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Barton Players12th February 2019Barton Players are a dramatic group that have been performing in Great Barton village hall near Bury St Edmunds for over 40 years. We put on a pantomime during the Christmas season and in recent years have branched out into musicals and plays staging highly successful performances of South Pacific...
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Funding for theatrical workshops in Cambridge from the Pied Pipers!6th February 2019Here at the Pied Pipers Musical Theatre Club of Cambridge, we're overjoyed to announce that we've received a grant from amdram.co.uk to support us in running workshops for wannabe amdram techies and creatives! From our conception, the Pied Pipers wasn't just about putting on amateur performances with a production quality...
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HUNSTANTON DRAMA FESTIVAL.18th January 2019
PRESS RELEASE Registered Charity Number: 1044797 website: www.hdfa.org.uk January 2019 NEW DATES FOR HUNSTANTON DRAMA FESTIVAL. The HDFA Drama Festival of One Act Plays held at the Princess Theatre in Hunstanton is on the move. This year it will be held in June for the first time. Previously held in...
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Rob Simmons 18/10/1964 - 02/07/201814th September 2018
Co founder and Chairman of Cast & Crew Theatre Workshop. Not able to find a group good enough he co-founded Cast & Crew Theatre Workshop, along with myself, in 1999. Our ethos was and remains that we are an inclusive group - no matter ability, age, experience and welcome those...
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Drama Festival 2018 NOMINATIONS/WINNERS2nd August 2018
The Judith Cup – best supporting male actor. 1. Alan Lord as Giles Corey in The Crucible for Watlington Players. 2. Steve Walters as Francis Nurse in The Crucible. Watlington Players. 3. Henry Wilson for The Radio/waiter/Michael in The Magic of Radio, Downham Amateur Dramatic Society. Winner; Henry Wilson. DADS...
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KYDS recognised with 4 prestigious awards8th June 2018On Sunday 13th May, KYDS attended the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) East Region Awards Ceremony in St. Ives, Cambridge. We were delighted to come home with a total of FOUR awards! Our 2017 Pantomime, Sleeping Beauty, was recognised with not one but two awards: Best Pantomime and Best Production overall...
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20 Years and on we go!!!17th May 2018BY SUE GREEN There were two years to go to the new millennium and across the globe fantastic and memorable celebrations were already being planned. In a small village just outside Newmarket in Suffolk, three parents were discussing a show to which they had just taken their children – a...
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WATERBEACH THEATRE COMPANY10th May 2018On 15 April WTC celebrated 40 years with an afternoon tea party for current members and long standing patrons of the society. Over 80 people enjoyed tea and cakes and a glass of bubbly to celebrate past and future successes. Before cutting the wonderful celebration cake the Chairman, Chris Shinn,...
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WATERBEACH THEATRE COMPANY SUPPORTS NEW WRITING10th May 2018WATERBEACH THEATRE COMPANY celebrate their 40th year by supporting new writing by members of the society. In January the society started the year with Aladdin, a pantomime specifically written for them by Chris Shinn and Julie Petrucci, followed by two new plays entered into one-act drama festival. The Hiram J...
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Wanted (backstage crew & Website Manager)26th April 2018
SuperDrama Productions presented their first show "Relatively Speaking" at the Key Theatre Studio in October 2017. The next production will be "Absurd Person Singular" at the same venue in October 2018 (We are not going to be an Ayckbourn only Society!!.) We are looking for Backstage Staff and a Website...