NEWSLETTER MAY 2017
P O Box 26097, Newlands, Wellington 6442
Facebook:
New Players Theatre Company
24 hour answer phone/bookings 478 7878
website & internet bookings
www.newplayers.org.nz
Crew
Cast
Barbara:
Liz Lucie-Smith
Michelle:
Esther Walker
Aisha:
Vinita Gupta
Rob:
Tony Lucie-Smith
Mr. Everson:
Phil Saxby
Brian:
Tim Gruar
Susan:
Lalene Roberts
Sharon:
Keryn Wellington
Other Customers:
Yana Gupta - Kimberly Lowe
and others
Director, Set design: Ross Jordan Production Manager: Anne Megget Production Secretary, Prompt:Jenny
Jebson - Stage Manager: Bill
Robinson - Lighting & Sound
Design: Don Blackmore - Lighting,
Sound Operators: Braden Lister,
Alienor Durand, Jared Nobelon Wardrobe: Marisa King - Properties:
Heather Conland - Marketing: Phil
Saxby - Makeup: Erin McFarlane Poster Design: Tim Gruar Photography: Richard Jebson
Bookings can now also be made via our
website: newplayers.org.nz / book
now, then follow the prompts.
Bookings can still be made on 4787878.
The AGM was well attended and all
the usual bits and pieces were sorted.
Reports were received from Ross
Jordan (President) and Pat Moran
(Treasurer).
It was great to see all the
management and committee retained
plus one new member: Esther
Walker.
Plans were announced about the
possibility of having the lighting box
in a separate area and also a green
room. Fees have remained the same
and are now due.
FAMILY: SINGLE: STUDENT:
$50.00
$30.00
$20.00
These can be paid by cheque,
internet banking or cash.
Account number
03-0525-0010279-00
PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2016 – 2017
It gives me great pleasure to present the 2016 -2017 Presidential Report for New Players
Theatre Company Inc, Newlands, Wellington.
The April 2016 AGM saw me elected as President, and I would like to pay tribute to
immediate Past President, Marie Thompson who passed away suddenly at the end of 2016.
Marie was a stalwart of New Players and will be sadly missed. Our elected committee for
2016-2017 was Anne Megget, Jenny Jebson, Lalene Roberts, Phil Saxby, Heather Conland,
and Ross Conland, with Pat Moran officiating as Treasurer. Irene Miller is our Newsletter
Editor outside of Committee. I would like to thank them for their hard work and
commitment to our society. This can be attested by our tremendous output in the last 12
months.
Our website continues to be improved and this year the public will be able to make
bookings using our website. Our Facebook page is up to date and attracting some interest
and followers. The local Wellington Theatre groups also have a Facebook page which we
are part of.
Our June 2016 production was “Oh What A Lovely War” by Theatre workshop Charles
Chilton & Gerry Raffles, with music by Joan Littlewood. This was a challenging
masterpiece! It brought in a lot of new members, everyone worked very hard and many
thanks must go to Director, Ewen Coleman and Musical Director, Anne Megget, for gelling
the whole team together.
Our Christmas Party, held in my home, was well attended and much enjoyed by attendees –
some great stories were shared and some hilarious poems were on offer, this was the last
time we saw Marie who was in her element. A delicious supper followed with lots of
presents. Two workshops were held over the last year, these were well received and well
attended, and it was a great opportunity for members to mix and mingle and above all
have some fun.
At the Antoinettes, in November, New Players won: Best Period Drama, and was nominated
for Best Musical. Meritorious Service Awards were presented to two members of New
Players: Heather Conland for her long involvement with properties and Jean Slobbe for her
work as an actor, make up specialist and Front of House, many thanks - to all concerned!
Last week we had a great turnout for auditions for The Supermarket Sisterhood, by Devon
Williams, directed by Ross Jordan, this is shaping up to be a great production.
Our goals for the next year are pursuing plans to have a lighting box installed for the
Theatre. We are also very aware that we need to progress on getting a workable Green
Room facility also.
I wish to thank the staff of the Newlands Community Centre for being so flexible and
accommodating to our needs, our hard-working members and everyone who has done
anything to help us in the last 12 months. Again I would like to thank my Committee for
their continued support, it’s been greatly appreciated.
Ross Jordan
President
The annual Wellington inter-club Thespian Intelligence Quiz
– is being held at the Gryphon Theatre on
Sunday 21 May at 7:00pm.
If you’d like to join our team give Phil Saxby a call on
4616631.
If previous years are anything to go by, it will be a fun
night. Join us!
Liz Lucie-Smith
Vanita Gupta
Keryn Wellington
Yana Gupta
Kimberley Lowe
Tony Lucie-Smith
Braden Lister
Alienor Durand
Jared Nobelon
Erin McFarlane
Circa Two
10 – 27 May
Preview 9 May
OLIVE COPPERBOTTOM
Tues – Sat 7.30pm
Sun – 4.30pm
Running time: 75 minutes
$25 – $35
Following the sold out successes of Promise
and Promiscuity, Penny Ashton (Radio NZ
The Panel) swaps Austen for Dickens and
brings orphaned hero Olive and a squalid
gaggle of Victorian characters to life in pox
ridden London.
Will Olive find a family amongst the brothels,
toffs and gruel? Or will Mrs Sourtart, Mr
Fivestars or even Mr Goodsort break her
heart as well as their teeth? A rollicking one
woman musical journey that will fulfil your
greatest expectations and be the best of
times and well… the best of times.
New Zealand Premiere of Three Days in the Country
By Patrick Marber. Directed by Susan Wilson
Music Design by Gareth Farr
Circa One
Three Days in the Country is set on a
beautiful Russian country estate where the
arrival of a handsome new tutor brings
reckless, romantic desire to an eccentric
household.
27 May – 24 June
Preview 26 May
Tues – Thurs 6.30pm
Fri – Sat 8pm
Sun 4pm
Based on Ivan Turgenev’s passionate, moving
comedy, A Month in the Country which has
been a source of inspiration for TV, films, a
ballet, and the plays of Chekhov. Patrick
Marbers interpretation is a witty and elegant
update on this Russian classic.
$25 – $52
Over three adventure-filled summer days, this
new arrival bestows lessons in love for young
and old alike: first love and forbidden love,
ridiculous love, maternal love, platonic love,
the love left unsaid… and the love which must
win out.
Tickets available through
Expressions over the counter, via
phone or online at
http://www.expressions.org.nz/…/
current-even…/be-bop-a-lula/
Mana Little Theatre
“Social Climbers” by Roger Hall
Wednesday 14th June – Saturday 24th June
Email [email protected] or text / ring and
leave a message 021 273 1127 AUDITION NOTICE
Directed by Debbie Williams
Audition : Saturday, 27 May, 1 - 3 pm
108 Oxford Terrace, Lower Hutt
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a play by Tennessee Williams.
One of Williams's best-known works, and his personal
favourite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in
1955.
CAST
Lacey
coloured servant, female
Set in the plantation home in the Mississippi Delta of Big
Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, the play examines
the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family,
primarily between his son Brick and Maggie the "Cat",
Brick's wife.
Sookey
coloured servant, male
Margaret
30's, female
Brick
30's, male
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is the story of a Southern family in
crisis, especially the husband Brick and wife Margaret,
and their interaction with Brick's family over the course of
one evening gathering at the family estate in Mississippi.
The party is to celebrate the birthday of patriarch Big
Daddy Pollitt, "the Delta's biggest cotton-planter", and his
return from the Ochsner Clinic with what he has been told
is a clean bill of health. All family members (except Big
Daddy and his wife, Big Mama) are aware of Big Daddy's
true diagnosis.
Gooper
30-40, male
Mae
30-40, female
Big Mama
40+, female
Big Daddy
40+, male
Reverend Tooker
male
Doctor Baugh
male
Production dates are 30 August to 9 September
Matinees on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September
Our roving reporters are always on the lookout for
news items so ... tell us the goss and we will print
it.
President: Ross Jordan 477 2516
Treasurer: Pat Moran 478 5910
Secretary & Membership: Anne Megget 478 8573
[email protected]
Minutes Secretary: Jenny Jebson
Management Committee
Ross Conland 971 4071
Lalene Roberts 478 0065
Heather Conland 971 4071
Phil Saxby 461 6631
Esther Walker
Newsletter Editor: Irene Miller 972 8876
[email protected]
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