The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Date Posted: 19th October 2024

We say this EVERYTIME we announce our next school show but believe us, you will not want to miss this one.

Time to clear your schedule for 20th – 23rd October.

Since we’ve arrived back to school the cathedral bells have been ringing loud in the Abbey, and in the corridors, strange statues and gargoyles have appeared!

We are delighted and excited to announce to you our upcoming production of

The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

🗓 Dates:
Sunday 20th – Wednesday 23rd October

🕖 Time: 7:30pm

🎟 Tickets: £12

Tickets are now available to purchase via the iPayimpact

We are grateful to everyone connected with our school community who has placed an advertisement in the programme. If you wish to contribute, full page adverts are £100.

Please contact the school on 028 3026 3142 or [email protected]

Your support is greatly appreciated.

Remember, productions like this in the Abbey only come round every

years. Our last one was a complete sell-out and we had to turn a huge amount of people away. So, don’t delay and get your ticket TODAY (or tomorrow as the poster below suggests with Corey and Dara

) but then again parents can purchase on IpayImpact. Let’s keep these two busy tomorrow

The talent you will see, from our young cast, is on a scale like no other. The hard work and time dedicated to putting on a show like this is hugely demanding on our school community, and we can’t wait to showcase the talent at 77a Ashgrove Road.

Let’s get sharing

Let’s meet our amazing cast

Claude Frollo, Euan MacKenzie

Euan is a Year 14 student at the Abbey, currently studying his A-levels in English Language, Psychology and History. He is very excited to be playing the role of Frollo in the school production.

This is his first ever production that he has been involved in and although he is a little nervous, he has really enjoyed the experience to date. He watches many productions as a hobby with his favourites being Sweeney Todd and Hamilton.

He hopes you enjoy the show and thanks you for all the support.

Clopin – Jack Mallon

Jack is a Year 13 pupil at the Abbey, studying Drama, Psychology and Sociology. He is very excited to be playing ‘Clopin’ in the production. Jack is a member of Flynn Performing Arts and is studying for his Grade 6 in Musical Theatre under the Tutelage of Fiona Flynn.

Although he is still relatively new to partaking in shows, over the last year Jack has played ‘Mickey’ in the Bosco’s production of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and his first lead role as ‘Mrs Trunchball’ recently in the Newry Youth Performing Arts’ production of Matilda.

Outside of musical theatre he has danced from the age of 5 with Sinead Nolan and has competed in World Championships and other major competitions with Irish dancing.

Jack hopes you enjoy the show.

In a slight departure from our “Meet the Cast” series, we are delighted for you to meet the choir!

Our production of The Hunchback of Notre Dame will be complimented by the services of Flynn Performing Arts and a brand new, just out of the box, bespoke choir of FPA singers!

An Abbey show and a FPA concert, all for £12! You lucky people.

Thank you to Fiona Flynn for taking on the task and thanks also to

Anna-Maria Boyle, Maria Convery, Cliodhna Cowan, Sean Devlin, Daire Downey, Rachel Finnegan, Ben Grant, Clare Keeley, Tara Lundy, Rebecca Mulligan , Mícheál O’Hare, Judith Quinn, Michael Sloan and Fergal White for rehearsing and preparing for performance over the last 6 weeks.

Remember, tickets are ON SALE NOW!!!

IpayImpact App

School Foyer every morning

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As we continue our meet the cast, let us remind you all the opening night is in only

sleeps.

Pheobus is Oliver Larkin.

Oliver is a Year 12 student at the Abbey and is studying GCSE Drama and Music. Oliver has played a variety of roles before such as ‘Marius’ in NYPA’s Les Miserables and ‘Dean’ In Bosco’s Jamie, however he is looking forward specifically to be a part of his first school production.

Currently, he is a member of Flynn Performing Arts working on his Grade 8 Musical Theatre and Classical singing. Oliver is also working towards his Grade 6 Piano with Catherine McElroy. He is excited to be playing Phoebus in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and hopes you enjoy the show.

If you haven’t got your ticket, WHY NOT?

IpayImpact App for parents and students

Every morning before registration at reception

02830263142

Next up in our meet the cast profiles is a student from our collaborative school, Sacred Heart. Tess is just one of 17 Sacred Heart students, 3 Our Lady’s students and 1 St Mary’s student who will appear in this production. It really is a community production.

Esmerelda- Tess McElherron

Tess is a Year 14 student at the Sacred Heart Grammar School, and is currently studying A level Theatre Studies and Drama.

Tess has played a variety of roles such as ‘Pritti’ in Bosco’s Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, ‘Fantine’ in Newry Youth Performing Arts’ production of Les Mis and ‘Anita’ in their latest production, West Side Story.

She is currently working towards her Grade 6 in Musical Theatre with Jordan Walsh. She is also working towards her intermediate grade in Modern Dance with Morgan Theatre Arts.

Tess is excited to be playing Esmerelda and she hopes you enjoy the show.

more sleeps, get your tickets now……

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Box office at reception every morning

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Our Lady’s Grammar School

St Mary’s High School Newry

Our final meet the cast

Role: Quasimodo – John McCaffrey

John is a Year 11 student at the Abbey CBGS, currently studying Drama at GCSE. He is currently working on his Grade 5 Musical Theatre with Fiona Flynn through Flynn Performing Arts.

John is also a part of Newry Youth Performing Arts where he got his start in musical theatre, and he also attends weekly classes on Sunday afternoons with them. He has previously undertaken roles such as ‘Oliver’ in the production of Oliver, ‘William’ in our school’s last show Frankenstein and Mr Wormwood in Matilda. He is delighted to be given the chance to portray Quasimodo in this production.

He hopes you enjoy the show and thanks you very much for the support.