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Volume 8, Issue 8 - May 2018

Herne Bay Little Theatre - 44 Bullers Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8UHCompany Reg No. 1798525 Reg Charity No. 289287

Little Theatre NewsVolume 8, Issue 8 - May/June 2018

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View From The ChairHello everyone. This year is certainly moving on apace and I really can’t believe we are now already in the month of May!

Ladies’ Day by Amanda Whittington was our second play for this year and what a wonderful, funny and indeed poignant production it was. This play was also entered into the Kent Drama Association’s full length play festival for 2018 and adjudicated by Amanda Sharpe-Conroyat the Wednesday performance.

I thought the whole cast which included some new members and very welcome they were too gave a thoroughly good evening’s entertainment. From the fish factory where life was rather humdrum to the excitement of the races at Ascot (in Yorkshire) and the final fluke of winning half a million pounds, you almost felt they really had won by their pure joy at the end of the last act.

Many thanks to all involved and congratulations to the director,Shelagh Scarborough.

On Friday 27th April we hosted Martin Farbrother’s 10th anniversary concert which included his guest singer Hollie Firmin.The sell-out concert was very well received with requests that he will hopefully make a return visit.

I would advise you that our Company Secretary, Paul Bergman, after some consideration has decided to resign from the position. On behalf of the board I wish to thank him for his valuable contribution but particularly for his work on the presentation and distribution of the newsletter over recent years.

I would also advise that Philip Robinson will be joining us taking on the position of Company Secretary and we wish him well. This is a position that Philip has held previously.

Don’t forget to keep up with what’s going on by visiting our website: hernebaylittletheate.com and we look forward to seeing you at our next production ‘Entertaining Angels’ in June.

With best wishes

Tony Jose

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Drama NewsDear everyone, didn’t we have a wonderful week!!! Ladies’ Day was enthusiasticallyreceived by our faithful audiences and the cast had a fantastic time. For those who did not venture backstage during the show the assembly line for crates of fish going on stage and boxes of fish coming off and being recycled for another turn was something to behold. Truly team spirit and working as an ensemble. This was also picked up by Amanda Sharpe-Conroy,the Adjudicator for the Kent Drama Association Festival. She was very complimentary in her comments to the director, cast and crew. She also made specific enthusiastic remarks about the set, sound and lighting. So fingers crossed for a good result! We also welcomed some new members to the Club and we hope we will see them all again soon. A special mention should be made for Shelagh Scarborough who took over the directing of this play at short notice and obviously it was not her choice of play. She hit the ground running and was extremely successful in bringing her cast and crew together and this fabulous play to the stage.

Our next production is Entertaining Angelsby Richard Everett directed by Dick Langridge. Vicar’s wife, Grace, has suddenly decided that it is about time she stopped being ‘the vicar’s wife’ and has discovered a voice of her own, which she has no hesitation in sharing with the new vicar, her visiting sister Ruth, her daughter Jo and a very unexpected visitor!!!

This is a witty and sharp-edged comedy handling subjects as controversial as marriage and God, so book your tickets soon. This production will be 11 - 16 June, 2018.

Audition notices for On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson director Marc Hamilton have gone out for 2.30 pm Sunday 6 May 2018. This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year. They are visited by their divorced, middle-aged daughter and her dentist fiancé, who then go off to Europe, leaving his teenage son behind for the summer. After some disgruntled and humorous toing and froing the boy becomes the “grandchild” and as Norman revels in taking his ward fishing and thrusting good books at him, he also learns some lessons about modern teenage awareness and relationships. In the end the summer wanes and so does their brief idyll in the final, deeply moving moments of the play.

We all look forward to seeing you in the audience for our plays. Don’t forget that if you would like to join in, directing, acting, backstage, front of house, do let us know. It is a wonderful theatre to be involved with and you will receive a very warm welcome.

Best wishes

Victoria Seager


Dates For Your Diary11 – 16 JuneEntertaining AngelsBy Richard EverettDirector Dick Langridge

A modern comedy twist on an old themeof a ghost story.

13 – 18 AugustOn Golden PondBy Ernest ThompsonDirector Marc Hamilton

Love and family joy and problems for Ethel and Norman Thayer, returning to their summer home on Golden Pond forthe forty-eighth year.

7 – 8 SeptemberElvis TributeChris Field and guest Johnny Reel

8 – 13 OctoberWorld War 1 CommemorationProduced and Directed by Victoria Seager Musical Director Tony Jose

6 – 15 DecemberDick Whittington & His CatBy Ben CrockerDirector Tony Jose


Theatre Social

**SAVE THE DATE**Tea At Tony’s

Advance notice to all members that our summer social event will be an afternoon tea at the home of Tony Jose.

We are looking forward to warm summer weather but should the day turn out to bewet we will hold the event in the green room at the theatre.

We invite everyone to “dress for the occasion” and ask that all ladies that wish to wear a hat!

So put Saturday 28th July at 3pm in the diary!

We need to know who’s coming so please ring 01227 366004 to book your place.

Sharon Acton

Herne Bay Little Theatre - 44 Bullers Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8UH


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Murder Mystery NightSaturday 22nd September - 7.30 start

Come along and solve the mysteriousSudden Death at Thornbury Manor, a playby Chris Lewis. A modern mystery acted out as a 1950’s radio play.

Tables of 8, tickets £10 per head to include a Fish and Chip supper.

BYO drinks, Tea and Coff ee available.

Available to members and non-members. Booking essential.

All proceeds to the local branch of the RSPCA Canterbury and District Re-homing Centre.


Films At The TheatreFriday 4th May

2017 animated biography:‘A story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist’s final letter and

ends up investigating his final days there.’

Running time 1hr 34mins

Friday 11th May 1950 crime drama, based on a true story. Directed by the great David Lean, starringAnn Todd, Norman Wooland and Ivan Desny.

The middle-class family of a young woman cannot

understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing of her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.


Friday 18th May 2017 biography, drama, starring Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie and Kelly MacDonald.

A rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne and his son

Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne, and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family?’



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Friday 1st June2017 musical drama, starring Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams and Zac Efron’

Orphaned, penniless but ambitious and with a mind crammed with imagination and fresh

ideas, the American Phineas Taylor Barnum will always be remembered as the man with the gift to effortlessly blur the line between reality and fiction.’


Doors open at 6:45pm, ‘Look at Life’ 7:15pm and the main film will commence at 7:30pm.

Ice creams will be on sale before the film.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Philip

Friday 25th May1932 crime adventure. Directed by Walter Forde, starring Conrad Veidt, Esther Ralston andHugh Williams.

A sinister character boards the Rome Express on the trail of a valuable

Van Dyke painting, recently stolen from a Paris gallery. Much to his annoyance he finds the train populated with a motley assortment of passengers. including adulterous lovers, a very annoying golf fanatic, a French police chief and an American silent film star any one of whom could have the painting he desperately seeks.’



Images from our production of Ladies Day. By arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd. Directed by Shelagh Scarborough.


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EntertainingAngelsA comedy by Richard Everett


Herne Bay Little Theatre - 44 Bullers Avenue, Herne Bay, Kent CT6 8UHCompany Reg No. 1798525 Reg Charity No. 289287

This amateur production of Entertaining Angels is presented by special arrangement with Samuel French Ltd. 11th to 16th June at 7.30 pm, Tickets £9

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