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Lily Millard and Sofia Hannah will be sharing the title role of Pippin as the University of Chichester’s musical theatre triple threat students take to the stage with the show in the Assembly Theatre on the university’s Bognor Regis campus.

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00:00Good morning, my name is Phil Hewitt, Group Arts Editor at Sussex Newspapers. It's always

00:05lovely to speak to the students at the University of Chichester because they're just so enthusiastic,

00:10particularly so Vivi and Sophia who are on the Musical Theatre Triple Threat course

00:16and they are taking to the stage before long with Pippin. Now Sophia, what's Pippin all about would

00:22you say? So Pippin tells the story of this group of travelling players and they are putting on this

00:31story of Pippin and they repeat the story all the time, they tell the story and it tells the tale

00:40of the character of Pippin. He's a prince and he just finished university and it's about him

00:45going into the world and trying to find his place in life and find fulfilment and meaning to

00:52everything and yeah that's the story of Pippin. That sounds great and Lily you are sharing this

00:57role then, you're alternating are you? Yes. And Lily you were saying that you are playing this

01:04role in different ways which is part of the fun of it isn't it? Oh absolutely, I mean we've kind

01:10of only just started getting it up on its feet recently but it's been just like a joy to see the

01:15differences and watch each other perform. I quite like to play Pippin as a more grounded character

01:21but with this kind of hopeful twinkle and you know self-discovery so that the audience can

01:27really see he was an everyday man that they can relate to and Sophia you're very energetic and

01:32incredibly entertaining. Just getting swept up in the excitement of being in this performance with

01:37all these other actors. That must be such an important lesson because clearly there's no

01:43one way you must perform a particular role, it's what you bring to it. Yeah and I think especially

01:49with this show that is really every interpretation is so different. Oh it sounds brilliant and Lily

01:55you are loving your time in Chichester aren't you? Yes it's been absolutely wonderful, the community

02:02is incredible, the teaching quality is incredible. I auditioned two years in a row so I feel very

02:09lucky to be here and you know be studying with everyone, yeah it's amazing. And Sophia you would

02:14absolutely agree with that wouldn't you? Oh yeah. What makes a good place to be as far as

02:21your concerns Sophia? I think just the environment here is so safe and encouraging and everyone just

02:33wants everyone to just be the best version of themselves and that's so encouraged here

02:38and it's intense but it's so fun at the same time it doesn't feel like it's intense at any point

02:45it just feels like everyone's just here doing what they love together. Brilliant. Well you're

02:49both second years so you've got plenty more to come in Chichester haven't you? Yeah. The show

02:54is Pippin and it's from the Musical Theatre Triple Threat course at the University of Chichester.

02:59Really lovely to speak to you both, good luck with the show and good luck with future careers.

03:03Thank you so much, it's been lovely to speak to you. Thank you.

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