Spotlight on the Show
More than 500 changes of costume (and wigs ) are being used in the show.
Rehearsals have been going on for five months at various places in the town. On one occasion a Scoutmaster brought two members of his troop back from camp near Middleton-in-Teesdale for a rehearsal—then drove them back again!
The cast of 127 includes—for the first time in any of our shows— three women “guests,” who lend a hand with speaking parts in the play.
Just over 100 boys have some part in a scene other than the mass singing items.
People from as far north as Newcastle and as far south as Manchester will be visiting us during the week.
Providing the music for the show is an orchestra composed of local amateur musicians, fed by Miss Bessy Lupton.
This is Middlesbrough Scouts’ fourth district show. They began with a “Gang Show” in St. John’s Hall in 1950 and moved on to the Empire Theatre for their next two productions, in 1951 and 1953. “We’ll Live For Ever,” which is described as “a story of Scouting today,” is their first musical play— and, like all their previous shows, it has proved a “sell-out.”
Mr. W. Palmer, the Little Theatre stage manager, is no stranger to large-scale Scout shows; he formerly assisted South Shields Scouts with their “Gang Show.”
Our “tame adders” estimate that 1,431 welcome cups of tea will be consumed by the cast during this week.
And in case this digest of “vital statistics” has quickened YOUR thirst, may we remind you that there is a licensed bar in this theatre!
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SYNOPSIS
The show is built around three patrol leaders Tom, Dick and Harry, who are to be tested for their Queens Scout Badge (for which, incidentally, a Scout is required to hold his First Class Badge, three “open air Scouting” badges, the Ambulance badge and three others equipping him for public service). This represents the peak of Scouting proficiency and is a most coveted award.
The play also concerns the rehabilitation of Charlie, an ex-Serviceman. This comes about through “Muzzy” a Scout with a habit of using words whose meaning, to say the least is, is frequently not clear to him.
The troubles and trials of a Scoutmaster (“Skipper”) who is putting on a show and looking for a producer, also figure largely in the plot – and you will see part of the show which Charlie has produced
Programme
ACT ONE
Scene 1 The St George’s Day Service
Scene 2 A Street
Scene 3 The Hill
Scene 4 The Home of the McKays
Scene 5 A Street
Scene 6 The Troop Room. Rehearsal of
“Tom, Dick and Harry
“Home Sweet Home”
“The One Beside You”
“Great, Great Game”
Scene 7 A Corridor Back Stage
Scene 8 The Hill
ACT Two
Scene 1 A Street
Scene 2 The Show – Tonights the Night
Scene 3 A Corridor Back Stage
Scene 4 The Show – Over the Garden Wall
Scene 5 A Corridor Back Stage
Scene 6 Back to the Show
“Me-I-Oh”
“Girls”
“H.M. The King”
Scene 7 A Street
Scene 8 The Troup Room
Scene 9 Finale of the Show
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ACT ONE
Scene 1 The St George’s Day Service
Scene 2 A Street
Scene 3 The Hill
Scene 4 The Home of the McKays
Scene 5 A Street
Scene 6 The Troop Room. Rehearsal of
“Tom, Dick and Harry
“Home Sweet Home”
“The One Beside You”
“Great, Great Game”
Scene 7 A Corridor Back Stage
Scene 8 The Hill
Act two
Scene 1 A Street
Scene 2 The Show – Tonights the Night
Scene 3 A Corridor Back Stage
Scene 4 The Show – Over the Garden Wall
Scene 5 A Corridor Back Stage
Scene 6 Back to the Show
“Me-I-Oh”
“Girls”
“H.M. The King”
Scene 7 A Street
Scene 8 The Troup Room
Scene 9 Finale of the Show
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Middlesbrough Gang Show 