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From Eric Lasley:
To get the most from a musical performance, one should keep their expectations reasonable and their ears open. E.g., a concert featuring the juvenile symphonies of Mozart or early Schubert quartets won’t offer polished masterworks, but can provide rewarding glimpses of the glories to come and, perhaps, a better understanding of directions not taken.
Saturday’s concert featuring Chopin’s three cello and piano duos and his lone piano trio amply rewarded this approach. Three these are youthful, one from much later. This concert goer’s ears were richly by Christopher O’Reilly’s consistently delightful pianism and Carter Brey’s brilliant cello –- everything he plays sounds wonderful. A fifth work, not by Chopin, featured our own Demarre McGill’s delightful flute playing.
The Piano Trio in G Minor starts down a path Chopin did not pursue. The surprise was how little he benefited from his hero Mozart’s wonderful late piano trios. Mozart was careful to adapt his writing to his instrumental forces (and the abilities of his players), but in this work Chopin severely underutilizes the violin, forsaking its upper register, resulting in a uniformly dark sonority and too much boring passagework.
The three works for the cello and piano show a path that Chopin that was still pursuing as his life ended. O’Reilly and Brey made a convincing case for the brief “Introduction and Polonaise Brillante” from 1829. In 1831, Chopin’s Grand Duo Concertante effectively uses both instruments to develop memorable themes from Meyerbeer’s "Robert de diable." In 1845, Chopin returned to the combination in his final published work the Sonata in G Minor for Piano and Cello. From its searching, gradually accelerating Allegro, lively Scherzo, gloriously sung Largo, and rhythmically dramatic Finale, Chopin has created a minor masterpiece. I wonder what he might have done next?
From Ted McKinney:
Carter Brey (cello) and Christopher O’Riley (piano) vanquished the entire Mozart chamber music repertoire Saturday evening.
Frederic Chopin, renowned for his piano pieces, wrote very little chamber music and the entire catalog was performed at SummerFest. The program opened with the Introduction and Polonaise Brilliante for cello and piano, performed by the anchors of the evening, Brey and O’Riley.
The work opens with a long, bravura piano introduction and eventually allows the cello to sound. After a cadence the work launches into an entertaining polonaise. There is no great profundity to this music (it was composed when he was around fourteen) but it was just plain fun to hear.
The next work was a set of variations for flute (Demarre McGill) and piano. This was the only piece that Brey sat out for the entire evening. It is not at all clear that this can truly be attributed to Chopin. McGill handled the flute part with aplomb and grace but the writing was very much in the mold of numerous other theme and variations written for winds in this period. The piano part was pure, basic accompaniment with the only color shift occurring in the minor mode variation. There was not much in the music to get the blood circulating.
Chee-Yun (violin) joined Brey and O’Riley for the Piano Trio in G Minor. The sonic colors were unusual in that the violin seldom played her highest string so the strings never sounded with any brilliance. The first movement was dominated by statements by one instrumental group (piano) repeated by the other group (strings), the vice versa. The Scherzo movement was more conversational, with the phrases being passed among the three instruments in succession. In the Adagio the structure reverted to the string duo accompanied by the piano. In the Allegretto Finale the piano actually asserted itself with some of the pianistic dazzle that one associates with Chopin’s more mature works.
The Grand Duo Concertante on Themes from Myerbeer’s "Robert le diable" again left the stage to Brey and O’Riley. It opened with a satisfyingly bombastic, convincingly executed piano introduction followed by a long, singing line in the cello. As usual, Brey’s playing was impeccable and nuanced. There was a delightful dance interlude with some dandy pizzicato work.
The closing work was Chopin’s last published work, his Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano. Guess who performed it Saturday night? It was written during Chopin’s final years when he was undergoing both health and emotional stresses. At the first performance, he cut the initial movement because it held too much emotional freight for him to bear hearing. The movement seems to be lost in a poignant dialog between the players, with the cello voicing a helpless yearning. The mood lightens in the Scherzo. The Largo movement consists of long, cantabile vocal lines for the cell and a bit of the bel canto piano filigree that one usually associates with Chopin. His pianistic writing clout awakens in the closing movement and the rousing conclusion elicited a standing ovation for the performers.


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Authorities say three people were injured, one critically, early Wednesday in a two-vehicle traffic accident at 16th Street and Storz Expressway.
A little after midnight, police said, a 2009 Chevrolet Aveo was westbound on Storz Expressway and a 2007 Dodge Ram pickup truck was northbound on 16th Street when the vehicles crashed at the intersection.
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LONDON Aug 13: According to figures by the British Retail Consortium and Springboard survey, the number of empty shops on high streets has hit the highest level since January 2015, with a vacancy rate of 10.3% in July.
Footfall — the number of people visiting a shop during a period of time — also had the worst performance in seven years, falling by 1.9% in July. Footfall to shopping centres also fell by 3.1% and retail park footfall declined by 1.2%.
“Retailers have faced a challenging environment this month, with declines in footfall on High Streets and Shopping Centres,” said Helen Dickinson OBE, CEO of BRC.
“Sluggish sales growth and declining footfall also contributed to the rise in town centre vacancies, which rose to their highest level since January 2015.
High streets and town centres play an important part in our local communities, and we should be concerned by the rise in empty store fronts.”
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Bookmaker Ladbrokes said it would be shutting 1,000 shops and axing jobs as more gamblers move to online gaming.
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Gael Monfils pulls out of Paris Masters with rib injury
PARIS (AP) — Frenchman Gael Monfils has pulled out of next week's Paris Masters because of a rib injury.
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Reuben trained at Glasgow Clyde College and graduated in 2018. Theatre credits include The Tragedy of Macbeth (Almeida); Orphans; Rapunzel; The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil; Midsummer (National Theatre Scotland); Sinbad (Perth Theatre); How Not to Drown (ThickSkin); Anything That Gives Off Light (The TEAM); A Christmas Carol (Citizens Theatre). Television: “Vigil,” “Traces” (BBC); “Crime” (Britbox). Radio: Hoping, Fissures, This Thing of Darkness, The Kids’ Table (BBC).
Peggy Schuyler / Maria Reynolds
Roshani (she/her) trained at the Royal Academy of Music (MA, LRAM), having previously obtained her MSci in Mathematics from Imperial College London. Theatre: Lucy and u/s Juliet, Lady Capulet in & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre); Original Cast of Rumi: The Musical (Concept Album, London Coliseum); Ensemble and u/s Louise in Gypsy (Royal Exchange); Queenie in Michael John LaChiusa's The Wild Party; Nurse/Actress in Hello Again. Workshops: Ayesha in Our Generation (National Theatre), Chloe in STOP (DEM Productions). Choreography: Misao and Eitaro (Drayton Arms Theatre), SING: Ultimate A Cappella (Sky One).
Theatre: Mandela (workshop); Children of Eden in Concert (West End); Éponine in Les Misérables: Staged Concert (West End); Éponine in Les Misérables (West End); Éponine in Les Misérables: All Star Staged Concert (West End); Whitney: Queen of the Night (UK & Europe Tour); The Magic of Motown (UK Tour). TV: “The X Factor.” Additional credits: “The X Factor Live Tour.”
Previously played Fantine in Les Misérables at the Queens Theatre. Other theatre credits include A Midsummer Night’s Dream at The Lyric Hammersmith; The Etienne Sisters, Crowning Glory, and Dangerous Lady at Theatre Royal Stratford East; The Quiet House at Park Theatre; Simply Heavenly at Trafalgar Studios; and Julius Caesar, Antony and Cleopatra, and The Tempest at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Trevor trained at: West Virginia University for Acting Theatre: Disney’s “Aladdin” (West End, Broadway, and U.S. Tour/What’s On Stage Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical); “Big River” (U.S. Tour); “The Wiz,” “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” “Ragtime,” “Into the Woods,” “Little Shop of Horrors,” “The Exonerated,” “This Is the Life” (ETA Hoffman Theatre, DE) Television: An industry panelist/judge for “All Star Musicals” (ITV); “Strictly Come Dancing” (BBC); “Christmas at the Snow Globe,” “The Americans,” “Sunday Night at the Palladium,” “Royal Variety Performance,” “Disney’s Broadway Hits at Royal Albert Hall” (Emmy Award). Broadcasting: Muhammad Ali in “Fight of the Century” (BBC Sounds); Host for “Magic at the Musicals” (Magic FM). Other work: The musical concept album #ZoologicalSociety; the soundtrack edition of The Christmasaurus. Trevor is the songwriter and primary vocalist for the original alternative indie soul band Neighborhood Goliath. They have independently released two EPs, “Your Fears Will Not Be Soothed” (2020) and “Between Satellites & Settling” (2015), as well as their first full-length album, “Monster Victim Witness” (2017). They have continued to release new music, including their most recent singles, “Entire Life,” “Dark Stars,” and “Swallow.”
John Laurens/Phillip Hamilton
Credits include covering both John Laurens / Phillip Hamilton & Alexander Hamilton in the West End cast of Hamilton; Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Shaftesbury Theatre); Spring Awakening and West Side Story (Frogmore Papermill); West Side Story (BBC Proms 2018, Royal Albert Hall). His recording credits include the musical 42 Balloons for Perfect Pitch and stream theatre, and the indie-rock musical For Tonight UK concept album. His concert credits include “Soft Sessions 2020,” the Industry Minds Awards 2019, and “Live at the Zedel” at the Brasserie Zedel.
Marquis De Lafayette / Thomas Jefferson
Waylon trained at the Arts Educational Schools London. He was the successful recipient of the BBC Performing Arts Bursary as well as the Gillian Lynne Award. West End: Principal Standby in “Hamilton”; Cover Gator/Bobby/Delray in “Memphis” (Shaftesbury Theatre); Cover Brit/Rebel Leader in “We Will Rock You” (Dominion Theatre); Cover Grandfather/Ensemble in “Ragtime” (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); Cover Mechanicals/Moth in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (Regents Park Open Air Theatre); Japeth in “Children of Eden” (Prince of Wales Theatre); Cover Simba/Swing in “The Lion King” (Lyceum Theatre). Theatre: “Peter Pan” (The Barn Theatre); Jamie in “The Last Five Years” (Minack Cornwall); Ensemble in “Chicago” (UK Tour); Cover Brit/Rebel Leader in “We Will Rock You” (World Arena Tour); Benny in “Rent” (Tabard Theatre); Baby in “The Screams of Kitty Genovese” (Tete a Tete Opera Festival & Edinburgh Festival); Soloist in “Sondheim at 80” (BBC Prom, Royal Albert Hall); Baritone soloist/tapper in “Riverdance” (Gaiety Theatre, Dublin); Tommy Jones in “Dick Whittington” (Chelmsford Civic Theatre).
Theatre: Amos Hart in Chicago (UK and International Tour); Ogie in Waitress (Adelphi Theatre); Mendel in Falsettos (The Other Palace); Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls (Théâtre Marigny, Paris); Kiss Me, Kate (The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield); Kevin in Fat Friends (UK Tour); Alternate Dewey Finn in School of Rock (New London Theatre); Eddie in Funny Girl (Savoy Theatre, Menier Chocolate Factory); The Producers (UK Tour); Urinetown (Apollo Theatre/St. James Theatre); The Rocky Horror Picture Show (UK Tour); Sister Act (UK Tour); Billy Elliot (West End). TV: Kay Mellor’s “Girlfriends” (ITV). Joel trained at the Guildford School of Acting.
Simon-Anthony Rhoden trained at LAMDA. He won the Broadway World UK Award for Best Long-Running West End Show Performer for his role as Lola in “Kinky Boots.” His stage credits include: “The Color Purple” (The Leicester Curve); “Kinky Boots” (Adelphi Theatre); “Beauty's Legacy” (The Keeper's Daughter); “Parade” (Edinburgh Fringe). Screen and radio credits include: “Temple 2” (Sky/Hera); “Feel Good” (Objective Fiction/E4/Netflix); “Let It Snow” (Endor/Sky TV); “Quartet for the End of Time” (BBC Radio 4).
Hercules Mulligan / James Madison
Emile - Theatre includes: Constable in Me and My Girl (Chichester Festival Theatre), Eat Moe in Five Guys Named Moe in the RAF 100th Anniversary Royal Gala (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Eat Moe in Five Guys Named Moe (Marble Arch), Johnny in The Rhythm Method (The Bush/Landor), Custus/Drummer in Crazy For You (The Watermill Theatre), Philip/swing/cover Paul in Kiss Me, Kate (UK tour), Willie Roberson in The Scottsboro Boys (Garrick and Young Vic), Gary Coleman in Avenue Q (Rugby Theatre), 42nd Street Gala (London Palladium and Dominion), and Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street and Bobby Child in Crazy for You (Rugby Theatre). Television includes: Backing dancer in The X Factor 2015, The Olivier Awards 2014 with the cast of The Scottsboro Boys, the National Television Awards 2013, the 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony and Got to Dance 2013 with The Pulse Collective.
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Theatre: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (The Old Vic), Girl From the North Country (West End), Pride and Prejudice (Nottingham Playhouse), ROOM (Theatre Royal Stratford East), Alice in Wonderland (The Octagon Theatre Bolton). TV: ”Get Shorty” (MGM/Epix); ”The End of the F***ing World” (Netflix); ”Harlots” (Hulu); ”House of Anubis” (Nickelodeon); “Father Brown” (BBC); “Eve” (BBC); “The White Princess” (Starz). In 2021 Alex released his debut solo EP, The Illusion of Perfect, as a singer/songwriter and rapper.
Jade (she/her) trained at: The Liz Burville Performing Arts Centre; Bird College, class of 2011. Theatre: “42nd Street” (Curve Theatre); “Loserville” (West Yorkshire Playhouse/ Garrick Theatre); “Thriller Live” (Lyric Theatre); “Strictly Ballroom” (WYP/ Toronto); “The Bodyguard,” “Dancing in the Streets,” “20th Century Boy” (UK Tour); “Bugsy Malone” (Lyric). Television: “X Factor” live shows; The BRIT Awards (Olly Murs/Rizzle Kicks); Natalie Imbruglia MV; James Morrison MV. Film: Macavity Girl in “CATS”. Jade would like to thank her family for their continued love and support.
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Curtis trained at: Millennium Performing Arts. Theatre includes: Ensemble/cover Banzai in The Lion King (Lyceum), ensemble in Monty Python Live (Mostly) and ensemble in Carmen (O2 Arena), featured dancer in Heartbeat of Home and Black King in Chess (world tour), ensemble/cover Lance in Viva Forever! (Piccadilly), swing in Hairspray (Shaftesbury) and ensemble in Aida (Royal Albert Hall). Television includes: Presenter on Milkshake. Commercials include: Pizza Express commercial 2020, Freemans Christmas commercial 2020, Glenmorangie commercial 2020, Nintendo commercial 2021, Vanish commercial 2021. Curtis is very much looking forward to returning back to Hamilton.
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Matthew trained at: Bird College Conservatoire of Performing Arts 2008-11. Theatre: Dance Captain, Fight Captain, and Understudy Peter Kingsley/Angel City Four Tenor & Bass in “City of Angels” (Garrick Theatre, London 2020); Ensemble and Understudy Phil Davis in “White Christmas” (Dominion Theatre, London 2019); Michael Wormwood and Understudy Doctor/Rudolpho in “Matilda” (UK Tour 2018-2019); Tevin in 21 Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “21 Chump Street” (The Courtyard Theatre, London 2018); Mr. Pringle/Dance Captain and Understudy Young Ebenezer/Nephew Harry/Bob Cratchit in “Scrooge” (Curve Theatre, Leicester); On-Stage Swing/Understudied and played both Chip and Ozzie in “On The Town” (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre, London 2017); Oddjob in UK Premiere of “The Life” (Southwark Playhouse, London 2017); Swing in “Mary Poppins” (UK Tour 2015-17); Bellboy/Understudy Specialty Dancer/Band Singer in “Top Hat” (UK Tour 2014-15); Adam in the World Premiere of “Water Babies” (Curve Theatre, Leicester 2014); Swing/Understudy Mungojerrie/Skimbleshanks/Mr. Mistoffelees in “Cats” (UK Tour 2013-14); Ensemble in “White Christmas” (Lowry, Manchester 2012); Chino in “West Side Story” (Sage Theatre, Gateshead 2012); Ensemble in “Gypsy” (Curve Theatre, Leicester 2012); On-Stage Swing/Understudy Andy-Lee in “42nd Street” (Curve Theatre, Leicester 2011). Workshops: “King Kong” (Broadway 2018). Television: Ensemble/Dance Captain for “All Star Musicals” (2017), Blue Peter for “Mary Poppins” (2016), The Olivier Awards for “Cats” (2013).
Charles Lee, Ensemble
Theatre: Assistant Dance Captain/Swing/Ensemble in Thriller: Live (Lyric Theatre); Disney’s Aladdin (Prince Edward Theatre); Pepper in Mamma Mia! (Novello Theatre); Piccola Nuvola in Lo specchio magico (Opera di Firenze); Cinderella (Manchester Opera House); Snow White (Richmond Theatre); West End Heroes (Dominion Theatre). Additional credits: Dancer in Natalie Imbruglia’s “Build It Better” music video; “The People’s Strictly for Comic Relief.” Trained at Laine Theatre Arts.
Ashley trained at: The Urdang Academy. Theatre includes: Motown: The Musical (Shaftesbury), Porgy and Bess (Grange Park Opera), Bring It On (Southwark Playhouse), Into the Woods (The Cockpit), The Producers (Selladoor/international tour), Midnight and Annie Get Your Gun (Union) and Ghost: The Musical (Asia tour). Television includes: The ABBA Christmas Special.
Kelly trained at: Bird College. Theatre: Original West End Cast Ensemble in “Hamilton” (Victoria Palace Theatre); “Royal Variety Performance 2020” with Jason Manford, Gary Barlow, Marisha Wallace (Blackpool Winter Gardens); Olivier Awards 2018 with “Hamilton” (Royal Albert Hall); Royal Variety Performance with “Hamilton” (London Palladium); Sentebale Gala with “Hamilton” (Victoria Palace Theatre); Original Cast Ensemble in “Bodyguard” (Germany); Joule and understudied and played the roles of Buffy and Ashley in 25th Anniversary of “Starlight Express” (Germany); Ensemble and understudied and played the roles of Patty and Frenchy in “Grease” (UK Tour); Ensemble and understudy Cinderella in “Cinderella” (Aylesbury Theatre); Ensemble in “Dick Whittington” and “Aladdin” (Belgrade Theatre). Other work: Dancer for Olly Murs and Rizzle Kicks at The Brit Awards 2012 (O2 Arena); Skater for Public Service Broadcasting, “People Let’s Dance” (Music Video); The World Reimagined Launch (YouTube); Medal ceremony presenter Grandstand (BBC2); Dancer for Our Town Story (02 Arena); Skater for New Balance (Corporate event); Skater for advert H&M Christmas (Worldwide); Skater and Dancer for advert Hunky Dorys, “Buffalo Is How We Roll” (Ireland); Joule on the 25th Anniversary Cast Recording of “Starlight Express” (Germany). Kelly would like to thank her family and friends for their continued support.
Theatre: The Magician’s Elephant (RSC); Tokyo Rose (UK Tour/Edinburgh Fringe Festival/NDT); Beyond the Circle (workshop, National Theatre); Becoming Angela (workshop, National Theatre); Arabian Nights (Hoxton Hall). Hamilton marks Maya’s West End debut. TV: “British Airways 100”; “Someone You Thought You Knew” (season 2). Recording: Tokyo Rose Original Cast Album (Burnt Lemon Theatre); Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles (Alfonso Casado/Arturo Cardelús).
Jordan is thrilled to be making her West End debut with “Hamilton”! She is a graduate of Elon University’s Top 10 BFA Music Theatre program and the Prestigious UNCSA Drama Program (USA). Previous roles include Zahara in “Bat out of Hell”; Ruby in Southwark Playhouse’s “You Are Here”; River, where she worked with Joey Contreras on the new musical “In Pieces”; Sweet Thing in “Nina Simone” (with Tony Award®-winning Kenny Leon’s theatre company), Lola in “Damn Yankees”; Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz”; Helena in “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”; Marjorie in “Extremities”; and much more. She got her start traveling the world as the Lead Bilingual Singer for Carnival Cruiseline’s mainstage shows! Most recently, she’s voiced an audiobook, worked on a feature film and other exciting film work. She enjoys songwriting, photography, and DIY projects in her spare time. She thanks Yeshua HaMashiach, her awesome family, and Goldmans Management, for constantly uplifting her! Matthew 11:28.
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Matthew Elliot-Campbell is delighted to make his West End debut in Hamilton. Theatre: Drifter in Beautiful (UK Tour); Scar in The Lion King (Hong Kong); u/s Mufasa in The Lion King (UK Tour); Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland (Dubai); Foreman in Vagabond Skies Workshop; The Pub More in The Choir of Man (Sydney Opera House); Bedknobs & Broomsticks (UK Tour). He trained at Trinity Laban and is represented by Goldmans Management.
Theatre: Raoul in Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera (Tokyo/NZ); ensemble/cover Seaweed J. Stubbs in Hairspray; ensemble/cover Billy Lawlor 42nd Street (NZ); Harry in My Fair Lady (Theatre Royal Bath). Manaia is originally from Wellington, New Zealand. Hamilton marks his West End debut, and he would like to thank his partner Brittany, his friends, his family, and Gilbert and Payne for all their love and support.
Olivia trained at: Bird College, where she graduated with a 1st Class Degree. Theatre: “Mamma Mia!” Swing cover Ali/Lisa (Novello Theatre); “Wicked” (Apollo Victoria Theatre); “Saturday Night Fever” Linda/cover Annette (UK tour); “On Your Feet!” Young Gloria/ensemble (Original UK tour cast). Television: Ant & Dec's “Saturday Night Takeaway”; Paddy's “ITV Christmas Special”; “The Apprentice” — “You're Hired!”. Other Work: England Captain Dance World Cup, Paris; “Carmen Suite,” Royal Albert Hall.
Theatre: Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (UK Tour); Cinderella (Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham); u/s Bugsy in Bugsy Malone (Lyric); Mickey in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (The Crucible Theatre, Sheffield). TV: “The X Factor,” “Britain’s Got Talent” (The Beat Brothers). Additional credits: Anthony Nolan’s “Daisy Ball” (Grosvenor House Hotel); “FA Cup Final” (Wembley Stadium). Barney made his West End debut when Hamilton opened in 2017. He has a National Diploma from Performers College. He would like to give a special mention to his wife, Holly, for her consistent love and support, as well as his agent, Vanessa Leigh Hicks, for making it all possible.
Theatre: Ensemble in The Bodyguard (Vienna); Philip in Kiss Me, Kate (Opera North, London Coliseum); Ensemble/Cover Silly Billy in Jack and the Beanstalk (Cliffs Pavilion, Southend); Curtis in Sister Act; Featured Vocalist in Retro; Roger in Rent. Additional credits: “Overcome” music video for Laura Mvula; ”Little Ones” music video for Kwaye. Trained at The BRIT School, Bird College.
Phoebe trained at: Laine Theatre Arts, graduating with a National Diploma in Professional Dance & Musical Theatre. Theatre includes: The Bodyguard (West End/UK Tour/ international tour), featured dancer in Thursford Christmas Spectacular, dance captain with P&O Cruises and Costa Cruises, and ensemble in Aladdin for First Family Entertainment.
Nicolais-Andre trained at: Expressions Academy of performing Arts. Theatre: “Dick Whittington” (Lichfield Garrick); “South Pacific” (UK Tour) “Gypsy” (Curve) “The King and I” (Curve). Commercials: Microsoft, Movember, Fujitsu. Other work: “STEPS” (UK Area Tour) “Celebrity Edge” (Production Cast Dancer). Nick is so excited to be making his West End debut in “Hamilton” and would like to thank his family and friends for their constant love and support!
Theatre: Evita (Regent’s Park Open Air), Disney’s Aladdin: The Musical (Prince Edward), Dick Whittington (The National Theatre). Film: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Disney’s Disenchanted. Commercials: Coca-Cola, Sure, Amazon. Travis (he/him) trained at Expressions Academy of Performing Arts.
Ella (she/her) trained at: Laine Theatre Arts. Theatre: Ensemble in “Peter Pan” (Cork Opera House); Ensemble in “Jack and the Beanstalk” (The Empire Theatre Liverpool); Ensemble Dancer for “P&O Australia,” Ensemble/Cover Fairy in “Dick Whittington” (New Wimbledon Theatre); Dancer at WhatsOnStage Awards 2014 (Prince of Wales Theatre); Ensemble/Cover Cinderella in “Cinderella” (Wolverhampton Grand Theatre); Sharon Percy in “Billy Elliot the Musical” (Victoria Palace, London). Film/Television: Debutant in “Beauty and the Beast: The Movie” (Disney); Dancer in “Sunday Night at the Palladium” (ITV). Commercial: Uber Eats for “Love Island”. Ella is delighted to be making her West End Debut in “Hamilton” and would like to thank her family and friends for their constant support.
Natasha Leaver (she/her) has been performing on West End stages since 2017. Her first job while studying at one of the top theatre academies in the UK was Seth Rudetsky’s “Disaster: A ‘70s Disaster Movie Musical” Workshop at the Charing Cross Theatre. Natasha then went on to perform as one of the Supremes in “Motown: The Musical,” followed by taking on the role of Dance Captain in “The Beggar’s Opera” International tour. In 2019 she took a supporting role in “The Man of La Mancha” at the London Coliseum. “In light of the past year and a half we’ve all had, I would like to send love and support to all and hope for new and exciting changes in the world. Be the change you want to see!”
West End: Hamilton (Victoria Palace, Original London Cast), Sunset Boulevard (London Coliseum), Miss Saigon (Prince Edward), Sweeney Todd (London Coliseum), URINETOWN The Musical (Apollo), Shrek The Musical (Theatre Royal Drury Lane, Original London Cast), Sister Act (London Palladium). Additional U.K.: Unicorn (The Other Palace), Sister Act (Curve Leicester & UK/Ireland Tour), Sister Act (Aberystwyth Arts), URINETOWN The Musical (St. James, Original London Cast), Next Thing You Know (Landor, Original London Cast). U.S.: Show Boat (Carnegie Hall), Meet John Doe (Goodspeed Opera House), But the Giraffe/Brundibar (Yale Rep/Off Broadway). Film/TV: Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance (Universal/Cameron Mackintosh), Judge on “Sing: Ultimate A Cappella” (Sky 1). Additional work includes “Bernstein: Stage and Screen” (BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall), “Danny Elfman’s Music From the Films of Tim Burton” (Royal Albert Hall & UK Tour), Josh Groban’s “All That Echoes” tour. Aaron also wrote the book, music, and lyrics for the original musical From Up Here, available for licensing through Broadway Licensing.
Louis (he/him) trained at: Laine Theatre Arts. Theatre: “Guys and Dolls” (Theatre Marigny, Paris); “The Producers” (Royal Exchange, Manchester); “Time Flies” (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane); “Lewis” (The King’s Head & Edinburgh Festival); “Peter Pan” (Churchill Theatre & Hull New Theatre). Workshop: “The Witches of Eastwick” (Sweden). Louis is thrilled to be returning to “Hamilton” and would like to thank his family and friends for their continued support.
Theatre: & Juliet (Shaftesbury Theatre); The Wizard of Oz (Birmingham Rep); Assistant Choreographer in Madagascar The Musical (UK Tour); The Lorax (The Old Vic & The Royal Alexandra Theatre); Working (Southwark Playhouse); Little Inez in Hairspray; Angela in Parade; Ensemble in Cirque; Dancer in MOVE IT; Dancer in The Lorraine Show. Additional credits: “The Old Vic Bicentenary Ball” (The Old Vic). Kerri trained at the Bird College of Dance.
Credits include ZooNation’s Message in a Bottle (Peacock/International Tour); Living Newspaper Ed.1 (Royal Court); dance captain for the original London Cast of Hamilton (Victoria Palace); dance captain for Strictly Ballroom (West Yorkshire Playhouse / Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto); Sally in Broad Shadow (National Theatre); Daisy in the McOnie Company’s Jekyll and Hyde (Old Vic); In the Heights (King’s Cross Theatre); Lambchops in Fame the Musical (25th Anniversary UK Tour); Rufus Norris’ Cabaret (UK Tour); Connie Wong in A Chorus Line (London Palladium/USA/Japan). Film/TV: Message in a Bottle, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Cinderella, “Jack Ryan” (Season 4, Amazon Studios). As choreographer: But I’m a Cheerleader (Turbine Theatre). Projects in development include 42 Balloons (Global Musicals/Perfect Pitch), The Children’s Inquiry (LUNG Theatre), ICON: The K-Pop Musical (Carter Dixon McGill). Additional credits include We're Few and Far Between at The White Bear (as director); Chess in concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane (as associate director & choreographer); Fangirls UK development for SFP (as associate choreographer); Legally Blonde at Regent’s Park (as assistant choreographer); Bonnie & Clyde in concert at Theatre Royal Drury Lane (as assistant director); In the Heights at The King’s Cross Theatre (as associate choreographer). Trained at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in NYC and the State University of New York Purchase Conservatory of Dance. 2011 USA National Young Arts Foundation Level I Winner in Modern Dance.
Theatre: Ensemble/swing, u/s Ramses and Jethro in The Prince of Egypt (Dominion Theatre, London); Kgatho in Mandela (Workshop); Gerry Raffles/Hal Prince/Frank Norman in Miss Littlewood (Greenwich Theatre); Wilson in Fugitive Songs (Susie Sainsbury Theatre); Ensemble/Sailor/Prisoner/Leroy in Hal Prince, A Life in the Theatre (Susie Sainsbury Theatre); Harthouse in Hard Times (Susie Sainsbury Theatre). Trained at the Royal Academy of Music.
Lindsey (she/her) trained at: Nellie Stagles School of Dance, Phil Winston’s TheatreWorks. Theatre: Stephanie Mangano in “Saturday Night Fever” (Beau Sejour); Roxie Hart in “Chicago” (Singapore); Liz in “Chicago” (UK Tour); Ensemble u/s Natalie in “Love Me Tender” (UK Tour); Ensemble in “Dance Till Dawn” (UK Tour); Swing u/s Rusty and Wendy Jo in “Footloose” (UK Tour); Swing u/s Chloe in “Never Forget” (UK Tour); Dakota u/s Dee Dee and Satan/Baby Jane in “Tonight’s the Night” (UK Tour); Teen Queen u/s Meat in “We Will Rock You” (Dominion Theatre); Lambchops in “Fame” (Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo); Maggie Winslow in “A Chorus Line” (Lowry Theatre, Manchester); Ali in “Mamma Mia” (International Tour); Lambchops u/s Carmen Jones, Serena Katz, and Mabel Washington in “Fame” (Aldwych Theatre); “Peter Pan” for Qdos (Mayflower Theatre); Dance captain on “Snow White” for Pantoni Pantomimes (Doncaster). Workshop: “Waterbabies” for Tristan Baker Productions. Recording: Soloist on Ian Meesons album “The Good Singer.”
Brandon trained at: Bird College of Dance, Music & Theatre Performance. Theatre: Scarecrow in “Groove on Down the Road” (Zoonation); Ensemble in “Aladdin” (Kings Lynn Corn Exchange). This is Brandon’s West End Debut.
Book, Music, and Lyrics
Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy and Tony Award-winning songwriter, actor, producer and director. Creator and original star of Broadway’s Tony-winning Hamilton and In the Heights. Additional Broadway: Freestyle Love Supreme (2020 Special Tony Award, co-creator/producer/guest performer), Bring It On: The Musical (co-composer/co-lyricist, Tony nomination for Best Musical) and West Side Story (2009 revival, Spanish translations). Recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award, the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors, and the 2019 Portrait of a Nation Prize. Emmy Award winner with Tom Kitt for their song “Bigger” from the 67th Annual Tony Awards. Mr. Miranda and The Miranda Family actively support initiatives that increase the representation of people of color throughout the arts and government, that ensure access to women’s reproductive health, and that promote resilience in Puerto Rico. TV/Film: Vivo, In The Heights, Hamilton, His Dark Materials, Fosse/Verdon, Curb Your Enthusiasm (2018 Emmy nomination), Saturday Night Live (2017 Emmy nomination), We Are Freestyle Love Supreme; Siempre, Luis; Sesame Street, The Electric Company, House, DuckTales, 200 Cartas, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, Moana (Grammy Award for Best Original Song), and Mary Poppins Returns. Fall 2021 releases: Disney’s Encanto and Netflix’s Tick, Tick… BOOM! (film directorial debut). For Vanessa, best of wives and best of women.
Broadway directing credits include Sweeney Todd (upcoming), Hamilton, Freestyle Love Supreme, In the Heights, Lombardi, and Magic/Bird. Off-Broadway selected directing credits include the world premieres of Hamilton, Dry Powder, Tiny Beautiful Things, and Kings at The Public Theater; the world premiere of The Wrong Man at MCC Theater; the world premiere of In the Heights; Broke-ology and the world premiere of When I Come to Die at Lincoln Center Theater; and the world premiere of Daphne’s Dive at Signature Theatre. Broadway producing credits include Derren Brown: Secret and Freestyle Love Supreme. Television directing and producing credits include “Up Here” on Hulu (upcoming), “Hamilton” on Disney+, “Fosse/Verdon” on FX and “Grease: Live” on Fox. He is a recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor and a graduate of Wesleyan University.
Mr. Blankenbuehler is three-time Tony Award winner for his choreography in the Broadway productions of Bandstand, In the Heights, and Hamilton, for which he also received London’s Olivier Award. Other Broadway credits include Bring It On, 9 to 5, The People in the Picture, The Apple Tree, Annie, and the revival of Cats. Most recently, he made his writing debut (co-writer Ted Malawer) with the world premiere of Only Gold (Off-Broadway at MCC). Upcoming theater projects include the first Broadway revival of the Tony Award–winning musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, as well as The Secret of Santa Vittoria with writer John Weidman.
On television, Mr. Blankenbuehler’s work has been seen on the Emmy Award–winning FX series “Fosse/Verdon,” the Lionsgate/ABC remake of Dirty Dancing, “America’s Got Talent,” “So You Think You Can Dance,” “The Sopranos,” MTV, “Sesame Street” featuring Janelle Monae, and many commercials. His choreography can be seen in the Universal Studio film of the musical Cats.
Mr. Blankenbuehler is very proud to have made his concert debut with a piece entitled “Remember Our Song” for the Tulsa Ballet Company. He staged the 2022 Met Gala featuring Leslie Odom Jr. and Lenny Kravitz. As a performer, he has danced on Broadway in Fosse, Contact, Man of La Mancha, Saturday Night Fever, Steel Pier, Big, and Guys and Dolls.
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Mr. Blankenbuehler resides in New York City with his wife, Elly, and two children, Luca and Sofia. He is a recipient of a special Drama Desk Award and Dance Magazine Award for his achievement in theater.
In 2018, he received the Kennedy Center Honors for his work on the musical Hamilton.
Orchestrations / Co-Arranger
Alex Lacamoire is a four-time Grammy, three-time Tony, and Emmy winner for his work on Dear Evan Hansen, Hamilton, In the Heights, and FX's mini-series Fosse/Verdon. His credits as music director, arranger, and/or orchestrator include: Message in a Bottle (London), The Wrong Man (Off-Broadway), Annie (2011 Broadway Revival), Bring It On, The People in the Picture, 9 to 5 (Drama Desk and Grammy noms), Legally Blonde, High Fidelity, Wicked, Bat Boy, and Godspell (2001 National Tour). He also serves as the Executive Music Producer for many films including The Greatest Showman (20th Century Fox), In the Heights (Warner Brothers) and the upcoming animation Vivo (Netflix), Dear Evan Hansen (Universal Pictures), and Tick, Tick...Boom! (Netflix). Love to Mom, Dad, Little Sis, and to his wife, Ileana.
Author of the book “Alexander Hamilton”
Ron Chernow is the prize-winning, best-selling author of seven volumes and the recipient of the 2015 National Humanities Medal. His first book, “The House of Morgan,” won the National Book Award; “Washington: A Life” won the Pulitzer Prize for biography; and “Alexander Hamilton” — the inspiration for the musical — won the George Washington Book Prize. He is one of only three living biographers to have received the Gold Medal in Biography of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. A past president of PEN America, Chernow has received eight honorary doctorates. He resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Broadway: Here Lies Love; Hamilton (Tony nomination); Beetlejuice (Tony nom); Dear Evan Hansen; Mrs. Doubtfire; War Paint (Tony nom); Bandstand; Misery; The Great Society; Motown: The Musical; Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Annie; Bring It On; Magic/Bird; An Evening With Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin; Godspell; Chinglish; The Pee-wee Herman Show; Lombardi; Passing Strange; Bridge and Tunnel. TV: “Grease: Live!” (Emmy Award); 91st & 94th Academy Awards (Emmy noms); “Elton John: A Grammy Salute”; “Last Week Tonight” with John Oliver; “The Big Brunch”; Heisman Trophy Award ceremony. Creative Director: “Immersive Van Gogh”; “Disney Animation Immersive Experience”; “Hamilton: The Exhibition”; DiscOasis NYC; the Shoah Foundation; numerous collaborations with Sotheby’s and TED. He has collaborated with David Blaine, Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars, Mariah Carey, and Andrea Bocelli. Extensive theater, hospitality, event, and experience design. Dad: Stella & Vivian.
Received an Emmy Award for costume design of The Wiz! Live and a Tony Award for costume design of Hamilton. Film: West Side Story, directed by Steven Spielberg upcoming release (20th Century Studios); Hamilton (Disney+); Harriet (Focus Features); The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, starring Oprah Winfrey (Cine Mosaic/HBO). Broadway: In the Heights (Tony nomination); The Color Purple (Tony nomination); Memphis (Tony nomination); Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk (Tony nomination); Side Show; A Streetcar Named Desire (Tony nomination); Caroline, or Change; Elaine Stritch at Liberty; Doctor Zhivago. TV: Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert for NBC, starring John Legend.
Broadway: Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations (2019 Tony nomination), Come From Away (2017 Tony nomination), Hamilton (Tony Winner), Allegiance, After Midnight (2014 Tony nomination), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2011 Tony nomination), West Side Story (2009 Tony nomination), In the Heights, (2008 Tony nomination), Jersey Boys (2008 Tony winner), Avenue Q, The Full Monty, Parade, Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993 Tony nomination/Olivier and Dora winner). Co-founder/resident lighting designer: Parsons Dance.
Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical, Hadestown (Tony Award), Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen, Freestyle Love Supreme, The Cher Show, Bandstand, Bright Star, It Shoulda Been You, Mothers and Sons, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Tony nomination), The Performers, Magic/Bird. Over thirty Broadway productions with Acme Sound Partners and five additional Tony nominations: The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Fences, Hair, In the Heights.
Hair and Wig Design
Charles G. LaPointe is an award-winning Wig and Hair Designer. Theatre: Numerous Broadway; Touring; Regional Theatre; West End and International productions, including: Hamilton (Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award); Ain’tToo Proud; Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Beetlejuice; The Cher Show (Drama Desk Award); The Band’s Visit; Anastasia; SpongeBob SquarePants (Drama Desk Award); Jersey Boys; A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder; The Color Purple; Newsies; In the Heights. Television: The Wiz Live! (Emmy Nomination); Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (Emmy Nomination and Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylist Guild Award); Blue Bloods; American Crime; Maddoff; Hairspray.
Associate & Supervising Choreographer
Drama Desk Award-winning performer and choreographer. Original Broadway companies: Hamilton, If/Then, Bring It On, In the Heights. Notable Off-Broadway: Hamilton, In the Heights, Repo!... First national tours: Bombay Dreams, In the Heights, Bring It On.
Credits include Billy Elliot the Musical (Victoria Palace Theatre, including its live cinema broadcast in 2014), Our House (Cambridge Theatre), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Footloose, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Guys & Dolls, Chaplin the Musical, Aspects of Love, Scrooge, A Slice of Saturday Night, Little Shop of Horrors, Crazy for You, My Fair Lady, Fiddler on the Roof, Godspell. He has MD’d various television projects, including working with Eric Idle and John Du Prez on “The Entire Universe” Christmas special. He was also the Musical Supervisor and co-produced the cast recording for Mythic the Musical, which received its London premiere in 2018. Chris is the regular pianist and Musical Director of London-based vocal group Cantabile and appears on their CD Cantabile Plays Cricket and their latest album, A Song for Christmas. Composing credits include works for television and the stage. He appears regularly at London cabaret venues The Crazy Coqs and The Pheasantry.
UK Associate Musical Supervisor
Richard’s recent work includes orchestrating and musical supervising the UK tour of The Addams Family, orchestrating and musical directing for the Gary Barlow musical The Girls (Phoenix, Leeds and Salford) and musical arranger for the BBC entertainment show Pitch Battle. Richard’s Musical Supervisor roles include The Bodyguard (UK and international tours) and Associate Musical Supervisor on Priscilla Queen of the Desert. His Musical Director credits for theatre include: The Bodyguard (Adelphi), Betty Blue Eyes (Novello), Hair (Gielgud), Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Palace), Grease (Piccadilly), the 2007 UK tour of Fame, the 2005-2006 UK tour of Grease, Blood Brothers (UK tour) and The Rocky Horror Show (UK and European tours). He is conductor and MD of Triqueta, a symphonic rock piece. He was Musical Supervisor for the annual West End Eurovision from its inception to its final year in 2014. Assistant Musical Director credits for theatre include: Jesus Christ Superstar (Slovenia), Cabaret (European tour) and Our House (Cambridge). Richard’s commercial credits include: Brian McFadden (BMG) and keyboards for Westlife. He was the co-creator and vocal arranger for Band of Voices, semi-finalists in 2013 Britain’s Got Talent. He was the songwriter for the singer Charlie Green who released an EP, Release Me, in 2012. He has produced the debut albums of the singers Shona White (I’ll Bring You a Song) and Chris Thatcher (Jesus Christ Superstar) as well as contributing songs to both. Additionally, Richard has composed and arranged music for The Lover’s Spiral (commissioned by The Royal Ballet School) and Perfectly Frank – Songs from The Rocky Horror Show. Richard’s first musical, Today is My Day, premiered in London in 2010 and his album Songs was released in 2012 to critical acclaim. He regularly performs concerts of his music.
Stephen is originally from Edinburgh and trained at The Arts Educational Schools, London and on the Musical Theatre course at The Dance School of Scotland, Glasgow. Recent theatre directing includes: You Forgot the Mince (Edinburgh/UK tour), Benighted (J B Priestley – world premiere, Off West End Award nomination for Best Direction), Cat. The Play!!! (Ambassadors), Stephen Sondheim’s Putting It Together (Lyric Theatre, Belfast), Elegies (Criterion), Little Women (Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham), The Last Five Years (Lyric Theatre, Belfast), Dubailand (Finborough), Return to the Forbidden Planet (SWG3, Glasgow), If Only... by Michel Tremblay (Bread & Roses Theatre, London), Circuit Breaker (Timewave Festival, London), Cross Purpose by Albert Camus (King’s Head) and Jubilee Street (Theatre503, London). Film directing includes: Da (in post-production – release 2018), Fact of Life (short/Colchester Film Festival), Shooting Star (music video/The Big Bads/Rare Moustache) and The Trip (short/London Sci-Fi Festival 2014) and 13 (short/Rare Moustache). Associate/Assistant Director credits include: 42nd Street (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Barnum (Cameron Mackintosh/Michael Harrison), From Here to Eternity (West End, 2014 cinema release), Private Lives (Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh), La Fanciulla del West (Opera Holland Park), Rent (Greenwich Theatre), Noye’s Fludde by Benjamin Britten (Aldeburgh Music Festival/BBC), What You Will (Shakespeare’s Globe/London 2012 Festival), While the Sun Shines (Top Goat Productions, Lion & Unicorn Theatre) and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Lost Theatre).
Carrie-Anne Ingrouille is a go-to U.K. choreographer for multi-disciplined work. She is currently represented in the West End and on Broadway with her critically acclaimed choreography in SIX playing at the Lyric Theatre, London and the Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York. SIX is also currently on a U.K. tour, and the Australian production re-opens end of 2021.
For her work on the show, Carrie has received an Olivier Award Nomination for Best Theatre Choreographer and WhatsOnStage, OFFIE, and The Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award nominations for Best Choreography.
Notable Choreography and Movement Direction credits include: Wonderful Town (Opera Holland Park), This is My Family (Chichester Festival Theatre), The Catherine Tate Show Live (UK Tour), Jeeves & Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (Duke of York’s Theatre), The Suicide (National Theatre), The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party (Royal Opera House, The Roundhouse).
Forthcoming projects include Movement Direction on Our Generation at The National Theatre/CFT and the U.K. premiere of the Broadway hit musical Something Rotten for Birmingham Rep.
Taio was most recently the Associate Director of Kiln Theatre. Prior to this role, he was Resident Director at Sheffield Theatres, where he collaborated on Love and Information, Frost/Nixon, The Wizard of Oz, and Desire Under the Elms. Directing credits include An Unfinished Man (The Yard Theatre), NW Stories (Kiln Theatre), HOME Digital (Young Vic Theatre), Macbeth (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland), Hang (The Crucible), White Devil (East 15 Acting School), Home (Installation, Young Vic Theatre), How to Make Love to a Muslim Without Freaking Out (Rehearsed Reading, Bush Theatre), Face in a Jar (St Paul’s Furzedown Church/Rhoda McGaw Theatre), What We Are, 90s Kid (Etcetera Theatre), Gutted ’n Battered (UK/International Tour), Sexy Buff Ting (The Cockpit). Assistant Director credits include Life of Galileo, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead (Young Vic Theatre), Oil, They Drink It in the Congo (Almeida Theatre), Octagon (Arcola Theatre), Perseverance Drive (Bush Theatre). Taio is a patron for COMMON, a nonprofit arts organisation that exists to support the UK theatre industry in achieving greater socio-economic diversity and to make theatre more accessible to the working class, whether they be artists, audiences, or communities.
Lia trained at: Laine Theatre Arts. Theatre includes: Associate Choreographer to Becki Howell for The Louder We Get (Theatre Calgary), Assistant Choreographer/Director to Adam Cooper for Grand Hotel (Oklahoma University), Assistant Dance Captain for Hamilton (Original West End Cast, Victoria Palace Theatre), Assistant Choreographer for Sunny Afternoon (UK Tour), Assistant Choreographer for Spamalot (English Theatre, Frankfurt), Dance Captain for Sunny Afternoon (Harold Pinter Theatre), Assistant Dance Captain in Wicked (UK Tour), Viva Forever! (Piccadilly Theatre), We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre), Understudy Anybodys in West Side Story (50th Anniversary UK and International Tour) and 42nd Street (IDTA Awards Ceremony). Television includes: The Crown, The Olivier Awards (2012, 2015 and 2018) and A League of Their Own. Radio includes: Magic of the Musicals (Royal Albert Hall). Other work includes: Private event for Rob Ashford and Baz Luhrmann, Dancer IWC conference for Adam Cooper.
US Associate Set Designer
Rod is proud to have been a part of the Hamilton family since its Off-Broadway premiere at the Public Theater. He has been the lead associate designer on hundreds of shows and projects in partnership with David Korins. London credits include: Hamilton and Motown. Broadway credits include: Hamilton, War Paint, Misery, Motown, Annie, The Pee-wee Herman Show, Passing Strange and Bridge and Tunnel. Additionally, he has worked Off-Broadway, regionally and in TV and film. Rod attended the NYU, Tisch School of the Arts, New York.
UK Associate Set Designer
David trained at Wimbledon School of Art, London. He’s currently designing The Sound of Music in São Paulo, which will tour in Brazil. Recent designs include: Hardboiled, David Copperfield and Writer’s Block for The Watermill Theatre, Idiot-Syncracy (Bilbao) and Tame Game and City for Bloom Dance, which have toured internationally. As an associate for Cameron Mackintosh, he has helped to deliver Miss Saigon in the West End and UK tour, Les Misérables in Mexico, Providence, São Paulo, Singapore, Manila, Seoul, Daegu and Half A Sixpence at Chichester Festival Theatre and the West End. Other associate roles include Man of La Mancha in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and Twelve Angry Men at the Birmingham Rep and the West End. As an assistant, he has worked on over 40 theatre productions including Barnum, Funny Girl, Chaplin the Musical, Noises Off and Oliver! Outside of theatre, David has designed a coffee shop within a Wren church in the City of London, and the restaurant Deli Ohio in Canton, Ohio.
Associate Costume Designer
Angela M. Kahler is very excited to be here working on the London production of Hamilton. Her Associate and Assistant credits include: Hamilton (The Public Theatre, Broadway, Chicago and the Angelica tour), Pippin (US tour), Soul Doctor (Broadway), The Mountaintop (Broadway), How I Learned, What I Learned (Signature Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (Broadway), Spiderman, Turn Off the Dark (Broadway), The Color Purple (Broadway), Mamma Mia! (Broadway), 42nd Street (Broadway), Aida (Broadway), Annie Get Your Gun (Broadway and US tour), Seussical the Musical (Broadway) and Capeman (Broadway).
UK Associate Costume Designer
Claire has worked as an Associate Costume Designer and a Costume Supervisor across multiple theatre and opera productions. Associate Costume Designer credits include Endgame (Old Vic); Groundhog Day (Old Vic); Stephen Ward (Playful Productions); Billy Elliot the Musical (West End, Broadway, Australia—Working Title); La bohème (Scottish Opera). Her work as Costume Supervisor includes Don Carlos (The Metropolitan Opera); La damnation de faust (Glyndebourne); Pelléas et Mélisande (Glyndebourne); Cendrillon (Glyndebourne); The Trial (Young Vic); Rosenkavalier (The Royal Opera House); Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne); Anna Nicole (ROH & Brooklyn Academy of Music); Government Inspector (The Young Vic); Annie Get Your Gun (The Young Vic); The Good Soul of Szechuan (The Young Vic); Gianni Schicchi / Il Tabarro / Suor Angelica (ROH); Paul Bunyan (ROH); The Tempest (RSC); A Midsummer Night’s Dream (RSC); The Seagull (NT); Tales From the Vienna Woods (NT); Mother Clap’s Molly House (NT); Lady in the Dark (NT); Jumpers (NT); The Last Cigarette (Chichester); The Reporter (NT); Parsifal (ROH); Nabucco (ROH & La Scala); The Minotaur (ROH) L’Enfant Et Les Sortileges & L’Heure Espagnole (Glyndebourne); Figaro (ROH); Manon (ENO); The Merchant of Venice (NT); From Morning Till Midnight (ENO); The Trojans (ENO).
US Associate Lighting Designer
On Broadway Ryan has served as the Associate Lighting Designer for: Prince of Broadway, Come from Away, Bronx Tale, Paramour, Hamilton, Dr Zhivago, Honeymoon in Vegas, After Midnight, A Christmas Story, Jesus Christ Superstar, Magic/Bird, How to Succeed..., Lombardi, Million Dollar Quartet, West Side Story, Cry Baby, Gypsy, In the Heights, Xanadu, LoveMusik and Avenue Q. O’Gara graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts.
UK Associate Lighting Designer
Theatre, opera and ballet (as Lighting Designer) includes: Wind in the Willows (West End), Crazy for You (Göteborg Opera), Our House (Pimlico Opera), Miss Saigon – Broadway/Japanese tour (as Associate Lighting Designer), Art (Old Vic – as Associate Lighting Designer), The Revenger’s Tragedy (Webber Douglas Studio), Rigolleto (Bucharest National Opera), Macbeth (Scottish Opera), Sister Act (Pimlico Opera), Fortunio (Grange Park Opera and Buxton Festival), The Lady from the Sea (Scottish Opera), The Magic Flute (Longborough Festival Opera), Les Misérables and West Side Story (Pimlico Opera), Tosca (Grange Park Opera at Nevill Holt), Noughts and Crosses (Royal Shakespeare Company), Orpheus (Ballet Black), The Lighthouse, La Scala di Seta, El Gato con Botas, Les Nuits d’été, Le Portrait de Manon, Bastien und Bastienne and Mozart and Salieri (Jette Parker Young Artists, Royal Opera House), Exposure Opera, Exposure Dance, Summer Collections, The Gentle Giant, Wind in the Willows (Linbury, ROH), Heart of Darkness (Opera Genesis, Linbury, ROH), In Good Company (Linbury, ROH Birmingham Royal Ballet, Australian Ballet, National Ballet of Canada), Wonderlands, Joie de Vivre, Hooray for Hollywood, Broadway, Noitamina and Legends (Orchard Theatre), Antigone (RBC Studio), Phantasy (Rambert Dance), Studio Nights (English National Opera), Carousel (Opera North, Barbican and Paris – as Associate Lighting Designer) and A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Royal Scottish Conservatoire). Warren trained in Lighting Design at Rose Bruford College.
US Associate Sound Designer
As associate designer: Hamilton (The Public Theater, Broadway, Chicago, and US tours), Bright Star (Broadway), It Shoulda Been You (Broadway), Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Broadway and First US tour), The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess (Broadway and US tour), The Addams Family (Broadway, First US tour, Sydney, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and Mexico City). Plays as Broadway associate: Venus in Fur, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, Mothers and Sons, The Performers, Magic/Bird and Lombardi. Recent sound design credits include: Found (Philadelphia Theatre Company), The Tempest (The Public Theater/Shakespeare in the Park), Othello (The Old Globe) and Somewhere (Hartford Stage). System Engineer at the Metropolitan Opera for the recent new productions of: L’Amour de Loin, Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow and The Death of Klinghoffer. He is a Broadcast Engineer for the Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network.
UK Associate Sound Designer
During the past 20 years Paul has been involved in the sound design and mixing of countless first-class musical theatre productions across the West End, Broadway, Europe, Asia and Australia. Working for many years as Associate to renowned sound designer Mick Potter, Paul has been fortunate to be part of the team creating all new sound designs for classic musicals such as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon. Alongside theatre, Paul also has an active career in the music and film industry, working on post-production audio and mixing commercially released single and album projects. Sound Designer credits include: Walt Disney Theatrical and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins (Zurich, Dubai, Japan). Associate Sound Designer credits include: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Woman in White (London and Broadway), The Sound of Music (London, Toronto and UK tour), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Adelphi), Saturday Night Fever (Apollo Victoria, Madrid Teatro Coliseum and UK tours), Zorro – The Musical (Garrick, Paris Folies Bergère), Scrooge – The Musical (UK tours), Der Schuh des Manitu (eater des Westens, Berlin), Ich War Noch Niemals in New York (Operettenhaus, Hamburg and Coliseum, Stuttgart), Hair (Gate), Whistle Down the Wind (Palace), Starlight Express (UK tours), The Phantom of the Opera (London and Broadway sound re-designs, Hamburg, Paris), Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular (Venetian), Sister Act – The Musical (London Palladium), the new Cameron Mackintosh 25th Anniversary production of Les Misérables (international tours, Madrid, US 1st national tour, Spanish tour) and The Phantom of the Opera (UK tour), Love Never Dies (Adelphi and Australia), Michael Grandage’s production of Evita (1st national US tour), Miss Saigon (Netherlands, Japan) and Half A Sixpence (Chichester Festival Theatre and Noël Coward). Paul associate designed and mixed the 25th Anniversary Concert of Les Misérables at the O2 Arena and the 25th Anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera at The Royal Albert Hall. Film includes: Film audio mixing for Miss Saigon Definitive Live Recording at the Prince Edward, Miss Saigon: 25th Anniversary Performance and the recent Walt Disney Theatrical’s release of Newsies Live.
Synthesizer and Drum Programmer
Randy Cohen has programmed more than 70 Broadway shows including Hamilton, The Book of Mormon, Dear Evan Hansen, Frozen, Anastasia, Pretty Woman, Kinky Boots, A Bronx Tale, Once on This Island (revival), Bring It On, Grey Gardens, Peter and the Starcatcher, and In the Heights. Keyboardist for TV’s “Sesame Street.”
Associate Synthesizer Programmer
Taylor J. Williams has had his work heard on Broadway and around the world in numerous productions including the 2016 revival of Falsettos, Disney’s Frozen, Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Lion King, Waitress, Anastasia, Monsoon Wedding, Dear Evan Hansen and The Prince of Egypt. In addition to being a part of the Grammy Award-winning cast album for Hamilton, he’s had the pleasure of contributing to albums for Heathers, Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, SpongeBob SquarePants, Sunday in the Park With George with Jake Gyllenhaal, A New Brain with Jonathan Groff, and the world premiere recording of Alan Menken & Howard Ashman’s first musical God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Television projects include the 70th Annual TONY Awards and Grease: Live! In addition to traditional electronic instrument programming, Taylor has provided musical arrangements, soundscape and sample design, MIDI sequencing, and keyboard accompaniment for varied clients.
Ableton Programmer / Beatmaster
Scott Wasserman lives and works in New York City as a composer, orchestrator, electronic music programmer, and music director. Broadway Ableton Programming credits include Hamilton, Dear Evan Hansen and The Great Comet. Other Broadway: Escape to Margaritaville, Annie and Leap of Faith. Other New York: The Bad Years (Director of Musical Programming), Invisible Thread (Ableton Programmer), 21 Chump Street with This American Life (Ableton Programmer). As an orchestrator, Scott’s work can be heard on The 71st Tony Awards, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Radio City Summer Spectacular, Standardized Testing - The Musical!!!! and Joel B. New’s album Cabot Cove (Broadway Records). Scott co-hosts the podcast Song Salad with writing partner Shannon Deep. BFA in Music Composition, Carnegie Mellon University. Unending love to Meghan, Hudson and Ellis.
Broadway: Hamilton, The Last Ship, A Night with Janis Joplin, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Magic/Bird, The Miracle Worker, In the Heights, Grey Gardens, Lestat, The Glass Menagerie, Bombay Dreams, Hairspray, Neil Simon’s 45 Seconds from Broadway, Footloose, The Scarlet Pimpernel and others.
The company, founded by Andy Barnwell in 1994, is one of the foremost orchestral management companies in the UK, having been responsible for providing the musicians for over 200 productions in London, throughout the UK and internationally. Current London productions include: Hamilton, The Grinning Man, An American in Paris, Aladdin, Motown the Musical and, recently, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lady Day, The Wind in the Willows, Half A Sixpence, Committee (Donmar), On the Town, Love’s Labour’s Lost/Much Ado About Nothing, In the Heights, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Last Tango (and tour), Bugsy Malone, Show Boat, Guys and Dolls (and Chichester and tour), Gypsy (and Chichester), Memphis, Sinatra, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, High Society, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Made in Dagenham, City of Angels, Urinetown, The Pajama Game, Porgy and Bess, Monty Python Live (mostly) (O2 Arena), I Can’t Sing! – The X-Factor Musical, Spamalot (and tours), A Chorus Line, Kiss Me, Kate, Sweeney Todd, Crazy for You, Priscilla Queen of the Desert, Love Story, Into the Woods and Sister Act (and tour). Current/recent regional/UK tours include: Shrek (and London), Tango Moderno: Hairspray – The Musical (and London), Fiddler on the Roof, Caroline, or Change, Addams Family, Billy Elliot (and London), The Commitments (and London), One Love – The Bob Marley Musical, Funny Girl (and London), Strictly Ballroom, The Rocky Horror Show (and London), Mack & Mabel (and Chichester), A Damsel in Distress, Love Me Tender, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (and London), The Producers, Dance ’til Dawn (and London), Anything Goes, Spamalot, Dirty Dancing (and London), Singin’ in the Rain (and London), Annie Get Your Gun, West Side Story, Oliver!, Legally Blonde and South Pacific.
Jeffrey Seller is the winner of four Tony® Awards for Best Musical: Hamilton (2016) and Rent (1996), both of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Avenue Q (2004); and In the Heights (2008). He also produced De La Guarda (1998), Andrew Lippa’s The Wild Party (2000), Baz Luhrmann’s direction of Puccini’s La Bohème (2002), High Fidelity (2006), the 2009 revival of West Side Story, The Last Ship (2014), The Cher Show (2018), Derren Brown: Secret (2019), and the 2023 revival of Sweeney Todd. He was executive producer of the NBC drama “Rise” (2018) and HBO’s “Coastal Elites” (2020). Jeffrey is a graduate of the University of Michigan.
Received the Tony and Olivier Awards for Best Musical for the Pulitzer Prize–winning Hamilton, and a Tony Award for In the Heights. He recently served as executive producer of the Hamilton film and received an Emmy Award. He is a producer and/or investor for numerous Broadway, national, and international productions, such as Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Grand Hotel, Follies, West Side Story, Bengal Tiger, and The Last Ship.
Premiered Hamilton on January 20, 2015, on the same stage where A Chorus Line premiered 40 years earlier. New York’s Public Theater continues the work of founder Joe Papp as an advocate for theater as an essential cultural force, leading and framing the important issues of our day. Programming includes new work, Shakespeare in the Park, Public Forum, Mobile Unit, Under the Radar, Public Studio, Public Works, Joe’s Pub. Recipient of 59 Tonys, 169 Obies, 53 Drama Desk Awards, 54 Lortel Awards, 32 OCC Awards, 6 Pulitzer Prizes.
With Hamilton, The Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins currently preparing to reopen in London alongside Les Misérables once Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifted, Cameron remains the world’s most prolific producer of musicals, with over 50 musicals either on stage or in pre-production internationally.
Cameron’s original productions include Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera and Cats — the three longest running musicals of all time, now in their 4th decades — Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins (co-produced with Disney), Little Shop of Horrors, Song and Dance, Tomfoolery, Martin Guerre, The Witches of Eastwick, Five Guys Named Moe and Side by Side by Sondheim. He also reinvented modern versions of Oliver!, Follies, Half a Sixpence, Barnum and My Fair Lady. His new versions of Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon and Oliver! are now proving as successful as the original productions.
In 2013, alongside Working Title Films and Universal, Cameron produced the hugely successful Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award-winning film adaptation of Les Misérables, the most successful movie ever of an original stage musical.
The sold-out staged concert of Les Misérables at the Gielgud Theatre in 2019 was broadcast live to over 600 cinemas and is now the highest grossing one-night live event performance of all time — a unique achievement in the history of musical theatre.
Cameron owns and operates eight historic London theatres which have all been spectacularly rebuilt and refurbished for the 21st century. They house many of London’s successful hits. The Sondheim, formerly known as the Queen’s, has been rebuilt and renamed in honour of Cameron’s great friend, theatrical legend Stephen Sondheim.
Music Theatre International, the world’s largest owner of secondary rights of many of the greatest musicals ever written, is now one of Cameron’s companies.
Cameron was knighted in the 1996 New Year’s Honours for his services to British theatre, and he is the first British producer to be elected to Broadway’s Theater Hall of Fame. In 1990, Cameron inaugurated the Chair of Contemporary Theatre at St. Catherine's College in Oxford University, with Stephen Sondheim as his visiting professor. Cameron is also the president of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.

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Dissident Bulgarian Writer Georgi Markov Monument Planned in Sofia
Bulgarian dissident writer and playwright Georgi Markov, whose mysterious death in 1978 sparked much controversy throughout Europe, will have a monument in his honor in Sofia.
The statue will be erected on "Journalist" square in Sofia, where Markov was born and lived before fleeing to the West in 1969.
A vast number of Bulgarian intellectuals and politicians have expressed their commitment or approval of the initiative, with writers Mihail Veshim and Marko Ganchev, actor Filip Trifonov, President (1990-1997) Zhelyu Zhelev and MEP Nadezhda Neynski among them, Cross news agency has informed.
The notorious "umbrella murder" of the dissident writer Georgi Markov is still classified as one of the unsolved riddles of the Cold War.
On September 7, 1978, Georgi Markov was walking to a bus stop to go to work at the BBC. Once he reached the Waterloo Bridge over the Thames River, he felt a sudden pain, similar to an insect bite, at the back of his left leg. He looked back and saw a man, picking an umbrella from the ground, crossing the street in a hurry, and catching a cab.
Markov was actually murdered with a ricin-coated pellet, fired from an adapted pen; the umbrella was dropped nearby to distract him.
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Sydney medtech startup Ikkiworks has secured a $25,000 Minimum Viable Product grant from the New South Wales government, to develop and refine its robot companion for seriously ill children.
The ikki robot monitors vital signs and medication for kids while they’re at home, rather than in the hospital. It can alert families when medication is due, if the child’s temperature rises too much, or if anything else is amiss.
At the same time, it allows the child’s clinical team to monitor the data online.
Founded by Clive McFarland, Seaton Mckeon and Colin Stahel, ikki is also intended to act as a soothing presence for a child.
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“Parents can record songs and stories and ikki plays them back on cue. If a child talks to ikki it will talk back in its own ikki language,” McFarland said in a statement.
“Also, if a child is feeling anxious ikki can help soothe them. ikki’s head lights up and the child can blow it out like a candle which helps with breath calming,” he added.
“But most importantly, ikki empowers the child by giving them a key role in their own treatment.”
The $25,000 grant be used to develop the technology, and to make it more robust for use with kids. However, Ikkiworks is also gearing up to a larger trial of the robot, adapting it to help adults with chronic illnesses, people in rehabilitation, or elderly patients.
Jobs for NSW chief executive Nicole Cook called Ikkiworks “a fantastic example of the great health technology that is being developed here in NSW and how our range of support products, including grants, assists startups and fast-growing SMEs to succeed.”
The news adds to continuing government support for medical startups, on both a federal and state level.
Last year, LaunchVic allocated $2 million in funding to help support the medtech sector.
In April 2018, medtech startup Global Kinetics received $7.75 million to further develop its solution for improving management and treatment of Parkinson’s disease, and just last month, remote healthcare startup Coviu secured a $1.2 million Cooperative Research Centre Project grant to commercialise its physiotherapy tech.

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Author(s): Henry Eliot
Beautifully designed and gorgeously illustrated, this immersive, puzzle-like exploration of the history and psychology of mazes and labyrinths evokes the spirit of Choose Your Own Adventure, the textual inventiveness of Tom Stoppard, and the philosophical spirit of Jorge Luis Borges.
Labyrinths are as old as humanity, the proving grounds of heroes, the paths of pilgrims, symbols of spiritual rebirth and pleasure gardens for pure entertainment. Henry Eliot leads us on a twisting journey through the world of mazes, real and imagined, unraveling our ancient, abiding relationship with them and exploring why they continue to fascinate us, from Kafka to Kubrick to the myth of the Minotaur and a quest to solve the disappearance of the legendary Maze King.
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Henry Eliot grew up playing in the ancient mizmaze on St Catherine's Hill, just outside Winchester. He is now London-based, where his favourite mazes are the Hampton Court hedge maze, still puzzling after three centuries, the Warren Street Underground tile maze, a time challenge for commuters, and the maze-like Barbican Centre with Michael Ayrton's sculpture of the Minotaur at its centre (known affectionately as Colin). If Henry were to build a maze himself it would be circular with six maze 'cells' arranged as a hexagon and an enclosed mirror maze at the centre.Henry's first book, co-written with Matt Lloyd-Rose, was an alternative A to Z of London called Curiocity, which allows the reader to re-imagine and navigate the city's networks of streets, tube lines, bus routes and pedestrian walkways. He is the creative editor of Penguin Classics.

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Sharad Yadav expresses regret for remarks on Raje
Ranchi: Facing flak for his remarks against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, former JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav on Saturday expressed regret for "hurting" her and said he would write to her. Raje has demanded that the Election Commission take cognisance of Yadav's "insulting" remarks and taken action against him.
"I have seen her (Raje's) comments. Our relations are very old. If she thinks whatever I had said has hurt her, I express my regret for that," Yadav told reporters.
"I will also write a letter to her," he added.
Yadav, a former JD(U) Rajya Sabha member, while campaigning for Loktantrik Janata Dal in Alwar in Rajasthan on Wednesday, had called Raje fat and asked people to give her rest.
After criticism from various quarters, Yadav had said it was a joke and that he had no intention of hurting Raje and it was not meant to be derogatory in any way.
Reacting to his remarks, Raje had said, "I feel insulted. This is insult of women". The BJP leader said she was "absolutely shocked" and did not expect such a comment from an experienced leader.
It is important that the Election Commission takes cognisance of this and sets an example so people don't repeat such a thing in future, she had added.
A video of Yadav was circulated on social media with many labelling his comments crass and misogynistic.
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There was space for exhibitions and entertainment. Thus, even the well-informed often are surprised when they read more recent histories of the period. The major actors were low-ranking samurai from the tozama domains. Instead he was used as a tool by the oligarchs to achieve their modernization plans in Japan such as the abolishment of fiefs, the end of the samurai, the propagation of new cultural practices, and pubic acceptance of the Meiji oligarchs industrialization policies.
Remnants of pro-shogunal forces staged a resistance tokugawa era essay help later that year. Originally it was a tool of the imperialist movement that was used to show that the Shogun was not acting out the Imperial Will. Footnote18 However, starting with the Yogaku Koyo in and ending with the reorganization of the department of Education along Prussian lines the American model was abolished.
Urban residents paid for goods and services which they had previously made for themselves. Inhis forces defeated the Toyotomi. For more on the debate on merit, see Thomas C. University of California Press, Protocol deemed that they dress properly, live in good style, and engage in the social activities which involved expensive gift-giving that were required of them, but were increasingly beyond their economic means.
At first the new Meiji Rulers allied themselves with the Daimyo clans in opposition to the Tokugawa Shogun. Footnote44 But the most striking symbol to survive is that of the Emperor stripped after world war two of all power the Emperor of Japan is still revered.
The emergence of castle towns and later of cities had a significant economic impact. Fillmore demanded that Japan agree to trade and diplomatic relations with the United States. Yet it remains pervasive. By the mid-eighteenth century, popular representations abounded of the poor samurai pawning the clothes and swords off his back for a little extra cash.
They featured high drama, with twists and turns of plot. According to Sansom, change was loathed. Their numbers varied over time and by region. In terms of population and production, urbanization and commercialization, and societal sophistication and elaboration, the century was one of unparalleled development.
While labor remained in the countryside, capital was concentrated in cities, and rural businessmen depended on urban merchants for financial backing. Crop failures led to famine, which was repeated in Brothels were a new feature in the cultural life of cities.
The Tokugawa kept only about a quarter of the land available for redistribution for themselves. The shogunate created relative peace for years, during which time Japan became urbanized.
The system that sought to strengthen Japan through the use of modern technology and modern organization methods was using traditional values to further its goals.
Footnote3 Within this historical context the Meiji leaders realized that they needed to harness the concept of the Imperial Will in order to govern effectively.
This twist both honors and degrades the great samurai tradition of self-sacrifice. They were ranked according to their level of training and experience, much like the geisha that still exist today.
The demand for books was thus extremely high. Footnote6 The end of the Tokugawa regime shows the power of the symbolism and myths surrounding the imperial institution.Essay about The Tokugawa Era of Japan The Tokugawa Era of Japan Japan before the Tokugawa Era was a nation of warring states.
The Tokugawa shoguns changed social class structures, agriculture, Help; Contact Us. The Tokugawa Era in Japan, also known as the Edo Period, took place after the Era of Warring States, which in Japanese is called the Sengoku Jidai.
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Mark Hoppus has revealed he and Alex Gaskarth have a third Simple Creatures EP in the pipeline, but they just need to find the time to complete it.
Mark Hoppus has teased it's ''a matter of timing'' when it comes to releasing new Simple Creatures music.
And whilst the pair are keen to put out a third collection, Mark admitted it's ''difficult'' for them to fit in the time to work on their tunes while All Time Low are preparing to release their new record and with the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
However, the 'All The Small Things' hitmaker, who described Simple Creatures as a ''labour of love'', revealed they are just a few songs away from finishing their next EP.
During a video call with Rock Sound, Mark said: ''Simple Creatures is like this ongoing inside joke that the world gets to take part in. The whole concept was everything opposite of what we would do in our bands and we wanted to do something that was different to Blink or All Time Low.
''We want to continue making music but it's very difficult for me and Alex to do it. All Time Low is launching an album and we're in a pandemic so we want to get back in the studio and make more rad stuff but it's a matter of timing.
''We have the beginnings of another EP of music. We just have to finish it up and write a new song or two. But we both love it.
''It's a labour of love and something that we do outside of our normal bands. I think there's no limits and no rules and we can do whatever we want. That's what I also love about Blink, but Blink is this giant machine that takes a long time to pivot and do things. This is something that we do for the love of music and being silly.''
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On the 8th October 1980 Talking Heads released not only one of their most significant albums but also one of the most significant albums of the last...
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text: Mutant mice deficient in the myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG) and the nonreceptor-type tyrosine kinase Fyn are characterized by a severely hypomyelinated central nervous system (CNS) and morphologically abnormal myelin sheaths. Despite this pronounced phenotype, MAG/Fyn-deficient mice have a normal longevity. In the present study, we took advantage of the normal life expectancy of this myelin mutant and grafted neural stem cells (NSCs) into the CNS of MAG/Fyn-deficient mice to study in short- and long-term experiments the fate of NSCs in adult dysmyelinated brains. Neural stem cells were isolated from spinal cords of transgenic mouse embryos ubiquitously expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein. Cells were expanded in vitro in the presence of mitogens for up to 5 weeks before they were grafted into the lateral ventricles or injected into white matter tracts. Analysis of mutant brains 3-15 weeks after intracerebroventricular transplantation of NSCs revealed only limited integration of donor cells into the host brains. However, injection of NSCs directly into white matter tracts resulted in widespread distribution of donor cells within the host tissue. Donor cells survived for at least 15 weeks in adult host brains. The majority of grafted cells populated white matter tracts and differentiated into oligodendrocytes that myelinated host axons. Results suggest that intraparenchymal transplantation of NSCs might be a strategy to reconstruct myelin in dysmyelinated adult brains.

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• Adequate height, as measured with a stadiometer,
is crucial to ensure utilization of appropriate predicted values.
• A positive response to bronchodilator testing is defined as a
12% increase in the forced expiratory volume in 1 second
• Explain the procedure in a developmentally appropriate manner
before and during procedure.
• Coach the patient for optimal effort to ensure acceptable results.
• In older patients, it is ideal to recommend no smoking for 24
hours prior to testing.
• If assessing response to a bronchodilator, any bronchodilator
medications should not be used for at least 8 hours before testing.
• Place nose clips on patient.
• Patient makes a seal with lips around mouthpiece.
• Ensure tongue does not block opening.
• Have the patient breathe comfortably for 3 breaths (tidal breathing).
• At end exhalation, have patient take fast breath in to fill lungs
completely (to total lung capacity).
• At top of inspiration, have patient exhale fast and hard and
keep exhaling for 6 seconds or until flow plateaus.
• At end of exhalation, inhale to fill lungs completely (total lung
• Maneuver should be repeated to obtain 3 tests that are acceptable
• A test must first be considered acceptable and
• A test is acceptable if it fulfills the following criteria:
• No cough or glottic closure in first second of exhalation.
• No leaks or obstruction of mouthpiece.
• Adequate start of test without hesitation.
• Full exhalation of 6 seconds or until plateau of volume.
• No early termination of test.
• Reproducibility in children can be defined as the values of the
forced vital capacity (FVC) and FEV1 being within 5% on
3 acceptable maneuvers.
• Obstructive lung disease is determined by a combination of the
• Decreased flows (FEV1, FVC, mid-range flows).
• Scooped appearance to the flow volume curve (Figure
• Restrictive lung disease is suggested by a decreased FEV1 and
FVC and a normal or decreased FEV1/FVC ratio (see Figure 19–1).
• In order to adequately determine restrictive lung disease, full
pulmonary function tests should be obtained to include lung volumes.
Flow-volume loops showing normal pulmonary function as
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Number of children on anti-psychotic drugs doubles
Research suggests Anti-psychotics are being rapidly prescribed to more children all though data showing young people who have psychosis or mental disorders have stayed the same and not risen, so why are these drugs being prescribed to more children each year.
A report by Channel 4 news highlighted a serious problem within our health care industry in the diagnoses and prescribing of anti-psychotics to children. Within the report it shows a young boy with learning difficulties rolling around on the floor in distress.
If there is a doubling in the rate of children being given anti-psychotics that is a worry. My worry is that these drugs are being used for other purposes.
Prof Kendall has been selected to be the first person to write guide lines for the prescribeing of anti psychotic medication. Prof Kendall was even hampered by America's Food and Drug Administration, which does hold data on any trials conducted on anti-psychotics. When he requested access to the information he was told to put in a freedom of information request.
"If there are trials that are unpublished, what that means is there will either be trials which show the drugs work as well as we think or in fact they might be even more harmful than we think," he said.
"I am appalled, absolutely appalled. This data should be available for people such as us who are working on behalf of the NHS, patients and parents."
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Grief and anxiety are emotions not mental illness
Prescription pill addiction & pain management
Brain releases powerful opiate painkiller with electric stimulation
Increase in waiting times for mental health patients a “concern”
Stress awareness week highlights A&E hospital workers dealing with job strain
Fail in communication between Dr’s & parents in child drug reactions

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Vegan Sweet Potato Casserole
It is perfectly sweet, filled with plump golden raisins, maple syrup, crunchy pecans, and fall spices. Complete your holiday dinner or add it as a side to your supper.
Why This Recipe WorksBest Vegan Sweet Potato Casserole Ever!
Chop potatoes into large chunks, place potatoes in water and cover, and boil in a large pot until soft when pierced with a fork. Drain, and return to the pot.STEP 1:
Preheat oven to 400° F. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray. Mash the sweet potatoes in the pot once they are cooked.STEP 2:
Add the maple syrup, raisins, nutmeg, ginger, salt, and a 1/2 tsp of cinnamon to the pot. Whip with an electric mixer or an immersion blender until smooth.STEP 3:
Mix the brown sugar, pecans, and remaining 1/2 tsp cinnamon in a large bowl.STEP 4:
Lay a sushi mat on a flat surface with the bamboo sticks running horizontally. Next, place a nori sheet with the shiny side down (rough side up) on top of the bamboo mat.Make Sushi
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“Planetary scientists prefer to call the thin gaseous envelope around the Moon as the ‘Lunar exosphere’ since it is so tenuous that the gas atoms very rarely collide with each other. While the Earth’s atmosphere near the mean sea level contains ~1019 atoms in a cubic centimetre of volume, the lunar exosphere contains ~ 104 to 106atoms in a cubic centimetre.
Argon-40 (40Ar), which is one of the isotopes of the noble gas Argon, is an important constituent of the lunar exosphere. It originates from the radioactive disintegration of Potassium-40 (40K), which has a half-life of ~1.2 X 109 years. The radioactive 40K nuclide, which is present deep below the lunar surface, disintegrates to 40Ar, which, in turn, diffuses through the intergranular space and makes way up to the lunar exosphere through seepages and faults.
The Chandra’s Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) payload aboard the Chandrayaan-2 orbiter, is a neutral mass spectrometer-based payload which can detect constituents in the lunar neutral exosphere in the range of 1-300 amu (atomic mass unit). As part of its early operation, it has detected 40Ar in the lunar exosphere from an altitude of ~100 km, capturing the day-night variations of concentration. 40Ar being a condensable gas at the temperatures and pressures that prevail on the lunar surface, condenses during lunar night. After lunar dawn, the 40Ar starts getting released to the lunar exosphere (blue shaded region in figure).”


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Raman spectroscopy using aluminum nitride (AlN) optical waveguides was demonstrated for organic compound analysis. The AlN waveguide device was prepared by reactive sputtering deposition and complementary-metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes. A fundamental waveguide mode was observed over a broad visible spectrum and the waveguide evanescent wave was used to excite the Raman signals of the test analytes. The performance of the waveguide sensor was characterized by measuring the Raman spectra of the benzene derivative mixtures consisting of benzene, anisole, and toluene. The compositions and concentrations were resolved by correlating the obtained Raman spectrum with the characteristic Raman peaks associated with C-C, C-H, and C-O functional groups. With the advantages of real-time detection and enhanced Raman signal intensity, the AlN waveguides provided a sensor platform for non-destructive and online chemical compound monitoring.
Raman spectroscopy, benzene derivatives, optical waveguides, aluminum nitride
M. Makela, P. Gordon, D. Tu, C. Soliman, G. L. Cote, K. Maitland, P. T. Lin, “Benzene Derivatives Analyisis Using Aluminum Nitride Waveguide Raman Sensors,” Analytical Chemistry, May 27, 2020.

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Military urges local gov't officials not to back NPAs in Visayas
A military official urged local government officials not to support the New People’s Army (NPA) in Visayas.
Maj. Abel Potutan, public information officer of the Central Command, said Lieutenant General Noel Clement, the highest-ranked military official in the Visayas, made this call as the May 13 election nears.
“I urge all government officials in the Visayas region to strictly abide with Memorandum Circular 2018-211 and I remind the regional, provincial, city and municipal peace and order councils to use moral suasion or to recommend sanctions against local chief executives and other local officials supporting the NPAs in the Visayas,” said Clement.
Potutan said the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) issued Memorandum Circular 2018-211, reminding all local chief executives and local government officials that giving any form of support to the communist NPA terrorists is a violation of Executive Order 773 and Republic Act 10168 or The Terrorism Financing Prevention and Suppression Act of 2012.
He said Clement made his statement after Brig. Gen. Benedict Arevalo, 303rd Infantry brigade commander revealed that more than 30 local government officials in Negros Occidental have been supporting the rebels while some even allied themselves with the communist organization.
Clement warned that the military "will not hesitate to make the necessary actions and forward to DILG the names of candidates who are supporting the communist terrorist, and using them as private armed group during the elections".
"Those vying for government positions should not in anyway support the communist terrorist as they should be working with the government that the communist terrorists are trying to overthrow," Clement said.
"As government officials, they should be protecting the democratic process of the government,” he added. Robina Asido/DMS

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Jeriq, the Nigerian music star, releases a new single which is titled “No Stylist”
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Police and technology go hand in hand.
According to a senior officer at Dubai Police the department is always on the lookout for the latest technological advancements and innovative new gadgets to help the department.
“We have a special team specifically looking into incorporating new technology and gadgets.
“The idea is to provide a safe environment and technology has indeed helped us a great deal,” says Brigadier Anas Al Matrooshi, Deputy Director of the General Department of Operations for Transport and Rescue.
However, he refused to get into specifics about the latest of such incorporations.
“We have a mission, to maintain Dubai as one of the safest cities in the world and we have been doing everything required for it,” he said.
“We need to create a benchmark for others and we have been doing so,” he said.
The department is showcasing itself with a significant presence at Intersec 2014, the safety and security exhibition that began in Dubai on January 19.
Pointing to the Dubai Police’s fleet of luxury vehicles being showcased at the show he said, “These vehicles for example are tools that communicate to the public our approach to modernity and advanced technology. “Everywhere we have showcased these vehicles, we have managed to attract quite a lot of admirers,” he said.
Among the cars are a Lamborghini with the number plate 2020.
The car itself has the traditional Dubai Police logo and is showcasing the department’s support to Expo 2020.
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