Posted by Mary Mackie, The Princess Theatre Club
As you may know, Hunstanton’s Princess Theatre is lighting up again, promising a scintillating programme of entertainment this summer season. Hooray!! We of the Princess Theatre Club are delighted and wish the new management team every success. Our November production was the last event staged before the theatre’s darkening and our spring production will be the first to throw open the doors as a taster before the official grand re-opening on 1st June. More about that production later.
First, congratulations and cheers to Sharon Yates, winner of our competition to ‘Write a One-Act Play’. Her hilarious hospital comedy, titled ‘Infirmary, Infirmary… (they’ve all got it infirmary)’ was judged to be the best of the entries.
Many people in Hunstanton will know Sharon. She has been a member of the Princess Theatre Club for many years and is equally active with the Lavender Hill Mob and the panto company. How she found time also to write a play, amid all her work and family commitments, is a tribute to her indomitable devotion to all things thespian. She will be directing her new play as our entry in this year’s Adjudicated Drama Festival, so watch for details of that — the drama festival is great fun to watch, very cheap, and deserves a bigger audience. Do try it.
And if you’re interested in taking part (Sharon needs a lot of people!!) please get in touch. Rehearsals begin right after our main production.
Anyway, well done, Sharon. We look forward to more scripts from you.
Thank you, too, to all the budding writers who participated. Get your thinking caps on again because we may hold another competition before long.
The Princess Theatre Club nominated – NODA AWARDS EVENT
Another happy piece of news concerns the NODA East Awards, distributed at a luncheon on Sunday 29th April, at the Radisson Blu Hotel at Stansted Airport. As I write, a small team of PTC members is poised to attend in hope of picking up the award for Best Production. Our version of “’Allo, ‘Allo” has been entered in this category. Well done all, especially director Mick Yates.
What’s more, our printed programme for ‘Night Must Fall’ has already been awarded second prize in its section. Congratulations to Elaine Verweymeren, who edited the programme and designed the graphics for the cover.
‘POETRY FOR ALL’ — Town Hall, 16th May
PTC Poetry meeting on 21st March 2012
Join us at Hunstanton Town Hall on 16th May for a happy hour or two in good company, allied with some rhymes and reminiscences (mostly humorous) plus home-made cakes with tea or coffee. We start at 10.30 a.m. and, with a pause for refreshments and chat, we usually disperse around 12.30. These get-togethers are organized by the Theatre Club and led by local author Mary Mackie, assisted by husband Chris and other friends of the PTC. We are also indebted to the committee of Hunstanton and District Festival of Arts for their continued support.
The Princess Theatre Club meets on the third Wednesday of every other month (that is, six times a year) and read or recite poems and rhymes of all kinds. Refreshments are available at minimal prices and, instead of an entry fee, we invite donations for club funds. A recent innovation, much enjoyed, has been sharing off-the-cuff memories inspired by our suggested theme of the day. In March, for instance, we celebrated ‘Memories’ and since some expert had announced that 1976 was the happiest year in the UK, we recounted personal memories of that year.
In May our suggested theme is ‘Childhood’ so we anticipate lots of amusing anecdotes along with readings to suit the mood. All YOU have to do is turn up and enjoy the fun. Just come and listen, if you prefer. Or look out a favourite poem and bring it with you to read aloud. No pressure, no boring ‘business’, just merry sociability. Come and try it. Everyone is welcome.
And watch for news of a very special ‘Jubilee’ version of our gatherings, as part of the town’s celebrations in June
