So that was “Pop Stars the 90's Musical” and what a totally poptastic effort by all involved. It was such a blast and pleasure for our cast and crew to have such well attended performances. The near sell out shows gave our actors, singers and dancers a real opportunity to showcase their talents and skills to the wider Dunedin community. We even had a letter of thanks and praise from a member of the public in the Otago Daily Times on Thursday 26 May (see attached below).

Thank you all for your support, it is very much appreciated and valued.

There are a number of individuals, organisations and businesses that must be recognised for their contribution to this year’s show. In no particular order the cast and schools would very much like to thank the following individuals:

Director - Nick Tipa
Assistant Director - Aimee Hazlett
Vocal Consultant - Sam Madden
Production Manager - Eugene Shields
Choreography - Kirsten Parkinson, Laura Voight and OG’s Dance students
Instrumentations - Sinclair McLaren
Stage Manager - Anne Gorman
Set Design - Richard Dougherty
Set Construction - Richard Dougherty, Mike Foster, Simon Pickard, Henry Bayne, Tj Gonera, Maximilian Smith, Heart Addison, Than Khunratanasiri, Alexander Roe, Jordan Wood, Bayley Lillis, James Whelan, Alex Boys, Jacob Hannigan, Kian Potts, Patrick Smit, Min Kang, Mike Porteous, Matthew Teo, Michael Ind, James Grigg, James Kelly, Thomas Woodfield, Tommy Nicholson, Henry Stowers, Tom Walsh
Costume Design - Courtney Drummond and Tia Pharaoh
Costume Assistants - Rosemary Flanagan, Lilli Hansen, Lydia He and Jeanette Robinson-Trumop
Programme - Richard Dougherty, Anne Gorman
Publicity and Sponsorship - Kathryn Gordon
Front of House - Jacqueline Irving, Adrienne Buckingham
Lighting Design - Sam Clark
Lighting Crew - Sam Clark, Zade Fairweather, Alexander Roe, Hayden McAllister, Patrick Smit
Props - Prudence Hinchey  and Simon Pickard
Makeup - Gen Scott
Sound - Sarah Macindoe-Baker, Courtney Drummond

The cast and crew would also like to acknowledge the generosity of our financial sponsors.

Preens Dry Cleaners, Brandwell Moller, H&J Smith, The Framing Factory, Tinto Bus Services, OGHS PTSA, OBHS PTSA and Kelk Photography.

Finally the core production team of Nick Tipa, Aimee Hazlett, Kirsten Parkinson and myself would like to extend an extra thank you all performers. It has been an absolute pleasure to be involved with you all in the production of a piece that required  the energy of many talents for success.

Rock 'n' Roll people! We love pop music....

CAST

Shannon - Emily Atkinson
Patrick - Jack Fisher
Ella - Jacinta Compton
Mark - Tom Sharp
Steffi - Molly Parker
Vinnie- Blair Duthie
Tina - Larissa Howie
Shane - Alex Grant
Charlie - Sarah Hubbard
Simon Austin - Elijah McDonald
Carrie - Millie Cossou
Chef Joey - Tyler Proctor
DJ Prince - Danielle Marriott
The Principal - Tom Smith
Terri - Madi Dow
Coach - James Williamson

ENSEMBLE: Devon Allen, Bethany Astwood, Brita Barton, Nele Bross, Nigel Chiruka,Olivia Clare, Amy Closs, Peter Crosson, Jessie Craig, Harry Dale-Emberton, Sophie Day, Emma Dixon, Maddy Dougherty, Jasper Dove, Emily Finnie, Surrey Fisher, Autumn Gamble, Blaire Hanna, Nathan Hanna, Oban Hansen, Angus Henderson, Mark James, Sarah Jocelyn, Summer Johnson, Dylan Kay, Jay Lee, Kyle Mace, Annabel Marshall, Sara McNaughton, Amara Muldrew, Kyra Murdock, Hector Nafatali, Russell Nicholson, Susanna O’Keefe, Christiana Osam, Emily Paine, Tegan Parks, Tia Pharaoh, Priyanka Poulton, Cassie Ransom, Caitlin Rawling, Zara Robinson, Reuben Savage, Frankie Scoles, Mikayla Smith, Vegas Srichotthakorn, Naser Tamimi, Caitlin Thompson, Tamara Vial, Laura Voight, Meredith Walker.