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Nomad News: May 2002
Stories in this Issue:
9 Reasons to see 'Nine'
Nomad Celebration Evening
Desperately Seeking Singers
Theatre cleaning rota
Could you sell a little Advertising?
Great Club Night (14th April)
So long! And thanks for all the fun...
The Gin Game Auditions
Nomads in Festival Success
Our own 'Slinky'
Get Your Loverly Popcorn at the Edinburgh Festival
Nomad Open Day
Prompt Corners
Nomad Draw won by Mary Cook
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1 Great Production Team
Steve Williams Director/designer
Lindsay Macaulay Musical director
Alan Heath Producer
2 A Talented Cast
Chris Bissex, Brenda Brooks, Amber Chandler, Debbie Danaher, Antonia de Roche, Lauren Fantham, Jenny Freeman, Stuart Freeman, Denise Hull, Megan Morgan, Deb Nurse, Kate Raye, Sarah-Jane Vincent.
3. Great Musical Score
Maury Yeston, the composer, won a Tony award for it.
4. Visually Stimulating
Great set!
Great costumes!
Great props!
5. Based on the life and loves of Federico Fellini
6. Superb Staging
Under the leadership of Stuart Bangs & team
7. Great Evening's Entertainment
8. An Unforgettable Experience
8 1/2. An Unforgettable Experience
9. Because you will be sorry if you miss it.
A Booking In Time Gets 'Nine'*
*From New Version of Old Proverbs |
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| Nomad Celebration Evening |
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Saturday May 19th 7.30ish
The who, what, where and how of the Nomad Theatre 2001
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The presentation of the Bill Pearson Award
Starring
* Drinks and nibbles in the bar,
* a presentation of sophiscticated technical jiggery-pokery in the auditorium
* but chiefly YOURSELVES! |
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| Desperately Seeking Singers |
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Our next production is the BROADWAY MUSICAL 'NINE'. The music is stunning. We have started rehearsals and they are going exceptionally well.
As well as having the cast of 16 on stage, we are trying to pull together an off-stage group of ensemble backing singers. Lindsay Macaulay (Musical Director)/Steve Williams (Director) would love to hear from any FEMALE NOMADS who are good singers and who also have the ability to sight-read.
You would only be required to rehearse one night a week and there would be no learning required, as you will be reading from the musical scores.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT STEVE! |
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Those listed below are scheduled for the next few weeks. The asterisked person or persons is responsible for arranging with the others when to meet and do the work.
Weekend 18/19th May (NB: Theatre to be clean for Nomad Celebration on 18th May) Lauren Fantham*, Susan Fortune, Dorothy Freeman, Mr & Mrs B N Garbutt, Michael Gattrell, James Giddy, Nicholas Giddy, Janet Gill, Mat Goldhawk, Mr & Mrs Tony Golding.
Weekend 1st/2nd June Peter Forbes*, Isabel Goodrick-Meech, Jim Gore, Nick Greenacre, Phill Griffith, Mr & Mrs Hugh Frayne, Pippa Frayne, Robyn Frayne, Dawn Hall.
Weekend 15th/16th June Stuart & Jenny Freeman*, Gavin Harper, Joan Harris, Mrs J Harrison, Bill and Clare Hewlett, Gordon Hilliker, Emma Hillman, Elaine Holmes, Valerie Houghton.
Sunday 23rd June Producer*, cast and crew of 'Nine'.
Please make a note in your diary of the dates to make sure you turn up! |
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| Could you sell a little Advertising? |
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Why not have a go? You would be helping the theatre's funds. Ever since we moved into the new theatre, the advertising in our programmes his raised quite a nice sum each year. Its a significant contribution to the cost of running the theatre.
Bill Pearson has been seeking this advertising for a long time, and is now getting exhausted with raising this money all on his own.
Please will someone come and help him. He would love to hear from you on 01306 730582 or by email on mailto:bill.pearson@ukonline.co.uk YOU COULD MAKE HIS DAY! |
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| Great Club Night (14th April) |
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Derek Brooks' slide show about the work of the RSC was a great pleasure, taking us through the plays and the performers comprehensively, the whole thing laced with anecdotes and other background information. Thanks, Derek and Rita. Jenny Freeman performed Mike Bartlett's solo piece Just One Of Those Days with sublety and verve, bringing out all the humour of someone's awful day. |
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| So long! And thanks for all the fun... |
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It seems we are about one of our longest-standing and most treasured members.
Deb Nurse tells us:
It's likely that my appearance in the musical 'Nine' will be my last performance for the Nomads! Barring accidents andproposals of marriage from rich octogenarians, I plan to be living permanently in Cyprus by October this year. Yes, I'm going to pack the cats into their flight box and subject to myself to 200 days of sunshine a year, petrol at 25p a litre and the hell of having to stop work for three hours at lunchtime. I'll miss the Nomads of course, but I won't be missing the M25, council tax, Tony Blair, the queue at Sainsbury's and endless bulletins about David Beckham's foot etc.
And I'm sure I'll find a drama group on the island somewhere - excuse me whilst I start learning the Greek version of Talking Heads ...
Love
Deb Nurse
Deb has been a Nomad for 22 years. A real trouper when you realise how much she has done for the theatre - acting and singing in many shows; stage management; wardrobe, including making some gorgeous costumes herself, on more than one occasion for a whole cast; Chairman, Secretary and Council member for the Nomads, including time spent on redrafting constitutions, poor thing; helping with social and fundraising events, including providing very upmarket catering; and not forgetting her stint as Company Secretary of Nomad Players Limited at a crucial stage in the development of the new theatre. How many Nomads can claim to have done so much for the theatre? An example to us all!
We'll miss Deb, and we wish her well in her new life, but hope she realises that moving to Cyprus means that she may never again see a Watson's bloomer. |
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The Gin Game
by D L Coburn
24 - 28 September
A Studio production directed by Martin Lawrance
The Boston Globe described this play as a "vibrant study of loneliness, disillusion, old age and death, yet fiercely funny"
This is a prime opportunity for anyone who yearns to play a good character part. Full of extreme emotions for blinding uncontrollable rage to tears of despair. Don't miss this chance to play one of these two wonderful deep and troubled characters who are destitute of hope and happiness but still cling to a thread of humanity (however tenuous).
The characters:
Weller Martin
Physically ailing, destitute and elderly.
Fonsia Dorsey
Prim, self righteous and elderly
Both parts can be played by anyone from 40-ish up.
Auditions are Sunday 2nd June at 2:30 pm and Tuesday 4th June at 8pm, both at the theatre.
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| Nomads in Festival Success |
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After an interval of twenty-five years, the Guildford Drama Festival has been revived at The Electric Theatre A few weeks ago, some twelve amateur companies took part, including Splinter Group, founded by Barry McCann. Nine Nomads out of the cast of fourteen participated in his production of Harold Pinter's "Party Time".
We are happy to report that his won the prize for the Best Production. Barry was also awarded prizes for Best Director and Technical Excellence. Congratulations to all. |
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Jenny Freeman works at BBC Southern Counties Radio. She tells us:
I was appointed as broadcast assistant to Ed Douglas and produce his Sunday afternoon show. The radio station's target audience is aged 55+ and as a lot of Ed's Sunday listeners are quite elderly and live on their own, it has a friendly and family feel about it and we always have a lot of fun. One of the items in the show is "Questions and Queries" where listeners can call in about anything they want the answer to. We have had listeners calling in to try and get an answer to a crossword clue and wanting to fine out the uses of saltpetre! The show is a mine of information!
As well as producing the show, Ed calls me in to copresent and I am known to listeners as 'Slinky'. Apart fromthe Sunday afternoon show I am one of the travel presenters and am called upon if one of the regular presenters is unwell or on holiday.
There is a news bulletin every fifteen minutes so it is pretty hectic! Between each bulletin I am checking the cameras at Police Motorway Control in Godstone, which is where the travel is broadcast from, receiving information from patrol drivers, the producer in Guildford and via the fax machine.
I have more recently been asked to assist the Editor of the BBC Southen Counties Radio Magazine with articles and to do talks for various groups and organisations. I can honestly say that there is always a lot of variety working in a radio station. As well as helping at roadshows I was involved with the pantomime and I regularly read the audio version of the magazine. I also worked through the night of the General Election, which was frantic!
One of the most memorable days for me was when Monty Robers, the author of "Man who Listens to Horses" was a guest on our show. The novel and film, "The Horse Whisperer", was based on his book and he was delightful. More recently David Soul from 'Starsky and Huch' fame walked through the news room. Needless to say, no two days are the same! |
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| Get Your Loverly Popcorn at the Edinburgh Festival |
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If you want to fly to Edinburgh for the Festival, Easyjet are offering very low fares from Gatwick at that time of year. Single fares to Edinbourgh are £10.90 to £15.90, depending on the time of day, and single fares back run from £10.90 to £25.90, again depending on the time of day. Prices do not include taxes and fees. These are prices booked over the Internet. Bookings by phone are around £3 dearer.
Book at The EasyJet Website |
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We want to show ourselves to the world that day - how we work, what we can do, the chances we can offer people to get invloved with this fascinating pastime.
So We Need
People to offer to:
* Organise and run tours of the building
* Run specimen rehearsals or present short plays
* Run sample acting workshops
* Present our technical skills
* Organise and put up an exhibition of our past work
* Set up and run a barbecue
* Present any other item you may think would be of interest.
We want to make this a day which members, families and friends can come and enjoy (and perhaps finish off the day with the final performance of NINE in the evening). A day when people can bring along friends who might be interested in joining us.
ABOVE ALL, WE WANT IT TO BE VIBRANT, FUN DAY
If you can offer to do any of the things above, please call Damien de Roche on 01306 739283 |
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We have a varied programme of lunches before the summer break -
In April Roger Hind gave us a fascinating talk about the nature of jazz, illustrated with some excellent piano playing.
15th May Historic Leatherhead
Linda Heath, Vice President of the Leatherhead Museum, History Society and Museum, will talk about the history of the town and in particular Hampton Cottage where the museum is situated and which is one of the oldest houses in Leatherhead.
19th June Books, Scripts, Librettos and Scores
Graham Muncy, senior librarian at the Surrey Performing Arts Library, will talk about the work of the library and what it offers thespians, musicians, singers and dancers, and how the move to Denbies came about. |
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| Nomad Draw won by Mary Cook |
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The £50 April Draw was won by Mary Cook.
Ring Brian Rutherford on 01483 282046 to join the Draw Club and treat yourself to a fabulous opportunity to become rich for a mere £13 a year. |
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