Inside the Rock Follies rehearsal room

News 21 Jul 2023

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It's almost time for our Rock Follies to take to the stage. Our Minerva musical for Festival 2023 is the world premiere of Rock Follies - a rousing, riotous rollercoaster of woman power! - with a book by Chloë Moss and songs from the ground-breaking TV series by Howard Schuman and Andy Mackay.

Take a look at the gallery below to see what this fabulous company have been up to in the rehearsal room:

  • Carly Bawden, Angela Marie Hurst and Zizi Strallen singing on a raised platform in front of a white wall with cream curtains. The are all standing with a microphone in thier right hand and their left knee slightly bent.
  • Sebastien Torkia is looking at Zizi Strallen intently, holding a wired microphone in front of her face expectantly. Dominic Cooke is smiling in the background. We can see Angela Marie Hurst from the back who is wearing a cream jumper that has pink writing on it.
  • Members of the company are all kneeling down in a semi-circle with their arms raised towards Seb Torkia who is standing on the raised platform at the back of the room, holding a microphone, with one arm in the air.
  • Members of the company are standing in a circle in the middle of the rehearsal room with director Dominic Cooke. To the right, Toby Higgins is sat behind a wooden piano, to the left are the stage management team and designer Vicki Mortimer. At the back of the room are mirrors which reflect the room and the company.
  • Samuel Barnett stands in the rehearsal room smiling, his hands clasped in front of him, he is wearing a pale blue t-shirt.
  • Carly Bawden is crawling out from a green plastic bin that is lying on the floor, her arms outstretched in front of her, looking up to the ceiling. In an upright bin next to her, Zizi Strallen has popped her head and hands out of the bin, she is looking over to someone whose arm we can see to the left of the photo.
  • Carly Bawden, Angela Marie Hurst and Zizi Strallen singing on a raised platform in front of a white wall with cream curtains. The are all standing with their right arm in the air and holding a microphone in their left hand, with their left leg slightly bent.
  • Tamsin Carroll is wearing a black t-shirt and pale denim dungarees, she is kneeling down and looking at something in front of her.
  • Philippa Stefani, wearing a grey ACDC t-shirt and black leggings, is pointing to a music stand beside director Dominic Cooke who is sat down wearing glasses and a black shirt. We see their reflections in the mirror behind them.

If you missed it...

And if you didn't catch the first day of rehearsal video you can check it out below:

Rock Follies runs from 24 July - 26 August. Tickets from £10 or £5 if you're aged 16-30 and signed up for our free Prologue membership.

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