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Amendment to Spring National NODA News

Please note the correct contact number for NODA President Bert Lumsden
is 01382 477441.
This was printed incorrectly in the spring edition of NODA National News.

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Title                         Author             Was  Now   Saving
Alice in wonderland    Robert Marlowe 5.25  3.00  43%
Aladdin                    Robert Marlowe 5.25  2.50  52%
Cinderella                Robert Marlowe 5.25  3.00  43%
Dick Whittington       Ron Hall           4.50  2.50  44%
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Goldilocks                Robert Marlowe 5.25  3.00  43%
Jack & the Beanstalk Robert Marlowe 5.25  2.50  52%
Mother Goose           Leonard Caddy 5.25  2.50  52%
Sinbad the Sailor      Leonard Caddy 5.25  2.50  52%

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                                        NODA Events

NODA Summer School 2009
1 – 8 August 2009, Loughborough university

Professional Amateur Theatre Training

Demand for NODA Summer School places, as always, is high; however we do still have a limited number of places available for some of the courses. As it’s not too late to enrol you can check course availability by calling Antonia Johnson at NODA on 01733 865 790.

If you are passionate about theatre why not take the opportunity to learn more about your preferred theatre craft or perhaps try something new? Come along and join others from across the UK and overseas as you devote a week to developing your performance or backstage skills. 

For further course details you can view the Summer School brochure online at www.noda.org.uk/summerschool.

NODA National Weekend
18 – 20 September 2009, Leicester Marriott Hotel, Leicester
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The 2009 National Weekend is to be held in the vibrant, centrally located city of Leicester, and is your opportunity to meet with other NODA members who share your passion and enthusiasm for amateur theatre. This year will offer the usual series of evening entertainment, business meetings, and activities, including the opportunity to join a coach trip to Rutland Water and Melton Mowbray.

For further information, and to book your place, please click here to visit our online brochure on the NODA website

Alternatively please call Antonia Johnson on 01733 865 790

Upcoming NODA Conferences
 

May 10
NODA East Midlands Day: Loughborough Town Hall
Please contact NODA East Midlands Councillor Martin Tailby for more information on 01509 239 310.

May 16 - 17
NODA Wales & Ireland: Cwmbran
Please contact NODA Wales & Ireland Councillor Mr Derek Grattidge for more information on 02920 705 684.

                                      Other News…

Looking for a Great Comedy / Farce?

For the past ten years Raymond Hopkins has been writing farcical comedies and donating his royalties to Multiple Sclerosis Research. The plays have enjoyed great success, raising several thousand pounds for this worthy cause. Raymond’s plays include ‘Love Begins at Fifty’, Love and Money’, and ‘The Love Nest’, with prices ranging from £5.95 to £6.50 per copy.

For further information or to order a play, please contact Hanbury Plays
on 01527 821 564, or mail@hanburyplays.co.uk, or visit www.hanburyplays.co.uk.

To find out more about the cause, please visit www.mssociety.org.uk, and search for ‘Raymond Hopkins’.

All-Winners Drama Festival

The National Drama Festivals Association and Woking Drama Association present The 36th British All-Winners Drama Festival on 19th – 25th July 2009.
Tickets are £5 per night or £20 for a 7-day season ticket.
To book please call the box office on 01932 702 091 or for more information please contact Lyn Mison on 01483 725 045 or BAWFCoord@ndfa.org.uk

Hull Truck Theatre
25 April – 16 May 2009

The wait is over! The eagerly-anticipated opening of the new Hull Truck Theatre venue on the Ferensway is now here! And what better way to celebrate than with an extravaganza of comedy, dance and music in the form of John Godber’s new play Funny Turns.

Cath Briggs has done it all – kids, grandkids, the floods, you name it!
But when husband Ray loses his job something snaps! With money tight, she sets out into the working-man’s world! Funny Turns is heart-felt, touching and hilariously uplifting so join Cath and her mad mate Viv on a rip-roaring adventure of rock, roadies and rheumatics!

Mixing old with new, Hull Truck favourites – Robert Angell and Sarah Parks – are welcomed back alongside two cast members of Hull Truck’s Spring Street closing production of Bouncers, Jack Brady and James Hornsby. Making her return to the Hull Truck stage is Sarah Moyle known for her roles as Caroline Swann in Emmerdale and Kimberly in Ricky Gervais’ Extras. Funny Turns also marks the Truck debut of Hull’s own Fame Academy contestant Pippa Fulton.

Filling the dynamic set alongside this cast of six are 17 youth theatre members – proving the new building really is all singing, all dancing! Responsible for bringing the action to life alongside John Godber are music director Stuart Briner and choreographer Rebecca Crisp.

To book tickets call the box office on 01482 323 638 or visit www.hulltruck.co.uk

Edith Piaf: A Celebration of a Legend

The music of France’s most beloved entertainer will be recreated at The Gordon Craig Theatre on Tuesday 26th May in ‘Edith Piaf: A Celebration of a Legend’. Award-winning jazz vocalist and entertainer Tina May will bring to life the music of Edith Piaf (1915-1963), France’s national icon and musical legend during an authentic live show. May will sing a selection of Piaf’s best-loved songs including ‘La vie en rose’ (1946) which was voted a Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998, ‘Hymne a l’amour’ (1949), ‘Milford’ (1959) and ‘Non, je ne regrette rien’ (1960).

May’s astonishing vocal ability has won her worldwide acclaim and watching her capture the magic of Piaf is guaranteed to send a shiver down your spine. May who recorded her first song at the famous Abbey Road studios in the winter of 1991, has toured all over Australia, the Far East, America, Europe and the UK. She was also proud to receive a silver medal by the Worshipful Company of Musicians in 1993 and the Vocal Jazz Award at the BT Jazz Awards in 1998.

Piaf was discovered by a nightclub owner in Paris in 1935. But it was not until after the Second World War that Piaf became known internationally touring Europe, the USA and South America, before achieving lasting fame with her hypnotic stage presence while performing at the Paris Olympia concert hall between January 1955 and October 1962.

To relive Piaf’s legendary music do not miss this spectacular show, which starts at 7.45pm. For tickets which cost £16.50 call the Box Office on 08700 131 030 or visit www.gordon-craig.co.uk

                                    


‘The Producers’

Following their highly acclaimed 2008 version of “Thoroughly Modern Millie”, Newcastle Musical Theatre Company return to the Theatre Royal in Newcastle upon Tyne with their production of Mel Brooks' “The Producers”.  Anyone familiar with Brooks’ films will rightly expect a very adult and anarchic but hilarious spin on the traditional musical and that is what they get.

Max Bialystock is a brash but failed Broadway producer who, together with his rather meek accountant, Leo Bloom, aims to stage a Broadway flop. He has come to the conclusion he can make more money with a failure than he can with a success.  So he and Leo search for the worst script they can find. Their foolproof scheme gets complicated when their crass and totally tasteless production turns out to be a huge hit with the public.
Adapted from Mel Brooks’ 1968 film by the man himself, this hilarious comedy musical opened on Broadway in 2001 and has since won 12 Tony Awards. With a three year run in the West End it has proved itself to be a crowd pleaser.  All the new music was specially written by Brooks for the Broadway stage and, with songs including ‘Springtime for Hitler’ and ‘I Wanna be a Producer’, he has created a tuneful, unusual, hilarious and rather adult musical comedy which is not to be missed.

For further information please visit www.newcastletheatrecompany.net
Tickets (£8 to £19) are available from Michael Avery on 0191 232 8107 and Philip Stockley on 0191 264 9867

Celebrate Volunteers' Week 2009

Volunteers’ Week is fast approaching again and this year we can all celebrate the 25th anniversary. Volunteers’ Week takes place from 1 – 7 June all across the UK and is a time for organisations to focus on recognising, rewarding and recruiting volunteers.

The Volunteers’ Week website provides a range of tools and resources to help you celebrate the contribution that your volunteers make.

For more information on Volunteers’ Week go to www.volunteersweek.org.uk

BT community website builder

The Community Website Builder allows registered UK charities, non-profit making organisations and volunteer led groups to build and maintain their own website free of charge.

For more information visit www.communitykit.co.uk

Sweeble - easily create and print newsletters

Aimed specifically at arts groups, voluntary organisations and small local groups, Sweeble is an online system that lets you easily create and print newsletters, listing magazines, brochures and event programmes.

If you have a play with Sweeble yourself (it’s free to use and nothing to download) you’ll see it goes way beyond your average desktop publishing software. You do everything online within Sweeble, even writing articles and ordering printing. Groups can sell and add their own adverts to raise funds (optional) and get a free website (also optional) to upload their news too as well.

For more information please visit www.sweeble.com

Royal Opera House Cinema Season Ends on a High Note

Don’t miss these wonderful productions coming to a cinema near you in May and June 2009…

A recording of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, one of the most loved of all classical ballets, comes to cinemas from Sunday 24th May.  Filmed at Covent Garden in March 2009, Swan Lake stars Marianela Nuñez and Thiago Soares in Anthony Dowell’s production with choreography by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov.  Shown in digital High Definition with 5.1 Surround Sound, Swan Lake is sure to offer an evening of inspiration and romance.

A package of live opera and ballet from Covent Garden marks the close of the first cinema season from The Royal Opera House.  Ondine is live in cinemas on Wednesday 3rd June (7:30pm).  This 50th anniversary revival by The Royal Ballet stars Miyako Yoshida and Edward Watson in Frederick Ashton’s original choreography created in 1958 for Margot Fonteyn.  La Traviata, perhaps Verdi’s best-loved work, is live in cinemas on Tuesday 30th June (7:00pm).  With a star cast including the acclaimed Renée Fleming, Joseph Calleja and Thomas Hampson, this Royal Opera revival of Richard Eyre’s highly acclaimed 1994 production is a definite must see.

For further information, including full cinema listings, please visit www.roh.org.uk/cinemas, or visit www.artsalliancemedia.com/opera. 

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