Rising Stars Awards Winner 2024 – Outstanding Personal Contribution

The Outstanding Personal Contribution award is given to a Rising Stars member who has made the biggest personal contribution to the success of Rising Stars in the previous 12 months. In a nutshell, someone who has gone above and beyond what is ordinarily expected of a member.

AND THE WINNER IS….. Rosie

Rosie, winner of the Personal Contribution Award 2024

Rosie was recognised for all the support they have given to the production teams over the last 12 months. Mirroring her role as Mrs Darling in Peter Pan, she became the ‘Mum’ of the cast, supporting the younger members with everything from developing their performance skills to quick changes. She even formed part of the stage crew!

Thank you for all your hard work, Rosie.

Rising Stars Awards Winners 2024 – Most Improved Members

Rising Stars held their annual awards ceremony after the last performance of Peter Pan – a Musical Adventure on Saturday 23rd March 2024.
The first two awards were for the Most Improved Members.

It was very obvious to us right from the start that being in Rising Stars was more than just singing, dancing and putting on a show. We noticed that members grew in confidence, made new friends and developed all sorts of essential life skills, such as teamwork, interpersonal skills and management.

The Most Improved Member award is not given to the most talented cast member – although many of our previous winners have developed into great performers and taken principal roles. The award is given to the member who has shown the most improvement in some aspect of their performance skills or personality in the previous 12 months as a direct result of their involvement with Rising Stars.

There are two awards in this category – Under 13 Years & 13 years and over.

Most Improved Member – Under 13 years

AND THE WINNER IS….. Zara

Zara, winner of the most improved member 2024 in the Under 13 category.

When Zara first joined Rising Stars for ‘The Addams Family’, she only wanted to part of the ensemble. She sang as part of a small group in That’s Life, but then went on to audition for (and get) the role of Tootles in Peter Pan – a role that required great characterisation and solo singing.

Over the last 12 months, we have had great pleasure in watching her improve in confidence and performance. Well done, Zara!

Most Improved Member – 13 years and over

AND THE WINNER IS….. Kai

Kai first joined us for School’s Out but was initially very shy and kept very much to themselves during rehearsals. Over the last 12 months, Kai has not only performed two comedy character roles brilliantly, but has become a fully integrated and popular member of the group.

We have watched him grow in confidence and ability throughout the last 12 months and the production team particularly like the way he is the first member of the cast to learn all of his lines.

Congratulations to you both. We look forward to seeing you perform in many more shows with us.

Tickets on sale NOW for Peter Pan – a Musical Adventure

Tickets are now on sale for Rising Stars’ forthcoming production of ‘Peter Pan – a Musical Adventure. The cast of talented 9 to 18 year olds are currently putting their finishing flourishes to this spectacular musical which will be staged nightly in Beccles Public Hall & Theatre from Thursday 23rd to Saturday 25th March at 7.30pm.

JM Barrie’s timeless tale of the boy who never grew up is reborn as a stunning musical with a score by Stiles & Drewe. Peter Pan whisks the Darling family’s children beyond the stars to his island where there are “no tedious distances between one adventure and the next”. Accompanied by a live band, this production is a musical treat for all the family.

Peter Pan is the next fully-staged show in an ever growing line of successful musical productions by the Beccles-based musical theatre group, whose previous credits have included Les Misérables, Spamalot, Legally Blonde and The Addams Family. Although the majority of the cast are under 18, they pride themselves on bringing the high quality and professionalism that you would expect of any theatre company to all of their performances.

Tickets for Peter Pan are priced at £13 for adults and £10 for under 18s and can be purchased online at any time from the Beccles Public Hall Box Office using this link.

Tickets can also be purchased by visiting Beccles Public Hall Box Office in person or by telephoning 01502 770060. The Box Office is open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 3pm and accepts both debit and credit cards.

For further details please Contact us

AGM 2024 date announced

Please be advised that the 2024 Annual General Meeting of WLOG & Rising Stars will take place at 7:45pm on Monday 12th February 2024 in the Quaker Hall, Smallgate, Beccles.

All members of Rising Stars who have paid their 50p membership fee since April 2023 (cast members of That’s Life! & Peter Pan) are invited to attend, but only members who have reached their 14th birthday will be eligible to vote.

The agenda, minutes of the last AGM, some reports and other documents will be circulated in due course.

Best regards
The Committees of WLOG & Rising Stars

Remembrance Day 2023 – Rising Stars will Never Forget….

Members of Rising Stars laid a wreath at the Beccles War Memorial to commemorate Remembrance Sunday.

Cast members Ava and Yazmin represented the group by taking part in the annual wreath laying ceremony at the Beccles memorial.

In addition to the wreath-layers, other members of Rising Stars were at the service representing the Cadets, local schools and Girl Guiding Beccles.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.

Peter Pan – we have a cast!

We had a huge number of young people applying to audition for us this time and were blown away by the quality of their auditions and the talent they showed us.

This gave us a tough couple of hours deliberating, but we finally have a full cast for Peter Pan – a Musical Adventure.

Congratulations to all successful candidates, and commiserations those that did not make the cast this time. It’s so sad to have to turn away talented youngsters who have put so much time and effort in auditioning. You all did yourselves proud and we would have included everyone if we could fit you all on stage and in the dressing rooms!

Rehearsals have started already and we had lots of fun at our first script read-through for Peter Pan.

A famous story, fabulous music and an amazingly talented cast – we are so excited about this show!

Auditions slots available NOW for Peter Pan

Are you aged 8-19? Want to be part of an award-winning musical group? Book your audition for Peter Pan NOW.

We are now taking bookings for audition slots for Peter Pan – a Musical Adventure

Cast auditions will be on Friday 29th September (evening) and Sunday 1st October (morning).

To book your place, please complete and return an Application to Audition form (available from our downloads page) by Sunday 24th September.

Audition rehearsals start on Sunday 17th September from 2-4pm in Blyburgate Hall, Beccles for anyone who would like to be in the cast as a principal and/or a company member.

Full details of Pre-audition rehearsals

Sunday 17th September, 2pm – 4pm
Company & principal audition practice / guidance

Friday 22nd September, 7pm – 9pm
Company & principal audition practice / guidance

Sunday 24th September, 2pm – 4.30pm
Movement & character workshop.
Company audition practice

All rehearsals are in Blyburgate Hall, Beccles.

Don’t panic if you can’t attend all the pre-audition rehearsals as the character descriptions and audition requirements are detailed in the Peter Pan Cast Information (available from our downloads page)
We look forward to meeting you at a rehearsal and hope you take advantage of this opportunity to perform with our friendly and talented group.

Fantastic turnout for the Peter Pan Information evening

Fantastic turnout for our information evening for our next production of ‘Peter Pan – a Musical Adventure’.

The hall was packed with a mix of old friends and new faces, all eager to hear the production team’s plans for this exciting show.

The search for the cast has officially started – and it’s not too late to get involved! Just visit our Next production page for more information.

Open auditions for Peter Pan – a Musical Adventure

Are you 8 to 19 years old and can sing, dance or act?
Now is your opportunity to join the award-winning Rising Stars for –

Peter Pan – a Musical Adventure

To be performed in Beccles Public Hall on the 21st – 23rd March 2024

Rising Stars is looking for enthusiastic and talented singers, dancers and actors (especially boys!) to perform in this dazzling musical.

JM Barrie’s timeless tale of the boy who never grew up is reborn as a spectacular musical with a score by Stiles & Drewe. Peter Pan whisks the Darling family’s children beyond the stars to his island where there are “no tedious distances between one adventure and the next”.

Close your eyes and imagine, close them tight and pretend as you take off on a magical trip to Never Land, where you never grow old.

All existing members and anyone wishing to join Rising Stars are invited to an Information Evening at 7pm on Friday 8th September in Blyburgate Hall, Beccles, where there will be the opportunity to find out more about the show, meet the production team and get more details about how to audition to be in the cast or for a principal role.

To become Peter Pan cast member, you will need to:

  • Be a student in school year 3 or above (max age 19)
  • Book an audition slot by completing an Application to Audition form (available on the 8th or afterwards from the downloads page)
  • Attend the auditions on Friday 29th September (evening) or Sunday 1st October (morning).

These are open auditions. ALL roles and ensemble are available for casting.

For more information on how to get involved with this exciting, friendly and award-winning group of young performers, come along to the Information Evening or contact us.

If you can’t make it to the Information Evening but are still interested in being involved with the show, just let us know and we’ll make sure all the information given out on the night is emailed to you.

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