{"id":6471,"date":"2026-04-22T11:38:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T11:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/?page_id=6471"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:04:42","slug":"joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/index.php\/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat\/","title":{"rendered":"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Lyrics by Tim Rice \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Director\u00a0 <\/span>Holly Harris\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Musical Director Simon Carter\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Assistant Director Lyndsey Betts\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Choreographer \u00a0Daisy Down<\/strong><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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CODS production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat was performed at Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Lower School from 14th – 18th April. A cast of 50 brought this well known and much loved production to life. The cast included a Junior Choir which consisted of ten members of the recently formed CYTA namely CODS Youth Theatre Academy.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>
This is a show that has been around since 1968, and has been produced practically everywhere from the West End to Hollywood. As such people have high expectations of what they are about to see. The unanimous comments following the production demonstrated that the show not only met, but exceeded those expectations. It was indeed roundly praised by the sell out audiences.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Almost everyone knows the story that is told in this show. But, just in case, here\u2019s a very brief recap \u2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat<\/i> is a non stop sung-through musical retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph, Jacob\u2019s favorite son, who is given a beautiful multicoloured coat by his father. His 11\u00a0 <\/span>brothers are exceedingly jealous of him. They sell him into slavery and tell his father that he was killed fighting a goat! Taken to Egypt, Joseph works for Potiphar, gets into trouble that is not of his making and is thrown into jail. Joseph uses his gift for interpreting dreams to rise from imprisonment to become the Pharaoh’s trusted advisor, eventually reconciling with his brothers.\u00a0<\/h5>
The message of the story is that staying true to oneself, maintaining hope through adversity, and practicing forgiveness – even after being betrayed, leads to redemption and the realization of your dreams.\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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In addition to the cast of 50, the programme lists well over 30 people in the production team. Construction, set design and painting, lighting and sound, costumes, props to name just a few of the supporting departments. The company is so grateful to all who worked together to bring the show to the stage, to help the run, and to put it to bed afterwards. There is, as yet, no theatre in Crediton so the staging, seating and hospitality all has to be built from scratch in a school hall. A huge amount of teamwork is involved. Check out the time lapse video from a previous show on the Joining CODS page of our website (About CODS dropdown menu) to get some idea of the tremendous amount of work involved. Once again, thank you one and all for your invaluable help. \u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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THE BAND<\/h5>
MD\/Keys\u00a0 <\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. SImon Carter<\/h5>
Keys\u00a0 <\/span>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Allan Fouracre<\/h5>
Keys \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. Alfie Pugh<\/h5>
Violin \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Gill Crew<\/h5>
Woodwind \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Kate Grant\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>
Woodwind \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Luke Taylor<\/h5>
Horn \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. Steve Herbert<\/h5>
Guitar \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. Dave Jones<\/h5>
Bass \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Phil Williams<\/h5>
Drums \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. Andrew Turner\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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CODS PHOTO GALLERY \u201cSMUGMUG\u201d<\/h3>

Photographs from JOSEPH and previous CODS productions
are all on this gallery.\u00a0<\/span><\/h6>
These range from the very early productions to the present day.\u00a0
There are also some movie clips.<\/h6>
Just click the button and select the show. Enjoy!<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A little historical information\u2026.. So what were the the origins of the Joseph musical? (text edited from the Box Five Club webpage).\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>

In April 1965, Tim Rice, an ambitious pop-songwriter of only 20 years of age, wrote to a 17- year-old Lloyd Webber saying: Mr [Desmond] Elliott told me \u201cyou were looking for a \u2018with it\u2019 writer\u2026 I wondered if you consider it worth your while meeting me.\u201d<\/i><\/p>

Intrigued, Lloyd Webber agreed to meet with Rice and the pair embarked on a legendary collaboration. They received a commission from Colet Court School, to write a Bible story set to pop music that the whole school could perform, no matter what their musical ability. Whilst a school show did not exactly scream \u2018West End\u2019, Lloyd Webber and Rice agreed to give it a shot.<\/p>

They thought of a number of possible ideas before returning to the original Bible story suggestion. From\u00a0The Wonder Book of Bible Stories<\/i>,\u00a0Joseph\u00a0<\/i>sparkled the brightest for its themes of revenge, forgiveness and the potential for humour.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The very first performance of\u00a0Joseph<\/i>\u00a0took place on 1 March 1968 to an audience of 200 parents. Short and sweet at only 22 minutes, the show went down a treat with the school – not least thanks to Rice\u2019s clever and masterfully-constructed lyrics alongside an Elvis-inspired performance of Pharaoh! In fact, the parents were so entertained that they requested a repeat performance. Lloyd Webber and Rice decided to give\u00a0Joseph\u00a0<\/i>another\u00a0\u201cGo, Go, Go\u201d<\/i>, and two months later, the pair brought Joseph to the stage again, at the Methodist Central Hall in Westminster, to an audience ten times the size of the first.\u00a0Amongst the proud parents was\u00a0Sunday Times<\/i>‘s music critic, Derek Jewell, who praised the performance as \u201cirresistible\u201d. When, soon after Jewell\u2019s glowing review, Decca Records came knocking with an offer to turn the piece into an album, Lloyd Webber and Rice realised that perhaps they should start to dream big.<\/p>

They were right. In February 1973,\u00a0Joseph\u00a0<\/i>and his dreamcoat began dazzling audiences in the West End, when it premiered at the Albery Theatre with Gary Bond in the starring role. Today, almost 50 years later, hundreds of amateur and professional versions of the show are performed across the globe each year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our grateful thanks to ASHGROVE KITCHENS the main sponsors of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Also to all our other sponsors and advertisers<\/strong><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour was an amateur production by arrangement with LW\u00a0Entertainment Ltd<\/b><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Lyrics by Tim Rice \u00a0 \u00a0 Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Director\u00a0 Holly Harris\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Musical Director Simon Carter\u00a0 Assistant Director Lyndsey Betts\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Choreographer \u00a0Daisy Down CODS production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat was performed at Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Lower School from 14th – 18th April. A […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6471","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6471"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6522,"href":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6471\/revisions\/6522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/codsonline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}