Easter is on its way and as we make our way towards the holiday weekend that indulges our every wish for chocolate and a new beginning I have gone up to Dartford to spend a fortnight with LibraryGirl's family. Being just outside the Capital means I am basically staying on the fringe of theatre land and here at the moment there are some really interesting events lining up in the forthcoming months for the area.
Hall Place a 16th Century house built for former London Mayor Sir John Champney's has several events listed as coming to their beautiful property over the coming months. These include Chapterhouse Theatre Company on the 17th of June with their production of 'A Midsummer Nights Dream' by William Shakespeare. Then on the 26th of August the Cambridge Touring Theatre will be doing their musical version of 'Robin Hood'. On Sunday the 6th of June there will be a talk by 'Mr Mackett', played by an actor named John White, a Victorian School Master which is sure to be an interesting educational performance piece. Then on the 3rd of October John White will return as 'Master Peter Simpkin' a Tudor Privateer who sailed round the world with Drake. For more events please go to the very helpful and informative Hall Place website here. Or if you want to read their leaflet on upcoming events you can read their pdf file here.
The Orchard Theatre in Dartford is having a brilliant event on Sunday: an open audition for 9-19 yr olds who want to be part of a 250 strong cast in the summer youth project of FAME. If you want to take part you can find the information at this link here. In the evening of Sunday 28th of March the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing Mozart, Handel, Grieg and Dvorak. On the 7th of April Rory Bremner will present his satirical stage show 'Rory Bremners Election Battlebus'. Then from the 14th of April until the 17th of April DAODS, Dartford's premier Amateur Musical company, will present The Wizard of Oz.
The Geoffery Whitworth Theatre a reperatory amateur theatre based in Dartford is currently in the middle of their 2010 season and is presenting next week their GWT Youth Theatre show 'Grimm Tales'by Carol Ann Duffy. From the 24th of April to the 1st of May they present 'Miser'
by Moliere before moving through May and June with plays by Minghella and Nick Dear. This is a company with a wealth of experience with a real drive to put on good community theatre, I would highly reccommend attending any one of these shows or indeed all of them.
That rounds up my pick of the happenings in the Dartford area, however other people to look up include: The Riverside Players, The Miskin Theatre and Erith Playhouse.
As always, all comments welcome below and if you wish to contact me then email me at chrisandrewpilgrim@yahoo.co.uk
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The Orchard Theatre in Dartford is having a brilliant event on Sunday: an open audition for 9-19 yr olds who want to be part of a 250 strong cast in the summer youth project of FAME. If you want to take part you can find the information at this link here. In the evening of Sunday 28th of March the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing Mozart, Handel, Grieg and Dvorak. On the 7th of April Rory Bremner will present his satirical stage show 'Rory Bremners Election Battlebus'. Then from the 14th of April until the 17th of April DAODS, Dartford's premier Amateur Musical company, will present The Wizard of Oz.
The Geoffery Whitworth Theatre a reperatory amateur theatre based in Dartford is currently in the middle of their 2010 season and is presenting next week their GWT Youth Theatre show 'Grimm Tales'
by Carol Ann Duffy. From the 24th of April to the 1st of May they present 'Miser' by Moliere before moving through May and June with plays by Minghella and Nick Dear. This is a company with a wealth of experience with a real drive to put on good community theatre, I would highly reccommend attending any one of these shows or indeed all of them.That rounds up my pick of the happenings in the Dartford area, however other people to look up include: The Riverside Players, The Miskin Theatre and Erith Playhouse.
As always, all comments welcome below and if you wish to contact me then email me at chrisandrewpilgrim@yahoo.co.uk
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