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NODA
The best of G&S in the South
Main Show Director
1997, 2002 - 2006 & 2010
1997, 2002 -
As an actress, she has appeared in many television programmes and also played in the Oscar-winning movie, 'Chariots of Fire'. She has been a stage director for over 20 years, working with professional and amateur companies both in the UK and North America, with over 100 productions to her credit. She specializes in dialogue and character development.
Roberta has directed most of the Savoy Operas on numerous occasions. Other credits include The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, La Vie Parisienne, La Belle Helene, Waltzes From Vienna, Oliver!, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, Me And My Girl, Viva Mexico, Half a Sixpence, Maid in Japan, Cinderella, My Fair Lady and The Importance Of Being Ernest.
North American productions include:
Iolanthe - Toronto Gilbert and Sullivan Society;
The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance and Ruddigore - The Savoy Company, Philadelphia;
The Grand Duke - Washington Savoyards;
HMS Pinafore and Ruddigore in San Francisco for the Buxton International Gilbert and Sullivan Festival.
Roberta was co-director, with Kenneth Sandford, of The Gawsworth Opera for 9 years and was a consultant assessor to The Birmingham School of Speech and Drama for 10 years. She was stage director for 'The Magic of Gilbert and Sullivan', appearing with her former D'Oyly Carte colleagues at such prestigious venues as The Barbican and Royal Festival Halls, London; Symphony Hall, Birmingham; The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester; St David's Hall, Cardiff; The National Concert Hall, Dublin.
In recent years Roberta has won a fine reputation for her Theatre Skills Workshops, in which she teaches amateur performers invaluable stage technique. In the USA the popularity of her vocal and acting Master Classes, for both amateur and professional performers, takes her across the Atlantic several times a year; Philadelphia, West Chester University in Pennsylvania, Boston, Houston, New York and Chicago amongst her destinations. In 2009 she directed a hugely successful production of The Pirates of Penzance for the Savoy Company in Philadelphia and returned this year to direct Ruddigore. In 1999 she published an acclaimed biography of the great D'Oyly Carte baritone, Kenneth Sandford and has also written a G&S thriller, Vengeance Dire. Roberta lives on the beautiful Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales and enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles, crosswords and watching sports. She even admits to being a lifelong West Bromwich Albion supporter...
Roberta has directed most of the Savoy Operas on numerous occasions. Other credits include The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, La Vie Parisienne, La Belle Helene, Waltzes From Vienna, Oliver!, Oklahoma, Guys and Dolls, Anything Goes, Me And My Girl, Viva Mexico, Half a Sixpence, Maid in Japan, Cinderella, My Fair Lady and The Importance Of Being Ernest.
North American productions include:
Iolanthe -
Roberta was co-
In recent years Roberta has won a fine reputation for her Theatre Skills Workshops, in which she teaches amateur performers invaluable stage technique. In the USA the popularity of her vocal and acting Master Classes, for both amateur and professional performers, takes her across the Atlantic several times a year; Philadelphia, West Chester University in Pennsylvania, Boston, Houston, New York and Chicago amongst her destinations. In 2009 she directed a hugely successful production of The Pirates of Penzance for the Savoy Company in Philadelphia and returned this year to direct Ruddigore. In 1999 she published an acclaimed biography of the great D'Oyly Carte baritone, Kenneth Sandford and has also written a G&S thriller, Vengeance Dire. Roberta lives on the beautiful Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales and enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles, crosswords and watching sports. She even admits to being a lifelong West Bromwich Albion supporter...
Roberta Morrell studied singing and clarinet at The Royal College of Music in London, before spending 10 years with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company as both chorister and principal.
