Summer School

Due to overwhelming public demand, The Biz is proud to announce its summer school and production for 2012. This intensive two week course will in August 2012 culminating in fully staged performances of a musical at The Rhoda McGaw Theatre in Woking. provisional dates 20th August -1st September 2012 TBC.

We will once again have full orchestra, Fantastic scenery and colourful costumes. Young people between the ages of 8 - 21 will be given an exciting opportunity to perform in the production under the guidance of West End professionals, as part of the Biz Theatre School’s Summer School Production. The students will be involved in acting, singing and dancing. It will be hard work but with a strong emphasis on enjoyment for all! They will produce an exciting show and we will endeavour to ensure that the 2 weeks are great fun! The course will help the participants to develop confidence and performance skills. The course comprises of 10 days of enthusiastic and busy rehearsals and preparation towards the climax of performances on the Friday and the Saturday in the theatre, utilising the skills learned during the course.

All profits to SHOOTING STAR CHASE HOSPICE CARE FOR CHILDREN

For more details of times, fees, or Any queries? Email us, or use our Enquiry Form

From previous Productions -

Following previous year’s successful productions of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, fAME, THE KING AND I, THE WIZ, OLIVER and GUYS AND DOLLS our summer school production for 2011 was West Side Story. This intensive two week course took place in AUGUST 2011 in Woking, culminating in a fully staged performance of WEST SIDE STORY at The Rhoda McGaw Theatre, Woking. The whole production was an outstanding success. We had a fabulous full orchestra, fantastic scenery and beautiful costumes. All profits from the production will go to SHOOTING STAR CHASE The Children's Hospice Association. We have raised over £16,500 from our last FEW productions and look on target to raise well over £2,000 this year.

We played to packed houses and got a fantastic reviews on the local Radio:

To hear the full article click here

We are now in the process of planning next year's summer school. Places to the summer school are offered on a first come first served basis and everyone is welcome to apply, although they will need to audition to be considered for any principal roles. We again expect to have an overwhelming response so if you are interested you will need contact us to confirm a place for 2012.

Press reviews and More production photographs from previous productions

We were delighted to welcome Cllr James Friend, Leader of the council, to the opening night and he congratulated everyone involved and was amazed that the entire production had been mounted in only 10 days as part of an intensive summer course. He commented “I just wanted to say thank you from us both for a truly wonderful show last night - a magnificent achievement in just 10 days and a group of young people entirely a credit to their generation. Please do pass on our congratulations and best wishes for the future to Richard, Lauren, Matt, Nigel, Jessica and all the others involved - they were fantastic. Very best wishes for continued success with the Biz.”.

Anna Wemyss Community Fundraising Manager for Chase commented “Thanks again so much for supporting CHASE and please pass on our thanks to all of the cast and helpers involved in putting on the show and raising money for CHASE. Thanks again for all your support”.

We have now raised over £17,000 for Chase and over £20,000 for local charities from our last few productions.

"Congratulations on raising a fantastic total of £3733.46. This really is wonderful news. The amount raised is enough to fund the cost of one of our community care workers for a month. Our community care team visit life-limited children and their families giving mums and dads a break from being carers.

The performance of FAME was of such a high standard and I hope that all involved are very proud of themselves for a great show and for raising so much money for CHASE. "

Best wishes.

Anna Wemyss
Community Fundraising Manager
CHASE Hospice Care for Children
Registered Charity No. 1042495

Following previous year’s successful productions our summer school production for 2009 was Fame The Musical. This intensive two week course took place in AUGUST, culminating in a fully staged performance of Fame at The Leatherhead Theatre. We are delighted this year to have had the opportunity to perform at this wonderful 500 seat professional theatre in Leatherhead, which has full box office booking online and really good facilities. It has played host to so many major stars in its history and boasts Sir Michael Caine as its Patron.

The whole production was a huge success, very well received by the Head of Council, NODA representatives, local press and audience. We are very proud to announce that we have raised over £3,700 for CHASE and the children’s hospice for Surrey, Christopher’s. The Biz has now raised more than £17,800 for local children's charities from their last few productions! WELL DONE EVERYONE!

To see more pictures from our previous productions of Fame The Musical 2009, The King and I 2008, The Wiz 2007, Oliver! 2006 and Guys and Dolls 2005 click here.

"The show was a colourful spectacle with attention to detail paid to everything from Music to costume.....The Children were all great performers....All had excellent Stage presence and were very professional ".

"Just wanted to let you and the team know how much we enjoyed Fame on Saturday evening. We brought family and friends and every one of them said how much they enjoyed it. One of our friends, who is a very youthful 91, could not believe that they were not professional and that the whole show had been done in 2 weeks. Congratulations and hope you raised the money you wanted to for Chase.”

“I just wanted to congratulate you all on the weekend performances of Fame! It was a tremendous show and quite incredible that it was put together to that standard in just 10 days!

I thought you, Anna and Richard really did an amazing job together and you should be very proud of your achievements. You were absolutely right when you said earlier this year that she would benefit from the experience. Many congratulations and I hope you are pleased with the funds raised for Chase.”

"You did a marvellous job yet again. I don't know how you do it. Not only was the show spectacular but the kids had such a wonderful time. I don't know any kid who has done this who can't wait until next year. Well done to you and all the staff. Thank you for all your hard work and making these workshops so much fun for the children".

"Well done to you and all your helpers - it is truly amazing what can be achieved in such a short time".

"I think you can safely say you surpassed yourself with this one. It was a fantastic production. Thank you so much for doing the show yet again. Our kids are getting the most amazing opportunity in putting on a production like this".

"Thank you and all your team for all the hard work and for putting on such a splendid production. We and all our family and friends enjoyed the show so much.

Thomas found the whole two weeks fantastic and is already talking about what might be the show for next year."