Well week 3 of rehearsals and we are progressing well. The Director sprung a little surprise on us. She suggested that we do the first 10 pages without our scripts. It is fair to say we were horrified, however we actually did really well. I only slipped up a few times and I am quite [...]
Archive for February, 2012
Happy Families Rehearsal.
Posted in 2012, tagged Happy Families, Haven Players, John Godber, Natalie Beams on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Happy Families – John Godber
Posted in 2012, tagged comedy, dot, Happy Families, Haven Players, John Godber, Natalie Beams, play on February 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Well after a nail-biting few days the play has finally been cast. I am so happy, I have been cast in the part of Dot who is the Mother. The story revolves around one family with 3 generations being represented. All of the parts make major contributions to the story and are even on stage [...]
Happy Families – John Godber
Posted in 2012, tagged Happy Families, Haven Players, John Godber, Natalie Beams on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Now that the pantomime is over, we look now to our spring play. Originally Terence Rattigan’s Seperate Tables was to be next but at the general meeting it was not very well supported. It was opened to the floor as to what other people would like to do and Happy Families by John Godber was [...]
Cinderella “With a Twist”. 15th – 28th January 2012
Posted in 2012, tagged amateur dramatics, chorus, Cinderella, geoff baker, Haven Players, Mark Dickman, Natalie Beams, pantomime on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Well after being very disappointed about not getting the part of Dandini, I got over that and settled with having a chorus part. It was nice to get a rest actually and had a lot of fun learning the songs and dances. We had a bit of a treat this year as we had genius [...]
The Farndale Avenue Townswomen’s Guild Amateur Dramatic Society makes a guest appearace in Stone Cross – 22nd, 23rd, 24th September 2011
Posted in 2011, tagged amateur dramatics, David MacGillivray, director, farce, Farndale Avenue, Farndale Ladies, Haven Players, Natalie Beams, play, The Haunted Through Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook, Walter Zerlin Jr on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Now the musical evening performances are over it is time for me to step up a gear and get ready to direct again. Foolishly I have chosen another amazing Farce by the genius pair of scriptwriters David MacGillivray and Walter Zerlin Jr. The title of this one is “The Haunted Through-Lounge and Recessed Dining Nook”; [...]
Let it Be – A Musical Tribute 15th and 16th July 2011
Posted in 2011, tagged amateur dramatics, Haven Players, Let it Be, music hall, musical entertainment, Natalie Beams, songs on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Our next production, called “Let it Be” was a musical tribute to one of our members who sadly passed away unexpectedly last year. Ian Gordon was a very active member of the group and had been with us for a number if years, putting his heart and soul into everything that he participated in. He is [...]
