“Gerry Tebbutt” Acting Via Songs Online Master Class

December 30th, 2021




Who is Gerry Tebbutt?

iStage Artistic Patron, West End Director, Educator, Head of the Foundation Course in Musical Theatre Guildford school of Acting, University of Surrey.
 
In the West End, Gerry appeared for fifteen years in many long running musicals.
 
He was Associate Director of the Wolsey Theatre Company, Ipswich for ten years where he directed and choreographed over eighty plays and musicals and was a regular Guest Director/Choreographer at the Queens Theatre, Hornchurch, Palace Theatre Watford, Mercury Theatre Colchester, Pitlochry Festival Theatre and Playhouse Derby.
 
Gerry recently appeared in the European Premier of the Broadway musical Ballroom at Waterloo East Theatre . To date Gerry has been involved in over three hundred theatre productions either as a performer, choreographer or director and continues to lecture on theatre. Dramatic Lines published his book on “Musical Theatre” which is aimed at young people hoping to follow a career in performing arts.
 
Gerry has been a guest director/lecturer for many leading drama schools including Mountview, Italia Conti, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Urdang and was external examiner for Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.


Class Information

iStage students: 10 years and up
Non-iStage students: 12 years and up
Date: January 8, 5.30-7.30PM
Max: 16 students
Address: 203, Building A1 Betwin, No.889 Shangcheng Road, Lujiazui, Pudong



Long-Press QR code to enrol


Class Structure

- 5 mins intro.
- 15 mins warm up.
- 80 mins students sing and get feedback from Gerry.
- 20 mins Q&A.


Before Class

- Please send in a 1 minute video where the student sings a song from the Musical Theatre and student's Bio to carol.zhang@istageacademy.com or wechat account:iStage_2021 before December 29(see the list of suggest rhymes or something that students are comfortable with)

Female:
The Sun' ll Come Out Tomorrow(Annie)
Let Me Entertain You (Gypsy)
Castle On A Cloud (LesMiserables)
Naughty (Matilda)
Show Business (Bugsy Malone)
 
Male:
Where Is Love (Oliver)
Consider Yourself (Oliver)
Little People (Les Miserables)
Lift Me Up (The Secret Garden)