OCTOBER 2016
NEWSLETTER
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Roses of Eyam
October 20th - 22nd
Wellington Drama Festival
November 2nd –
November 5th
Aladdin
January 27th – 29th
and February 3rd –
5th
Shropshire Drama Festival
March 29th – April
1st
The Lying Kind
April 27th – April 29th
Sweeney Todd
June 30th – July 2nd
ONLINE CALENDAR
Our online Calendar is now available at www.belfreytheatre.com/theatre-calendar Or here.
BOX OFFICE
Tickets are available online from www.belfreytheatretickets.ticketsource.co.uk. There is no booking
fee.
MEMBERSHIP
It is now time to pay your membership fee for the current year. Please arrange to do so as quickly
as possible and advise if you are eligible for Gift Aid on the fee.
Please contact Sarah Newell-Lecrivain for a membership form.
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
This year’s Annual General Meeting will be held at 7pm on Friday 14 th October in the auditorium.
All members are invited to attend. There are a number of posts vacant on the committee this year
including Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary, Publicity, Programmes and Cleaning. If you would like to
nominate anyone to any of the above positions, or are interested in standing yourself please let Ali
or Laura know.
YOUTH THEATRE
Youth theatre Wednesday groups are about to start work on the Pantomime.
Sunday Youth Group are working on a version of Romeo and Juliet for the Wellington Drama
Festival
Younger Youth meets 6pm – 7.45pm on Wednesday evenings for children aged 8 – 12 yrs old.
Older Youth meets at 8 – 9.30pm on Wednesday evenings and is for 12-18yr olds.
Sunday Youth Group is for ages 12 – 16 and meets on Sundays 5:30 – 7pm.
Youth Leaders are: Lynne Shepherd, Lynne Carney, Clare Foster, Brian Hughes, Moira Shrimpton,
Mandy Gunter and Sarah Newall-Lecrivain.
There is a waiting List for places. Please contact Lynne Shepherd for more details:
[email protected]
WELLINGTON THEATRE COMPANY
The Roses of Eyam is the true story of a village in Derbyshire set in 1665 during the aftermath of the English Civil War. There is tension in the air due to the presence in the village of rectors from opposing factions. The local tailor takes delivery of a box of wet clothes from London which he dries in front of the fire. The next day he’s dead from a mysterious, unsightly disease. Over the next few months many more people die, and it is a while before anybody realizes that this disease is the dreaded plague. The severity of the outbreak calls for the two rectors to come together and in the end, the village voluntarily isolates itself for fourteen months to stop the plague from spreading around the countryside.
Fatal Loins is a comedic twist on Romeo and Juliet and the Wellington Theatre Company’s entry
in the Wellington Drama Festival.
BELFREY PLAYERS
Players will present Alice on November 4th in the Wellington Drama Festival.
Players is open to young adults 16+ and meets on Monday evenings.
Contact Ruth Cowell on [email protected] for more information.
WELLINGTON DRAMA FESTIVAL
The running order for The Wellington Drama Festival is as follows:
Wednesday 2nd November
Romeo and Juliet - Presented by Belfrey Youth Theatre Sunday Group
Fatal Loins - Presented by Wellington Theatre Company
Thursday 3rd November
The Roses of Eyam - Presented by Wellington Theatre Company
Friday 4th November
Alice - Presented by Belfrey Players
Late Entry - Presented by Little Theatre, Donnington
Saturday 5th November
Educating Rita - Presented by Viva Community and Arts
This will be followed by the presentation of awards
Tickets are £7 per night for full price or £6 per night for concessions
Alternatively, you can buy a season ticket which guarantees your favourite seats for every night of
the festival!
Full price season tickets are £16 and concession season tickets are £14
To book tickets visit belfreytheatretickets.ticketsource.co.uk
PANTOMINE – ALADDIN
Casting is underway following adult auditions. Youth parts will be cast in the coming weeks.
Rehearsals will commence in early November. If you would like to join the chorus, please let Sarah
Newall-Lecrivain know. Rehearsals will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays for adults and on
Wednesdays for youth, joining together after Christmas. There may be Sunday sessions closer to
production.
CLEANING
Please tidy the theatre after you use it. If you make drinks please wash, dry and put away all cups
and cutlery. Please make sure foodstuffs are correctly disposed of and bins are emptied. Food left
in bins can cause bad smells and can sit in bins for a few days between theatre uses. Please do
not put anything other than cans or bottles into the can recycling bin.
OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF
The committee would like to remind all members that the building is a no smoking area and this
has been extended to include electronic cigarettes.
The theatre is available to hire for private functions, please contact us for further details.
Thank you for your continued support and let me know if there is anything you would like to see in
future newsletters.