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Newsletter Autumn 2004 AGM The AGM took
place on Thursday May 13th.
The minutes are attached to this newsletter. The committee was re-elected en-block. Monthly Meetings In April there
was a reading of Macbeth in which the Chairman managed to find comedy that no‑one
else ever has! In June a poetry
evening was enjoyed by a select group of members with poems from a range of
poets, old favourites and contemporary. A visit took
place to a performance of “The Merry Wives of Windsor” by William Shakespeare
in the open air at Mottisfont Abbey.
Luckily it was one of the fairly rare fine dry evenings in July and
the visit was much enjoyed. Harvest Supper A number of the
players will be helping provide entertainment for the harvest supper by
singing, playing, performing monologues and sketches and juggling. Charade and The Patient The two one act
plays will take place on 8th & 9th October. Charade is directed by Rebecca
Rickard. It has an all female cast and
is about the search for a unique character to star in a film. Sue Jackson makes her debut on stage in
this after the rigours of stage management for the pantomime. The Patient is directed by Sue Spurling and
is set in a Nursing home and is an Agatha Christie whodunit with the usual
multiple suspects. This play sees the
return to the Kings Somborne stage of Nigel Coleman as the Inspector. Panto 2005
Although the
play is still to take place we have already begun to plan for the
pantomime. It will be “Aladdin” and Jo
Finch has agreed to direct with Melanie Haydon as Producer. The script has been selected via the
internet and has more freedom than printed scripts to make topical changes to
suit our environment. There will be a
start-up meeting at the Epworth Hall at 7:45pm on Thursday 14th
October for all those adults interested in taking part. The first rehearsal will be on 28th
October and rehearsals will generally be on Thursday. A date for children interested in taking
part will be announced once the main parts have been cast. The production will be later than this
year, we are looking at March 17th – 19th as
Stockbridge Players have a production the first week of March. The Committee
Chairman –
David Haydon Treasurer –
Claire Bevan Secretary –
Melanie Haydon Committee
members – Lesley Evans Rebecca Rickard Anne Riley Sue Spurling |
