The first production of Joseph

In 1967, Andrew Lloyd Webber was approached by a music teacher, Alan Doggett and asked to write a pop cantata for his school choir. But the idea for Joseph actually came from Tim Rice after Andrew asked if he would write the lyrics for the songs.

The performance was only 20 minutes long, and the "premier" of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat was on 1st March 1968 at the Old Assembly Hall, Colet Court, Hammersmith.

Trivia: ALW & his pal Tim Rice sold the copyright back then for 100 guineas between them, and bought in back in 1989 for £1 million!


Only available on vinyl, and out of print now, the first recording of Joseph was in 1969.

The colours of Joseph's Coat - I know them all!

Not being one to repeat myself, this blog started in a different spot - here - but I reckon it deserves a place of its own.

I'm so looking forward to the new series Any Dream Will Do, starts this Saturday 31st March on BBC1. I hope it lives up to Maria School, and it should, there are a multitude of excellent songs in this musical masterpiece.

Will any of the hopefuls live up to Jason Donovan, Philip Schofield, Darren Day, Donnie Osmond or any of the other leading men who played the role in the West End?

Roll on Saturday!