Chess
Hampton Hill Theatre
October 2004
Director – Steve Taylor
Musical Director – Martin Wilcox
Choreographer – Caroline Smith
Production Manager – Clare Henderson-Roe
Chess is a musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson, formerly of ABBA.
The story involves a romantic triangle between two players in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other. Although the protagonists were not intended to represent any specific individuals, the characters’ personalities resemble those of chess grandmasters Viktor Korchnoi and Bobby Fischer.
CAST
Florence – Emma Mclean-Cook
American – Bryan Cardus
Russian – Paul Kirkbright
Svetlana – Alison Birtle
Arbiter – Thomas Butler
Molokov – Bob Salter
Walter – Jim Simpson
Dancers, Pop Choir & Chorus – Anna Colton, Jan Croxson, Michelle Fittus, Fiona Hedger-Gourlay, Rachel Hughes, Anna Jones, Helen Lowe, Cathy Makepeace, Deb McDowell, Gemma Melhuish, Stephanie Moon, Claire O’Dell, Faye Rogers, Janet Simpson, Angela Sturgeon, Denise Truscott, Claire Ward-Dutton, Will Brooks, Mark Burgess, Tony Cotterill, Tim Hedger-Gourlay, Tony Makepeace, Chris Morris, John Nugent, Andrew Yeates, Carl Smith, Douglas Smith, Jim Trimmer
CREW
Stage Manager – Steve Gillam
Lighting – Ed Pagett
Sound – Paul Greenhalgh
Set designer – Wesley Henderson Roe
Costume – Lynne Shirley
