Bexhill College shows Rent at DLWP

Confidence and ease of performance shone out of Bexhill College students as they faced the challenge of staging Rent at the De La Warr Pavilion.
By The Newsroom
Published 7th Apr 2009, 13:08 BST
Updated 7th Jun 2018, 21:33 BST

The musical is winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and is the seventh-longest running Broadway show in history.

An East Village rock version of Puccini's opera La Bohme, Larson's stirring and life-affirming score captures the heart and spirit of a generation of struggling artists, addicts, and impoverished young people living in the shadow of AIDS, battling the coming wave of gentrification.

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It's not the easiest choice perhaps but the production mounted by Bexhill College displayed vocal and acting talent as well as being stunning to watch thanks to a moody and stylised set.

The cast was made up of:

Roger Davis: Christos Georghiou

Mark Cohen: Aidan Tigwell

Tom Collins: Ed Layer

Benjamin Coffin III: April Fusco

Joanna Jefferson: Sarah Cook

Angel Schunard: Nathan Hyland

Mimi Marquez: Ana Pinto

Maureen Johnson: Chiara Kean

Alexi Darling: Imogen Willets

Mrs Cohen: Samantha Pont

Chorus: Rebecca Dalton, Holly Gooch, Sophie Streeten, Jade Worboys, Samantha Pont, Simone Jeffrey, Lotti St Aubyn, Pia-jaie Carpenter, Sophie Williams, Hannah Mathew, Naomi Procter

Director: Kim Hodgson

Vocal Director: Natalie Roberts

Choreographer: Lucy Ayling

Assistant director: Kate Nelmes

Band: Keyboards '“ Jacob Willoughby, guitar '“ Luke Hellett, bass '“ James Kimber, drums '“ Daniel Kempson, and they were supported by Jason Boyd.

Thanks go to teaching staff who have supported the show by letting students out of lessons for rehearsals and Carol Coles for accepting all bizarre challenges set for her.

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