Musical Director & Orchestra Mix: Alex Bellamy, Recording Producer & Engineer: Ben Robbins, Recorded at Umbrella Sound, London.
What's the Point?
‘A musical tale about Arthur, a pessimistic tree who hasn’t had a positive thought in years!’
An Evcol Entertainment / Clockwork Digital Studios Original Production, a part of the On Another Wavelength audio anthology series featuring the voice talents of Chloe Akam, Emma Hough, Megan Jarvie, Stephen Johnson, Jenny Perry, with John Barr as Arthur - Musicians: Tom Foskett-Barnes, Connor Fogel, Matt Smith, Hannah Thomas, Connor Smither, Jonathan Thomson, Ruth Whybrow & Laura Williams - Music, Lyrics & Conducted by Richard Bates, Written, Directed & Produced by Simon James Collier, Series Created & Co Produced by Adam Dechanel, Recorded and Engineered by James Nicholson, assisted by Paul Gavin, Recorded at Mountview Academy of Performing Arts, London.
