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T J SPENCER (1972 - ) |
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Nationality: British Email: Click here to contact Website: Click here to visit |
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Tim J. Spencer was born in Taunton, Somerset in the UK in 1972. Around the age of 14 Tim discovered a love for creating music. His first venture into Musical creation was a juvenile piece called "La Rivoluzione" based on the Italian revolution. Although it has long disappeared, a couple of the tunes resurfaced in later works. In 1989 Tim witnessed the fall of the Berlin Wall on the television, a truly historic moment. From then Tim set about the idea of creating the musical "Berlin". Its first incarnation was a basic set of songs and a rough plot in 1991. From this developed the 1994 version which was first performed at the Priory Theatre in Kenilworth and subsequently at the College Theatre, Coventry, culminating in the full orchestral version which was staged at the Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham in 1995. In 1996 Tim created two new workshop musicals: "Vincent", loosely based on the film/book "Lust for Life" about Vincent Van Gogh, and "Rising Sun", the all female musical influenced by Tenko. Both were subsequently performed and, although well received, Tim left "Vincent" behind to concentrate on a full production of "Rising Sun" which was first performed in July of 1997 at the Talisman Theatre in Kenilworth. Whilst working on a cruise ship in 2000 Tim set about re-writing and scoring both musicals. In 2006 "Berlin" was staged in full at The College Theatre in Coventry for a 4 night run. Following this a showcase version of the show was performed at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London and the Original Cast Recording from the musical made it to the number 1 spot in the Dress Circle Musical Theatre Charts. In 2009 "Rising Sun" was produced in Stratford-Upon-Avon under the direction of Wilson Roberts. Tim is presently working on several projects including a musical version of "The Man in the Iron Mask", a full version of "Vincent", an original idea called "The Tombstones", a musical based on the George Barr McCutcheon book "Brewsters Millions" alongside producer/director Steve Boden, and, just for good measure, an Opera based on the works of a ficticious 18th Century French Composer Felix Venerin called "The Legend of Venerin".
Plays by T J Spencer
Berlin | ||
| 1st Produced: | The College Theatre, Coventry | 10 Oct 2006 | ||||
Company: | Green Panda Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Green Panda Theatre, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #112259 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 (male) 1 female + chorus | |||||
Notes: | Berlin is available from the website www.greenpandatheatre.co.uk all as hard copy script and scores or as pdf downloads. | |||||
Synopsis: | Berlin is an epic love story set around the backdrop of the Berlin Wall over a 23 year period from 1966 to 1989. Act One sees the two lovers Elin and Gustav trying to escape to the West through the Wall, Elin is captured and taken to prison, Gustav, alone makes it to West Berlin. Elin is pregnant and gives birth to their son, Joshua, in prison. Hans, a kindly jailer, rescues the child from certain death but is unable to tell Elin of what has taken place. Act Two is set in 1989 and sees the family still searching for each other, with their eventual reunification on the night the Wall fell, November 9th 1989. | |||||
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Rising Sun | ||
| 1st Produced: | Talisman Theatre, Kenilworth | 17 Jul 1997 | ||||
Company: | Green Panda Theatre | |||||
| 1st Published: | Green Panda Theatre, 2010 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #112286 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | 12 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Rising Sun is available from the website www.greenpandatheatre.co.uk all as hard copy script and scores or as pdf downloads. | |||||
Synopsis: | Over the course of the final few days of the 2nd World War we live out the story of 12 women trapped in Burma in a Japanese Women's Prisoner of War camp. From the first morning we meet them (Hell) through the harrowing story of a protagonist who is still sleeping with her former lover, a Japanese guard, the alienation and also the realization that she is still one of the girls. To the moment she is killed, by their captors, the devastation, and concluding with the surprise, realization and astoundment when the girls are released the story is full of drama and stirring music. | |||||
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Three Musketeers, The - The Queen's Diamonds | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Educational Musicals (2009) | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #100224 | |||
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Genre: | Musical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | large mixed cast | |||||
Notes: | by Tony Dalton and Tim Spencer | |||||
Synopsis: | D'Artagnan, arrives in Paris to join King Louis XIII's Musketeers. He's an argumentative young man and on arrival immediately offends three musketeers - Porthos, Aramis, and Athos - and challenges each to a duel. But when they meet, instead of having a duel, the four are attacked by the Cardinal's guards and D'Artagnan's courage soon becomes apparent to the others. Becoming firm friends, D'Artagnan takes them on an adventure to thwart Cardinal Richelieu's plans to disgrace the Queen. Along the way, he comes across the beautiful, but evil, Madame Lady De Winter, who will stop at nothing to make certain his mission fails! | |||||
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