a.k.a. "One Schwartz day!"
'You can't stop the beat' is the name of the summer concerts performed by the society in churches around York in June 2009. The name is a reference to the song from the musical Hairspray which is the final song in the programme.
- Musical director
- J. Mark Pim
- Accompanist
- Koki Imada
- Technical director
- Mike Houston
Programme
First half
- Skid Row (Little Shop of Horrors)
- Crystal/ Audrey- Lauren Mathews
- Seymour- Stuart Roberts
- Wino- James Gaughan
- Damnit Janet (The Rocky Horror Show)
- Brad- Stuart Roberts
- Janet- Morven Hamilton
- I Still Believe (Miss Saigon)
- Ellen Lauren Mathews
- Kim Anna Stephenson/ Jenny Draper
- Day by Day (Godspell)
- Soloist- Morven Hamilton
- Poor Child (The Wild Party)
- Queenie- Lauren Mathews
- Kate- Morven Hamilton
- Black- J Raphael Richards
- Burrs- James Knowles
- Maria (West Side Story)
- Tony- Stuart Roberts
- I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables)
- Fantine- Lauren Mathews
- Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler on the Roof)
- Tevye- James Gaughan
- Golde- Jackie Smithers
- Perchik- J Raphael Richards
- Hodel- Anna Stephenson/ Morven Hamilton
- A Little Priest (Sweeney Todd)
- Mrs. Lovett- Morven Hamilton
- Sweeney Todd- Chris Charlton
- Ain't it Good? (Children of Eden)
- Mama Noah- Jenny Draper
Second half
- The Old Red Hills of Home (Parade)
- Old Confederate Soldier- Chris Charlton
- One Short Day (Wicked)
- Glinda- Jackie Smithers
- Elphaba- Lauren Mathews
- Sunset Boulevard (Sunset Boulevard)
- Joe- J. Mark Pim
- Schadenfreude (Avenue Q)
- Gary- Jenny Draper
- Nicky- James Knowles
- Master of the House (Les Miserables)
- Thenardier- James Knowles
- Mrs. Thenardier- Jackie Smithers
- All the Wasted Time (Parade)
- Leo- J Raphael Richards
- Lucille- Jenny Draper
- Close Every Door (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat)
- Joseph- James Gaughan
- A Teenager in Love (Return to the Forbidden Planet)
- Miranda- Morven Hamilton
- But I Do (I Love You Because…)
- Diana- Lauren Mathews
- Jeff- Chris Charlton
- Marcy- Anna Stephenson/ Morven Hamilton
- Austin-James Knowles
- Audition Sequence (The Last 5 Years)
- Cathy- Jenny Draper
- Take Care (How to Write an Opera About Jerry Springer)
- You Can't Stop the Beat (Hairspray)
- Tracy- Morven Hamilton
- Link- Stuart Roberts
- Penny- Lauren Mathews
- Seaweed- Chris Charlton
- Wilbur- James Knowles
- Motormouth- Jenny Draper
Awards
Biggest Wino: Stuart Roberts
Sluttiest: Morven Hamilton
Tearjerker: Lauren Mathews
Heavenliest Voice: Jenny Draper
Wildest Partygoer: J Raphael Richards
Tony & Maria (Cutest Couple): J Mark Pim and Stephen Schwartz
Mazel Tov award for Most Committed: J Mark Pim
Most Edible: Stuart Roberts and his amazing fish tie
Ain't He/ She good?: James Knowles
Red Hills Award: Cecily Blench and her red heels
Has All of us Honeymooning: Lauren Mathews & Morven Hamilton
Happiest at the Misfortune of Others: Megan Bryan
From a Forbidden Planet: Koki Imada
Beatstopper: Jenny Draper
Cast List
Chorus
Megan Bryan
Lois Cross
Jenny Draper
Alison Foster
Morven Hamilton
Lauren Mathews
Cecily Blench
Danielle Neville
Jackie Smithers
Anna Stephenson
Lucy Pell-Walpole
James Butterworth
Chris Charlton
J Raphael Richards
Stuart Roberts
James Gaughan
Michael Houston
James Knowles
