brought you an unforgettable production of one of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's finest musicals. It has been called "Fantastic!" and "A thrilling ride!" by critics the world over.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Tim Rice
Sunday 5 September at the Aula du Collège Nyon-Marens in Nyon.
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The story takes place about three thousand years ago in Canaan. To show his love for Joseph, his favourite son, Jacob presents him with a fabulous multicoloured coat which is the envy of his eleven brothers. Joseph has been having strange dreams, which he interprets to mean that he will become much more important than all the rest of his family. When he tells his brothers, they are understandably angry and jealous and they plot to get rid of him. One day in the desert, they seize him and sell him to some passing Ishmaelite slave traders, taking his torn coat to Jacob, who is deceived into thinking that his favourite son has been killed. Joseph, meanwhile, is sold to a rich Egyptian called Potiphar. He works hard and is quickly promoted, but is seduced by Mrs Potiphar and consequently thrown into jail by his master. However, word of his unusual gift of interpreting dreams reaches the ears of Pharaoh, who is himself being plagued by nightmares. Joseph explains that the dreams foretell a great famine. He advises Pharaoh how to avert this crisis and in return is made royal adviser, second only to the king. Meanwhile, in Canaan, Jacob's family is hit hard by the famine and Jacob sends him remaining sons to Egypt to beg for food from Pharaoh's mysterious new adviser .....
Cast :
The cast includes Joseph, his 11 evil brothers, his parents, Pharaoh, Potiphar and his wife, a Baker, a Butler and last, but very importantly, a singing Narrator who holds the story together.
The Really Youthful Group, led by Katy Scott and Jennifer Hobbs, with Graham Hobbs as Musical Director, intended Joseph to be a showcase of the amazing talents hidden among GAOS's younger members: - sets, costumes, choreography, lighting, stage management, etc. was, wherever possible, backed up by seasoned GAOS members but run by children and teenagers.
