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The Cast List for the In Touch workshop 14th-18th February 2011 is as follows

Director – Grant Murphy

Musical Director – Barney Ashworth

Choreographer – Lara Bianca Pilcher

Cast List

Human Characters:

Megan – Twinnie Lee Moore (Flashdance, Chicago, We Will Rock You)
David - Michael Watson (Sister Act, We Will Rock You, Imagine This)
Eamonn – David Herzog (George M Cohen in George M Cohen Tonight)
Mairin – Nicola Bryan (Dreamboats & Petticoats, All the Fun of the Fair, Fame)

Avatars:

Friend – Aaron Lee Lambert (Sister Act, Jerry Springer: The Opera)
Jane – Natalie Hope (Laughter in the Rain, Evita, High School Musical, Fame, Rocky Horror Show)
Tony – Michael Stacey (Songs for a New World, Zanna Don’t)
Alice – Alice Mogg (Carousel, Beauty and the Beast, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 42nd Street)

Ensemble Avatars:

Jorden Bird (Mamma Mia!)
Ralph Bogard (Zaide, Joseph, Blues Brothers, The Drowsy Chaperone)
Michael Burgen (Zaide, All Male Pirates of Penzance, Alice in Wonderland)
Stephanie Elstob (Fleur Darkin Company, Summer Collections, The Nutcracker)
Alessia Lugoboni (Royal New Zealand Ballet, Das Phantom Der Oper)
Charlotte Robinson (Recent Graduate from Trinity College of Music)
Robbie Durham (3rd Year Arts Educational Schools London)
Rachal Olivant (3rd Year Guildford School of Acting)

The Workshop will take place at The Arts Educational Schools and is in conjunction with Perfect Pitch’s Andy Barnes and the composer Dougal Irvine.

Barney is Musical Director for a workshop of Dougal Irvine’s new Musical ‘In Touch’ being held by Perfect Pitch and Dougal Irvine at The Arts Educational Schools London from the 14th-18th February 2011.

Director – Grant Murphy

Musical Director – Barney Ashworth

Choreographer – Lara Bianca-Pilcher

There is a casting break-down below in pdf format

casting breakdown

If you would like to be considered for participation in the workshop please submit a CV, headshot, character role applying for and any other relevant information to intouchworkshop@gmail.com

Dougal is keen to explore reworking some songs to be acapella vocal arrangements, to this end cast members must be confident with challenging harmonies and independent vocal lines.

Please bear in mind that there is NO fee and NO expenses budget before submitting your application.

Barney will be Assisting Producer and Musical Supervisor Mike Dixon on the recording of Helena Blackman’s debut solo album at London’s Angel Studios.

Helena Blackman: The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein
Studio Recording

Best known as runner-up in the BBC’s How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, West End star Helena Blackman releases her debut solo album The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein, celebrating her ongoing association with this legendary musical theatre writing duo. She is joined in two exclusive duets by the number one classical charting singer Jonathan Ansell and her fellow West End star Daniel Boys.

Having captured the nation’s attention and the unfailing support of Andrew Lloyd Webber on How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?, Helena subsequently headlined the acclaimed UK tour of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s South Pacific, and starred in the West End première of Stephen Sondheim’s Saturday Night. Her many other theatre credits include Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz and the title role in Gypsy.

Helena Blackman: The Sound of Rodgers & Hammerstein is produced by Neil Eckersley & Paul Spicer, musically produced and supervised by Mike Dixon, with musical direction by David Randall and orchestrations by Michael Bruce. Recorded at Angel Studios in January 2010, the recording is released by Speckulation Entertainment.

1. I Have Confidence
2. What’s the Use of Wondrin’?
3. I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outta My Hair
4. It Might as Well be Spring
5. If I Loved You / Something Wonderful
6. I Enjoy Being a Girl
7. I Have Dreamed (with Jonathan Ansell)
8. Some Enchanted Evening
9. Love Look Away
10. People Will Say We’re in Love (with Daniel Boys)
11. The Gentleman is a Dope
12. Climb Every Mountain

Barney will be assisting Musical Director Mike Dixon on Radio 2′s Iconic Friday Night is Music Night on Friday 3rd December.

Mike Dixon has become one of the most experienced and respected musical forces in London’s West End and on British television and he shall be conducting the BBC Concert Orchestra in this A Tribute to The Soaps edition of the show.

As Coronation Street prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, Radio 2 salutes the soaps with this special Friday Night is Music Night concert. Mike Dixon conducts the BBC Concert Orchestra as Ken Bruce presents some musical memories of Peyton Place, Dr Kildare, the Appleyards and Mrs Dale’s Diary.

Special guests include Tony Hatch, Wendi Peters, Richard Shelton and the cast of the new Coronation Street musical Rogues, Angels, Heroes and Fools.

Barney will be the Musical Director to set-up pantomime for Ray Quinn’s Jack and the Beanstalk in Northampton produced by Qdos Entertainment

Barney is to be Assistant Musical Director of the Kander & Ebb Musical Curtains at The Arts Educational School London

Director – Christian Durham

Choreographer – Andrew Wright

Musical Director – Dane Preece

Performances – 1st-5th February

Barney will be accompanying the incredible Tiffany Graves in Cabaret at Lauderdale House on Sunday the 14th November before she joins the tour of We Will Rock You for which she will play the role of Killer Queen.

Tiffany is currently Helene in the highly acclaimed production of Sweet Charity (Theatre Royal Haymarket), and often plays the title role. Her previous West End appearances include Chicago in which she appeared as Velma Kelly, Shout, Cats, Follies (Royal Festival Hall), Chess in Concert (Royal Albert Hall) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (National Theatre). Tiffany’s extensive touring experience includes Run for Your Wife, Tonight’s the Night, A Chorus Line and Godspell. Cabaret credits encompass An Evening with Tony Hatch, singing with The Kitsch Lounge Riot at The Cafe de Paris and Pigalle Club and her own evening with Tom Wakeley at RADA.

Time: 16:30

Price: £13.00  £11.00

Review here by Theatre Blogger There Ought To Be Clowns

“Accompanied by the dexterous Barney Ashworth on the piano”

Barney is guest Musical Director for Show Off Piano Bar on the 17th September at Cafe Koha in the Heart of the West End.

Show Off! is a musical theatre piano bar in the heart of the West End. It is a place where anyone who loves musical theatre can listen to songs from shows new and old – and where anyone who wants to can get up and perform.

The doors open at 8 p.m. The music kicks off at 9 p.m. and continues until 1 a.m., so there is plenty of time to join us if you are going to a show in the evening.

If you want to sing, just put your name and the song you want to sing on the sign-up sheet when you arrive. We have music from a wide variety of shows, but you’re very welcome to bring your own.

Show Off! costs £10 at the door. Reservations (to guarantee a place) can be made by filling in the reservation form or by sending us an e-mail. A large selection of wines and spirits can be purchased at the bar, and Cafe Koha’s full range of snacks and meals is also available to be served to your table.

Barney is Deputizing as Musical Director for the UK touring production of Hi-De-Hi!

He will be conducting the shows on Saturday 4th September 2010 at The Theatre Royal, Windsor

and Saturday 11th September at The Octagon Theatre, Yeovil

Barney has just been interviewed for the ‘Job of the Week’ feature on the IdeasTap website.

You can read the full interview here