April 2014 - Pendle Hippodrome Theatre
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April 2014 - Pendle Hippodrome Theatre
Pendle Hippodrome Theatre What’s On www.phtheatre.co.uk April 2014 Saturday 5th April 2014 at 7.30 pm Starting with the 1953 classic starring Stanley Holloway ‘The Titfield Thunderbolt’ followed by ‘Railway with a Heart of Gold’ A short film about the Tallylyn Railway. Saturday 26th April at 2.00 pm On stage at the Hippodrome - see ww.mrpennine.co.uk for more information Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company presents Wed 4th to Sat 7th June 2014 at 7.30 Listen carefully I shall say ‘zis only once, book early for an hilarious evening with René and all his friends at the Café - see page 3 for a full write up. Saturday 14 June 2014 at 7.30 pm ‘The Man In The White Suit’ The Ealing Studios Comedy starring Alec Guinness also featuring local historical films and clips. Nelson Civic Ladies Choir in Concert with Colne Orpheus Glee Union in aid of SAMARITANS Sat 21st June 2014 at 7.30 Saturday 28th June 2014 7.30 pm start Join us for the presentation of the Leader/Times Stage Awards for all the best Theatre performances in Pendle. TICKET BOOKING: at DISCOVER PENDLE Boundary Mill Stores Vivary Way Colne Open daily 10.00 am - 8.00 pm Sundays 11.00 am to 5.00 pm RING 01282 856186 ONLINE at www.phtheatre.co.uk 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 Olivia Riley Emilie Chadwick Grace Hall Ella Thompson DOLLY’S DOLLS Those of you who came to the recent production of ‘Hello Dolly’ can’t have helped noticing the four lovely young ladies in our picture. If you think these youngsters are newcomers to our stage you would be wrong. Theatre is in all their genes. Olivia, Grace and Ella’s mothers were also in ’Hello Dolly’ and Emilie’s mother was part of our wardrobe team and is the newest member of the Theatre Company’s Committee. Their theatre lineage does not end there. Olivia and Grace’s grandmothers worked behind the scenes at the show and Ella’s late grandparents on both sides of the family were very involved with the Theatre. Emilie’s great grandmother was the oldest ever Life Member of St John’s AO&DS until her death in December 2008 aged 104 years and Grace’s great granddad was a founder member of Colne Operatic Society. Well done young ladies your presence brightened up the stage and long may you all continue to keep up the family tradition. 2 And the winner is! Booking Arrangements for ALL Pendle Hippodrome Shows DISCOVER PENDLE Boundary Mill Stores Vivary Way Colne Just call in to book your seats Or ring 01282 856186 Open daily 10 am to 8 pm Sundays 11 am to 5 pm £1 per Booking Fee Theatre plan available ONLINE LOG IN TO www.phtheatre.co.uk An Evening with Andrea 9th May 7.30 for 8pm start Tickets £7 including supper Our very own Medium, Andrea Jackson will host ’An Evening of Mediumship’ on Friday 9th May in the Theatre Bar at 7.30 for 8 pm. Andrea will contact her spirit guides and will convey their messages from the departed to members of the audience . The evening is open to all, including the general public and, due to the ever increasing number of people wishing to attend ‘An Evening with Andrea’, tickets will be limited so it is recommended that you book early. Tickets £7 included a pie and pea super. Follow the Online Booking Instructions Tickets are available from Angela Boult 07545 905 569 or email her at [email protected] Theatre plan available Everyone is Welcome Online Booking Fee AT THE THEATRE Lost Your Bottle? BOOKING SECRETARY Our ever active maintenance team have been busy yet again fitting a sound system to the Theatre bar to accompany the new big screen. Imagine their surprise when they found an old stone bottle under the floor boards of the circle. Unfortunately the bottle was empty except for a candle fitted into the top which must have been used for lighting whatever work was carried out in those long off days. No health and safety then!!! ‘ALLO ALLO’ Come and take a look, the bottle is now being proudly displayed behind our bar. THE THEATRE BOX OFFICE WILL BE OPEN FOR BOOKING WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY and SATURDAY 10.00 am - 1.00 pm from 10th May to 6th June Call in and book your seats or ring on 01282 863210 during opening hours. Booking Secretary 01282 612402 Evenings and Weekends only. Call for block booking information. Who knows what treasures may still lie undiscovered beneath our feet. There may be a fortune lurking down there!!!!!! NODA North W est has announced the nominations for awards that will be presented at the Annual NODA Conference which is being held at the Mercure Hotel Manchester on 3rd, 4th and 5th May. Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company is delighted to have been nominated in six categories. ►Best Musical—’Sweeney Todd’. ►Steve Grist (Beadle) has been nominated as Best Supporting Male Actor in a Musical for ‘Sweeney Todd’. ►A Best Musical Direction nomination goes to Lisa Manley ‘Sweeney Todd’. ►Howard Raw has received a nomination for Best Artistic Direction of a Musical ‘Sweeney Todd’. ►Tim Mason (Pike) is nominated for The Best Supporting Actor in a Drama ‘Dad’s Army’. ►A Best Supporting Female Actor in a Drama nomination goes to Dorothy Broughton (Mrs Grey) ‘Dad’s Army’ --------ooOoo------- Pendle Hippodrome Youth Theatre have received three very well deserved nominations; ►Best Youth Male Comedy Performance Nick Staton (Willard) ‘Footloose’. ►Helen Green has received a nomination for Best Choreography of a Youth Production ‘Footloose’. ► A Best Leading Male Actor in a Youth Musical nomination goes to Lewis Bolton for his portrayal of Rev. Moore in ‘Footloose’. Congratulations to all the nominees and we will keep our fingers (and toes) crossed for your success at the Awards Night. All Aboard 11 Don’t forget the Theatre Company are holding a trip on board the Marton Emperor on the Leeds Liverpool canal on Friday 13th June 7.30pm from Foulridge Wharf. Once again there will be a quiz set by our now resident quiz master Geoff Horn Last year the trip was held in September and it went dark very early. We only had the boatman’s word that we had actually reached Barnoldswick! This time they are doing it in daylight so everyone can appreciate the wonderful tranquillity of the local country side (and see where they are going). Numbers are limited - we don’t want to overload the boat and have to swim for it - and tickets will go very quickly. The price is £12.50 per person including quiz and supper. Contact Geoff Horn on 01282 787447 or 07759 401 541 to order your tickets. GALA CENTENARY CELEBRATION Another date for your Diary is the Theatre’s Gala Centenary Celebration which is being held on 4th October 2014. A specially commissioned film about the Hippodrome over the last 100 years will be shown on the big screen and this will be followed by a buffet supper and dancing to The Swing City Big Band. Tickets are £10 Adults and £5 under 16’s. They are available on-line or any time the Theatre Box Office is open. This will be a night to remember as we look forward to the next hundred years. Everybody is welcome Come and help us celebrate. Dancing on the LOO! Attention all those who have ever ventured 10 onto the Hippodrome stage. Did you know that each time you have gone on stage from the OP side you have been performing on the loo? Underneath those famous black floorboards were situated the old toilets, installed when the Theatre was first built in 1914. The Theatre had a slightly different lay out in those days as it was split into three not two sections. The very front of the Theatre was known as the ‘Pits’ and contained the cheap seats. The Stalls were behind, as they are now, and the third area was the Balcony or Circle. The pits had a separate entrance on the back street at the bottom of the Theatre with its own pay booth and toilets. Once you’d got your ticket, entrance to the pits was via a door on the opposite side to the present pass door of the stage. That side of the Theatre has been altered over the years and both the door to the back street and the auditorium are now bricked up. During the alterations all the bricks and rubble were thrown into the space where the toilets had been. In order to check the drains, which still remained, our ever busy maintenance team worked over two weekends removing all the rubble and debris that had accumulated there over the decades. It was very heavy work and over 14 tons of rubble were removed and carried to the waiting skip outside the Theatre No wonder they were exhausted by the end of their shifts. Refreshments were provided in the form of copious cups of tea to ’slack the dust’ and many bacon sandwiches were made by some wonderful ladies who volunteered to attend the working sessions. When the team had finished the removals everything had to be made ship shape and Bristol fashion. The floor boards have now all been replaced and no one would ever know that all that hard work had gone on. A huge thank you to all the people who came along to help. Let’s hope the next project proposed by the team is not quite such heavy work. Now all that remains of the toilets is the garish paint on the walls under the floor, and a space that is now useable. I’m sure our enterprising stage teams will soon find something to fill it. 3 Wed 4th to Sat 7th June 2014 at 7.30 Some of the cast of Allo! Allo! You may get a sense of déjà vu as Gordon Ingleby recreates the role of Café owner Rene Artois, when the Theatre Company stages ‘Allo! Allo!’ in June. Gordon played the role for St John’s AOD&S in the Northern Premier of the show in 1991 The feeling may increase as Dennis Royle once again appears as Le Clerc who is described as being a master of disguise with a thousand faces, every one the same! Rene’s long suffering but devoted wife Edith will be played by Rosemary Osborne and his would be mistresses Yvette and Mimi will be portrayed by Gina Smith and Jackie Edington. Josh Hindle will take on the role of Officer Crabtree, an English agent disguised as a French Policeman, who’s French accent leaves a ‘lut to be doosired’ to say the least. Josh’s uncle, Steve Royle, played the part in St John’s original production so Josh is keeping up the family tradition. Wendy Watson is Helga who is such a good German she has swastikas on her underwear. “I shall say this only once” Michelle, the Resistance Leader, is played by Angela Boult and Herr Flick of the Gestapo, who has a weird take on ’Air on a G String’ is to be Barry Jackson. German Officers Strohm, Schmelling, and Gruber will be played by Ken Horsfield, Eric Beardsworth and Stephen Burrows and Italian Captain Bertorelli of ‘what a mistaka to maka’ fame will be played by Simon Jackson. The two British Airmen that Rene is hiding in his cellar, just to complicate the plot even further, will be played by Peter Hampson and Orme Green. This adaptation of the classic BBC sitcom was written by the original script writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft and is an hilarious romp into Nazi held France in the second world war. It is Directed by Andrea Jackson. There won’t be a dull moment as everyone tries to lay their hands on the famous and valuable stolen painting ’The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies’ by Van Klomp, a portrait of his mistress painted secretly while his wife was out shopping. Tickets are £7 - See opposite for ways to book your seats NOW! We Can Screen It 4 Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Annual General Meeting Wednesday 30th April - 7.30 pm at the Theatre The Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Annual General Meeting is a formal meeting attended by The Board of Directors and Committee Members of Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company, all of whom have voting rights. All other Company members are invited to the meeting which should take about 30 minutes. When the Official AGM has been formally closed an unofficial Open Forum will be held where anyone can ask questions of the Board of Directors. Please come along and support The Pendle Hippodrome Theatre. The Annual General Meeting will be followed by a Stewards Training Session at approximately 8.00 pm Are you already a Steward for the Theatre or would you like to volunteer to become one? By law and to comply with the Theatre’s Licence every Steward has to be trained to be able to work in the Theatre. If you are already trained you still need to attend training updates every year to comply with the regulations. If you have never been trained but wish to volunteer to be a steward then you can undergo training. It only takes about an hour and is quite painless. You need to be over 18, under 80 and able bodied and that’s about it. The Theatre cannot open to the public unless there are FIVE Stewards in place within the public areas. One each in the Box Office, Bar Area and Circle and two in the Stalls. The primary duty of a Steward is to look after the audience. We therefore need a large pool of trained Stewards to man the Theatre throughout the season so that no one is called on more than necessary. You don’t have to do all the shows and performances. Thelma Greenwood our Theatre staffing secretary or whoever is in charge of the event, rings to ask if you are available and if you’re not they ring someone else. The more stewards we have the more we can share the job around. You may even like to ring Thelma and volunteer if you want to come along for a particular show (better than 10 pressed men!). The Steward in the box office calls the emergency services in case of an emergency, the Bar Steward keeps an eye on the Bar area and all stewards help with evacuation from the Theatre if required. All Stewards and Bar Staff wear black and white as this is the Theatre’s code of dress for all Front Of House staff. Come along to one of the training sessions to find out more and register. Stewards Training nights are to be held Wed 30th April at 8 pm (following the AGM) and Tues 6th May - 7.30 pm at the Theatre Remember; It is compulsory by law for the Theatre to be fully stewarded during an event. Unless we have enough stewards the show cannot go on. 9 When Martin Cleaver of Foulridge Canal Cruises, who has become one of our Theatre’s regular maintenance team, helped organised a canal heritage film show at the Hippodrome last year he vowed never to do one again. However a few months later he organised a private film night for a friend’s birthday and both nights proved extremely successful. And Martin was smitten!!!!! The Hippodrome was already equipped with a full size screen, transporting the Theatre back to its origins as a Cinema, but the costs of a suitable projector for the Theatre were way beyond the Theatre’s budget. The average price for the ideal equipment was £66,000. Martin had offered to sponsor a projector but the price was beyond even his generosity Back to the drawing boardSSS. The Theatre crew had made several attempts at erecting a suitable rig to support the projector we already owned. Those of you who attended the Titanic Commemoration Night may remember the extension from the balcony to the centre of the auditorium. But this temporary structure had to be removed after every screening and was not a permanent solution to the problem. Martin however was not to be deterred . He searched for a cheaper alternative and sourced just the thing at Reading University. It took four people to lift it and would have taken up half the lighting box, plus the lens did not work. Start againSSS. Just before Christmas, lo and behold, three projectors came up for sale at the same time. All in good condition, all at the right price and at 5300 lumens were much brighter than the 3700 lumens projector that the Theatre owned. Martin hurried down to Skegness to seal a deal and came back with not only the projector but spare bulbs and optical units and it only weighs 20 lb. The Theatre has decided to purchase the projector that Martin sourced, not at £66,000 I hasten to add, as it is a wonderful asset to the Theatre, and it is now proudly ensconced in our lighting box. Thank you so much Martin for everything. AND THE REALLY BRILLIANT NEWS Imagine sitting in a fully restored Edwardian Theatre built as a Cine/Variety Theatre exactly 100 years ago watching classic vintage films instead of watching television. Well you don’t need to imagine any more because now you can! Now that we have our new projector we are about to launch a series of heritage film nights that can be seen nowhere else on the Big Screen. Martin Cleaver of Foulridge Canal Cruises has joined forces with Pendle Hippodrome Theatre and has put together a fantastic programme of both classic films and short factual films. The evenings will be of interest to not only to film enthusiasts but, as an added extra, each evening will be based around the featured film with added clips of interesting facts about the chosen subject. The first ‘Classic Heritage Film Night’ will be held on Saturday 5th April at 7.30pm and will be ‘Railway’ based featuring ‘The Titfield Thunderbolt’ first shown in cinemas in 1953 and starring Stanley Holloway. It will be accompanied by various short factual films including ‘Railway with a Heart of Gold’. Tickets are just £5 and can be booked at Discover Pendle Boundary Mill or online at www.phtheatre.co.uk. Look out for our next Classic Heritage Film Night on 14th June ‘The Man in the White Suite’. 8 120 YEARS New Arrival Theatre Company Secretary Angela Boult and her husband Mark are delighted to announce the birth of their first Grandchild. Give or take a few months Their daughter Gaynor and her partner Chris McCann presented them with Jakob Anthony who weighed in at 7lb 11oz on March 16th. Gaynor was a member of the Theatre Company and appeared in many shows. Congratulations to all the family A Silver Lining It was a sad moment for the Theatre Company when long serving member of Colne Operatic Society and the Theatre Company Renée Blackburn died in December 2012. However every cloud has a silver lining and the Theatre Company were amazed when they were named as one of the beneficiaries in Renée’s will. After much consideration the Theatre Company Committee in conjunction with the Board of Directors of the Theatre decided that the best way to honour Renée’s memory would be to purchase something that would benefit the whole Theatre. For many years the stage has been hung with a set of black drapes that are well past their sell by date and badly needed replacing. Our stage manager David Miller sourced a new set of specially commissioned drapes which have now been purchased and hung. Thank you Renée for remembering us and your beloved Theatre. We now have something to remind us of you for many years to come. We do hope you approve. Marilyn Walton Gillian Herbert Milly Greenwood The three ladies in the picture have dedicated around 120 years service to Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company and its predecessors. Not each of course (they’re not that old) that is an estimated total. For their dedication and hard work in all aspects of the Theatre they each received the Company’s highest honour at the recent Annual General Meeting - Life Membership of Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company. Between them over the years they have held the positions of Secretary, Treasurer, Social Secretary and have all been on stage in various roles in countless shows. They have prompted, worked in make-up and props, dressed, wigged and acted as general factotums!!!. They have brewed, cooked, sold numerous tickets, worked in our wardrobe department etc etc etc. in fact there is very little these ladies have not done. Gillian Herbert was also presented with a 40 year Long Service NODA Award and Rosemary Osborne received a 10 year NODA Award at the AGM. Congratulations to all the ladies Following Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company’s AGM on 25th February two new members were elected to the Committee. Stephen Burrows and Leisa Chadwick who have taken over the vacant positions left by Kevin Mason and Sam Crabtree. Kevin Mason is Chairman of Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Limited and his dedication to the Theatre is immeasurable. He feels that by stepping down from the Theatre Company Committee he will be able to spend more time on Theatre matters and concentrate on his Chairmanship. He is not bowing out of the Theatre Company completely, he has just acted as Stage Manager for the Company’s ’Hello Dolly’. Sam Crabtree has found that balancing his new job and other commitments does not give him as much time as he would like to dedicate to the Theatre. However like Kevin he has not left the Company altogether and appeared as one of the ’galloping waiters’ in Hello Dolly’. The two ‘new’ committee members are no strangers to the Hippodrome in fact the opposite applies to both the new incumbents. A long serving member of the Company and it’s predecessor's Stephen has served on the Committee before and has just finished Directing ‘Hello Dolly’. Leisa is new to the Committee although she has worked backstage for many years. They will both be a very welcome addition to the running of the Company. The Committee would like welcome Stephen and Leisa and to thank Kevin and Sam for all the commitment, hard work and dedication shown to the Company over the years. Following the Theatre Company AGM there has also been a change to the Board of Directors of the Theatre. In a very close vote Stevan Manley was elected to the Board replacing Peter Hampson. The Board would like to welcome Stevan and to thank Peter for his hard work and commitment to the Theatre Board in the last two years. Volunteering 5 If you are a Steward for the Theatre then you should receive a Stewards ‘What’s On’ list along with your Footlight Forum every couple of months. If you don’t then please contact Milly Greenwood on 01282 690 59 8 or em ail h er at [email protected]. These lists with times and dates etc inform Stewards what events are planned at the Theatre in the near future so they may ring and volunteer their services for a particular event if they wish. Thelma Greenwood– Tel 864766 is responsible for staffing Hire Only and Theatre Events, Awards Night, School Performances, Dance Festivals, Variety Shows etc. Joe Whittam - Tel. 612402 is responsible for staffing Theatre Company shows, ‘Hello Dolly’, ‘Allo! Allo!’ etc. Russel Piercy - Tel. 07523 639 923 finds staff for the Youth Theatre Shows. Paul Thompson - Tel. 720564 Staffs the Bar for EVERY EVENT at the Theatre. If you can't remember who to ring for what, just ring Thelma Greenwood and she will point you in the right direction. Stewards and Bar Staff play a very vital part in running the Theatre and your services are very much appreciated. Without YOU the Theatre could not open. Please say YES if you are asked but volunteering would be even better. 6 Youth Theatre News Theatre Company News 7 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Annual General Meeting Pendle Hippodrome Youth Theatre are to hold their Annual General Meeting at Colne Ambulance Hall on Sunday 11th May at 10 am. All members and parents are welcome. ‘PHANTOM OF THE OPERA’ As part of Pendle Youth Theatre’s 25th year celebrations the fabulous ‘Phantom of the Opera, Youth Edition’, will be taking to the Hippodrome stage in February 2015. A Meet And Greet morning has already taken place where the Director Howard Raw, Musical Director Lisa Manley and Ballet sequence choreographer Helen Cheung outlined their plans for the show to the enthusiastic throng of youngsters who attended. Rehearsals have already begun and auditions taken place. A cast list will be in the next edition of Footlight Forum with more details about this spectacular show. There will be even more to celebrate for our Youth Theatre as they stage a very special 25th Anniversary production of Disney’s ‘High School Musical’ in October this year. ‘High School Musical’ is a spectacular show full of fun for the whole family. Its large cast and upbeat numbers make it the ideal show for our talented Youth Theatre. Rehearsals began on 30th March with auditions to take place in the summer. The Directors will be Josh Hindle and Angela Boult, Musical Director is Stuart Dickinson, the amazing dance numbers will be set by Vicky Royle and Fiona Thompson. Thank You Sainsbury’s The Annual General Meeting of the Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company was held on 25th February 2014 at the Theatre. The following Officers and Committees were elected. Chairman; Keith Walton Treasurer; Milly Greenwood Auditor; Alison Watson Secretary; Angela Boult General Committee; Helen Atkinson, Stephen Burrows, Leisa Chadwick Catherine Cox, Geoff Horn, Liz O’Connell, Rosemary Osborne, Andrew Scott, Susan Thorp, Fiona Thompson, Liz Rowell, Joe Whittam. Board of Directors Pendle Hippodrome Theatre; David Farrer, Milly Greenwood, Thelma Greenwood, Frank Lomax, Kevin Mason, Stevan Manley, David Miller, Paul Thompson, Autumn Musical The announcement date for the Theatre Company’s Autumn show is drawing ever nearer (May 1st) and I can promise everyone that the name of the show will be revealed in the next edition of Footlight Forum. An introductory evening to the ‘Show’ has already been held and members of the Theatre Company were invited along for a full introduction and a meet and greet session with the production officials. Howard Raw, Director, presented a brief outline of this spectacular production. Richard Patel is Musical Director. Rehearsals are Monday and Thursday evenings at Colne Ambulance Hall beginning Thursday 27th March to Monday 14th April at 7.30 prompt. A rehearsal for audition pieces only will be held on Thursday 17th April. Auditions will be held in a workshop format on April 24th, 28th and 1st May. We realise that some of you do not have or like Facebook but this is the only way we can keep our members updated without disclosing information to everyone as this would violate our contract. If you wish to join the ‘closed’ group for this show on Facebook please contact the Hippodrome Facebook page and they will put you in touch with the closed group. Anyone wishing to audition for this fantastic show must have attended at least 50% of pre audition rehearsals. Sainsbury’s in Colne allowed Pendle Hippodrome Youth Theatre to do a fund raising bag pack at their Colne store in February. The willing youngsters of our Youth Theatre raised an amazing £606.30 by their efforts and helped promote the Youth Theatre and the Theatre to the shoppers of Colne. A big Thank You to Sainsbury’s for allowing the youngsters the opportunity to raise some much needed funds. ***ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTIONS*** Annual Members Subscriptions for Pendle Hippodrome Theatre Company are now due for 2014 Our photo shows PHYT mascot Herbert with one of our young members who helped with the packing. Please see Liz O’Connell or Susan Thorp to pay your subscription. Under 16’s and over 80’s FREE Age 16-19 and 60-80 - £10 Age 20-60 - £20.