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Cinderella Review & Photographs

Updated: Jun 12, 2022

CINDERELLA - A musical fantasy by Jeremy James Taylor with music by David Nield

Cinderella was written last year in response to disheartening reports that the current curriculum of schools in this country undervalued the contribution to education made by the Creative Arts, to the extent that there is almost no Artistic activity in many schools. We wanted to make Cinderella available to any school that was interested. St. John’s happily took up the offer to perform the work with their 10 year olds, putting the rehearsals on the school timetable; the whole of Class 5 is in the cast. The experience in acting, singing and dancing has been an integral part of their education over the last two terms and we have had a thoroughly enjoyable time working with them. This is the world debut production of Cinderella and the work is available to anyone else who wants to do produce it.



JEREMY JAMES TAYLOR ( Director and Co-writer)

Jeremy is a free-lance director and writer. His career started at The Northcott Theatre in Exeter before joining the National Theatre as actor and director. He was Associate Director at The Young Vic from 1975-8 before directing free-lance for the English National Opera and Glyndebourne amongst many others.


He founded the National Youth Music Theatre in 1976 and was its Artistic Director until 2005. He has written and directed over 30 pieces for the company


Since turning free-lance, he has been working extensively in schools and colleges all over the world from Mongolia to Sydney to Canada and Hong Kong. He has also worked as a casting director for Warner Brothers’ Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd and Sleepy Hollow amongst many other films. He was awarded the OBE in the 2010 Queen’s New Year’s Honours list for services to Young People and Musical Theatre.


DAVID NIELD (Music) David Nield was Organ Scholar at University College, Durham. He came to London in 1965 to become Director of Music at Tiffin School in Kingston on Thames, a position he held for the whole of his teaching career till 2002. During that time he created an international reputation for the music department of the school.


Between 1967 and 1995, he was Organist of Kingston Parish Church. The choir, described as the finest church choir in the country, broadcast regularly on radio and television


From its foundation in 1979, till 2002, David Nield was Chairman of The Children's Music Theatre, and subsequently the National Youth Music Theatre. He has written and conducted and broadcast many shows for the company. David continues to compose, and to teach keyboard instruments.



 

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