LIFE CLASS
Book and Lyrics by Alan Dix with Mike Kenny
Music by Richard Taylor
Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
3-12 October 2025
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Getting old is a journey that takes a lifetime
It can be a surprise to find that your body has changed in so many ways but you still feel the same inside. Life Class is a joyful and sometimes serious look at the ageing body and the changes that happen to us as we age.
A chorus of 30 older local people accompanied 6 professional actors and musicians to sing songs, tell stories and cavort their way through the truth and beauty of getting older.
Book and Lyrics by Alan Dix with Mike Kenny
Music by Richard Taylor
Director and Writer – Alan Dix
Co-Writer – Mike Kenny
Chorus Director – Em Whitfield Brooks
Musical Director – Mark Goggins
Movement Director – Balbir Singh
Set & Costume Designer – Hannah Sibai
Projection Designer – Paul Slater aka Fabric Lenny
Lighting Designer – Simon Bedwell
Sound Designer & No 1 Sound – Ed Clarke
Rehearsal Accompanist – Tim Brooks
Cast – Tyrone Huggins, Tricia Kelly, Alwyne Taylor
Musicians – Mark Goggins, Rebecca Mills, Michael Bardon
Community Chorus of 30 local older people
Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
Supported by
Bradford Arts Centre
Theatre in the Mill
Balbir Sing Dance Company
Arts Council England
Bradford Council
We loved getting to know our Community Chorus through the rehearsal process and now you can too! Daniel Johnson Gray documented their journey with Bradford 2025, available to watch below:
“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” Eleanor Roosevelt
• longings and lovings • passions and principles • things done and undone • memories and secrets •
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