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The Barn Theatre’s acclaimed recording of its ambitious live stream concert performance of song cycle Now or Never will receive a one-night-only anniversary stream next month to raise money for The Suzie Mackie Fellowship.
Originally performed at the Barn Theatre in 2021, the digital song cycle which marked Matthew Harvey’s first collaboration with the Barn since the composer, lyricist and performer took up the post of associate artist at the popular Cirencester venue, the live ‘one-shot’ digital concert will be streamed on 3 April 2022 at 8pm.
The innovative digital production directed by The Barn’s Ryan Carter presents the work as a non-stop, one-shot song cycle with one camera navigating the entire building covering seven characters moving between seven spaces.
All monies raised from the stream will go to The Suzie Mackie Fellowship to fund a PhD student to research triple negative breast cancer. The donations will be match-funded by Dr Tim Crook, the oncologist of Harvey’s close friend Suzie Mackie who passed away just before Now Or Never’s premiere.
Remembering his friend, Harvey said: “Suzie’s defiant optimism in the face of her diagnosis was one of the things that inspired me to write Now Or Never. She loved music, possibly more than anyone I’ve ever met, so to be able to use my music to support her cause feels, right.”
Originally performed and recorded at the Barn Theatre, the cast of Now or Never comprises Lucy St Louis (Phantom of the Opera, Man of La Mancha), Courtney Stapleton (Beauty and the Beast, Dear Evan Hansen), Eloise Davies (Bonnie & Clyde, Be More Chill) Ahmed Hamad (The Addams Family, Stay Awake Jake), Irvine Iqbal (Broken Wings, Aladdin), Matthew Harvey (Les Misérables, Jesus Christ Superstar) and Katie Shearman (Evita, The Sound of Music) with a special guest appearance by Olivier Award winner Janie Dee (Follies, Carousel).
Angela Thomas
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