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LOSERVILLE to open at West Yorkshire Playhouse!

LOSERVILLE is a co-production arrangement between the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Kevin Wallace Ltd and Youth Music Theatre UK.

Loserville West Yorkshire Playhouse

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This original musical, written by ex-Busted singer/songwriter James Bourne and writer/composer Elliot Davis, was commissioned and produced by YMT at the Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell in 2009. You can see more from this production here. It was subsequently optioned by Kevin Wallace for professional production and it will now premiere at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds in June 2012.

We believe this is the first time a musical commissioned for non-professional performance by a youth arts organisation has moved into the professional industry .

Composer Elliot Davis and Director Steven Dexter will be joining the YMT national auditions 2012 team, and as well as looking for actors, singers, dancers, musicians and technicians for our next season, they will also be scouting for talent to join the Loserville cast. YMT auditions can be booked here.

Tickets for Loserville, which will be performed from 16th June - 14th July 2012, are available to book via the West Yorkshire Playhouse website. 

LOSERVILLE
By Elliot Davis and James Bourne
A West Yorkshire Playhouse, Kevin Wallace Limited and Youth Music Theatre UK Production

Directed by Steven Dexter
Choreographer Nick Winston
Designer Francis O'Connor
Musical Supervisor Martin Lowe
Orchestrations & Vocal Arrangements
James Bourne, Elliot Davis & Martin Lowe
Sound Designer Simon Baker
Casting Director Anne Vosser

Welcome to Loserville. It's 1971. Michael Dork may be a computer geek but he's invented something that could change the world. He's also discovered girls: a prospect (almost) as exciting as his love of binary.

Holly is the girl: she has the looks and brains and wants to be the first woman in space - well, this is 1971! But will she want Michael? Eddie wants a fast ride to the top and doesn't care who gets trampled along the way. Leia just wants Eddie. Or Eddie's babies - well, she thinks she does. Michael's friends are all set to change the course of history, fashion and dating - in no particular order, but just as soon as possible, especially the dating bit.

Loserville is a new musical written by Elliot Davis and James Bourne (inspired by his Son of Dork album Welcome To Loserville). Meet the Class of 1971. This is their story and now it's a musical.  

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Notes to Editors

 

- Youth Music Theatre UK (also known as YMT) is a national charity whose principal aim is the personal and creative development of young people through the medium of new musical theatre. The company provides a wide range of residential workshops across the country as well as a variety of outreach projects, working with hundreds of young people from all corners of the country. The company will celebrate its eigth anniversary in December 2011.  
 
-  YMT is supported by a wide range of trusts, foundations, grant-giving bodies, corporate sponsors and generous individuals, including the NASUWT, the PRS Foundation for New Music, and Youth Music: Youth Music provides funds to YMT via the National Youth Music Organisation (NYMO) fund. Click 'Support YMT' on our website for details.

- Interviews with writers, directors, composers, choreographers, alumni and young people are available through arrangement with YMT.

 

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Enquiries for photography and artistic biographies, interview opportunities and press tickets can be made to: Clara Whitlock, Projects Officer, YMT - .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 0844 415 4858
 

Youth Music Theatre UK is a Registered Charity number 1103076 (England & Wales), SC039863 (Scotland).

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