Lessons in Love Written by Dulwich College Beijing students: Yui Min Gan, Capucine Brunet and Eva Lee
Cupid is a knavish lad, thus to make poor females mad. Lessons in Love sees dramatic, literary and mythological traditions collide. Cupid, well-versed in the language of lurve, laments his flailing powers of match-making, his daggers of desire no longer piercing their targets as they once did. Fortunately for us the Ancient Greeks are on hand to inject some passion back into history's dating expert, to rekindle the romantic powers of the bow-wielding winged youth. Combined with the dramatic traditions of Commedia Dell Arte and Brecht's Epic Theatre, Lessons in Love takes us on a journey through the history of modern theatre, told through the frustrations of one knavish lad... Thank you for joining us in celebrating the opening of our new classrooms, ice skating rink and the six–hundred seat Wodehouse Theatre. We warmly invite you to attend the community events hosted at Dulwich College Beijing throughout the year.
Act One Jesus Christ Superstar - Superstar Joseph and His Technicolor Dream Coat - Any Dream Will Do Les Miserables - Master of the House and Bring Him Home Oliver! - Food Glorious Food and Pick a Pocket Sweeney Todd - Johanna and Not While I’m Around Phantom of the Opera - Music of the Night
Directors and Choreographers: Amy Simpson, Katrina Maguire, Olivia Bugden Chorus Master: Mark Stingle
There will be a 20 minute interval.
Musical Director: Shane O’Shea Orchestral Assistant: Gerard Dutton
Act Two Chicago - When You're Good to Mama and All That Jazz
Assistant Directors and Choreographers: Eva Lee, Yiu Min Gan, Capucine Brunet, Caitlin Choe
Wicked - Defying Gravity
Lights and Sound: Junggle Zhang, Mark Taylor, Jennifer Chan, Christina Yang and Ruben Rodriguez
Grease - Greased Lightin', There Are Worse Things I Could Do and We Go Together
Marketing: Kasia Baran, Mark Scott
West Side Story - Officer Krupke, America and Tonight
Poster Design: Yidi Zhao, Beijing Dragonshow Culture and Arts Exchange Filming: Stephen Kaye Communications and Tickets: Joanne Ross Costume: Jessica Peng and Ms. Shi from Yuxiu fashion Make-up: Karla Hawkins, Yewon Kim, Nicole McKay, Alice Hsu Set-design: Melinda Chen, Falco Wang, Josh Kim, Capucine Brunet, Rebecca Zhu, Ally Bao, Lisa Li, Maxim Korolkov, Ringo Choi, Charlie Hua, Daniela Cunningham, Corrine Chan, Nancy Peng, Jeewon Eom, Melanie Mpanju, Emily Zhai, Simone Zhao, Helene Tao, Martina Facchine Front of House: Sophie Towers, Kirstie Parker, Leanne Wong, Choon Eichman, Teresa Waldin, Jenny Liu, Sue Orr, Phil Tucker, Jara Koy, Tina Chen
Soloists Hannah Kwek Paloma McDeigan-Lee River Kim Akriti Purohit Alex Chang Jose Mercado Hannah Zhu Susan Gao Pratcha Sananvatananont Jasmin Spooner Jason Yuan
Ensemble Year 5 Georgia Bowan Max Elliot Margaret Wong Linus Stamov-Yu Kristy Soh Michael Zhou Sarah Chun Judy Jo Bea Kennedy-Harper Adrian Lew Joy Ryu Stephanie Feng Chloe Heath Weng Fay Ho Joel Saw
Eva Lee Yiumin Gan Gabriel Spooner Tim Waldin Risako Katsumata
Year 6 Alissa Gao Yani Ince Jenny Kim William Baronet Katelyn Ng Sophie Pugeat Nicky Richardson Miranda Wheeler Michael Li Madeline Yeo Gina Yoo Reina Zhang Giselle Han Zoe Hinton Robin Millner-Wang Felicitas Mueller
Imi Parker Rosie Tucker Olivia Wang Grace Xie Rownie Zhao Cecil Choi Charlotte Bong Harriet Wardle Year 7 Miranda Chao Paloma McDeigan-Lee River Kim Catherine Chen James Fang Woo Rim Hong Chelsea Ng Gleb Savrikov Tony Yun Elenya Chuan Kristal Du Tintin He Tony Huang Gia Wan Matthew Chun Fred Herbert Mika Iwasa Onni-Pekka Lipponen Yuki Tsutsumi Nicole Yong Jennifer Zhou Sofia Bertasi Jessica Guan Kata Havas
Ryan Hou Monica Lau Arthur Wang Kevin Yao Christina Lee Jacob Kozak Sophia Hinson Kevin Li Tessa Soh Marina He Vivian Hu Jocelyn Wang Coco Yu Thomas Kweon Judy Gao Rena Zhang Angelina Yang Florence Ng Vania Zhao Jefferey Liang Alexander Hanssler Eric Yin Sofia Bentain Amarey Tan Anson Lam Alyssa Lam Antara Purohit Celynn Kow Miranda Zhao Marjorie Yang Marina He Angelina Yang Susan Gao Arthur Wang
Jocelyn Wang Eleyna Chuan Samuel Chan Vania Zhau Sophia Leow
Jenny Kim Tim Waldin Diana Zhao Megan Hui Irene Facchin
Year 8 Emma Jauk Lixia Lisa Liu Edward Huntley Jessica Liu Joseph Orlov Irene Faccin Hannah Zhu Helena Lee Megan Chai Eujean Lee Evelyn Li Emily Li
Year 9 Gabriel Spooner Akriti Purohit Annette Yan Valery Toporkova Year 10 Asuka Kosugi Year 11 Jose Mercado Alexander Chang Robyn Ball
Gretchen Ho Lili Wang Year 12 Capucine Brunet Eva Lee Yiu Min Gan Melinda Chen Lisa Li Risako Katsumata Jasmin Spooner Year 13 Pratcha Sananvatananont Caitlin Choe Jason Yuan Hannah Kwek
Orchestra Sally Lee
Nicole Quah
Irena Ou
Gloria Hui
Isabelle Xie
Amy Yun
Michael Shen
Justin Bu
Sakiko Ohara
Sarah Chan
Yoomin Kim
Lisa Kim
Maggie Hu
Ethan Ooi
John Hui
With special appearances from… Aoife Mulholland Aoife Mulholland studied Music at University College Dublin before completing an MA in musical theatre at The Central School of Speech and Drama. After appearing on Andrew Lloyd Webber's BBC programme "How do you solve a problem like Maria?" she landed her first West End role as Roxy Hart in Chicago. Other roles include Maria in The Sound of Music and Brooke Wyndham in Legally Blonde. She also took part in Tim Rice's Chess in Concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 2009. Aoife now lives in London with her two boys and Seve the dog.
Morgan Crowley Morgan Crowley trained internationally (Dublin, Paris, Basel, London, New York) and has performed in opera, concert, theatre, musicals, TV, film, and radio and recorded in five continents. He is the recipient of many awards and distinctions, including The John McCormack and Luciano Pavarotti Award, London Critics Choice Award and a nomination for the International Voice of Musical Theatre. He has appeared on a Grammy-winning CD, in two Tony-nominated shows, in an Oscar-winning screenplay, in multi-platinum videos and on five solo albums. He debuted at Covent Garden’s Royal Opera House when he was only 20 years old. His West End, Broadway and international theatre credits include Chicago, Ragtime, Riverdance, Sweeney Todd, Spring Awakening, Hairspray, Spelling Bee, Carousel, West Side Story, Cirque du Soleil, Scrooge and the title role in Phantom of the Opera. Television and film credits include Eastenders, The Tudors, Far & Away, Bound, Letterman, Yule Be Wiggling, Quest for Camelot, and Lovejoy.
Joseph Hyung Sup Lim Joseph Hyung Sup Lim is an accomplished Korean clarinettist and is currently pursuing a degree in performance for the Royal Academy of Music in London. He graduated from Dulwich College Beijing in 2010 and his ultimate dream is to become a conductor.
Beijing Youth Orchestra The Beijing Youth Orchestra comprises students and staff members from Dulwich College Beijing as well as students from other international schools and conservatories in Beijing. They perform regularly together, most recently in the Gala Concert for the Diversity Project II in the Wodehouse Theatre. The BYO is led by a group of music teachers dedicated to moving it along its unpredictable, yet inspiring road. This venture is unique in the region, offering all participants growth and development not just as musicians but also as well-rounded, worldly people who are an integral part of the international community. Members of tonight’s orchestra have performed in The Forbidden City Concert Hall, the Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre, Busan Cultural Centre Korea and the Wangfujing Cathedral Beijing. They have developed a strong musical relationship with the International Schools Choral Music Society (www.ISCMS.net), and performed under the baton of maestros Karl Jenkins, Robert Hasty and Stephen Alltop. Tonight the honour passes to Shane O’Shea, Director of Music for Dulwich College International.
With special thanks to: Simon Herbert, Ruth Grant, all the teachers in Senior School, all the Year 5 & 6 class teachers, Hazel Battersby and the Art Teaching Assistant, Operations team, Receptionists, Kathy Liu, Qian Ying, Ava Wang, Lee Simpson, Kenny Hegarty, Karla Hawkins, Ed Richards, Jessica Pang, Junggle Zhang, our parents and of course all our amazing performance students!
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