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Burnley Festival of Speech,
Music & Stage Dance
August 2016
Sat/Sun 3rd & 4th, Fri 9th
Sat/Sun 10th & 11th
September 2016
Commencing 9am Weekends
and 5.30pm Friday 9th
Over
50
members,
family
and
f r i e n d s
attended the
first
Pendle
Hippodrome
Youth Theatre
Awards Night
in the Theatre
bar in July.
The glittering
evening was a
huge success
a s
t h e
silverware was
presented to
members by
Paige Brett Grace Hall Sophie Catlow
T h e a t r e
Ella Thompson
Dale Blackburn
Chairman
Kevin Mason, Andrea Jackson and Colin Wright. The Awards were not only
for the best performances on stage but for outstanding achievements with
the Youth Theatre. The presentation was followed by a Hot Dog supper
and the party atmosphere continued until late into the evening at the
‘Hippodrome Disco’.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS
For a full round up of the Winners and the Awards see page 6
Classic Film Night
Wed 21st - Sat 24th September 2016
7.30pm start Tickets £7
17 September 2016 7.30pm
Tickets £5
Passport To Pimlico (1949)
& The Plank (1967)
A REVUE CELEBRATING
30 YEARS OF LIVE THEATRE
Lecture by Legendary Climber
Doug Scott
5th October 2016
7.30 pm Tickets £20
Proceeds to
Community Action Nepal
www.dougscottmountaineering.co.uk
Basics Junior Theatre School
present
Tues 11th Sat 15th October
7.30pm Nightly
Saturday Matinee 2pm
Adults £12
(£13.50 Fri & Sat)
Seniors & Under 19s - £9
Classic Film Night
Brassed Off (1996) (15)
22nd October 2016
7.30pm Tickets £5
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Pendle Hippodrome Youth Theatre Awards Night
Pendle Hippodrome
Theatre Company
Saturday 19th to Sunday 27th
November 2016
Call in at Discover Pendle, Boundary Mill, Vivary Way Colne
Ring the telephone booking number 01282 856186
Book online at our website phtheatre.co.uk
Tickets available on the door
Editor; Milly Greenwood Tel: 01282 690598 e-mail [email protected]
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre, New Market Street, Colne, Lancs, BB8 9BJ
Tel. 01282 863210
www.phtheatre.co.uk
Registered Charity No: 513275 Limited Co: 1664358
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Booking Arrangements
for ALL Pendle
Hippodrome Shows
The British Stage
for Colne’s
Great R&B Festival
DISCOVER PENDLE
Boundary Mill Stores
Vivary Way Colne
August Bank Holiday will see the
Great Rhythm and Blues Festival come to
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre when it hosts
Just call in to book your seats
Or ring 01282 856186
Open daily 10 am to 8 pm
Sundays 11 am to 5 pm
From Friday evening until Monday music
lovers from around the world will descend
on Colne to enjoy this huge festival of
Blues music and the Hippodrome will be
THE place to be to see the best British
acts at the Festival.
Seats are to be removed from the
auditorium and revellers will be allowed to
take their drinks into the Theatre, all be it in
plastic glasses.
Pledge badges must be worn to gain
access. Come along and see the
Hippodrome in its new role as -
Booking Fee Applicable
Theatre plan available
ONLINE
LOG IN TO www.phtheatre.co.uk
Follow the Online Booking
Instructions
Theatre plan available
Online Booking Fee Applicable
AT THE THEATRE
THE THEATRE BOX OFFICE
WILL BE OPEN FOR BOOKING
WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY
and SATURDAY
10.00 am - 1.00 pm
From 3rd September
Call in and book your seats or ring
on 01282 863210 during
opening hours.
NO Booking fee
NEW OUTLET
Central Garage Fence
Call in and book your tickets or ring
01282 617315
NO Booking Fee
ON THE DOOR
COME ALONG TO ANY
PERFORMANCE AND BOOK AT
THE THEATRE BOX OFFICE
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Pendle Hippodrome is
The British Stage
A THEATRICAL REVUE
CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF LIVE THEATRE
Weds 21st to Sat 24th September 2016 at 7.30pm
Zip, Zing and Razzmatazz will hit the stage of Pendle Hippodrome Theatre when
the Theatre Company present ‘Diamonds & Pearls’ a sparkling 30th Anniversary
celebration of Live Theatre at the Pendle Hippodrome.
Just some
of the cast
of the
fabulous
‘Diamonds
and
Pearls’
The Great British Stage
TO ALL OUR MEMBERS
HELPERS AND FRIENDS
Do you want to be part of this Big Event?
The Blues comes but once a year and you
can join in at the Hippodrome. We need
lots of helpers!!! We need Stewards who
will man the auditorium and circle
throughout the whole of the weekend.
We need Bar staff for our normal Bar and
our new ‘specially built for the Blues’
Bottle Bar. We need glass collectors and
table clearers. In fact we need YOU.
There will be special training sessions to
explain what is required for this brilliant
event on Tuesday 16th August at 7 pm
or Saturday 20th August at 11 am.
There is a list on the notice board at the
Ambulance Hall for enlisting or ring Martin
on 844033 or Paul on 720564 for info.
All volunteers get a very special
volunteer Blues T shirt to wear and
keep and ear plugs if you need them!.
With a cast of over 50 this will be a truly spectacular evening’s entertainment of
dance, comedy and wonderful music brought to you by the ‘Diamonds’ of Pendle
Hippodrome to celebrate the ‘Pearl’ anniversary of our wonderful Theatre.
The show will feature a vast array of musical numbers not only from shows
previously performed at the Hippodrome but from the best loved musicals of all
time both old and new. The cast will be joined on stage by members of the
Hippodrome’s talented Youth Theatre to help the Company celebrate this
milestone anniversary.
Don’t miss this fabulous show as the ’Diamonds’ make this a memorable night of
musical theatre that everyone can enjoy, both on and off stage.
‘Diamonds & Pearls’ will be staged for 4 nights only from
Wednesday 21st to Saturday 24th September at 7.30 pm nightly.
Tickets are just £7
See opposite page for ways to book your seats.
Theatre Box Office Opens Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays
10.00 am to 1.00 pm from 3rd September.
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Wedding Bells
Stirzaker - Jackson
Simon and Lauren
Theatre Company member Simon Jackson married
Lauren Stirzaker on 17th June at The Howarth Art
Gallery in Accrington followed by an evening reception at
the Stone Trough, Kelbrook.
Simon has been a member of the Hippodrome Theatre
Company from the age of 5 and is the son of Theatre
stalwarts Andrea and Barry Jackson. He most recently
played the part of Kenikie in the Theatre Company’s
production of ‘Grease’. Simon and Lauren are both
passionate about local Theatre and met while rehearsing
for a production being staged in Oswaldtwistle .
Panesh - Williams
Jenny Panesh, who is one of our regular Stewards at
the Hippodrome, married David Williams at the Oaks
Hotel Reedley on 17th June.
Jenny has been
associated with Pendle Hippodrome for many years and
served on the Committee of Pendle Hippodrome Youth
Theatre before retiring last year. Jenny has assured us
Jenny and David
that married life will not change her commitment to the
Theatre and she will continue to be involved at the Hippodrome.
Boult - McCann
Gaynor Boult married Chris McCann at Carlton House,
Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland on 11th June. Gaynor is a
past member of both the Pendle Hippodrome Youth
Theatre and Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company.
She is the daughter of Angela and Mark Boult, Angela was
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company secretary and one
of our leading ladies until she recently moved from the
The Boult family with area because of work commitments.
Gaynor and Chris
Hindman - Bateman
James Bateman has been a member of Pendle Hippodrome
Youth Theatre and Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company
playing many leading roles including Thenardier in the much
acclaimed Youth Theatre production of ‘Les Miserables’ and
the Sergeant of Police in Colne OS’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’.
He is now very much involved with many of our local dramatic
Societies. He married Amy Hindman, his girlfriend of 2½
years, on the 21st May at Burnley Register Office. This was
followed by an evening reception at Bashall Barn, Clitheroe.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR COUPLES
The Tale of 4 Men and a Safe
and some very strong elasticated trusses
Now as you may know the Theatre
scavengers never refuse ‘owt for nowt’.
Hence one morning one of our intrepid
scavengers set off with a trailer to collect a
safe that we had been offered for free.
The very heavy object was loaded onto the
trailer by a fork lift truck and he set off on
the return journey. Things were going well
until the trailer had a puncture. With the
heavy load of the safe the trailer was too
near to the ground to use the jack to fit the
spare wheel. Oh Dear!
Back at the Theatre the lads of the
maintenance team got a phone call for
assistance, ‘bring blocks and crow bars’,
and so off they set. In the meantime our
intrepid driver had found that the trailer
wheel had collapsed and the trailer was
immoveable. Double Oh Dear!
By the time the rescuers arrived, and in
desperation, our driver had hatched a
cunning plan, to manhandle the safe into the
car. Visions of the ‘Jersey Boys’ loading a
safe into the back of their car and the front
of the car shooting into the air flashed
before their eyes. BUT they did it anyway,
using the blocks and crowbars under the
trailer they pushed the safe into the back of
the car. They parked the wrecked trailer on
the drive of what looked like an empty
house (well they hoped it was) for retrieval
the next day and headed for the Theatre.
BUT how do you get a ‘ten ton’ safe out of a
car? Getting it in was one thing but getting it
out was another! With more help and a big
push they managed to get it into the Theatre
yard where it was covered with a tarpaulin
and left for another day. Phew!
Just ask yourself. If you saw four men on a
busy main road, manhandling a safe into the
back of a car would you call the Police?
Luckily for our ‘Lads’ no one did!
Classic Film Nights
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The Hippodrome’s Classic Film
Nights continue to
grow in popularity.
Where else can you
go on a Saturday
night and enjoy 3
hours of classic
entertainment
in
good company for
just £5?
This Autumn there are 3 films to
keep us amused and some short
interesting snippets and quizzes
compiled by our resident film buff
Martin Cleaver to remind us of our
youth and our heritage.
On 17th September the
Hippodrome is showing two films
on the big silver screen starting at
7.30 pm. The 1967 ‘almost silent’
classic the brilliant and hilarious
comedy ‘The Plank’ starring Eric
Sykes, Tommy Cooper and Jimmy
Edwards. This will be followed by
the 1949 Ealing comedy ‘Passport
to Pimlico’ with Stanley Holloway,
Barbara Murray and the
redoubtable Margaret Rutherford.
‘Coming to this Cinema’
on 22nd October is
‘Brassed Off’ starring
Pete
Postlethwaite,
Ewan
McGregor,
Stephen
Tomkinson
and Tara Fitzgerald.
The film was released in 1996 and
tells the story of a coal mine in a
northern English village which may
be closing, meaning the end of the
miners' brass band. It is a typically
British bitter sweet comedy with
some great brass band music.
Tickets are £5
See page 2 for booking details
or just come on the night.
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Youth Theatre News
Pendle Hippodrome Youth Theatre Awards /Continued from page 1
The first Pendle Hippodrome Youth Theatre Awards Night was held at the Theatre
on 15th July in the Theatre Bar. The Awards were as follows:►Noda certificates were awarded for various years of service at the Youth Theatre.
►Maureen Hopkins Award for Service to the Youth Theatre;
Ella Thompson, Paige Brett and Brogan Riley
►Vincent Waterworth Award for Most Improved: Grace Mumby
►Thomas Wright Award for Young Rising Star:
Dale Blackburn
►The Youth Theatre Presidents Award:
Sophie Catlow
►PHYT Female Theatrical Endeavour Award:
Grace Hall
►PHYT Male Theatrical Endeavour Award:
Ethan Manley
►Certificate for Chief Washer, Ironer and General Allrounder: Uncle Jim Lomax
►NODA Commendation Award: Auntie Jen Lomax, a rare and very prestigious
Award in recognition of her long years of Service to the Youth Theatre.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS
Congratulations to all the people who auditioned for Elf, you all
did a fantastic job and the casting Committee were blown away
with the talent they saw before them. This was a very hard
decision for them to make and congratulations everyone who got
a part, and for those who didn't, remember, ‘your time will come.’
The cast list is:Buddy
Fletcher Smith
Mr Greenway
Oliver Cordeaux
Santa
Lewis Gorton
Charlotte Denon Abbie Frances
Jovie
Harley Horsfall
Deb
Mollie Thompson
Caeragh McCloy Emily Hobbs
Manager
Olivia Humpage
Theo Bailey
Michael Hobbs
Chadwick
Grace Hall
Walter Hobbs
Dale Blackburn
Mathews
Maddison Redman
There are some other smaller parts still to be cast (at the time of going to press).
ENJOY your summer break and when you return for full rehearsal your Director
Josh Hindle assures you all that you are going to have a brilliant time and that
rehearsal will be fun for the whole fantastic Cast and Company of this great show.
Congratulations and Good Luck
The Committee of the Youth Theatre and all the people at Pendle
Hippodrome would like to say a huge ‘WELL DONE’ to all their past and
present members who have graduated from University with such fantastic
results. Everyone knew you were a clever lot but you have exceeded all
expectations. BRILLIANT.
We would also like to wish all the people expecting those all important GCSE and
A1 and A2 level results GOOD LUCK. We hope you get the grades you require to
pursue your dreams. AND to all our younger members who are about to begin the
next chapter in your lives as you go on to High School we wish you a very happy
and successful future.
Theatre Company News
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Treasure Hunt and BBQ
Saturday 13th August 2 pm to 2.30 pm start
The Theatre Company are to hold one of their excellent, brain challenging
Treasure Hunts on Saturday 13th August starting between 2.00 pm and 2.30 pm.
The hunt begins at Fence Village Hall (The Old Library), off Cuckstall Lane, Fence .
This will be followed by a BBQ at Roughlee Village Hall. If you cannot make the
Treasure Hunt you can just go to the BBQ, the price is the same.
Please bring your own drinks and a garden chair to the BBQ.
Everyone is welcome including Members, Friends, Youth Theatre Members
and everyone’s family and friends but please order your tickets.
Tickets are £5 per Adult, £3 for Children
£12 per family ticket (2 adults and 2 children aged 18 and under).
Tickets available from Susan Thorp, ring 01282 722515 or 07867991619
Or ring Milly Greenwood on 01282 690598
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company are delighted to announce that the show to
be staged in March 2017 will be the Broadway Classic comedy musical ‘The
Pajama Game’. Set in the American Midwest in the 1950s, love is in the air at the
Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory as handsome new Superintendent Sid Sorokin falls
head-over-heels for firebrand union rep Babe Williams. But when the employees
are refused a seven-and-a-half cents an hour raise, sparks fly and the couple find
themselves deliciously at odds. Will love eventually conquer all? The show
contains the classic songs ‘Hey There’, ‘Once a Year Day’, ‘Steam Heat’ and the
unforgettable ‘Hernando’s Hideaway’.
It’s a great singing and dancing show for all members. An introductory evening to
meet the Production Team of Director Stephen Burrows, Musical Director Lisa
Manley and Choreographer Helen Cheung will be held in the Theatre Bar on 29th
September at 7.30 pm. They will give an introduction to the show and its great
musical numbers and outline the cast requirements. Rehearsals will then begin in
October and full details will be in the next edition of Footlight Forum or see the
Facebook page for further updates. New members will be very welcome but all cast
members must be over 16 years of age and have left school (year 11) by July 2016.
The Bright Side Of Life
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company are already planning for the future.
Following the ‘Pajama Game’ in March and ‘Rent’ in September 2017 another
brilliant show has been booked for March 2018. You will all need to have your
coconut shells at the ready as King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table
gallop onto the Hippodrome stage to meet the Knights who say ‘Ni’ and the Killer
Rabbit as we all sing ‘Always Look on the Bright Side of Life’ in ‘SPAMALOT’.
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30TH ANNIVERSARY
GRAND PARTY NIGHT
ALL ABOARD
It was ‘All Aboard’ the Marton
Emperor as members of Pendle
Hippodrome Theatre Company,
Friends of the Hippodrome and
their guests took to the water for
an evening of fun and sightseeing.
About 35 members boarded the
canal cruiser at Foulridge Wharf to
sail sedately to Barnoldswick and
back through the beautiful, if a
little damp, tranquil Lancashire
countryside whilst enjoying one of
Theatre Company member Geoff
Horn’s clever quizzes.
An excellent meal of home-made
potato pie and peas was served
by the crew and ample liquid
refreshments were available from
the on-board bar.
The Quiz was won by ‘The Fence
Foursome’ aka Milly and Stuart
Greenwood and Paul and Carol
Jennings, who are Friends of the
Hippodrome.
Congratulations to the Foursome.
Thanks to Martin and Geoff
for an excellent evening
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre
is celebrating 30 years since
the re-opening of the Theatre in 1986.
To mark the occasion a Grand Ceilidh
night will be held at Nelson Cricket
Club featuring ’Frolicking Pete and the
Fumbling Fingers’ on Saturday 29th
October This is a party for all, Youth
Theatre, Theatre Company, Theatre
folk, Friends of the Hippodrome and
everyone’s family and friends.
Tickets are just £15 which will include
supper of a Hot Mock Hog Roast
Full details will be in the next edition of
Footlight Forum
100 years on and Still Going
Over 100 years ago, when The Hippodrome
Theatre was built, the latest technology was
installed in the form of a Safety Curtain.
Due to current regulations we replaced the
original curtain several years ago. However
the original mechanism was still in good
working order and the old adage came into
force ‘If it’s not broke, don’t fix it!’ Sadly it
broke, not all of it, just a 6” leather cup, but
how do you replace something that is over
100 years old? They don’t make em’ like
that anymore. Or do they?
Not easily defeated by the technicality of the
one hundred year old mechanism, our very
resourceful maintenance team contacted
the original Company (oh the power of the
internet) Hall Stage, who supplied the
original fittings 100 years ago. Amazingly
they are still trading and they were able to
supply a new leather cup. It was soaked in
neatsfoot oil for several weeks before
replacing the old one and everything is once
again in full working order.
Here’s to the
next 100 years. Hope that Hall Stage and
Pendle Hippodrome are still going!
COLNE COMMEMORATES THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME
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The good people of Colne and beyond held a day
of special commemoration to mark the beginning of
the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916 which
affected so many men and families from the area.
The Battle near the Somme River in France, began
on 1st July 1916 and lasted until November. Over
141 days it became one of the bloodiest military
battles in history. On the first day alone, the British
suffered more than 57,000 casualties, and by the
end of the campaign the Allies and Central Powers
had lost more than 1.5 million men.
Colne’s commemorations began with a Parade
through the town from the Colne British Legion
Club to the War Memorial in Albert Road where a
short service was held. Many places throughout
the Town took part in the event including The Little
Our Orchestra Pit as you Theatre, The Muni and the Market Hall to name but
a few. A large number of volunteers helped make
have never seen it before the day a day to be proud off.
The Hippodrome Theatre played its part in the commemorations and our technical
staff had been very busy building a trench in the Orchestra Pit and installing
pyrotechnics and sound effects to flash and bang with the sounds of war. From
11.30 am to 4.00 pm the whole Theatre shook as the noise of shells and heavy
artillery pounded the trench and the smoke and fire of war rage in the Theatre’s
auditorium. Our stage had become a Casualty Clearing Station complete with bell
tent, where the wounded were treated, and those who would never make it back to
Blighty, but lie forever in a foreign field, breathed their last breath.
Every half hour throughout the day a Tommy in the trench told stories of the
soldiers and the conditions they endured in the Trenches and a nurse in the
clearing Station relayed tales of the horrific casualties of the Somme and how they
nursed the wounded and dying.
Hundreds of people dodged the
heavy showers and came through
the Hippodrome doors to see the
sets our technical team had created
and listen to the sombre tales of this
terrible conflict. All were impressed
not only by the Trench and the
Casualty Clearing Station but by the
Theatre itself. Some people had
never ventured through the Theatre
doors before but said they would
definitely be back now they knew
what a great place Pendle
Hippodrome Theatre was.
The Hippodrome Stage Transformed
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More NEWS From
Pendle Hippodrome Youth Theatre
Table Top Sale
Saturday 6th August
Pendle Hippodrome Youth Theatre are
holding a Table Top
Sale on 6th August
10.00 am to 2.00 pm
at Colne Ambulance
Hall to raise funds for
the Youth Theatre.
Tables tops are just £10 each
and can be booked by
emailing Julie at [email protected]
If you don’t want a table please just go
along and see what is on offer. There
will be bargains galore and a very
friendly welcome awaits from the
youngsters of Pendle Hippodrome
Youth Theatre.
OPEN TO ALL
A cardiac arrest can
happen to anyone,
anywhere, at any time.
Would you know how to help someone
who was having a heart attack?
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre is
offering a FREE CPR (Cardio
Pulmonary Resuscitation) course on
Saturday 17th September at 10 am in
the Theatre Bar.
It Is important that as many people as
possible learn about this very
important way of saving lives.
The course is open to everyone
including the general public and all
Hippodrome members on a first come
first served basis.
Please come along and learn the
basic techniques of CPR. You may
be able to help save someone's life,
or they yours!
Thanks for
Taking the Hike
Thank You ASDA
Pendle Hippodrome Youth Theatre
have been awarded £200 in ASDA’s
Going Green Community Life
promotion.
Each month there are several local
charities entered in the scheme and
shoppers can collect green tokens as
they pass through the checkout and
vote at the Community columns (near
the Travel Money point) for their
favourite ‘good cause’.
Thanks to all of you who voted for our
Youth Theatre, the funds will come in
very handy for the next production ‘Elf’
which is being staged in January 2017.
Leisa Chadwick and family would like
to say a huge THANK YOU to all the
Hippodrome people who took a hike
down the road to the Muni in July to
help with the Charity Concert in aid of
the Encephalitis Society ’Over The
Rainbow’.
The concert was a huge success and
raised much needed funds for the
Society. Thanks to all the Chaperones
looking after the numerous children, to
the Front of House helpers and to
those who gave up their time to take
part in the show or help in any other
way and to the organisers of ‘Over the
Rainbow’ It would not have been
possible without you all.
THANK YOU
PUB PROGRESS
Things are happening at the pub as we
go to press and work should begin on
the new roof in September.
The
Maintenance team thought it prudent
that the scaffolding did not go up until
after the ‘Blues’.
The ceilings inside are being ripped out
and doors are being installed in the top
floor to seal off the rooms ready for the
new roof work.
It’s all coming along slowly but steadily!
Maybe in the next issue we can report
that the roof is at last ON!
SUMMER CLOSE DOWN
Its not too late to come along and
HELP with the Summer Close Down.
There’s plenty to do!
Can you use a screwdriver as the seats
need removing in the Theatre for the
Blues and the new temporary Bottle Bar
to build, also for the Blues. Plus
numerous other jobs all round the
Theatre. AND there’s still a big hole in
the Church Yard wall etc etc etc!
Give Keith a ring on 01282 605538 to
see how you can help or just come
along on Monday evenings (Stage Door
7.00 pm till 9.00 pm) and see any
member of the maintenance team.
The Hippodrome’s Fame Spreads
Around The World
In 2012 Pendle Hippodrome joined
forces with Pendle Movie Makers and
Colne Library Staff to make a biopic film
of the life of Titanic Bandmaster Wallace
Hartley who famously ‘played on’ as the
ship sank into the icy Atlantic Ocean.
One of Colne Movie Makers sons
teaches in Saudi Arabia and his pupils
recently did a project on the Titanic. He
sent his son a copy of the Hippodrome
film to help the pupils study the topic
and they were thrilled.
Our fame spreads around the world!
It is with sadness that 11
we report the deaths of
Kathleen Barker
3rd June 2016 Aged 92 years
Kathleen was a Life Member of
Pendle Hippodrom e Theatre
Company and a Friend of the
Hippodrome. She was a founding
member of Colne Operatic Society
and appeared in the chorus of many
shows eventually graduating to a
much valued ‘Tea Lady’. She was a
passionate supporter of the
Hippodrome Theatre and was proud
to help with fund raising for the
Theatre’s restoration.
Joan Eastham
25th May 2016 Aged 80 years
Joan joined St John’s AO&DS as a
dancer. She appeared in shows at
the Palace Theatre in Nelson and
once had the unfortunate
experience of falling into the
Orchestra pit, landing on the piano.
She married fellow St John’s
member Eric Eastham and gave up
the stage to start their family.
Dorothy Jay
(nee Sharp)
June 2016 Aged 94 years
Dorothy was one of St John’s
AO&DS’s leading ladies in the
1960’s. She played many leading
roles including ‘Dolly’ in Hello Dolly
and ‘Sally Adams’ in Call me
Madam. She was an accomplished
singer and actress and was married
to fellow St John’s member Dennis
Jay
We would like to express our
sincere condolences
to all their family and friends.