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Red Riding Hood

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Captivate Caraoke

Join us for an evening of musical theater karaoke.

Everyone is welcome – first timers and  experienced karaoke singers alike! The bar will be open a half hour before the show begins. If you plan to sing it would be helpful if you could send Robb (robb@captivatebaern.ch) an email with either a link to your backing track on youtube or the backing track file itself. If you’re not so keen on planing ahead, just come along and we’ll find you a backing track on the fly.

Next dates: 13 Nov 2024 at 20:00 / 14 Dec 2024 at 18:30
(after the evening performance of Red Riding Hood)

Masterclass for Musical Performance

Ready to perform? At the masterclass, people with a love for musical theatre meet and are coached by two professionals. The programme includes vocal coaching, storytelling, showmanship and stage presence. 

Next Masterclass: TBA

Takes place from 5 persons.

Côme Verber (Ageus)

Côme Verber (Ageus) holds a BA in Political Science and has recently completed his studies as an actor at Les Teintureries in Lausanne where his work with award winning choreographer Philippe Saire and theatre directors Gian Manuel Rau and Ahmed Madani profoundly influenced his development as an artist. During his studies he directed Michel Vinaver’s ’11 September 2001′. He most recently has performed in Olivier Nicola’s production of ‘L’Homme de Podolsk’, as Gomez in the Collectif Rythmes en Scène’s production of ‘The Addams Family  – The Musical’, in Rémi Molleyres’ movie, ‘La Valse Sauvage’ and also in a piece of his own creation, a solo performance, ‘Let Them Eat Chaos’, based on songs written by English spoken word performer and recording artist, Kae Tempest.

Lisa Wallinger (Glauce)

Lisa Wallinger completed her training as an actress at Les Teintureries (Lausanne) in June 2023. As a longstanding member of the L’avant-Scène opera academy in Neuchâtel, she has performed in many operas including Didon et Enée (Purcell), La Bohème (Puccini) and Orphée aux Enfers (Offenbach). She is currently directing her first independent theater project,  Intérieur Nuit, a montage of poems.

Richard McKinley (Jason)

Richard McKinley is a well known face and voice in the independent theatre scene in Bern. He has performed in numerous productions with The Caretakers and also Hey Charlie Productions, most recently at the ‘Burgdorfer Krimitage’. Richard holds an MA  in Mathematics  and a PHD in Computer Science and had extensive training as a ‘choral scholar’ – the music award held by a student in a Cambridge University chapel choir.  In addition to having worked with many different choirs and vocal groups, he has appeared on stage in operas and musicals including ‘The Sorcerer’, ’The Boyfriend’ and ’Orpheus and Eurydice’.  His day job is leading a research group at the University Hospital of Bern, where he develops machine-learning techniques for interpreting, labelling and quantifying neuro-imaging.

Anina Rosa (Medea)

Since completing her training as a musical performer at the Stage School Hamburg in 2017 and further training at the Schule für Schauspiel, Anina Rosa has been involved in various stage projects. In 2021, she launched her first own two-person musical, “Sie hören von uns!”,  which premiered in November 2021 and has been on tour ever since. She teaches music and voice training and since 2018 has been realising her own productions with the collective Ich so, du so? Auso! with young refugees. Most recently she was in the ensemble and was a cover for “Frau Jenny” in Dällebach Kari at the Thunerseespiele