Good day to you all! And how do you do? My name is Lucy and I’m lucky enough to be playing the role of your Princess, Cinderella in this wonderful production at Chingford Assembly Hall THIS WEEK! Over the past two days we’ve been hard at work preparing and doing all of that last minute […]
The Cinderella Blog – Get in & Band Call.
Coo-ee folks, my name is Jo McWilliams and although I’m not actually in the show, I am a bit of a super fan and often hanging around and “helping out”…so they let me write a blog, hurrrah It was teamwork-dreamwork today in SMP HQ or as its usually known “Get In” day…a very exciting fixture […]
The Cinderella Blog – The Final Week of Rehearsals.
Why hello there! How do you do? Jack here to give the final rehearsal installment of the Cinderella blog. From here on out it’s Theatre baby! The final week of rehearsals saw the introduction of some firey elements. Mr Jamie Nichols, magician extraordanaire popped in on Monday to direct Kate and Lucy through some flammable […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 14.
To my loyal Chingfordonian’s – it’s your Queen here and I’m about to spill the latest on everything Cinderella. We’ve got two weeks (well actually one week once you read this) left before we start all things tech, dress and actual SHOW week! How fun is that? As you can see we’ve got cast members […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 13
Hello everyone, I am strangely writing this in my role as Mum rather than performer. Having spent the past 10 years performing with SMP (and loving every minute of it) it is my 9 year old son who is treading the boards for this year’s amazing spectacle that is Cinderella. It has been great fun […]
SMP Theatre at the Enfield Parade of Lights 2019
SMP will once again be taking part in the Parade of Light with our Cinderella Float in Enfield Town on Sunday 1st December and this year the parade is bigger than ever. Proceedings start at 11am with various activities in the Market Square. In the Market place there will be a variety of community stalls and […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 11 & 12
Hello! My name is Sophie and I play the Herald in our production of Cinderella. I’m chuffed to bits to be taking part in my 2nd panto with SMP, having joined the family last year as Prof Dwarf in Snow White. They all said I’d get hooked and they were right…here I am again! Only […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 10
It’s week 10 in panto land, and things are starting to look a bit magical! I’m Hayley, part of the dancer chorus crew, and loving being in Cinderella, back with the SMP Fam. I was lucky enough to be in our send off panto at The Intimate, a theatre that my family has trodden the […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 9
5,6,7,8… Fay Kemal here, choreographer and one third of the costume team. I am very excited to write this weeks blog and be able to tell you how much I am loving rehearsals for this years panto ‘Cinderella’. We have the most amazing cast and everyone comes to rehearsal with tons of enthusiasm and energy!! […]
Our Summer shows for 2020 & 2021
We’ve been busy behind the scenes at SMP HQ and we’re pleased to say that we can announce our summer musicals for 2020 and 2021. We’ll also make our return to the Millfield Theatre after performing Much Ado About Nothing in Bury Lodge Park. We are currently looking for members of our production teams so […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 8
Hi all, my names Tina and this year I’m playing the role of lovely lady, handsome man and featured singer. I am loving rehearsals and seeing all my SMP family. It’s also back to my yearly workout with Miss Fays choreography and the added extra bonus of getting to sit back and enjoy watching others […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 6 & 7
Week 6 of rehearsals and things are really coming together. I’m Charlotte, one of the newbies at SMP. From day one I have been made to feel so welcome and the quality of the cast is really impressive. The enthusiasm and energy is infectious, it’s been a delight and I can’t wait to get into […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 4 & 5
Welcome dear readers of the Official SMP Cinderella Blog! I am pleased to say that we are now, at weeks 4 and 5, entering that really exciting part of the progress of any show where things really start to come together! Our regular Musical Director, SMP stalwart, Mike ‘Keys of Steel’ Benyon, taught our entire […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 3
Greeting fellow Pantonians and I hope to find you well. Things are getting down and dirty with rehearsals at various cricket clubs throughout the Enfield area. Monday night found a few of the principles flung together to do a quick run through of act one and two as we have already set the whole show, […]
The Cinderella Blog – Week 2
Hi all, welcome to the blog for another week. I’m Luke and I’m playing Dandini, the Prince’s ever so handsome and really really smart best friend. This week we got stuck in to the acting as we blocked our way through act 1. This is always great as we, the cast, start to get to […]
The Cinderella Blog – Read Through, Auditions and First Rehearsal.
Hello and welcome to the first instalment of the Cinderella Blog, my name’s Warren and I’m directing the show. I’m here to take you through what’s been going on in the first couple of weeks. We started proceedings with our introduction night and read through where myself and the production team revealed our ideas for […]
SMP’s Cinderella Cast Announced
After a wonderful set of auditions we’re pleased to announce our cast for Cinderella 2019 is: We’re over the moon with our cast and our production team Warren McWilliams (Director) Fay Kemal (Choreographer) and Mike Benyon (Musical Director) had a tough time choosing from the fabulous array of auditions. We had a great turn out […]
Much Ado About Nothing, Promenade. – Bury Lodge Park – June 2019 – Gallery
Show Pictures courtesy of Yiltan Kemal Show Pictures courtesy of The Friends of Bury Lodge Park Promo Pictures courtesy of Gary Moyes http://www.garymoyes.co.uk Behind the Scenes – Cast pictures
The Much Ado Blog – Show Week
Hello there! And so, sadly our show has come to an end – but let me walk you through the week’s fun! Most shows are somewhat different from one performance to another, but for this show that was even more profound as the weather changed and the noises from the ‘real world’ swam in and […]
The Much Ado Blog – Opening Night
‘Twas opening night, and all through the park, no bird was a chirping; not even a lark.. The Shakespeare Sisters had set up their camp, and later George Secole will carry the lamp.. You’ve got Hero, Beatrice, Antonio and the hostess- I’ve got to hand it to her, she really is the most-ess. Then Don […]