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Reviews: the Long Road | the Lieutenant July 2016 | No. 57 | Bimonthly www.bromleylittletheatre.org OF ORGAN OFFICIAL THE OBE Reviews: The Long Road | The Lieutenant Of Inishmore | YORK MICHAEL Other Desert Cities | Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime PRESIDENT: Previews: One Man, Two Guvnors | James & The Giant Peach + Events Diary + Noticeboard Wendy Jardine, Madeleine Jullian and Bruce Wallace in BLT’s May 2016 production of Other Desert Cities BLT chair Jane Amos-Davidson and Jan Greenhough in BLT’s June 2016 production of Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime 2 BLT chair Key contacts @BromleyTheatre If you would like to follow us on Twitter, search for and please Call: 020 3189 1690 @BromleyTheatre tweet away about our productions, and for box office, membership and key contacts remember to include enquiries (but not for booking tickets). in your tweet. The Lieutenant As you know probably know, BLT has Key contact areas: Of Inishmore entered our production of [email protected] into both the Bromley Theatre [email protected] Guild and Kent Drama Association festivals. We have been nominated for a number of Spotlights Chair: awards in both, but the results will not be [email protected] known until the next edition of Key: Jane Buckland in September. Fingers crossed. A couple of weeks ago, we had one of our Artistic: periodic clear up days, tidying the furniture store and ferrying broken and unusable Keys: Pauline Armour / Jane Buckland Over the past year, our BLT Youth Group [email protected] items to the dump in our cars. We are, of has been going from strength to course, always looking for new volunteers Youth group: strength. Some of its members plus a few to act or work backstage, but if you want [email protected] adult actors took part in a Shakespearian to help at BLT but can’t make a regular [email protected] ‘flashmob’ in Bromley Library to celebrate James And The Giant commitment of time, there are always Key: Jessica-Ann Jenner Shakespeare’s birthday. The Youth Group Peach one-off jobs like this which you might like. production this year is If you are interested in giving us a day of based on the Roald Dahl story and Membership: your time (no particular skills are needed), you can buy tickets for it in the usual ways. - please get in touch with me. Key: Christina Jeremiah Do come along and support the BLT actors Other [email protected] We continue with our varied and interesting of tomorrow. The number we can accom Desert Cities modate at the Saturday morning sessions range of shows. I recently directed Box office: is limited by the space available, but there and an opportunity arose to often are places for new members, especially take it for a run at the Brockley Jack studio Key: Paul Ackroyd [email protected] at the start of term. theatre, where a profit share arrangement with this small professional theatre would Spotlights magazine: Bromley Theatre Guild meets regularly have generated some extra income for BLT. [email protected] and has representatives at its meetings Unfortunately, the cost of the performance from most of the active community drama rights demanded by the American agent groups in the borough, not just those Doubt Key: Stevie Hughes proved exhorbitant and we had to decline. [email protected] fortunate enough to have their own premises Alice In Wonderland Our recent production of in the bar like BLT. The joint BTG production this year Website: had a similar opportunity but again rights is , directed by Mike Spotlights, proved to be the stumbling block. It is Darbon. Further information is available on Key: Stevie Hughes good to know, however, that our shows are [email protected] page 4 of this edition of if you considered to be of an appropriate standard want to attend this magical, open-air show One Man, Two Guvnors Publicity: for the professional theatre. Our July staged in the lush grounds of Hayes school. production of at Key: Pat Jones One of the things the Board and Publicity BLT will undoubtedly prove very popular [email protected] Committee have being giving attention to and it will also be performed at the Hever Bar: over the past few weeks is our use of social Festival open air theatre once the run at media. We have had a closed BLT Facebook BLT finishes. This will be the third year we Key: Peter Yolland group for some time which acts like an online have been invited to take a show to Hever [email protected] noticeboard for members but we now also and we hope many of you will come along have our Bromley Little Theatre page which, and watch us perform to a much larger as it evolves, will have information about audience. Tickets are selling fast, so if current and forthcoming shows, links to you fancy bringing a picnic to eat by the Bromley LITTLE Theatre reviews, rehearsal photos and important lake, followed by a top class BLT show, notices. Please have a look, ‘like’ it and do book directly via the Hever Festival Registeredwww.BromleyLittleTheatre.org Charity No. 1132561 encourage all your friends to do so. website– Jane Buckland, (more details BLT chairon page 5). President: Michael York OBE Spotlights ‘Spotlights’ is designed and typeset by: COVER: is published by Bromley Little Chris Learmonth in BLT’s April 2016 Theatre Ltd., NorthSpotlights Street, Bromley, Kent 07789 123719 BR1 1SB. Any views or opinions expressed production of The Lietenant Of Inishmore graphic design • web design • sound design by individuals in are done so Call: [email protected] www.triocreative.com Photo: Tony Jenner independently and are not necessarily the opinions of Bromley Little Theatre Ltd. or its directors. & Diary NoticeboardLatest News 2017 Season Launch FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY: Sat 29 October at 7.45pm in the BLT Bar Dates I t has been agreed by the BLT board that Variety Performance for the first time there will be a ‘launch’ Live #3: ‘PANTS FOR 2016 event to announce the next seasonSaturday of 3 THE MEMORIES’ Septemberplays. The launch at 7.45 of pmthe 2017 season Fri 8 - Sat 16 Jul 2016 at 7.45pm will take place in the theatre onSpotlights One Man, Two Guvnors . This event will T precede announcements in and his has been a very sad year for the on our website and we hope will be a entertainment industry; we lost Prince, Directed by Dan & Pauline Armour by Richard Bean sociable evening that will encourage David Bowie, Ronnie Corbett, Terry Wogan, Thu 21 - Sat 23 Jul 2016 at 7.45pm enthusiasm for next season’s programme. Paul Daniels, Victoria Wood, George Martin James And The The directors of the 2017 season’s plays and many more. will each give a short presentation with the BLT would like to celebrate the joy these Giant Peach aim of creating interest among members people brought to our lives and raise some Directed by Richard Stewart, Hazal Han, (thus ensuring good turn-outs at auditions), money for charity in the only way we know Jessica-Ann Jenner, & Helen Dunlea VPL #3: ‘Pants For The Memories’ of securing backstage teams in plenty of how: a variety show! Yes that’s right, it’s time, and in increasing the number of full time for: Sat 3 Sep 2016 at 7.45pm houses during their run. Saturday 29 October 2016 It will be a one night only event this year on 2017 Season Launch After the announcements, directors will be in the BLT bar. (See announcement on this page) in the bar and will take the contact details of potential actors and crews and will We are asking people to come forward who would like to pay tribute to one of these Tue 26 Jul 2016 at 8.00pm ensure that they are contacted at the appropriate time. The event will be open lost celebrities. We will only be doing two Playgoers’ AGM to all members and their guests and it is rehearsals: one on Sunday 23 October at (See announcement on this page) hoped that there will be a great sense of 6.00pm and the other on the day of the participation and that fun will be had by all! show from 1.00pm. This meansperformance that if you Fri 16 - Sat 24 Sep 2016 at 7.45pm want to be involved, you will need to come Of course, the bar will be open and we may ready to the rehearsal on 23 October Rules For Living even run to nibbles! Please book your FREE , knowing your lines and complete ticket as soon as possible (members may with any backing tracks or accompaniments Directed by Jane Buckland bring one guest each). • by Sam Holcroft needed. You will also need to be flexible Thu 29 Sep - Sun 2 Oct 2016 at 7.45pm Playgoers’ AGM enough to participate in at least one other Orphans sketch or number which will be sent to you T well in advance of 23 October. Tuesdayhe Annual 26 July General 2016 Meeting at 8.00pm of the In The Bar In The Directed by Tony Jenner Please contact Wayne or Pauline if you by Dennis Kelly BLT Playgoers’ Club is to be held on are interested and let them know what Fri 14 - Sat 22 Oct 2016 at 7.45pm you have in mind as they will be putting Cause Célèbre AGENDA: togetherPauline: [email protected] full programme. 1. Apologies for absence Directed by Mike Savill Wayne: [email protected] by Terence Rattigan 2. Minutes of the AGM of 4 June 2015 07984 722 308 Fri 11 - Sat 19 Oct 2016 at 7.45pm 3.
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