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FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE OF A SONG FROM 'TESS'

29/8/2017

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One of the featured songs from new British musical TESS is to get a public airing for the first time in a concert performance next month.
Nikki Cross
Nikki Cross to sing 'Guardian Angel' from TESS
Actress and singer Nikki Cross will perform 'Guardian Angel' as part of an evening of musical theatre favourites entitled Nikki Sings Things.
 
Nikki is no stranger to the TESS score after singing the role of dairymaid Izzy on the forthcoming concept album recording of the show. Composer Michael Blore said: “It is fitting that Nikki should be the first person to sing one of our songs live. She is a very talented performer who is not only great fun on the album but has also been a joy to work with.”
The TESS recording is due for completion within the next couple of months and features West End and Broadway stars Siobhan Dillon, Tam Mutu and Simon Bailey in the three principal roles. 
'EXCITING'

Nikki said: “I am very much looking forward to getting my hands on a copy and was so grateful to be part of such an exciting new musical.”

Nikki Sings Things starts at 7.30pm on Thursday September 21 at The Stagey Fox in Regent Street, Leamington Spa. It forms part of a season of events at the venue throughout the autumn, including concerts, play readings and storytelling.
Nikki Cross with Matt Flint
Nikki with MD Matt Flint
​For more information, visit www.thestageyfox.com/events or www.nikkiccross.com
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Casting announcement - The Dairymaids

1/3/2016

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​TESS creators Michael Blore and Michael Davies are delighted to announce the casting of three crucial roles for the forthcoming album recording of the show - the Dairymaids.
The trio - MARIAN, IZZY and RETTY - not only provide some comic relief but also give Tess significant support as she battles with her personal tragedies in the new British musical adaptation of Hardy's much-loved novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles.
 
Dipsomaniac dairymaid Marian will be played by SALLY JOLLIFFE, whose lead roles include productions at Birmingham's Hippodrome and New Alex theatres, as well as more intimate concerts and cabarets across the UK. She said: "I'm really excited about recording this beautiful score with a very talented cast and team."
 
NIKKI CROSS takes the role of Izzy, an old hand on the farm where Tess finds work. Nikki trained with leading young people's company Playbox Theatre, and recent credits include Singin’ In The Rain, The Pajama Game and Annie (Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa), Sweeney Todd, Little Shop of Horrors, Godspell and Scrooge (The Loft), Humpty Dumpty (Talisman Theatre), The Full Monty, Boogie Nights, 
The Wedding Singer (Spa Theatre Company) and Hair (The Dream Factory, Warwick). Born in Bristol, she claims she is “very much looking forward to getting the chance to revive my native West Country accent!”   

 
The young and naive Retty will be played by PHILIPPA ROSE, currently training at Mountview
​Academy of Theatre Arts in London. A veteran of Rugby Theatre, she previously worked with composer Michael Blore on The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. Other credits include Juliet in Romeo and Juliet at the RSC in Stratford-upon-Avon, the promiscuous teenager Ivy in Total Theatre's production of Bare, and 
Lois in Mountview's production of Kiss Me Kate. After TESS, she says she is “looking forward to graduation and seeing what the professional world holds for me”.
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This is the second tranche of casting for the TESS album after the Chorus was announced earlier this month. Renowned casting director Anne Vosser will be holding auditions for five principal roles on March 31st and April 1st at the Dance Attic in Fulham, London. More details are expected to be released later this week. 
 
Produced by Sunim Koria, work on pre-production of the album will begin in April.
 
Lyricist Michael Davies said: “We are thrilled with the latest developments in casting and delighted to welcome on board so many performers of such quality and talent. It really feels that we are at the start of something rather extraordinary."
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