Chichester students take The SpongeBob Musical to Worthing

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University of Chichester Conservatoire’s Triple Threat students return to the Worthing Pavilion this spring with The SpongeBob Musical.

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00:00Good morning, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Answer Dissert and Sussex Newspapers. Always

00:05lovely to speak to the students at the University of Chichester. Speaking today to three from

00:10the Triple Threat Course, the Chichester Triple Threat Course, and you're about to do the

00:15Spongebob musical at Worthings Pavilion Theatre in April. Sounds a really exciting project.

00:21Great to speak to Flo, Enya and Cole. Now, Cole, you are Spongebob. Now, he sounds a

00:27perfect character. He's ever optimistic, isn't he? And just thoroughly nice. Tell me more

00:34about him.

00:35Yeah, he's such a ray of light who wants to just save his town, not for any personal gain.

00:42He just loves his town so much that he would do absolutely anything for it. And as we'll

00:48find out in the story, he climbs this massive volcano just to save his town mates, which

00:53is very lovely to see. And yeah, it's been an absolute joy and pleasure to do this character

00:59and do this show.

01:00Yeah, it must be very flattering that you've been cast as a super optimistic person.

01:04Yes, it was. It was really nice to be given this opportunity. The audition process was

01:12absolutely just amazing. And it was very long, but it was very, I don't know, it was very

01:19just precise. And I understand why, because they want all the perfect casting and stuff

01:24like this. And yeah, I'm just really fortunate to have this opportunity.

01:29It sounds great, Flo, because you're getting the chance to be in a professional theatre,

01:33aren't you? You're going to be in the Pavilion Theatre in Worthing.

01:35Yeah.

01:36What does it mean to you? It's actually a real slice of what your career is going to

01:41be like, isn't it?

01:42Absolutely. It's a huge theatre. I think it's a 700-seater or something like that. So it

01:47brings in a lot of audience members. And we got to see the production last year, because

01:54the third years last year got to do their production in Worthing as well. It's a joy

01:59to see colleagues and mates up on such a big stage. And yeah, it's a really lovely venue

02:06to be doing this joyful show in, really.

02:09Absolutely. And it's going to be a great way of moving towards the end of your three years

02:13in Chichester, which, Flo, you have really enjoyed, haven't you?

02:16Yeah, yeah. I've loved my time at Chichester. And as we're coming to an end of our third

02:21year now, I feel really prepared to go out into the world and into the industry. And

02:25I hope this show will be a really nice ending before we all move on, really.

02:30Absolutely. Now, Anya, you've got a really interesting story. You were in Chichester

02:34stroke Bob Noriega's all the way from Los Angeles. How did that happen?

02:38Yes. Well, when I was in the process of applying for universities, I have dual citizenship,

02:46so I could live and work in the UK and study. And it cost about the same for me to study

02:52in the UK as it would for me to study in California. And so I just thought, well, why not? And so

02:57I came over here, I applied to universities out of the courses that I got into. Triple

03:03Threat was absolutely my favourite by far. I thought it would suit me. I thought I'd

03:08have a good time. And so that's why I've ended up here.

03:10And Anya, it's been good then. You've enjoyed Chichester.

03:13Yes, greatly. It's been a really good.

03:15What's been good?

03:18So many things. Our training has been absolutely superb. Something that I really appreciate

03:23about this course in particular, in comparison to so many drama schools, is that you really

03:27do feel like a person. Every tutor knows your name or everyone in administration knows your

03:33name. If you are having an off day, you can absolutely go to them and speak to them. And

03:37that's so important on such an intense course. And it's really, really lovely. And also,

03:42our year group as students is uniquely quite small and we're all very close. And it's just

03:49made these three years really special and really wonderful.

03:53Well, good luck to all of you all on the course as you go out in the big wide world and not

03:58too long. And in the meantime, have a great time in Worthing with the SpongeBob musical.

04:04Lovely to speak to you. Thank you.

04:05Thank you so much.

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