{"id":20180,"date":"2013-12-03T13:05:42","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T13:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=20180"},"modified":"2017-10-24T10:55:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T10:55:07","slug":"popular-musical-staged-in-cardiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/popular-musical-staged-in-cardiff","title":{"rendered":"Popular musical staged in Cardiff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It may have made its Broadway debut 17 years ago, but this month, students at the <a title=\"More about the college\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rwcmd.ac.uk\/\">Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama<\/a>\u00a0are out to prove that the musical <em>Rent<\/em> is still relevant today.<\/p>\n<p>Performed by a student cast studying for a <a title=\"More about the course\" href=\"http:\/\/www.rwcmd.ac.uk\/postgraduate_courses\/acting\/ma_musical_theatre.aspx\">Master\u2019s in Musical Theatre<\/a> at the college, <em>Rent<\/em> tells the story of a group of New Yorkers struggling with relationships, illness and what it means to be human.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20285\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 336px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/royal-welsh-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-20285\" alt=\"royal welsh 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/royal-welsh-11.jpg\" width=\"336\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rent will be performed at the Bute Theatre in the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama this month.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Course leader, Vivien Care, believes that the humanity at the core of the story is what makes the long-running show appealing to audiences. 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