JOSEPH - 7 November 2003
Joseph is BATS Next Gen’s first production and the show was a concert version of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – although a licence to perform the full version was not available, Director Dawn Wylie got out her legal pad and noted exactly what the rights holder would allow a youth society to do in order to perform the songs!
The show was performed at Central Studio following workshops and auditions to join the new company on March 2nd earlier that year. Joseph, played by Amy Anderson, did have a coat of many colours, but was not allowed to move in it! The coat had been made by mum of our twin performers, Ali Rumble, and has made two more appearances to date, including the show ‘proper’ which was performed in 2015.
Dawn and Rachel had both performed with BATS, and were the first of many who shared their knowledge and experience to the next generation.
CAST
Joseph – Amy Anderson
Jacob – Lee Sutherland
Pharaoh – Gemma Thomson
Narrators – Katie Long, Lydia Thomson, Chloe Such, Joanna Bates
The Brothers:
Reuben – Clair Johnson Simeon – Anna Snowball Levi – Ashley Rumble
Napthali – Oliver Rumble Issachar – Joe Humberstone Asher – Beth Daly
Dan – Helen Drought Zebulon – Carly Athawes Gad – Bronwyn Willsher
Judah – Katie Green Benjamin – Stephanie Bale
Potiphar – Lee Sutherland
Mrs Potiphar – Charlotte Kerr
Baker – Jade Threlfall Butler – Charlotte Kerr
Lively Lad – Thomas Stones
Adoring Girls – Chloe Harding, Charlotte Kerr, Emily Clarke, Joanna Bates, Chloe Such, Kirsty Bennett, Katie Long, Lydia Thomson, Jade Threlfall
CREATIVE TEAM
Director – Dawn Wylie
Musical Director – Rachel Glover
Assistant to the Musical Director – Catherine Banks
Assistants – Richard Bond, Justine Dunn, Sally Manning, Abigail Parsons
Stage Manager – Ian ‘Spud’ Smith
COMMITTEE
Chairman – Jenny Humberstone
Secretary – Sandie Thomson
Treasurer – Chris Bale
Members: Mandy Shallow, Caroline Bale, Caroline Crawford, Alison Allen, Caroline Daly