The Mellow Dramatics Music Theatre Group

How it started

In 1981, ten of Coral Gould's vocal pupils produced a Music Hall Show to raise funds for the 
Abbot Beyne School in Burton upon Trent, to hire costumes for their school production of 'The
Gondoliers', Our name was just a joke!

It then developed into a touring show, doing on average one a month, to help raise funds for 
various organisations in village, church and schools halls, and once in a stately home.

More than twenty years later, we are a large community group producing musical shows three 
times a year at The Brewhouse Arts Centre which is situated in the town centre of Burton on 
Trent. Our shows range from well known 'box office hits' to lesser known shows that stretch
our members abilities.      Click here for details of our next production.

Membership

We have approximately 70 members either on stage, building scenery or making costume and 
82 patrons, including the entertainer Sue Pollard. The members include Coral Gould; a
professional voice teacher, a number of qualified musicians, a qualified dancing teacher and
scenic artist all of whom give their professional expertise to the group.  We are known well in the
community although membership does extend out of town.

Amongst our members we have many under the age of 18. It has always been our policy to use
and train young people. It has always been our policy to train the members in the arts disciplines
and to that end we have engaged the services of various lecturers from the professional arts 
world including recently; a West End music theatre specialist and an RSC dialogue coach.

Bursaries have been given frequently to the young people to help with equipment and study. Little
profit has been accrued because we have spent to improve the quality of our work.