The Flanagan Collective’s world premiere of 4-handed boutique musical Some Small Love Story opened at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011 to overwhelming acclaim from both festival-goers and press.

Boldly staged, allowing the music and lyrics to take hold, the show made its name as a delicate and spellbinding piece of theatre. It was nominated for Musical Theatre Matters’ BEST LYRICS award and listed as one of The Stage’s Must-See Productions at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Hartshorn – Hook Productions were given the exclusive rights to develop Some Small Love Story by writer Alexander Wright in late 2011 and plan to take the show on a national UK tour in September 2012. Following a successful industry-only performance on Friday 13th January at the Lowry Theatre in Salford, they have collated feedback from audience members and will continue to work with the creative team on the production.

CAST

Veronica Hare
Veronica is currently lead partner of The Flanagan Collective. Her work with the company includes her solo performance in Polly, ensemble in Beulah, and touring William. For Belt Up Theatre her work includes Greta in Metamorphosis, Girl in The Boy James, Octavia in Octavia, Elissa in The Order of Atlantis, Un Triplet in Tartuffe and grotesque in The Tempest. Her other theatre credits include ensemble in Hands Off (Six Lips), Wrath in Doctor Faustus (ZigZag Creations) and The Improvised Musical (No Shoes Theatre).

Joe Hufton
Joe’s most recent work was as part of the Ensemble Season at the York Theatre Royal in Forty Years On and Peter Pan. His acting work for Belt Up Theatre includes Luis Bunuel in Lorca is Dead, Quasimodo in Quasimodo, Banquo/Malcolm in Macbeth, Eteocles in Antigone, Filch in The Beggar’s Opera, Tennant in Metamorphosis, The Captain in The Order of Atlantis, Antonio in The Tempest, Leaspell, Volpone in Volpone and Benvolio in Romeo and Juliet. His other theatre includes Shakespeare in the Streets (Bury St Edmunds Theatre Royal); Faustus in Doctor Faustus (Zig Zag Productions); Smoke and Mirrors (West Yorkshire Playhouse).
Joe’s work as a director includes Outland (Belt Up Theatre), Some Small Love Story and Made for Radio (Flanagan Collective) and RENT and he is currently Associate Artist for Belt Up Theatre.

Serena Manteghi
Serena has been working with Belt Up Theatre for over 3 years and for the past year she has been a member of their permanent ensemble. Her roles have included Dorine in The Tartuffe, Mrs Burstner in The Trial, Ismene in Antigone, Rene Magritte in Lorca Is Dead, Polly Peacham in The Beggar’s Opera and as Pennie Kinear in Atrium.

Michael Slater
Michael Slater is the producer and director of No Shoes Theatre, who last year completed their third sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with The Improvised Musical.  As a performer, Michael has starred in TONY! The Blair Musical, the Improvised Musical, Songs For a New World and the original production of Some Small Love Story at the Fringe.  Michael has also played the lead in The Full Monty Musical and directed productions of Sweet Charity and I Love You You’re Perfect Now Change.


CREATIVE TEAM

Alexander Wright
Alexander is Creative Director of The Flanagan Collective and Co-Artistic Director of Belt Up Theatre. His writing for Belt Up includes The Boy James & Antigone; and William & A Christmas Carol for Flanagan. He has worked with York Theatre Royal on Peter Pan & Forty Years On and is currently Associate Director for York Mystery Plays 2012 with York Theatre Royal, Riding Lights Theatre & York Museums Trust. He has recently directed Hot, a new cabaret show with the international award winning cabaret artist, Damsel Sophie. He is on Twitter: @alexandergerald

Gavin Whitworth
Gavin has recently graduated with an MA in Musical Theatre (Musical Direction) from the RSAMD (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), after completing a BA and MA in Music at the University of York. A keen Edinburgh Fringe goer, for the last four years Gavin has been MD for at least one show each year at the festival, encompassing a wide range of styles (including Wasted Love, The Improvised Musical, and Songs for a New World). As a composer, Gavin has written several standalone songs, and one complete musical (SSLS), alongside many years of experience arranging for a wide range of different ensembles. Gavin also wrote music to accompany Quasimodo at the 2010 Fringe, which he performed live with the play.