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Amateur Theatre
Week
The first ever
national Amateur Theatre Week took place from Saturday 23 to Saturday 30
October, with over 140 events taking part. NODA will be sending an evaluation
form to all participants shortly with a view to improving the response from
national and local media to next year's Amateur Theatre Week, which will take
place from 22-29 October 2005.
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Birmingham’s Festival
of Acting & Musical Entertainment
The BFAME
festival will be taking place at the DOVEHOUSE THEATRE, SOLIHULL from 21st to
26th February
2005, curtain up at
19.00 hours.
The festival,
which is open to any drama society, is also a First Round of the All-England
Theatre Festival - the only National knockout competitive One Act Play
competition. This prestigious festival has been running in
Birmingham for more
than sixty years.
If your group is
based within the West
Midlands and you would like to take part
please contact the Guild Secretary
tel: 0121
707 6684
email: theguild@bdtg.fsnet.co.uk
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elegies
A
song cycle by William Finn
BRITISH PREMIERE
A rare musical treat from Tony Award-winning composer William
Finn
For two nights
only, the British Premiere of Elegies: A Song Cycle by William Finn (Falsettos,
A New Brain) comes to the Arts Theatre (Great Newport St,
WC2) for just two nights, Sunday November 7th and Sunday, November
14th.
In this brand
new production, award-winning young director Jamie Lloyd brings together a
stellar cast of West End and Broadway favourites: John Barrowman, star of
Anything Goes; the West End songstress Susannah Fellows (Mamma Mia, Nine); Deven
May, the Broadway personality currently wowing audiences as Bat Boy and Lauren
Ward, the leading lady A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Regent’s Park this year and
Broadway’s Follies.
This production
of Elegies: A Song Cycle provides a rare chance to experience William Finn’s
intelligent and passionate work, and is an example of contemporary musical
theatre writing at its very best.
Incredibly, this will be the first time any of the Tony Award-winning
composer’s work has been performed in London in almost 20
years.
Last year, Finn
took New
York’s
Lincoln Centre audiences
by storm with this celebration of life told through the power of song. Elegies: A Song Cycle is a charming, often
quirky, collection of 20 songs – tributes to the friends and family members Finn
has loved and lost over the years; written from a personal perspective, avoiding
sentimentality. His subjects are
beautifully resurrected and celebrated with inspiration and zeal. Each number captures poignant glimpses of
life and death, which sparkle with the narrative sophistication always apparent
in Finn’s work.
Director Jamie
Lloyd (Associate Director Anything Goes, Solid Gold Cadillac and the forthcoming
Guys and Dolls) originally directed the
British Premiere of William Finn’s Falsettoland at the Edinburgh Festival. This is his second William Finn piece with
design by Jason Southgate and lighting design by Oliver
Fenwick.
LISTING
DETAILS:
William Finn’s
Elegies: A Song Cycle
for two nights
only
Sunday 7th and Sunday
14th November at
7.30pm
The Arts Theatre,
Great Newport
Street, WC2
Tickets are £25.
Box office: 020 7836 3334.
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Gilbert &
Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance From Scratch
Star in a Chorus of up to 550
PIRATES, POLICE or MAJOR-GENERAL'S DAUGHTERS
in
a 125th anniversary production
with
TOTAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
at
ST
MARY'S CHURCH, BANBURY
Conductor – Philip Shaw
Local Celebrity
Principals
Chorus Word Copies in programme – or ‘Bring-Your-Own
Score’
Doors
open 6.30
Bar
Open 7pm
Curtain Up 7.30pm
SATURDAY JANUARY 15th
2005
This is a joint production by Banbury Operatic Society, Lynden
Players & Livearts@StMary’s
Proceeds to Katharine House Hospice
Audience Tickets £8
Family & Group/Party Rates £5
On Sale from ‘One Man
Band’
For
Party Bookings and further information
phone
the Box Office 01295-266404 or 270371
or e-mail Fred Riches
fred.riches@btopenworld.com
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London
Operetta
Present Their Latest Production
GILBERT & SULLIVAN’S
'TRIAL BY
JURY'
‘From Scratch’
Adapted By Ian McMillan
A
Great Fun Audience Participation Event
Where The Audience Are The Chorus
Performing With Principal Singers From The World Famous
D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
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Creative Volunteering Conference -
Cumbria
Dates: 5 Nov 2004
The Cumbria
Institute for the Arts is holding a Creative Volunteering Conference which will
be of interest to all Artists, Arts Groups and Art Educators. This day long
conference will include presentations from seven expert speakers, experienced in
the voluntary sector, with particular focus on creative and cultural
volunteering. The day will offer an opportunity for you to discuss contemporary
issues and network with colleagues. The event is free to attend and a buffet
lunch will be provided
Speakers include
representatives from the Voluntary Arts Network, The Institute for Volunteering
Research, The National Trust for Scotland,
Save the Children UK and Time Bank.
To
register as a delegate and receive the programme please contact Laura
Baxter
Tel: (01228) 400300 x 396 Email:
laura.baxter@cumbria.ac.uk
Address: Cumbria Institute of the Arts,
Brampton
Rd, Carlisle, Cumbria,
CA3 9AY
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Grants for Bringing Overseas
Arts to the UK
Visiting Arts is
a registered independent charity, whose main aim is to advise and assist the
UK arts
constituency on presenting high quality contemporary international arts in the
UK. They
offer 'Visiting Arts Project Development Awards' to people/organisations who aim
to do this, and further information is available on their website at www.visitingarts.org.uk
The Visiting
Arts website also contains practical information for anyone presenting overseas
arts in the UK, whether
they are UK-arts practitioners presenting work for the first time or overseas
artists keen to perform/exhibit here in the
UK.
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The Young People's Fund Launched
A £200m fund to
promote the wellbeing and personal development of young people across the
UK
(England,
Scotland,
Wales and
Northern
Ireland) has been
launched by the Big Lottery Fund.
As well as
funding a number of programmes, there will be £77.6 million to fund:
- Grants to
individual young people and small groups of young people to fund community
activities;
- Grants to
voluntary and community organisations and partnerships between voluntary and
statutory organisations;
- Larger scale
grants to voluntary organisations which are of national significance and which
demonstrate innovative approaches.
Visit www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/newsroom/release.aspx?prId=482 to
read the press release
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IT Grants for UK Charities and Voluntary Organisations
NET Solution
Wales have funders offering up to £5,000 grants for the development of charities
and voluntary organisations' IT requirements.
The funds cover
PCs, WebSite Development, training, software and any capital items
required.
A portfolio of
their work can be seen by visiting their website. References of charities they
have helped are available upon request.
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Please contact
NET Solution Wales with any enquiries.
Visit their
website for full details, http://www.netsolutionswales.co.uk/e-nsw-2/grants.asp
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Special
Offer
CLOACA
By
Maria Goos
Directed by Kevin
Spacey
at The Old
Vic
SAVE £30 ON A NIGHT AT THE THEATRE FOR
TWO
Buy a £25 ticket
and we’ll upgrade you to one of the best seats in the house (usual price £40) at
one of the most famous theatres in the world
“A
treat. A wonderfully funny evening” The Sun
“Kevin Spacey’s direction – fast, snappy, stylish and with a skilful
use of music – gives a cool modern feel” lastminute.com
Four college friends are reunited in their forties, their lives
finely balanced between hope and disillusion.
Hugh Bonneville’s ambitious politician.
“A
brilliantly observed comic study” Evening Standard
Adrian Lukis’ cokehead lawyer.
“A
boisterous yet vulnerable performance” Sunday Times
Neil Pearson’s pretentious theatre director.
“Wrings every ounce of humour and humanity out of Maarten” Daily
Telegraph
Stephen Tompkinson’s gay bureaucrat.
“Stands out as the fretful Pieter” Sunday Times
To book, phone Mon–Sat, 9am–9pm and Sun, 10am–6pm
0870 060 6628 quote ‘special
upgrade’
Offer valid
until 20
November 2004 for performances Mon–Thu at
7.30pm and Wed & Sat at
2.30pm. This offer does not apply
to tickets already purchased, and is subject to availability.
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NODA Theatre Club
EARLY
BOOKING RATE: GROUPS OF 12+ SAVE UP TO £20
THE
WOMAN IN WHITE is London’s latest hot
ticket, and having recently opened to rave reviews, the show has already
announced an extension to its booking period. This ‘big, big triumph’ (Sunday
Times) is now taking bookings until 3 September 2005
Freely adapted
from Wilkie Collins’ sensational Victorian novel, THE WOMAN IN WHITE features a
‘soaring romantic’ (Daily Express) score by Andrew Lloyd Webber and features an
international cast including Maria Friedman and Michael
Crawford.
This must-see
production follows a dashing young man, employed as the art tutor to two devoted
sisters, who finds himself stranded at a remote railway cutting. Out of the
darkness a mysterious woman dressed in white appears desperate to share a
chilling secret. He and the sisters soon find themselves trapped in a web of
betrayal and greed where it is impossible to know who to
trust.
Groups of 12 or
more can buy best available seats at just £30 per person for Monday-Thursday
evenings and Wednesday matinees between 3 January and 3 September 2005. Rate applies to tickets booked and paid for before 10
December.
To book call now
on 020 7907 7056.
AUTUMN’S
HOTTEST TICKET FOR ONLY £22.50
The Almeida
Theatre’s sell-out production of FESTEN continues its run at
the Lyric Theatre following an incredible array of rave
reviews.
Patriarch Helge
Klingelfeldt is celebrating his 60th birthday at the magnificent family home in
the Danish countryside. Gathered together are his loyal wife Else, his daughter
Helene, sons Christian and Michael and a host of family and friends. It promises
to be a very special occasion. But as the evening progresses, eldest son
Christian feels compelled to break the silence surrounding a dark family secret.
The effect is shattering, resulting in a ‘celebration’ no one will ever forget.
David Eldridge’s
darkly comic and explosive adaptation of the award-winning cult film by Thomas
Vinterberg boasts an illustrious cast including Jane Asher, reprising her role
as Else, whose diverse career has spanned from TV’s ‘Crossroads’ to the National
Theatre, Rory Kinnear fresh from the massively successful production of ‘Hamlet’
at The Old Vic, Luke Mably, whose film work includes ‘The Prince and Me’ in
which he plays the title role opposite Julia Stiles, and Stephen Moore as Helge,
best known for numerous screen roles including ‘Brassed Off’, ‘Clockwise’ and
‘Adrian Mole’.
Buy tickets at
just £22.50 (+ £1.50 booking fee per ticket) – a saving of £17.50. Valid for all
performances, except Saturday evenings, until 30 November. Subject to change and
availability.
To book call now
on 020 7907 7002.
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