Secret Garden Musical

It’s the sitzprobe. “What?”, I hear you say? It’s simply the first time that the cast meet the band and sing through the show from start to finish. Having spent weeks in rehearsal with only piano accompaniment this is first time for the actors to hear the full orchestrations, especially commissioned for this Edinburgh production from Chris Walker. Read the rest of this entry

When the usual docking bay at the back of the Festival Theatre was snowed in, we had to find an alternative route backstage for the huge lorry-full of Secret Garden set and equipment. Cue a lot of snow shovelling and make-shift ramp building at the front of the theatre to form an improvised route into Stage Door! Read the rest of this entry

Dashing Danish Secret Garden star Caspar Phillipson is determined not to miss a single day of rehearsals despite the odds being entirely stacked against him…

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We’re in the middle of the first read through involving the whole Secret Garden company – well almost the whole company. Sophie (Mary Lennox) and Toby (Colin) are elsewhere in another room with their tutor keeping up with their school work! In addition to rehearsing what are very big roles they both must do three hours of school work each day. Read the rest of this entry