{"id":11604,"date":"2024-07-19T09:35:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=11604"},"modified":"2024-07-19T09:35:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T08:35:19","slug":"park-life-former-music-scholar-reflects-on-her-recent-role-with-regents-park-open-air-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/19\/park-life-former-music-scholar-reflects-on-her-recent-role-with-regents-park-open-air-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"Park Life: former Music Scholar reflects on her recent role with Regent&#8217;s Park Open Air Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Music Performance Scholar and Comparative Literature student, <strong>Joanna Adaran<\/strong>, has been treading the boards recently since graduating from Kent in 2022. A stalwart member of the Musical Theatre Society during her time, as well as singing in various lunchtime recitals, Joanna has recently been working with Regent&#8217;s Park Open Air Theatre; here, she tells us about her recent project.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11610\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/07\/1X8A0978.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"316\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I\u2019ve spent the last few months as part of the cast of the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl\u2019s <em>The Enormous Crocodile. <\/em>The production was at Regent\u2019s Park Open Air and was produced by them and Leeds Playhouse.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11614\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/07\/d6dc78fe-3eb6-4a2a-b74b-66f0a2374e99_jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Being part of this show has been the most wonderful, memorable stage debut to I could ask for. Bringing laughter and fun to the tens of thousands of people that came to see the show over the course of the run was a privilege and felt very special.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11611\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/07\/6d95cdb9-90a4-4d31-904d-9bf1be1bc9ff_jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" \/>I was cast in the role of Trunky, the brave elephant, within an amazing company of five other actors, including an off-stage swing, and an incredible creative team. We began rehearsing in the latter part of April and took to the stage in May for previews, a rainy but enjoyable press day, and a beautiful run after that.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been an honour to look back on my days doing music and theatre at Kent. I\u2019m so grateful for all the staff, fellow musicians and company members who supported me through my journey to a professional stage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11612\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/files\/2024\/07\/27df11f4-02a3-44a1-be94-ab00d06580cf_jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" \/>I\u2019m continuing with acting projects and looking forward to my next time on the stage!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Joanna singing\u00a0<em>At Last<\/em> during the Scholars&#8217; Spotlight series filmed during lockdown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"kent-video-wrapper\"><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='474' height='297' src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dlaHefc-3uo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Production mages: <strong>Johan Persson<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/19\/park-life-former-music-scholar-reflects-on-her-recent-role-with-regents-park-open-air-theatre\/&amp;t=Park Life: former Music Scholar reflects on her recent role with Regent's Park Open Air Theatre' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Park Life: former Music Scholar reflects on her recent role with Regent's Park Open Air Theatre%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/19\/park-life-former-music-scholar-reflects-on-her-recent-role-with-regents-park-open-air-theatre\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/19\/park-life-former-music-scholar-reflects-on-her-recent-role-with-regents-park-open-air-theatre\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/19\/park-life-former-music-scholar-reflects-on-her-recent-role-with-regents-park-open-air-theatre\/&amp;title=Park Life: former Music Scholar reflects on her recent role with Regent's Park Open Air Theatre' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/19\/park-life-former-music-scholar-reflects-on-her-recent-role-with-regents-park-open-air-theatre\/&amp;title=Park Life: former Music Scholar reflects on her recent role with Regent's Park Open Air Theatre' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Music Performance Scholar and Comparative Literature student, Joanna Adaran, has been treading the boards recently since graduating from Kent in 2022. A stalwart member of the Musical Theatre Society during her time, as well as singing in various lunchtime recitals, Joanna has recently been working with Regent&#8217;s Park Open Air Theatre; here, she tells &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2024\/07\/19\/park-life-former-music-scholar-reflects-on-her-recent-role-with-regents-park-open-air-theatre\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Park Life: former Music Scholar reflects on her recent role with Regent&#8217;s Park Open Air Theatre<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":620,"featured_media":11613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1110],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11604"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/620"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11604"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11616,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11604\/revisions\/11616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}