Welcome to the Acorn Music Theatre Company Website. Our aim is to advance the education of young people in the art of theatre, music and other performing arts, regardless of colour, creed or ability, by creating original music theatre based on multicultural myths, legends and world stories.
Through using the very best artistic practitioners to work with young people, we aim to create confident and dynamic live performances for new audiences in unusual places.
christmas production 2009
Exciting news! Acorn will be performing Henry Muge a la Christmas at a very special arty Barn near you...
More info soon...in the meantime important performance dates for your diary are 22nd and 23rd December.
Autumn Term
Revised times...
Small People 5.15 -6.15
Big People 6.15 - 7.30
Oaks 7.30 -8.45
The dates are as follows:
September 14,NO ACORN ON 21,28
October 5,12,NO ACORN 19 MEGAN AND JOE AND LUCIE PLAYING AT NETTLEBED FOLK CLUB GO AND SEE THEM
HALF TERM
November 2,9,16,NO ACORN 23 PCC MEETING,30,
December 7,14.
KENTON DRAMA FESTIVAL NEWS
CONGRATULATIONS to Tom Barnes who received the Joanna Jones Award (best supporting role Junior Youth) in the recent Kenton Drama Festival for his role as Henry Muge in Acorn's
'A FICTITIOUS ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE & TIMES OF HENRY MUGE'
SIBELIUS STUDENT COMPOSER OF THE YEAR 2008
http://www.sibelius.com/competition/student_composer/2008/index.html
CONGRATULATIONS!
Joe Henwood (on sax) and his sister Megan Henwood (vocals, guitar) have won the Radio 2 Young Folk Award 2009
Both Joe and Megan are long-standing members of the Acorn Music Theatre Company's fantastic Bandaleros, providing original and inspiring music for our productions.
The Acorn Music Theatre Company is a Registered Charity No. 1078023
Artistic Director Gail Rosier Patrons Sinead Cusack, Jeff Dench
