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Welcome to the August
issue of the NODA e-mail newsletter, packed with news and information which we
hope you will find useful.
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NODA's Online
Store Now Open!
The transformation of NODA's
online presence is now complete, with the launch of the new and exciting online
store! The first stop for all your theatrical needs, with an unrivalled range of
quality scripts, scores and publications.
Also available within the
archive section, is possibly the largest collection of hard to find and out of
print vocal scores, opera scores, libretti and chorus parts. However, be warned
we only have a limited stock of these heavily discounted items, so act fast to
avoid disappointment.
To visit the store click here
www.noda.org.uk/store
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Amateur Theatre
Week
Registrations are
rolling in for the first ever national Amateur Theatre Week, with 70 productions
already registered. If your society is performing or putting on an event between
Saturday 23 and Saturday 30 October, then visit www.amateurtheatreweek.org.uk and register online.
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NODA National News
The Autumn 2004
issue of NODA National News will be distributed to members and subscribers in
the week beginning 23 August, along with NODA's Annual Report for
2003.
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NODA Theatre
Club
For this email newsletter NODA
Theatre Club has a fantastic offer available for individual bookers to see the
hilarious ROUND THE HORNE…REVISITED. We will also be looking ahead to the
festive season when London will welcome back pantomime, not seen in the West End
for decades. SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS will star Lily Savage and groups
of 10+ can save up to £10 per person.
Individual offer – save up
to £7.50
Round the Horne was one of the
most popular radio shows of the 1960s. First broadcast in 1965, it regularly
attracted a staggering audience of 15 million and starred Kenneth Horne, Kenneth
Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Douglas Smith.
Although the broadcasts were
hilarious, the actual live shows were truly unforgettable. Brian Cooke, the last
remaining writer of the original shows, has faithfully adapted the cult series
for the stage and recreated one of the live recordings in ROUND THE
HORNE….REVISITED at The Venue.
Hear the songs of Rambling Syd
Rumpo, a brand new Julian and Sandy sketch and revisit such classic characters
as Binkie Huckabuck, Dame Celia Molestrangler and Gypsy Rose Swansoiler.
Tickets are available at just
£17.50 (+ £1.50 booking fee per ticket) – a saving of up to £7.50. Valid for
Monday-Thursday evenings until 18 September.
To book call now on 020 7907
7056 quoting ‘Round the Horne NODA offer’.
Pantomime returns to the
West End – great group rates available
The West End will welcome back
traditional pantomime this Christmas when Lily Savage stars in SNOW WHITE AND
THE SEVEN DWARFS at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
SNOW WHITE promises to be a
real treat for all the family. Boo and hiss at the Wicked Queen, ooh and aah at
the stunning dance numbers, including a delightful ballet of the animals, gasp
at the pyrotechnics, magic mirrors and huge sets, and chuckle at the best
pantomime jokes around.
The outrageous Lily Savage will
star as the Wicked Queen, a role she first played during her pantomime debut in
1999. Savage is also well-known as the host of TV quiz show ‘Blankety
Blank’.
Pantomime was once a regular
seasonal fixture in the West End but it has not been seen now for several
decades so this production will mark a welcome return for this much-loved
Christmas tradition. The glittering festive spectacular will run for 50
performances only so be sure to secure your tickets now.
SNOW WHITE is just what the
West End needs this Christmas…oh yes it is!
Booking from 17 Dec – 23 Jan 2005.
Groups of 10+ can get best available seats at just £25 per person – a saving of
up to £10 per ticket. This special rate is available for 17, 19 December, 4,
11, 18 January at 7.30pm; 21-23 December, 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 20, 22 January at
2.30pm. Standard group rates are available for other
performances.
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StageFest
Networks Across the Country
Following its launch in March
in Swindon, the StageFest ethos is spreading across the Clear Channel theatre
chain, with the next StageFests taking place on Sunday 19 September at the Beck
Theatre, Hayes and on Saturday 16 October at the Tameside Hippodrome,
Ashton-under-Lyne. A further StageFest has been scheduled for early 2005 at the
Princess Theatre, Torquay.
The StageFest events are free
and are open to all amateur groups or individuals who wish to participate or
just to visit and run from noon to 4pm. Each event is a celebration of amateur
theatre in the area and is not only an opportunity for members of societies to
network and exchange views, but more importantly, to have the opportunity to
participate in question and answer sessions with senior management from Clear
Channel, who will demonstrate their commitment to giving maximum support for
community users of their venues. The events will also be promoted to the public,
and will serve as a useful tool for recruiting new volunteers.
National and local suppliers
and advisers to amateur theatre, from publishers of plays to costumiers,
lighting and sound suppliers will also be hand to promote their services. Short
seminars will be given by leading experts on a range of such issues, such as
Health & Safety, providing up-to-date advice to the benefit of the amateur
theatre movement.
For further information contact
Amateur Stage on 020 7636 4343 or email cvtheatre@aol.com
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The National
Council for Drama Training - Performance Reviewers
Required
The National
Council for Drama Training, the professional accrediting body for vocational
drama courses, is looking to recruit members of the drama profession as
Performance Reviewers.
Performance
Reviewers will be experienced professionals within the entertainment industry
(with knowledge in acting, musical theatre, stage management or technical
theatre) who will attend and report on
productions mounted by students on accredited drama courses. This will
contribute to NCDT’s new accreditation system which aims to maintain contact
with courses between accreditation visits.
Accreditation aims to give
students confidence that the courses they choose are recognised by the drama
profession as being relevant to the purposes of their employment; and that the
ession has confidence that the people they employ who have completed these
courses have the skills and attributes required for the continuing health of the
industry.
An application form and
background information is available from Nicole Hay on info@ncdt.co.uk or 020 7387 3650. The Closing date for applications is
Friday 6th August.
Mission: The National Council
for Drama Training is a partnership of employers in the theatre, broadcast and
media industry, employee representatives and training
providers.
It exists to act as a champion
for the industry by working to optimise support for professional drama training
and education, embracing change and development. It works to safeguard the
highest standards and provides a credible process of quality assurance through
accreditation for vocational drama courses in further and higher education in
the UK.
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The Queen's
Award for Voluntary Service 2005
The Queen's Award for Voluntary
Service 2005 are to recognise groups of volunteers who make a difference in your
community, who devote their time to helping others.
A group (two or more people)
can be nominated if it has been working in the United Kingdom, normally for a
minimum of three years, and the majority of its members are volunteers. Groups
solely concerned with fundraising for charitable purposes are not
eligible.
The closing date for
nominations is 30 September 2004.
Details are available from the
website: www.queensawardvoluntary.gov.uk, email
gjaward@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk or call 0845 000 2002.
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The Beacon
Prize
The Beacon Fellowship launched
its search for this year’s winner of the Beacon Prize earlier this month. Beacon
is asking the public to nominate a person they feel has made a significant
contribution to charity, whether through resources, time or specialist skills.
The winner will receive £20,000 to donate to the charity of their choice. This
year, as well as the main prize, there will be regional shortlists to honour the
most inspiring givers from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and England.
For more details visit
www.beaconfellowship.org.uk.
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Jekyll &
Hyde
Music by Frank
Wildhorn
Book and Lyrics by
Leslie Bricusse
Originally
conceived for the stage by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn
A true musical theatre
phenomenon, Jekyll & Hyde attracted legions of loyal fans even before the
show began its smash-hit record breaking Broadway run. Since then it has been a
major worldwide hit and now finally it has arrived for its UK Premiere and
pre-West End tour, starring Paul Nicholas, in the lead role of the man with the
frighteningly alternating personas.
Jekyll & Hyde is pure
pulse-pounding theatre, with that same macabre combination of fun and fright
that fuels such classics as Sweeney Todd and The Phantom Of The Opera, and a
lush, romantic pop score that includes the hit songs This Is The Moment, Once
Upon a Dream, A New Life and Someone Like You.
The tour, produced by UK
Productions, commences in August and full details can be found on their website
by using the following link:
http://www.ukproductions.co.uk/current_prod_tour_list.html
Josef Weinberger will be
licensing Jekyll & Hyde for amateur theatre organisations within the UK and
Ireland in due course, however, there is no release date at this time. If you
wish to be added to the waiting list, please contact
Weinberger's.
Josef Weinberger
12 - 14 Mortimer
Street
London
W1T 3JJ
T: 020 7927 7314/5/6
F: 020 7436 9616
E: amateur@jwmail.co.uk
W: www.josef-weinberger.com
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Smokey Joe's
Café - The Songs of Leiber & Stoller
Words and Music by
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Book (Concept) by Stephen Helper & Jack
Viertel.
First productions:
March 2 1995, Virginia Theatre, Broadway; October 23 1996, Prince of Wales
Theatre, London.
Leiber and Stoller, as much as
anyone, virtually invented rock 'n' roll and now their songs provide the basis
for an electrifying entertainment that illuminates a golden age of American
culture. In an idealized '50's setting, the classic themes of love won, lost and
imagined blend with hilarious set-pieces and slice-of-life emotions. Featuring
nearly 40 of the greatest songs ever recorded, SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE isn't just
great pop music - it's compelling musical theatre. Here's the
songlist:
Neighborhood, Young Blood,
Falling, Ruby Baby, Dance With Me, Keep On Rollin', Searchin', Kansas City, Love
Me/Don't, Fools Fall in Love, Poison Ivy, Don Juan, Shoppin' for Clothes, I Keep
Forgettin', On Broadway, D.W. Washburn, Saved, Baby That Is Rock & Roll,
Yakety Yak, Charlie Brown, Stay a While, Pearl's a Singer, Teach Me How to
Shimmy, You're the Boss, Loving You, Treat Me Nice, Hound Dog, Little Egypt, I'm
a Woman, There Goes My Baby, Love Potion #9, Some Cats Know, Jailhouse Rock,
Spanish Harlem, I (Who Have Nothing), Stand By Me
Cast: 5 men, 4
women
Instrumentation: Piano,
Synthesizer, Bass, Percussion, Ten-Bar Sax, Guitar, Drums
This wonderful show is soon to
be released by Josef Weinberger for amateur production. If you wish to be added
to the waiting list, please contact Weinberger's who will be in contact with you
in due course when they have a release date.
Josef Weinberger
12 - 14 Mortimer
Street
London
W1T 3JJ
T: 020 7927 7314/5/6
F: 020 7436 9616
E: amateur@jwmail.co.uk
W: www.josef-weinberger.com
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New TV Show
Looking for Families!
Does your family
contain undiscovered singing stars?
Then isn't it time
the nation got to see your hidden talents!
A new primetime terrestrial TV
show wants to hear from outgoing families that are ready to rock! Families will
work with top music coaches and compete in a song contest with another family in
their neighbourhood for a cash prize of £5000!
The new show will see two
families that know one another going head to head in a song contest. Each
family will choose a song that the other family will have 48 hours to master,
and they will get help along the way from top music advisors (voice coaches,
choreographers, stylists, etc.). The emphasis is on the 'feel good factor' -
the family having fun and working together well. The winning family in each show
will receive a cash prize of £5,000, as well as great exposure on
TV.
For more information and an
application form, call: 020 7428 3464 or email: rockaround@worldofwonder.co.uk,
remembering to leave your name and a contact number.
Clubs and societies: for
posters/flyers and more info., call us on: 020 7428 3460
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Dress Circle
Costumiers has Moved!
Dress Circle Costumiers has
moved to new business premises with effect 25 June 2004.
The recently completed accommodation
presents Dress Circle with an opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to
high quality customer care for all clients who choose to hire their show
costumes or fancy dress themed outfits from them.
The website www.dresscirclecostumiers is about to be updated to reflect their
new information brochure which is available either in hardcopy or in Adobe
Acrobat format. You are invited to respond and advise which method you would
prefer to receive the brochure - should you prefer hardcopies for your committee
please advise the most appropriate postal address and it shall be sent to you
1st class mail.
The new telephone number is
01376 515500
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Winston
Churchill Travelling Fellowships 2005
The Winston Churchill Memorial
Trust is a living tribute to Sir Winston, whose life and example are the
inspiration. He dies in 1965 and many thousands of people, in respect for the
man and grateful for his inspired leadership, gave generously to a public
subscription to fund Travelling Fellowships. These are to enable man and women
from all walks of life and every corner of the United Kingdom at acquire
knowledge and experience abroad. In the process, they gain a better
understanding of the lives and cultures of people overseas and, on their return,
their expertise is enhanced greatly, as is their effectiveness at work and their
contribution to the community.
Some 100 annual awards are
made; Churchill Fellows can be of any age, background or occupation, but they
must also be British Citizens. Everyone has an equal chance; a lack of
qualifications is not a bar to an award as applications are judged on the merit
of the project and the individual.
Categories for applications in
2005 include:
- Music for the Young - The
Trust invites applications from Young Musicians and those who are involved in
their tuition, organisation or development.
- Young People - If you are
under 25 on 31st December 2005, the Trust will support projects that
encourage personal development as well as benefiting your
community.
For further information see the
website www.wcmt.org.uk
Or contact
the Trust at:
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
15 Queen's Gate
Terrace
London
SW7 5PR
T: 020 7584 9315
Email:
office@wcmt.org.uk
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Dramatic Association
NODA House
58-60 Lincoln Road
Peterborough PE1
2RZ
tel: 0870 770 2480
fax: 0870 770 2490
e-mail:
everyone@noda.org.uk
http://www.noda.org.uk
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