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10th May 2008

Rehearsals have now begun for South Hill Parks Summer Show(s), House and Garden.

House and Garden - TWO PLAYS RUNNING TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME WITH THE SAME CAST, one indoor and one outdoors, this summer only. This is going to be HUGE!

the Wilde Community Theatre Company presents
House & Garden
by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Adrian McDougall and Bart Lee

A theatrical experience you won't forget! Two plays performed simultaneously in different places and involving the same characters. It could only be the remarkable world of Alan Ayckbourn. Friends, neighbours, and hired help are gathered at an English country house on a cloudy August day in preparation for a garden fête at which the guest of honor, for reasons of which no one is entirely certain, is an alcoholic, promiscuous French movie star. As the storm clouds gather, so too do the covert romantic liaisons, mistaken identity and mischief-making as politics, love, marriage and friendship are all dragged through the shrubbery in this hilarious bitter-sweet comedy.

28th April 2008

Rehearsals start for ...Sisters at the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, this devised adaptation of
Chekhov's Three Sisters by Chris Goode is sure to be an exciting production, with a
different performance each night, this 'game' is played by six actors who do not
leave the stage for the whole 80 min show.

Running from the 5th June to the 5th of July

Director Chris Goode
Designer Naomi Dawson
Lighting Designer Anna Watson

Cast - Gemma Brockis, Catherine Dyson, Giulia Innocenti, Helen Kirkpatrick, Tom Lyall, Melanie Wilson

A co-production with Headlong Theatre
 

1st April 2008

A Wilde Community Theatre Production of Oliver!
Opens on the 11th of April an runs till the 19th of April, with
no performances on the 13th 14th of April

8th February 2008

Chalkfoot's Laurel and Hardy Tour Starts

Today is the first tour date of Laurel and Hardy at Bapchild Village Hall, near Swale in Kent.  We are touring all over Kent until our final performance in Margate on the 15th of March below is a full touring schedule, and more information on the location of these venues can be found at www.chalkfoot.org.uk

Friday 8th Feb: Bapchild 7.30pm
Saturday 9th Feb: Saltwood 8.00pm
Sunday 10th Feb: No Performance
Monday 11th Feb: No Performance
Tuesday 12th Feb: Bossingham 7.30pm
Wednesday 13th Feb: Temple Ewell 7.30pm
Thursday 14th Feb: Charing 7.30pm
Friday 15th Feb: Brasted 7.30pm
Saturday 16th Feb: Biddenden 7.30pm
Sunday 17th Feb: No Performance
Monday 18th Feb: No Performance
Tuesday 19th Feb: No Performance
Wednesday 20th Feb: Selling 7.30pm
Thursday 21st Feb: Barham 7.30pm
Friday 22nd Feb: Warninglid 8pm
Saturday 23rd Feb: Mersham 7.30pm
Sunday 24th Feb: Ash 4pm
Monday 25th Feb: No Performance
Tuesday 26th Feb: No Performance
Wednesday 27th Feb: Clair Hall 7.30pm
Thursday 28th Feb: Catsfield 7.30pm
Friday 29th Feb: Hartlip 7:45pm
Saturday 1st March: Upchurch 8pm
Sunday 2nd March: Higham 5.30pm
Monday 3rd March: No Performance
Tuesday 4th March: No Performance
Wednesday 5th March: Woodchurch 7.30pm
Thursday 6th March: Shepherdswell 7.30pm
Friday 7th March: ISC, Canterbury 7.30pm
Saturday 8th March: ISC, Canterbury 7.30pm
Sunday 9th March: Cuckfield 7.30pm
Monday 10th March: No Performance
Tuesday 11th March: Blackham 8pm
Wednesday 12th March: Rodmersham 8pm
Thursday 13th March: Brook 7.30pm
Friday 14th March: Southfleet 8pm
Saturday 15th March: Margate Theatre Royal 7.30pm

4th February 2008

Chalkfoot Funding Appeal Denied by Arts Council

Kent TV (an online television channel) who recently did a report on the arts council funding
in Kent, this video includes rehearsal scenes of Laurel and Hardy and other
theatres in Kent whom face the same fate as Chalkfoot Theatre Arts.

This video report can be viewed at www.kenttv.com

Latest News From Chalkfoot

Following a pre-Christmas warning by Arts Council England South East that it intended to cut Chalkfoot’s £64,334 annual grant, the company has received a letter confirming that funding will not be renewed as of 31st March 2008.

Out of 194 organisations nationally to have been threatened with funding cuts, only 17 have been reprieved: none in the south east. Nationally, organisations which have had their funding restored include the prestigious Bristol Old Vic Theatre, the Bush and Orange Tree theatres in London and the Northcott Theatre in Exeter.

Chalkfoot now has just two months to find alternative financial support if it is to run its annual programme of theatre touring to 70 rural venues in Kent and Sussex.

Following the Arts Council’s annual review, the company made a formal complaint about their lead officer, and received the following response from ACESE’s Executive Director, Felicity Harvest: "From your letter and our internal investigation it appears that there have been occasions over the past four months where your lead officer has not communicated as clearly and promptly as we would have liked."

Artistic Director Philip Dart says: "We received little warning of the Arts Council’s cuts, although ACE’s own guidelines say that companies must be given adequate notice. There were also inaccuracies in our annual report and in ACE’s initial warning letter. Although our appeal attempted to correct this misinformation, we have been deeply concerned to find the same statements repeated in the document informing us that our funding has been cut."

Philip is not optimistic about the possibility of finding an alternative source of funding to support Chalkfoot’s rural touring work as he believes the number of companies who have lost funding across the country will lead to enormous competition for available funds.

We would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to the wide range of people, including rural promoters, actors, journalists and local authority officers who have supported us over this very difficult time.

 

7th January 2008

My first published image comes in a review of The Mystery of Edwin Drood on page 24 of the Times on the 7th January.

21st December 2007

After I finish at the Warehouse Theatre I will be moving to Margate for eight weeks, to go and work for Chalkfoot,
and tour their production of Laurel and Hardy around Kent, more information to follow...

3rd December 2007

Friday 14 December - Sunday 24 February

Book, music & lyrics by Rupert Holmes
Musical Director Stefan Bednarczyk
Directed by Ted Craig

Edwin Drood goes into third and final week of rehearsal prior to production week, first two performances already sold out.  It looks like it's going to be a fast paced, all singing, all dancing kind of show, and with a possible 266 different endings depending on what the audience vote each night.  As Charles Dickens unfortunately died before finishing the novel, we will never know what he intended but the again 'we' do not choose the ending 'you' do...

Opening on Friday the 14th December at 8pm

15th October 2007

Next Black-eyed tour dates announced after the success of The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui in April 2007

See www.blackeyedtheatre.co.uk for more information

7th October 2007

New Website goes online, new pages coming soon, currently just photo gallery and CV are online.

3rd September 2007

Macbeth, Kill Bill Shakespeare goes into rehearsal for UK National Tour at South Hill Park in Bracknell. 

August 2007

Warehouse Theatre Christmas/New Year Production announced...

Friday 14 December - Sunday 24 February

Book, music & lyrics by Rupert Holmes
Musical Director Stefan Bednarczyk
Directed by Ted Craig

Due to open on the 12th of December, in Croydon, visit the Warehouse Theatres Website for more info or check below...

How to convey the sheer fun of this show - the wild high spirits and the strange dark shadows.  Imagine a Victorian theatre company who decide to produce their own dramatized and musical version of Charles Dickens' unfinished novel Edwin Drood.  We have a Chairman who introducesthe scenes. We have songs - lots of them, and he explains that later, because Dickens did not resolve his bizarre puzzle, the audience will vote on key questions that will determine the outcome of the story. We are then whisked away to the ancient cathedral city of Cloisterham. On a cold December morning the choirmaster, John Jasper, awaits a visit from his nephew, Edwin Drood, who is soon to be married to the beautiful young Rosa Bud. The plot, inevitably, thickens...

Wine & Dine
Order your meal before the performance and then collect it from the bar in the interval.
There are a limited number of tables, each seating 4 and these can be reserved for £1.
Please make your food reservation 24 hours in advance to guarantee your choice -
essential if you are booking for a large party.
Table Resevations: 020 8680 4060 Food bookings: 020 8680 4794
Edwin's Victorian Connoisseur Delights
Baked Poussin
Served with Roast Potatoes & Julienne of Carrot £6.50
Stuffed Rolled Pork with Apple & Cranberry
Served with Roast Potatoes & Julienne of Carrot £5
Freshly baked Pumpkin, Sweetcorn, Parsley & Rosemary Pie (V)
Served with Salad £5
Baked Apple with Raisin & Sultana stuffing
Served with Cream (V) £3

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