Student show will be a real beauty

Paisley students are set to perform a favourite musical.

The third and fourth year UWS Performance (Musical Theatre) students wi l l perform the internationally award-winning show Beauty and The Beast, which is based on the Academy- Award winning Disney animated feature, on stage in May.

UWS third and fourth year Technical Theatre students are also going to play a key role in the delivery of the musical.

They will assist with production duties, including the design of sound and lights.

Stephen Langston, Programme Leader of the UWS Performance programme, is producing the performance of Beauty and The Beast, with Jane Robertson, Cluster Lead for Art, Music and Performance, directing.

Stephen said: “Beauty and the Beast is a Broadway classic and we are delighted that our exceptionally talented students are presenting and performing this hugely popular musical at the Gaiety in May.”

This production features songs written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman along with new songs by Menken and Tim Rice.

Beauty and the Beast tells the story of Maurice who becomes lost in the woods on the way to the fair. He seeks shelter in an old castle, but the master of the castle is a horrible beast that takes him captive. Maurice’s daughter, Belle, must then give up her freedom to save his life.

The show will be staged at The Gaiety Theatre, Ayr.

UWS enjoys extremely strong links with the theatre.

In 2014 UWS students perform the world premiere of the musical The Green Door, written by university lecturers Stephen Langston and Jane Robertson, at the theatre.

This was followed by a performance at the Gaiety of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, Aspects of Love in January 2016 and Legally Blonde The Musical in January 2017.

To book tickets or for more information regarding the performance visit http:// ayrgaiety. co. uk/ beautyand-the-beast-an-amateurproduction-presented- byraftuws/