Rent

Synopsis

In this musical, set at the dawn of the 1990s, a group of New Yorkers struggle with their careers, love lives and the effects of the AIDS epidemic on their community. Mark (Anthony Rapp), an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger (Adam Pascal), an HIV-positive musician, scramble for money to pay rent to their landlord and former roommate, Benny (Taye Diggs). Meanwhile, their friend Tom (Jesse L. Martin), a professor, has fallen for Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia), who is slowly dying of AIDS.


CAST LIST

Roger Davis - CHRIS EASTUP
Mark Cohen - MATT NICHOLAS
Tom Collins - SIMON MCGEE
Benjamin Coffin III - ANDREW NEWTON
Joanne Jefferson - ABBIE RAI
Angel Dumont Schunard - JAMES THOMAS
Mimi Marquez - LEXIE BENNETT
Maureen Johnson - NICOLE ROBERTS
Cassie/Mimi's Mother - ELLIE FARMER
Ella/Alexi Darling - NIAMH-MARGARET MCGOWAN
Em/Roger's Mother - KATE PINGREE-WEBBER
Gordon/The Man - DAVID MICHAEL BALL
Jake/Mr Jefferson - MARCUS PERRY
Harvey/Paul - DAN FLAHERTY
Voilet/Mrs Cohen - NATALIE BAGGOTT
Mr Grey - JAMES COLLINS

PRODUCTION TEAM


Produced by - THE COMMITTEE OF SOUTH STAFFS MUSICAL THEATRE COMPANY
Director/Choreographer - ALASTAIR NORTON
Musical Director - IAN STEPHENSON
Choreographer (for la Vie Boheme) - LISA FARMER
Technical Manager - MATT BIRD
Sound - RYAN DOUGLAS
Props - PETER PINGREE

BAND


Keyboards - IAN STEPHENSON
Keyboards/Guitar - JACK HOPKINS
Guitar - TOM COPPIN
Bass - ANDY BARGH
Drums - JACK GROOM

PHOTOS