Skidrow

Skidrow is the second big opening of the show. Following the famous song, Little Shop of Horrors, it illustrates everyone's characters even more. Therefore the characterisation of each cast member needs to be strong and visual so that the audience truly understand the diegesis of Skidrow.
The choreography, shown below, is subtle but effective. It allows the cast to use character to tell their narratives individually. An audience member could simply watch one character, any of those on stage, and get a narrative strand, with their own personal problems and inputs into the overall plotline of the scene.

Don't Feed The Plant

This the finale of the show, which therefore requires a huge level of commitment to the singing, as it needs the 'wow factor' at the end, much like the opening. The finale also counts as the bows, paying respects to the cast and crew and production team that put this production together.

It opens with Tom, singing to the audience, as the narrator once again explaining what has just been "witnessed". Soon the entire cast joins in, making it a powerful performance of vocals. Each cast member holds a plant pot, referencing the narrative at the end which explains Audrey II's expansion and subsequent takeover of Earth!

Each cast member also has a section where they bow in the song, making it equal for all performers. My particular bow comes after the solo lines, starting with mine and finishing with Meg. After her line, we wait four counts, and bow as a four (myself, Meg, Kyle and Dan).

There is minimal choreography as the finale is aimed at having a strong vocal performance, but on the line "and this theatre", everyone jumps and holds a 'High School Musical'-esque pose. This emulates the 'cheesy' factor from this show, and highlights the casts enjoyment of the song and the performance as a whole.

Da Doo

Da Doo is a short narration-type song lead by Kyle, as he explains how he came across Audrey II. It follows a comedic scene where Mushnik yells that the plant wont attract business, but immediately does with the entrance of Carl, the customer. Upon this entrance,Carl explains his story, and the 3 Girls come in singing Da Doo. Whilst this happens, to further the comedy, myself, Meg and Carl hold our frozen states and bounce in time to the back of the stage, and much like a chorus would in a concert performance, we click in time to the music. But the comedic aspect comes from holding the facial expressions, with Meg being overjoyed, Carl having a cheesy grin and myself holding an expression of pure shock the entire time.

Everyone is moving in their own little narratives in this song behind Kyle, who jumps into the fake fantasy world built around him to visualise to the audience the purchase of his plant. The only designated choreography is when the words 'total eclipse of the sun' occurs. On 'sun', everyone looks up to the right of the hall, illustrating where the sun is, however it isn't there! So following that is a musical bump, to whicheveryone snaps their heads to the upper left corner of the hall. And as soon as the music kicks in, we are back to the movements we have created individually for the remainder of the song. The ending evokes more cheesiness as we all (still holding those facial expressions) crowd round Kyle and do the classic jazz hands ending that is stereotyped into musical theatre.

Auditions

3 days of auditions took place in the first week back after half term. We had to perform various pieces of dialogue as a multitude of characters, be it Mushnik, Seymour, the Dentist and Audrey.

After three days of dialogue and section of songs, the results came through:

 

Cast List:

Seymour = Kyle Starkey

Audrey = Meg Robinson

Mushnik = Harry Francis

Orin = Dan Smith

Plant = Dan McKay

Ron/Ronnette = Tom Falconar

Crystal = Ellie Curtis

Chiffon = Freya Beck

Voice = Toby Saddleton

Wino = Danny Lambert

Customer = Carl Tyler

Interviewer = Kai Brassington

Bernstein = Ali Heathfield

Mrs Luce = Ashley Clayton

Skip Snip = Liam McMorrow

Martin = Theo Benjamin

Bass = Kai Brassington

Guitar = Ali Heathfield

Drum = Dan Smith

Greek Chorus = Dom Payne, Toby Saddleton and Ashley Clayton

Plant Operators= Liam McMorrow, Danny Lambert and Theo Benjamin