Ah, so this is Jesus Christ. I am really quite surprised. You look so small... not a king at all."
Newark Amateur Operatic Society brings the greatest story ever told to the Palace Theatre, Newark. Celebrating their 75th anniversary, the Society present Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's masterpiece of musical theatre, the world's first rock opera – JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR.
"What's the buzz?!"
Christ's final days are dramatised with emotional intensity, thought-provoking edge and explosive theatricality, propelled by a stirring score played by a live orchestra. By turns driving and majestic, satirical and tender, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR illuminates the transcendent power of the human spirit with a passion that goes straight to the heart.
"To conquer death you only have to die."
Performances run from Monday 28th March to Saturday April 2nd 2011. Book today to ensure your seats for the must–see production of the year.
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Singers set a challenge
By Andrew Milne, Newark Advertiser.
Newark Amateur Operatic Society is calling for more members to help stage one of the most difficult shows it has attempted in its 75-year history.
The society needs people for its production of Jesus Christ Superstar in March.
Its business manager and vice-chairman, Mr Chris Wright, said the show demanded a lot of members, particularly men, who were traditionally hard to recruit.
The show will be the first operetta the society has performed, which means the cast will be required to sing all the way through. It will run for seven performances at the Palace Theatre, Newark.
Mr Wright said the vocal challenge posed by the Andrew Lloyd Webber show probably surpassed that of West Side Story, which the society staged four years ago.
"The challenge is absolutely awesome," he said.
Mr Wright said they wanted to build on the success of this year's production of The Full Monty, which required a much smaller cast.
"The Full Monty showed everything we are capable of and how strong a company we are. We are one of the best in the Midlands," he said. Mr Wright said the new show provided an opportunity for an injection of new talent into the society.
He said there may even be someone who could play the lead role of Jesus Christ, which requires a top tenor voice.
Jesus Christ Superstar was the first musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice to be produced for the professional stage and made its debut in New York in 1971. The show tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus Christ and features songs such as I Don't Know How To Love Him, Everything's Alright and Superstar.
To put on the production the society will require a cast of up to 50 people. Mr Wright said parts were available for all ages, and people did not necessarily require a singing background.
Auditions for the show will take place later this year but a welcome evening for new members will be held at Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Primary School, Newark, at 7.30pm on September 16. The society will celebrate its 75th anniversary with an evening at Newark Golf Club on October 22, to which past and present members are invited.
