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24 Aug 12 - 12:21 PM (#3394530) Subject: New Radio Ballad Show - Regent's Canal From: ChrisJBrady West End Extra New Radio Ballad - The Regent's Canal http://www.westendextra.com/news/2012/aug/after-rehearsal-hiccup-director-who%E2%80%99s-written-31-songs-folk-opera-says-%E2%80%98regent%E2%80%99s-canal http://tinyurl.com/regentscanal http://www.canalcafetheatre.com/ 'Regent's Canal show must go on' Published: 23 August, 2012 by PETER GRUNER MUSICAL writer Rob Inglis is having to finish his latest offering, about the building of the Regent's Canal, from the confines of his hospital bed a week before it opens. During rehearsals the former Royal Shakespeare actor, who has been awarded a £16,000 Arts Council grant for the show, was admitted to University College London Hospital last weekend. He has a serious leg infection which developed after a fall. Doctors in the acute ward where he is being kept under observation say the swelling is slowly going down and Mr Inglis should be released this weekend. Several consultants and members of the nursing staff will be attending the first night of Regent's Canal, A Folk Opera, when it opens at Kings Place on August 31. It is also set to be performed at the Canal Café Theatre in Little Venice. The story, mostly told in song, celebrates the 200th anniversary of the digging of the eight-mile canal, which links the Grand Union Canal in Westminster with Limehouse and the Thames in the east. Although he has written a musical, Mr Inglis has stuck rigidly to the history of the project. Characters include the famous local architect who designed the scheme, John Nash, and the Prince Regent, who gave the canal its name. The canal was praised as a technological achievement at the time which reduced horse and cart traffic jams in overcrowded 19th century London. But the project, built between 1812 and 1820, would not have been possible without the blood, sweat and tears of 400 Irish navvies many of whom died during the tunnelling. Mr Inglis said: "I've written 31 songs for my current show and I hope the audiences will sing along. "The Regent's Canal was certainly a great achievement, but its uses for transporting freight were overtaken by the trains. Today, however, there is a new mood among the public to turn this underused backdoor London resource into a place of recreation." • Script and songs by Rob Inglis, musical arrangements Bob Stuckey, direction John Dunne. The folk opera will be performed on September 14 & 15 at 7pm at Canal Café Theatre, Delamere Terrace, W2. |
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09 Oct 20 - 05:37 PM (#4074891) Subject: RE: New Radio Ballad Show - Regent's Canal From: GUEST,CJB666 Was this ever performed. Was it recorded? CJB |
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24 Mar 23 - 02:54 PM (#4168286) Subject: RE: New Radio Ballad Show - Regent's Canal From: GUEST three minutes of it on Vimeo performers Kai Simmons Andrew Boxer William Agar https://vimeo.com/45811403 |
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28 Mar 23 - 07:33 PM (#4168767) Subject: RE: New Radio Ballad Show - Regent's Canal From: GUEST Story in song The preview of Regent’s Canal – a Folk Opera was performed on 13 July at the London Canal Museum by the Musical Flying Squad and London Irish Theatre. The fast-paced drama featured engineering challenges, legal machinations, money troubles, tragedy and scandal. The venue and timing were uniquely appropriate and helped whisk the audience back two centuries. Architect and canal promoter John Nash, engineer James Morgan and Counsellor William Agar – the local landowner who vehemently opposed the canal being run through his land – were brought to life by Kai Simmons, Andrew Boxer and Ian Macnaughton. Also on hand were dramatist Rob Inglis, musical director and arranger Bob Stuckey, director John Dunne, guitarist Dominic Ashworth and Cathy Aitcheon, who managed publicity and administration. The event was attended by members of the King’s Cross Business Partnership, who returned from a walk along the canal as the curtain went up. The theatre bar, alongside the museum’s ice supply heritage collection, and offshore victualling from a mooring anchored the after-show gathering.The sheltered quay proved ideal for socialising into the night. Journal of the Islington Archaeology & History Society Autumn 2012 Vol 2 No 3 p18 http://www.clcomms.com/iahs/201113/IAHS-autumn-2012-web.pdf |
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29 Mar 23 - 02:51 AM (#4168774) Subject: RE: New Radio Ballad Show - Regent's Canal From: DaveRo GUEST,CJB666 wrote: Was it recorded?You could contact a member of the Musical Flying Squad |