Encores! presents seldom-produced musicals in stripped-down concert form, with scripts in hand and limited sets and costumes.
Mr Mapplebeck's company is planning a film about the 1937 programme which may include a concert recreation of script and music with the Northern Sinfonia at the Sage Gateshead.
In the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, she wrote revue sketches for barrack concerts and a movie script for an R.A.F.
The concert production — in which cast members have scripts in hand, and minimal props and costumes are used — will have five performances, Jan . 15 to 17 Philip William McKinley will direct.
During the past week, I've watched him, like an orchestra conductor in the furious days before a concert, bringing sound, set, costumes, lights, blocking, script, and story together into a whole (with the help of first-rate designers and crew).
Think about your script, dance piece, musical, or concert type.
And as far as entertainment goes, there could be no better script, press conference, movie, YouTube sensation or concert that could surpass the 24-7 news and visuals we are privy to.
All will headline their own concerts during the month-long event, with David Gray, The Script, Gregory Porter, Jessie Ware, Ryan Adams and Lenny Kravitz also due to appear.
Mr. O'Neill's script, for the Canadian Hearing Society, uses the setting of a rock concert to make a point about noise-induced hearing loss.
"The Exonerated" has been staged as a concert reading, with 10 performers seated behind music stands bearing their scripts.
