ST DAVIDS PLAYERS 14th - 18th OCTOBER 2014 PLEASE ST DAVIDS PLAYERS NOTE: www.stdavidsplayers.co.uk St David’s Players take no responsibility for any oers or advert content contained in this le. Special oers shown in adverts may no longer be valid. eat well with Riverford get your 3rd vegbox free free * vegbox Libretto by W S Gilbert Music by Arthur Sullivan in the edition by David Russell Hulme © Oxford University Press 2000. Performed by arrangement with Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. Director Jane May Musical Director Mark Perry 14th - 18th OCTOBER 2014 Nightly at 7.30pm Matinée on Saturday 18th at 2.30pm enjoy better veg vegboxes from £10.35 ST LOYE’S FOUNDATION healthy, seasonal, all organic Supporting free delivery ST LOYE’S FOUNDATION in 2014 e Exeter Barneld eatre is tted Members of the audience are asked to Members of the audience are reminded try a seasonal organic vegbox today with free delivery with an Inductive Loop system. 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St David’s Players’ Special oers shown in adverts may no longer be valid. production of Ruddigore hen I joined St David’s Players in We are very lucky to have Jane May directing W1980, Ruddigore was the rst show us again aer her successful production of I performed in so it holds some very special e Mikado last year and we also have our memories for me. Pete Sargent and Caroline fantastic musical duo of Mark and Nicky Perry WeWe areare Avery were also in that production 34 years back again. is year Mark is wielding the baton ago with me and they are both performing with Nicky accompanying him brilliantly on on stage again this year. For Pete, this will the keyboard. StSt Loye’sLoye’s be his 35th show without a break that he I would like to wish you all a very enjoyable has performed with St David’s Players. evening and hope to see you again next year for a Alice,Alice, now now job job seeking, seeking, former former St StLoye’s Loye’s client client uite an achievement, so well done Pete. bit of swash buckling in e Pirates of Penzance! EveryEvery pound pound raised raised makes makes a a dierence… dierence… Charity WeWe are are a aregistered registered charity. charity. Donations,Donations, however however large large or or small, small, Following the success of last year’s provides support for people with autistic WeWe believe believe all all people people should should have have the the areare always always gratefully gratefully received received as as every every production of e Mikado we were able to spectrum conditions who are looking for opportunityopportunity to to full full their their potential. potential. pennypenny directly directly benets benets our our clients. clients. present a cheque to FORCE Cancer Charity employment, training or meaningful activities for the sum of £2,396.89 - A big thank you to in the Exeter and East Devon area. We hope you everyone who helped us raise this amount. feel able to support them by purchasing a rae WeWe work work with with disabled disabled and and disadvantaged disadvantaged ToTo make make a adonation, donation, or or to to nd nd out out how how Our chosen charity this year is St Loye’s ticket or donating in the bucket collection at the peoplepeople to to help help transform transform their their lives lives youyou can can help help support support St St Loye’s Loye’s Foundation, Foundation, Foundation and we would like to raise funds end of the show. S J throughthrough our our specialist specialist support support services. services. likelike volunteering, volunteering, leaving leaving a alegacy legacy or or choosing choosing for their ‘Positive Opportunities Service’ which WeWe have have been been doing doing this this since since 1937. 1937. usus as as your your Charity Charity of of the the Year, Year, please please visit visit President: St David’s Players ourour website website www.stloyes.org.uk www.stloyes.org.uk TogetherTogether we we can can help help more more people. people. oror call call 01392 01392 255428 255428. AA big big thank thank you you to to St St David’s David’s Players Players for for choosing choosing St St Loye’s Loye’s Foundation Foundation as as their their Charity Charity of of the the Year. Year. Jim,Jim, now now at atwork, work, former former St StLoye’s Loye’s client client Billy,Billy, now now a budding a budding horticulturalist, horticulturalist, former former St StLoye’s Loye’s client client Paul, Paul, now now a Social a Social Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur, former former St StLoye’s Loye’s Client Client Chris Berry presenting a cheque for £2,396.89 to Mervyn Hayes representing FORCE Cancer Charity with Susan James, Jackie Turner St StLoye’s Loye’s Foundation Foundation | Head | Head Oce: Oce: Beaufort Beaufort House, House, 51 51 New New North North Road, Road, Exeter Exeter EX4 EX4 4EP 4EP Tel:Tel: 01392 01392 255428 255428 | Fax: | Fax: 01392 01392 420889 420889 | www.stloyes.org.uk | www.stloyes.org.uk | [email protected] | [email protected] /stloyes/stloyes @stloyes @stloyes RegReg Charity Charity No: No: 235434 235434 | Company | Company No: No: 393477 393477 | Registered | Registered in inEngland England | Limited | Limited by by Guarantee Guarantee Exeter Barneld eatre 14th - 18th October 2014 or e Witch’s Curse stdavidsplayers.co.uk | | PLEASE NOTE: St David’s Players take no responsibility for any oers or advert content contained in this le. Special oers shown in adverts may no Chairman’s welcome longer be valid. C B Chairman: St David’s Players irstly, I would like to say how delighted I am Fto have been elected as the new Chairman S of St David’s Players. I have been a lifelong fan in St David’s Church. Some of them may even StdP of theatre, I became directly involved, helping have involved a Maypole just like tonight’s opera! with props and backstage, so that I could Set on the rugged Cornish Coast Ruddigore problems for over 75 years. Please dig deep to S spend more time with my beautiful, talented or originally Ruddygore (also known as e support their rae and bucket collections. and long suering wife Sarah. She was oen at Witches Curse ) is the tenth of what became My thanks go to our director, Jane May rehearsals, so it seemed a good way to spend known as the ‘Savoy Operas’ written by Gilbert and our musical director Mark Perry, who, time together. is has rather backred, as we and Sullivan. It was rst performed in the Savoy supported by our backstage and technical crew, now oen nd ourselves working on dierent eatre London on the 22 have led the cast to entertain you with tonight’s shows. In addition, I would like to thank Ruddigore did not originallynd January do very 1887. well in fantastic show. I would like to welcome the new Sarah for allowing me to turn our home into its reviews. However, ultimately it proved very members of the cast and crew, and thank all a semi-permanent prop workshop and store. popular, protable and has gone on to inuence involved for their hard work on this production. I have been known to perform occasionally many shows from Ruddy George (a.k.a. Robin I would also like to thank the St David’s Players myself. Look carefully and you may spot me Redbreast) a burlesque, to Me and My Girl, committee who have supported and helped me briey on stage tonight. For me, being Chairman oroughly Modern Millie, Spitting Image, nd my feet this year. tdEt of St David’s Players feels like coming home. Doctor Who and of course Harry Potter. Please enjoy the show, and I look I started school at St David’s First School 34 T I am delighted that this year we are forward to seeing you all next year, for our exeter musical society t years ago, and my rst public performances were supporting St Loye’s Foundation who have been production of e Pirates of Penzance. www.exetermusicalsociety.com providing employment and training services for people with disabilities and chronic health OIN US FOR A MAGICAL OURNEY THROUGHNational Operatic and Dramatic Association W S 110 YEARS ST DAVIDS PLAYERS OF MUSICAL THEATRE IN EETER MARCH 30 www.stdavidsplayers.co.uk e Finale from our 2013WITH production JOYOUS of SHOUT! 1904 Showcasing our hugely talented company in a wide range of musical styles, SHOWTIME! will feature classic favourites from Gilbert and Sullivan, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Cole Porter, through to contemporary showstoppers from TO Les Misérables, Jesus Christ Superstar, Miss Saigon and many more. You can also expect a glimpse of things yet to come, with highlights from some current West End hits, and shows 2015 APRIL 4 we’d love to bring to our Exeter audience in the future.