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YOU DO IT ENTERTAINMENT

WITH CARTER DIXON MCGILL PRODUCTIONS

PRESENT

A WORKSHOP & INDUSTRY PRESENTATION OF

A SECOND

CHANCE

A NEW MUSICAL

MUSIC & LYRICS BY
COLIN ROSS WATERSON

BOOK BY
BEN HARTLEY

DIRECTED BY
BRUCE GUTHRIE

THE UNION THEATRE, LONDON

FRIDAY, 17th MAY, 2024 @ 3:30PM & 7:30PM

A SECOND CHANCE is a ninety-minute, one-act new British musical about an aspiring singer who faces extraordinary circumstances on the road to fame. Set in the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, in the late nineties and in London twenty years later, this is a story about family, struggle, sacrifice, fame, identity, self-acceptance and love in all its crazy, wonderous forms.

A SECOND CHANCE is a ninety-minute, one-act new British musical about an aspiring singer who faces extraordinary circumstances on the road to fame. Set in the streets of Glasgow, Scotland, in the late nineties and in London twenty years later, this is a story about family, struggle, sacrifice, fame, gender identity, self-acceptance and love in all its crazy, wonderous forms.

CAST

(in order of appearance)

Chance ........................................................... Riley Carter

Therapist ...................................... Victoria Wilson-James

Jaxx/Young Chance .................................. Alicia Corrales

Spencer ................................................... James Hastings

Mum ............................................................ Celia Graham

Rich Abaddon ......................................... Daniel Crossley

PRODUCTION

Executive Producers ........................

& General Managers .....................................

Director ..............................................

Director .......................................

Director ....................................................

Producer/General Manager .....................

Production Co-ordinator ....................

Production Co-ordinator .........................

Accounts ................................................ 

 

Music Director .......................................... Audra Cramer

Stage Manager ................................................ Katie Ball

Casting Director ..................... Laura Donnelly CDG ICDA

Associate Director ....................................... Ben Standish

Videographer ............................................ Stuart Anning

Stills Photographer ................................... Roger Alarcon

 

Setting: Glasgow, Scotland 1998 & London, England 2018.

 

Running Time: 90 minutes, no intermission.

Carter Dixon McGill

OUR TEAM

John Webb-Carter

Jamie Chapman Dixon

Stephen McGill

Katy Galloway

Bailey Harris-Kelly

Aixa Amarante

Fiona Somerville

PRODUCTION DEMOS

REHEARSAL PHOTOS

Photos by Roger Alarcon

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CAST, CREATIVE, & CREW BIOS

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Riley Carter
Chance

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Colin Ross Waterson
Music & Lyrics

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Audra Cramer
Music Director

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Victoria Wilson-James
Therapist

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Alicia Corrales
Jaxx/Young Chance

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James Hastings
Spencer

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Celia Graham
Mum

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Daniel Crossley
Rich Abaddon

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Ben Hartley
Book

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Bruce Guthrie
Director

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Carter Dixon McGill
Executive Producer &
General Manager

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Katie Ball
Stage Manager

Laura.webp

Laura Donnelly CDG ICDA
Casting Director

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Ben Standish
Associate Director

THANK YOU'S

The Boury Academy | Dan Bowling & The Royal Academy of Music | The Union Theatre | Adrian Bailey | Alan Cumming | Alan K Greer | Alex Lefevre | Alexander Lowry | Alister Morris | Alison Corbett | Allison Masulis | Al Ross | Angela Daye-Lobenhofer | Angie Spence | Arthur Pita | Asli Gul Kurt | Becky Clarke | Belinda Chapman |Ben Allen | Beth Herstein | Bill Gottdiener | Bradford C Mulder | Brenda Ross | Callum Kaczynski | Caragh Chong | Chad Daugherty | Charles Hinkle | Charlotte Winters | Christine Denham | Claire Rhodes | Darcey Chong | David Clarke | David Quinn | Dawn Griffin | Dominic Brant | Donald Waterson | Emily Fletcher | Gillian Jack | Gill Morton | Gill Reynolds | Gillian Thomson | Ginger Thatcher |Graham & Linda Hartley | Graham’s Golf Buddies | Gregory Landes | Greg Roderick | Harry Shifman | Heather Habens | Idris Moudi | Irene Gray | Isobel Mortimer | Izzet Ers | Jacqueline McEwan | Jamie Deklin | James Brown | Jennifer Taylor | Josef Jammerbund | Josh Bullock | Julia Shapp | Julie Skaggs | Justin Reich | Karl Szczupider | Kathleen McGarrie | Keeley Smith | Kevin Mathurin | Lake Perriguey | Laura Waterson | Lauri Hogan | Linda Hartley | Lisa Donmall-Reeve | Lisa Hodgson | Litania Colon | Louisa Barr | Louise Cooke | Lynn Morgan | Maia Adams | Maggie Wason | Mami Tomotani | Marcia Ciriello | Margaret Holmes | Margaret Waterson | Mark Morrison | Matthew Bourne | Matthew Dalby | Matthew Simpkins | Michael J McEvoy |Monika Sosnowski | Nanette Kincaid | Nelson Silva | Oliver Brandan Gray | Pamela Kareman | Patti Markot Niccolls | Peter Leigh-Nilsen | Phil Campbell | Rachel Edson | Rachel Goldsmith | Rachel Lancaster | Rachel Sibony | Rachel Wurman | Richard & Jason Idgar Plowman | Richard Goldsmith | Ron Howell | Ryan Perry | Sandy Faison | Sara Cormack | Sebastian Sosnowski | Sheridan Jones | Sherry Cole | Simon Brignall | Stefano Pallara | Stephanie Kurtzuba Coakley | Stephen Mear | Stephen Yach | Steve Borowka | Steve Kirkham | Susan Carrick | Susie Gorgeous | Suzanne McClafferty | Tania Emery | Todd Susman | Tom Russell Fox | Vance Garrett | Vicky Cohen | Vincent Clarke | Vivian Scott Chew | Warren & Helen Jones | William Yong | Whitney Osentoski | The Graham Vick Foundation

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