The Guildford Sound and Light Show
Celebrating the renovation or Guildford Castle Keep and its exciting new discoveries
The 21st Century Guildford Son et Lumiere will use the latest computer generated imaging and lighting technology to promote our 11th Century Castle Keep and celebrate its new role as a prime visitor attraction at the heart of the town in the beautiful Castle Grounds.
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At 8.00pm nightly from September 8th – 12th 2004 featuring:-
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- The voices of Penelope Keith, James Bolam, Edward Hardwicke and others
- Script by award-winning writer
- Giant computer generated images projected onto the newly plastered Keep walls
- Specially composed Song for Guildford
- Covered Audience Seating
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There will be opportunities for special corporate hospitality entertaining |
SYNOPSIS
The script illustrates with stories and songs how this small town, a favoured place for royal visits, grew through the success of its wool trade and developed into the lively and cosmopolitan centre it is today.
The characters of famous Guildford writers such as PG Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster and Lewis Carroll’s Alice tell some of the stories.
Others feature famous historical figures – George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, Yvonne Arnaud, Actress, Alan Turing, the Enigma Code breaker to name a few.
Innovative technologies of computer graphics, sound and special effects lighting will variously produce bloody massacres, mediaeval partying, rioting in the streets and ominous doodle bug approaches. The whole show is presided over by the “Lord of Misrule” (the fruity voice of Edward Kelsey. (Joe Grundy of the Archers) and will conclude with a plea to cherish Guildford’s heritage, spoken by Penelope Keith.
PROJECT PARTNERS
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The Guildford Sound and Light Project is non-profit making and has gained the support of the following:-
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- The Vice Chancellor of the University of Surrey
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- Both Mayor and Mayor-Elect of the Borough of Guildford Borough Council
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- Guildford Borough Council, partners with English Heritage in the Renovation of the Keep
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- Schools and Voluntary Organisations in Guildford Borough – many of whom are committing talent, time and effort to projects, competitions and activities involved with the Sound and Light Show, the Castle’s History and local heritage
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- Guildford Institute – the University’s town centre base, with an independent Membership, is a major player, from which the entire Steering Group is drawn.
§ Auriol Earle, former Borough Councillor and Trustee of the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre; Project Co-Ordinator
§ Patricia Grayburn, University of Surrey Arts Administrator
§ Liz Markwell, the Institute’s Activities Officer; Project Secretary
§ Margret Walker, former Headteacher; Schools Liaison
§ Hilary Barratt, Photographer; Presentation Management
§ Diana Maxwell, Business Analyst; Project Planning and Finance
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PRODUCTION TEAM
Producer – Michael Cochrane, (currently playing Oliver in The Archers)
Scriptwriter – Martyn Read, twice Winner of the Giles Cooper Award
Sound-Track – Michael Bartlett, ex-BBC Radio Drama Producer
Lighting – Hugh Leslie
“Song for Guildford” to be specially written by Simon May
Permission to use ‘Layla’ given by Eric Clapton
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FOR THE DISADVANTAGED, in order to encourage everyone to come along and enjoy the Sound & Light Show, special facilities will be available to those with sight and hearing impairments, as well as for wheelchair users and the less active elderly.
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