Surefire Theatrical & Speckulation Entertainment to Present Staged Reading of Mathilde

Mathilde, a new musical by burgeoning young composer Conor Mitchell, will receive an industry staged reading at the Vaudeville Theatre on Friday 14 November 2008 at 1.00pm.

Featuring a cast comprising Samuel Barnett, Daniel Evans, Julian Forsyth, Josefina Gabrielle, Ceri Ann Gregory, Simon Green, Ella Smith, Anton Stephans and Sally Ann Triplett, this reading of Mathilde follows an acclaimed concert staging at the Edinburgh Festival earlier this year and takes place ahead of the show’s West End première in 2009.

Based on Guy de Maupassant’s short story, The Necklace, Mathilde tells the story of a Parisienne beauty who feels trapped in her ordinary life. Aspirations drive Mathilde and her husband into a web of intrigue, debt and a dalliance with the Paris underworld. With music and lyrics by acclaimed writer Conor Mitchell, Mathilde is an accessible, relevant and inspiring musical, combining soaring melodies, touching comedy and fascinating characters.

Conor Mitchell’s previous musical theatre works include Have A Nice Life  at the Lyric Belfast and New York Musical Theatre Festival, where it won Best Score, Merry Christmas Betty Ford at the Lyric Belfast, Missing Mel for Youth Music Theatre and Otto  at LAMDA.

Admittance to the reading is by invitation only. Industry professionals who wish to attend are asked to e-mail mathilde@surefiretheatrical.com stating their interest in the production and the professional capacity in which they are applying for tickets. For further information on the reading, the musical and composer Conor Mitchell, visit www.mathildethemusical.com 

Surefire Theatrical was formed by Andrew Jenkins and Thomas Hopkins in 2007 to produce and general manage new material. As well as currently developing Mathilde and other works, Surefire produced and general managed Make Me a Song, a show based on the music of William Finn, in London earlier this year, and Mathilde at the Edinburgh Festival. 

Speckulation Entertainment is a company dedicated to producing high quality entertainment and working on a wide range of projects in a variety of genres. Formed by producers Neil Eckersley and Paul Spicer, who also co-founded the West End’s highly successful and critically acclaimed Notes from New York series, it operates both within the West End and beyond. Earlier this year it produced A Spoonful of Stiles & Drewe, a charity gala celebrating 25 years of songwriting by Olivier Award winners George Stiles & Anthony Drewe at Her Majesty’s Theatre. It is general managing all of Notes from New York’s current and future productions, including the recent gala staging of Jason Robert Brown’s The Last 5 Years at London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket and the upcoming third instalment of Christmas in New York at the Lyric Theatre in December. It is co-producing Mathilde.

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