STG - January Newsletter

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STRATHCLYDE THEATRE GROUP IS A CHARITABLE BODY, REGISTERED IN SCOTLAND (SC042388)

January Newsletter

******STG AGM REMINDER******Save the date!!

Thursday 23rd February, 7pm@ The Brunswick Hotel, 106 - 108 Brunswick St, Central, G1 1TF Glasgow

Calling all STG members!

Please save the date above for the Strathclyde Theatre Group Annual General Meeting.This will be the first Annual General Meeting since the group became a touring companyand it is an important one which needs a good turn out. Having completed the business osetting ourselves up as an SCIO charitable company and secured the foundation for STG

to survive in the post-Ramshorn era, it is now time to vote in a new Board to oversee therunning of the Groups interests and activities forthe next year. For this reason the interimboard and Future Productions Committee will be merged and all current members AREOFFICIALLY RESIGNING THEIR POSTS and we need members to come forward and fithem.

So, if you want STG to survive and you have an interest in how the company is run in thefuture, then nominate yourself for a position on the board! Details of the positions we neeto fill and how to put your name forward have been emailed to all members if you didntreceive it, please let us know. Deadline for nominations is Thursday 16th February.


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COMING SOON!

Strathclyde Theatre Group presentsTHE GLASS MENAGERIEby Tennessee WilliamsDirected by Derek Banner

7th 11th February 2012 @ 7.30pmMatinee Performance on Saturday 11th @ 2.30

Cottiers Theatre,93 95 Hyndland Street, Glasgow G11 5PU

Set in St Louis during the depression era of the 1930s,this Memory Play is told through the eyes of Tom Wingfield, an aspiring writer whoselonging for escape from his menial warehouse job causes him to strike up a deal with his

well meaning but frustrating mother Amanda to help her provide a suitable GentlemanCaller for Laura,Toms shy mildly crippled sister.

Told with love and nostalgia this semi autobiographical play was Williams first majorsuccess on Broadway. A poignant family drama filled with laughter and heartbreak whichstill resonates with audiences more than 70 years on from its original run.

TICKET BOOKING

Tickets for the show cost 12 / 10 and can be booked either online athttp://www.cottiers.com/events/or by calling the Cottiers Box Office on 0141 357 4000.STG members are entitled to a concessionary rate of 9 for this production and to getyour discounted ticket, please book through us by [email protected] will have Cottiers reserve your ticket, which you can buy on the door.

Cottiers Box Office opening hours Tuesday to Saturday 12.30 to 6.30

CALL FOR FRONT OF HOUSE FOR THE GLASS MENAGERIE

If you would like to do front of house for The Glass Menagerie, please [email protected] let us know which night you can do. Front of Houseduties are very straightforward and allow you to see the show for free but places arelimited so please let us know as soon as possible.

(call for FOH is 6.30pm for evening performances and 1.30pm for the Saturday matinee)
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PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY

Love la CarteDirected by Deborah Mair and Bruce Downie

Sunday 12 February5pm 8pm

@ The Shed, 26 Langside Avenue, Shawlands,

Strathclyde Theatre Group presents Love la Carte, the latest in their highly popular lacarte series. Previous versions of the event have included Shakespeare la Carte,Hollywood la Carte and Comedy la Carte.

Each la carte event has a different theme, and can include a short excerpt from a playor a film, a poem, a dramatic monologue or even a song inspired by that theme. Theaudience sit at tables and select performances from a menu. Front of house staff conveythat order back to the kitchen (otherwise known as the dressing room) and then actors go

to that table and perform exclusively for the audience who have placed that order.

As with every la carte, were looking for STG members to propose performance piecesThe theme obviously is love, but you can perform something that is romantic, comic,dramatic or tragic, the choice is yours. Make your selection from a play or a film, poetry oa song no more than 5 minutes long.

If youd like to participate in Love la Carte, but arent sure yet what you could perform,we will provide a list of possibilities for you to consider. We will also gladly provide helpand feedback to anyone who wants to develop a piece for performance.

To propose a performance for Love la Carte or to simply register your interest, pleasecontact Debbie [email protected] Bruce [email protected]

We also needs lots of Front of House help for a la Carte events, so please also get intouch if you would like to volunteer.
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January Club night

Our next Club night will be on Thursday 26th January from 7.30pm at the Basement Club

of the Brunswick Hotel. STG Club Nights include an element of relaxed and informalperformance, but this is also an opportunity for members and friends of STG to meet,socialise, network and generally catch up on everything thats happening.

If you are a member of STG and would like to propose a performance piece for one of thClub Nights please contact Erica Kate ONeill [email protected] is aplatform to show off anything youre working on, to try out a monologue /duologue /sketc/scene basically anything! Each month we showcase a few short performances beforegiving the evening over to socialising and networking.

STG January Club Night @ The Brunswick Hotel, 106 - 108 Brunswick St, CentralG1 1TF Glasgow

AUDITION REMINDER

(some slots still remain for these auditions and Peter isespecially keen to see more male actors)

Abigail's Party directed by Peter Lamb

Production Dates: 20th Mar 2012 - 23rd Mar 2012

Rehearsal Dates: commencing somewhere

between 6th and 13th Feb.

Audition Dates: Mon 16th Jan - Thurs 19th Jan (in20 min slots from 7 pm to 10 pm each evening)

Venue: The Brunswick Hotel Penthouse
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The Sixties are over. And the Seventies has so far failed to deliver on the prior decade's promiseof equality and free love. So begins Mike Leigh's seminal devised comedy of class and mannersAbigail's Party. The party in question is for Susan's daughter's fifteenth birthday.

The characters of the play reflect the aspirations of the times; however they have all in manyways failed to achieve their dreams and hopes for fulfillment. Resentments grow throughout the

course of the play escalating to its disastrous climax.

It's a funny play about failing to have fun. However, the party in question is someone else's partysomeone else's fun. The grass is always greener...

Characters (ages are merely a rough guide. Could be played by younger actors.)Beverly (early - mid 30s) - Laurence's wife. An unintentionally monstrous woman of innerdesolation. Beverly dominate/domineers the action of the play in her efforts to have the perfectmiddle-class social gathering.

Laurence (mid 30s) - Beverly's husband. Officious, pedantic and smug workaholic. Not as

capable or well-cultured as he imagines he is or would like to be.

Angela (mid - late 20s) - Tony's wife. A nurse, befriended by Beverly. She finds it difficult to comto the foreground in her social interactions with others.

Tony (late 20s) - Angela's husband. A primally aggressive, curt man and an ex-footballer. A manof few words.

Susan (late 30s - mid 40s) - Separated. Abigail is her daughter, the unseen character of the title.Susan is a self-effacing woman of weakened confidence and self-esteem.

The play is set in 1977 outside of Essex. This setting/era will be maintained for the play andtherefore a middle-class London accent will be required.

Further info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abigail%27s_Party

For the audition, you will be required to prepare a 2 minute piece from a contemporary play(preferably containing an element of comedy).

Arrange your audition slot with Peter directly via [email protected](preferredmethod). If you don't have access to email, then you can call him on his mobile 07837 195 706instead.

Peter is also looking for stage crew for Abigails party, including a Stage Managerand one or more Assistant Stage Managers. Contact Peter via the e-mail or mobilenumber listed above.
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