Garnet and Gold brings Disney’s Beauty and the Beast to the stage in Sackville
Garnet and Gold’s latest production, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, runs Thursday through Saturday at Mount Allison University’s Convocation Hall.
Director Karen Valanne says the student society picked an ambitious production to mount in 2024, with a large cast of 45, including a youth ensemble from local schools. Altogether with crew and orchestra, there’s about 70 people involved. “Cast and crew, everybody’s been working really hard,” says Valanne. “They’re very dedicated, very talented… it’s a dream for me.”
But for Valanne’s role as director, the production is run entirely by students. “We’re only a society, but we’re one of the only ones in Atlantic Canada that do full scale productions like this,” says Henna Matharu, who is playing the role of Belle. “Ticket sales, building the set, doing the choreography, teaching music… it’s all student led, the entire thing.”
Matharu says after months of work, she’s excited to share the show with audiences. “Everyone is very fitted to their role,” says Matharu. “It’s a show that’s for the whole family that you’re not going to want to miss.”
Meg Aylward is playing Cogsworth, and says that after her experience last year with Garnet and Gold’s production of High School Musical, she couldn’t resist auditioning for Beauty and the Beast.… Continue