QUADS Newsletter august 2007

Thanks to the many members who paid their subs at the AGM. Please could any remaining members send a £10 cheque (payable to Quarndon Amateur Dramatic Society) to the new Treasurer, Simon Carr, 4 Abbey Yard, Darley Abbey, Derby DE22 1DS.

Summer Programme

This year for the one-act play, Simon Carr and friends put on a comedy, Old Fashioned Remedies. Thanks to Simon/Simon, Debs, Vicky, Sheila, Marilyn and Martin (prompt) for a fantastic night out. Photos below are from the dress rehearsal (there's about 12 photos in all, click on the thumbnail photo to see each image full size, click on the right hand triangular arrow to scroll through the rest of the photos):

This was great fun and a closely fought contest - only one point between the top three teams. After a tie break, Simon Borg and friends eventually won out. If you missed out this year, have go at the famous face picture round (when you've finished, the answers are here). Thanks Debs and Chris for organising a super night's entertainment.

Thursday 23^rd August was the Bar meal at White Hart Inn, Duffield (Great food, thanks Vicky)

November 2007 production

Auditions have been held and the final choice of play and cast list will be announced shortly. First rehearsal is 8 til 10pm, Tuesday 4^th September in the (upper) Village Hall (preceded by 7.15pm Production meeting).

Help: QUADS members have volunteered to help with aspects of production, but more help is needed! Please let any of the committee know if you can help to support the production.

The Hired Man, New Perspectives Theatre, Wednesday 3^rd October 2007, Quarndon Village Hall, Doors open 7.15pm

The New Perspectives Theatre Group are touring the musical ‘The Hired Man’ with over 50 dates across the East Midlands and nationally. There are appearing at the Church Hall as a fundraising event and entertainment for QUADS.

The Hired Man by Melvyn Bragg & Howard Goodall

The Hired Man, arguably the finest new British musical of the last thirty years, acclaimed for its epic, nostalgic, funny book and rousing, romantic, award-winning score, is now on tour in the UK for the first time.

Set in rural Cumbria in the early years of the twentieth century, The Hired Man tells the timeless, moving story of a young married couple and their struggle to carve a living from the land, just as the traditional rhythms of English country life are being interrupted by the gathering storm of war in Europe – haunting, thrilling, stirring stuff.

Image above right is the design model of the dramatic stage set for ‘The Hired Man’.

Tickets are £7.50 (£5 students & 14+ children). Performance is Wednesday 3^rd October. Doors open 7.15pm, curtain up at 8pm, bar open before the show.

Tickets are available from Sophie and Rob Snell, 71 Burley Lane, Quarndon, DE22 5JR.

Thanks for reading as far as this - hopefully see you at the production meeting/first rehearsal.

Newsletter

August 2007 Newsletter

QUADS Subscriptions now due

Summer Programme

November 2007 production