SPRING AWAKENING
"Where I go, when I go there no more shadows anymore only you there in the kiss."
In a provincial German village in the 1890s, 14 year old Wendla asks her mother where babies come from. She is told she must simply love her husband very much. Meanwhile Moritz dreams of stocking clad legs and starts to think he is going mad. In a climate where sex is not talked about, a group of teenagers must navigate the uncertainties of sexual awakenings, the excitement, the fear, the unknown. With a catchy alt rock score, the musical is at times incredibly funny, at times unsettling and at others achingly sad.
Cast:
Melchior - Jack Remmington
Wendla - Ellie Lowenthal
Moritz - Niall Docherty
Ilse - Georgia Bruce
Hanschen - Charlie MacVicar
Anna - Jemimah Taylor
Ernst - Llewelyn Rhys Hopwood
Otto - Ed Chancellor
Martha - Annabel Mutale Reed
Georg - Jack Trzcinski
Thea - Gemma Lowcock
Adult (male) - Josh Blunsden
Adult (female) - Alice Moore
Crew:
Director - Amelia Brown
Assistant Director - Jessy Parker Humphreys
Producer - Molly Clapperton
Assistant Producers - Olivia Retter and Jack Evans
Musical Director - John Paul
Assistant Musical Director - Aaron King
Stage Manager - Maya Ghose
Choreographer - Rebecca Hamilton
Designer - Margaret Chung
Lighting Designer - James Stokes
Sound Designer - Sam McCumiskey
Marketing Managers - Emma Hall and Mary Ormerod
Costume Designer - Zizzy Lugg-Williams
“Such themes (sexual abuse, academic perfect and double standards) are most effective when dealt with bold determination and Brown’s direction certainly demonstrates this.” Oxford Student
“Spring Awakening proved an entertaining and thought-provoking performance… the production cannot but be described as ‘powerful’.” Oxford Culture Review