Networks Blog Stories Nº. 23: Nick Moore

1. What’s your name? NICK

2. Do you have a Networks name? I'M SURE I'VE BEEN CALLED MANY.

3. How many shows have you appeared in? ACTED: 16 WRITTEN: 49 DIRECTED: 50

4. Name them!A CHRISTMAS CAROL - THE PANTO, A CHRISTMAS CAROL - THE PLAY, THREE PRINCESSES IN WAITING, THE HAPPY PRINCE, DICK WHITTINGTON, THE SCARECROW GIRL, SNOW WHITE X2, CINDERELLA X2, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, UGLY, ALADDIN, PAINTING MEMORIES, LAST PANTO IN LITTLE GRIMLEY,

5. What was your first show? AS ACTOR, A CHRISTMAS CAROL - THE PLAY, AS WRITER/DIRECTOR THE FIRST SHOWS IN MARCH 1998

6. What are your earliest memories of the shows? LEE'S ENTHUSIASM, LEARNING THE WORD "GANAS." Realising the potential of the students. Knowing that whatever you asked them to do they were capable of doing it.

7. What is your earliest/favourite/scariest memory of Nick? PUBLIC APOLOGY. :-) I'M SORRY IF I'VE EVER SCARED SOMEONE WHEN I DIDN'T MEAN TO. I ONLY MEANT TO DO THAT TO A FEW PEOPLE. (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.) THERE IS NO GREATER SATISFACTION THAN CREEPING UP TO THE DOOR OF THE SMALL ROOM WHEN PEOPLE DON'T KNOW I'M THERE. ENDLESSLY AMUSING.

8. What has been your favourite show to date? REALLY DIFFICULT TO NAME ONE...BUT IF ONLY FOR THE FINAL TWO SONGS......MARCH 2008 - SHOW 35 ODYSSEUS.

SEE BOTH SONGS HERE. The Show Must Go On and We are the Champions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OEr51Uq0EM

9. Do you have a favourite moment in a show or memorable moment in rehearsal? I HAVE A MILLION OF THESE...HERE ARE A FEW....

THE FIRST TIME WE DID SNOW WHITE AND TEACHING THE YOUNG ACTORS PLAYING THE DWARFS THE SONGS. IT WAS A WONDERFUL MOMENT.

THE OPENING OF FLIGHT...ONE WING DOWN LOW....

SINGING WITH ALBERT IN PRINCE AND THE PAUPER...(HE'S A NATURAL ACTOR BUT DOESN'T REALISE HOW GOOD HE IS)

THE END OF KINDERTRANSPORT WHEN LUIS SAID "GOODNIGHT MAMA,"

THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF REMEMBRANCE & DISTANT THUNDER.

THE AWARDS NIGHTS. THE BEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR!!!

RECNAD

DAVID (WE SHARE A BIRTHDAY)AND MARIA.

CHARLIE, ALBERT, BROCKITO AND YERAY. AS TYROL DANCERS AND SCROOGETTES.

LAURA GOMEZ, A NATURAL TALENT.

DENNIS CARPENTER. PROBLEM SOLVED.

WHEN I WAS ME.

CERTAIN SPECIAL STUDENTS YOU GET EXTRA CLOSE TO. I CAN'T NAME NAMES AS THEN SOME OF YOU WILL FEEL LEFT OUT, BUT SOME STUDENTS MAKE MY LIFE AN ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.

AND COUNTLESS OTHER SPECIAL MOMENTS THAT SO MANY OF YOU HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO, TO MAKE MY WORK A JOY.

10. What is your favourite photograph of any production? (Attach it to the email from the show's CDRom and we’ll put it on the blog.) DONE

11. Are there any ideas you’d like to give Nick when he’s planning productions. Stories or subjects that you think might make good shows? OBVIOUSLY I CAN'T ANSWER THIS QUESTION EXCEPT TO SAY...IT IS MY AMBITION THAT THE BIG PLAN IS THAT THE NETWORKS ACTORS WRITE THE SHOWS AND DIRECT THEM. IT'S YOUR THEATRE.

12. Finally can you sum up Networks Theatre in just one word? MAGICAL





THIS HAS TO BE MY FAVOURITE PHOTO OF ALL TIME. ALL THE STUDENTS TOTALLY IN THE MOMENT.



IT IS SO SATISFYING TO CREATE A MOMENT THEN SEE IT SO BRILLIANTLY PERFORMED.



I HAVE SO MANY PHOTOS OF YOU ALL AS CHILDREN, I THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY FAIR TO PUT UP ONE OF ME. I WAS 14. IT'S NOT A WIG.



ISN'T IT AMAZING. ALL THESE PEOPLE SAID I WANT TO COME TWO NIGHTS A WEEK AND CREATE SOMETHING BRILLIANT!


MY FAVOURITE POSTER THAT I'VE CREATED. IT TOOK DAYS TO CREATE. IT'S MADE UP OF LOTS OF COMPOSITE IMAGES CONNECTED TO THE STORY OF THE LIFE OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS. MANY ASPECTS OF MY WRITING ARE CONNECTED TO FLIGHT. I BELIEVE YOU CAN FLY!



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