Italia Conti Christmas Show

I spent a considerable amount of time arranging six songs – mainly of a Christmassy nature – for Italia Conti’s Cert HE students on their acting course, and went into the college from 22nd to 29th November to teach all 50+ students and MD the songs in their half-hour end-of-term show. It was an enjoyable but tough gig with so many, though fortunately they all kicked in to the challenges, and the director, Jack Gogarty, ran a tight ship. We achieved a fairly high standard given the parameters – numbers, lack of MT experience for most of them, and the time constraint.

I still find I become as involved working on student productions as I do on professional shows, and I was very nervous before the Conti performance and was shattered by the end. And it was only half an hour.