Project Description
Adlib is a 2-hour production & workshop session whose main focus is developing advanced techniques, rehearsing and presenting a large scle musical each year and an annual variety show, whilst maintaining a socially integrated group. Members will audition for parts and to join the group, each student will be required to sing, dance and perform a short dramatic piece or poem to the panel of directors. It is aimed at the 16 – 18 age group.
This company started in September 2007 and their musical projects to date are:
- Back to the 80's
- A fantastic tribute to the music and styles of the 1980's written around the hits of the day.
- Encore
- A Night in the West End featuring music from Mamma Mia, Billy Elliot, Chicago, and Hairspray
- A Chorus Line
- The famous 1970's show about auditioning for the chorus of a Broadway show. Performed at the Garrick Theatre Lichfield
- Fame
- Set in the New York High School of Performing Arts. Performed at the Garrick Theatre Lichfield
- Disco Inferno
- A Faustian tale set in the heart of the Disco Era. Performed at the Garrick Theatre Lichfield
- Copacabana
- Based on the hit song,, this love story took the audience from new York to Cuba with exciting songs and dances. Performed at the Garrick Theatre Lichfield
- Footloose
- Based on the hit song, featuring a variety of 80's hits and a heartfelt storyline. Performed at the Garrick Theatre Lichfield
- Guys and Dolls
- The classic gangster musical with a selection of evergreen hit songs. Performed at the Garrick Theatre Lichfield
- Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Set in the height of the 1920's Jazz Age, a perfectly constructed evening of madcap merriment. Performed at the Garrick Theatre Lichfield
- A Chorus Line
- A return to the famous 1970's show about auditioning for the chorus of a Broadway show. Performed at the Landau Forte Auditorium Tamworth
- West Side Story
- The Iconic dance show based on the Romeo and Juliet story set in New York - performed at the Landau Forte Auditorium Amington Tamworth
- Fame 2019
- Fame – April 2019 Performed at The Landau Forte Auditorium
Adlib also performs a summer show every year based on current musical trends with comedy sketches and dramatic interpretations, lyrical dances and hip hop styles all presented in a casual cabaret style!