Nomad News

Don't be disappointed! Tickets are selling fast, so pay Judy a visit in the Box Office on Saturday mornings from loam till 12:30, or phone 01483 284747 Performances are from Thursday 19th to Sunday 29th January.

Evening performances 7:30pm

Matinees 2:30pm on Saturdays and Sundays

Come and join in the fun on Sunday 18 December at 8pm (actually, 7pm in the bar)

Song, Dance, Dreadful Jokes, Poetry, Appalling Acting. It's all here in your local theatre, for one night only (thank goodness!)

And, there's mulled wine and mince pies for everyone. Absolutely free. Honest. And it's Arnold's big night. He'll cry if you don't come.

Kiss of Death
by Simon Williams

Tuesday 28 February to Saturday 4 March 2006

Come and audition for the thriller Kiss of Death. Actress Zoe Lang attends a most unusual improvisational workshop and finds herself auditioning to be the bait for a real-life serial killer known as "The Surgeon". There is a cast of 4; the characters and their approximate ages are:

Zoe - 22-30
John - 35-40
Detective Sgt Brocklebank - 35+
Bernard - 25-40

Auditions will be in the theatre:

Monday 2nd January 2:30pm
Tuesday 3`d January 7:30pm

Please call John Norris on 01903 786247 for more information on the play and parts. Have a very Merry Christmas in the meantime.

Tickets for Snow White will be £10 for adults and £7 for children. The box office for the panto is being run by Judy Tweedale, and we are already booking-so don't delay! You can leave a message on the answerphone and Judy will get back to you, or call in on Saturday mornings.

Please make sure that you pay for your tickets at least a week before the production starts. We usually have a waiting list so we can re-sell tickets if you let us know. If you book tickets and then don't turn up, we have to charge you anyway as this behaviour

a) negatively affects our only source of income and
b) prevents someone else from having your seat and enjoying our shows

Don't forget we can now take credit card bookings.

Nomes are enjoying their Christmas break now, after an exhausting term (for the tutors, anyway) full of activity. Batteries are being charged for next term-so have a good Christmas everyone and we'll see you in the New Year!

Torn 5tevenson

Our speaker at the November meeting was Val Davies. She talked and showed slides of her work at Hampton Court on the cleaning and conservation of State Beds and Throne Canopies. She began her career as a graphic designer and taught Art and Textiles. She completed an apprenticeship at The Textile Conservation Studios at Hampton Court Palace, where she became Head of the Furnishing Section. She was responsible for planning and executing the furnishings conservation programme, managing the section budget and training staff, providing consultations and advice to museums and private clients and undertaking specialist on-site cleaning and textile audits. She retired 5 years ago and obtained funding from the Getty Institute in USA to write a book entitled State Beds & Throne Canopies - Care and Conservation. Many questions were asked by our members and her illustrated talk was very much appreciated.

Our January Meeting will be held on Wednesday, 18th January. Our speaker will be Karl Davies who is the Projects Funding Consultant for Surrey County Council's Community Sector. He will bring some examples of work by deaf or disabled artists.

In February, David Wheeler will speak to us on his work of caring for and restoring furniture in the royal palaces. I will give more information about his talk in our January Newsletter.

We have a variety of speakers to entertain you in the coming months. I wish all members who attend our luncheons a very happy Christmas and I look forward to seeing you all in the New Year.

Mary Brooks