MUSICAL Theatre students at the University of West London in Ealing performed an adaptation of The Who’s rock musical Tommy.
It is written by The Who’s Pete Townshend, an UWL alumnus and founder of the university’s Townshend Studio.
The performance, featuring 22 first- and second-year students at UWL’s London College of Music explored how immersive theatre can reimagine this classic work.
The show started in the University’s Lawrence Hall in a free-standing performance before the audience of fellow students, friends and family were taken through to Freddies for a cabaret style performance, then returned to Lawrence Hall for the remainder of the show.
Selected audience members were taken to a separate room throughout for a private one-on-one performance (in the style of the immersive and interactive performances by theatre company Punchdrunk.
The aim was that every audience member experienced the show slightly differently.
It was directed by the course leader for Musical Theatre, Gillian Ford, and choreographed by lecturer Kirsty MacLaren.
Student Lily Lakin said: “I loved the whole process, from planning to rehearsing to seeing it all come together in the final show. Seeing people's visions and interpretations of Tommy and what it meant to them was so interesting.”
