Habeas Corpus

4:37pm Friday 18th April 2008

THE Cheriton Players take to the boards again next week with their production of Alan Bennett's extremely witty, adult comedy Habeas Corpus.

The Dresser

9:32am Monday 24th March 2008

TFG Theatre Company, Braganza Room, The Queen's Head, Titchfield ACTOR and manager Sir, is struggling to maintain his health and sanity while striving to ensure that King Lear goes up on time, despite the backdrop of London in the Blitz.

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Review: Once a catholic

3:27pm Friday 22nd February 2008

Innuendo Theatre Group, Thorngate Halls, Gosport ITG's production of Mary O'Malley's Once a Catholic - a 1950s convent school set comedy of the nuns' battle against changing society, inquisitive teenagers, boys and Elvis Presley - brilliantly captured the incisive wit and sense of period of the play.

	Comedy of Errors
	4:07pm Fri 8 Feb 08
	THEY became such fixtures on the summer calendar that one couple even arranged their wedding around the comings and goings of Maskers Theatre Company at Mottisfont Abbey.

	Beggars Opera
	4:05pm Fri 8 Feb 08
	Southampton Solent University Student Theatre. John Everett Millais Building John Gay's classic 18th century comic opera is often considered the forerunner of the modern musical, telling the tale of Peachum, thief-taker and informer, conspiring to send the dashing and lecherous highwayman Macheath to the gallows.

	The Oscars of the south
	11:27am Mon 21 Jan 08
	THE great and the good of Hampshire's amateur theatrical world came together at St Mary's Stadium for the annual Daily Echo Curtain Call Awards.
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	And the winners are…
	11:24am Mon 21 Jan 08
	More than 400 guests from the best in Hampshire’s amateur theatrical world turned out at St Mary’s Stadium to celebrate the Daily Echo Annual Curtain Call Awards
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Panto time

12:41pm Friday 4th January 2008

TAKE one sleepy village, add a sweet maiden, mix in a dark mysterious castle with just a hint of a scary beast and you have the perfect recipe for a tale of Beauty and the Beast.

	Best Newcomer
	12:11pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Ali Shutler. Burley Players. King Humpty Dumpty. Outstanding comedy performance. An absolute natural.

	Best Supporting Actor in a Drama
	12:10pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Lewis Bailey. The Rev Paris in The Crucible, One Off Productions. Particularly excellent.

	Best Supporting Actress in a Drama
	12:09pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Joy Shepherd as Joe Egg in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg by RAODS. A detailed and disciplined performance.

	Best Supporting Actress in a Musical or Opera
	12:08pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Camilla Burgess. Mrs Higgins in My Fair Lady, Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society. Beautifully refined.

	Best Supporting Actor in a Musical or Opera
	12:08pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Eddie Manning. Winthrop in the Music Man, Fareham Musical Society. Outstanding performance.

	Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Comic Drama
	12:07pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Chris Aland. The butler in Tartuffe by Southampton University Players. Very good as a physically comic yet silent clown. Commanding.

	Best Supporting Actor in a Youth Production
	12:06pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Adam Nowell as Eugene Fodor in Crazy for You by Encore Theatre Company. Superb double act.

	Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Comic Drama
	12:06pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Amanda Shearman. Liz in Third Week in August, St Cross Drama Group. A complex character, Liz pulled off the intricacies with charm.

	Best Supporting Actress in a Youth Production
	12:05pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Anna Harding. Patricia Fodor in Crazy For You by Encore Youth Theatre. Immense skill to make the art of comedy look easy.

	Best Supporting Actress in a Shakespeare Play
	12:04pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Susan Moisan. Miranda in The Tempest, RAODS. A glowing, radiant performance.

	Best Supporting Actor in a Shakespeare Play
	12:04pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Neil Gwynne. Caliban in The Tempest by RAODS. A roaring drunken monster.

	Best Lighting, Sound and Effects
	12:03pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Barrie Wells for Oklahoma, Eastleigh Operatic and Musical Society. It was a welcome pleasure to be able to hear every word. Congratultions, an unusual achievement.

	Best Choreographer
	12:01pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: John Bettesworth. The Music Man, Fareham Musical Society. Impressive choreography was performed well by the lively chorus.

	Best Opera / Musical
	12:00pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: The Boyfriend, Southampton Musical Society. Great interpretation West Side Story, also by Southampton Musical Society. A slick and energetic performance.

	Best Musical Director
	12:00pm Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Martin Paterson. Pirates of Penzance, RAODS. Excellent musical direction.

	Best Actor in a Drama
	11:59am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Roger Minors for Roger in Albert Make Us Laugh for Swanmore Amateur Dramatic Society. Poor, grubby, hopeful Albert.

	Best Actress in a Drama
	11:58am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Lucy Moore as Elizabeth in The Crucible, One Off Productions. A very strong lead.

	Best Actress in a Musical
	11:57am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Sarah Webber. Scaramouche. We Will Rock You. Winchester Students Union and Performing Arts Winchester. Compelling performance.

	Best Actor in a Musical or Opera
	11:57am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Danny Owen. Harold Hill. Music Man, Fareham Musical Society. Performed the demanding role well.

	Best Actor in a Comedy or Comic Drama
	11:56am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Neil Brooks. Peradine Foulds in Lady Frederick. Lymington Players. Twinkle in his eye, excellent comic timing, lovely vocal quality.

	Best Actor in a Youth Production
	11:55am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Richard Spencer. Don Lockwood, Singing in the Rain, RAODS. Great stage presence.

	Best Actress in a Comedy or Comic Drama
	11:55am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Lesley Nunnerley. Lady Frederick in Lady Frederick, Lymington Players. Commanded the stage.

	Best Actress in a Youth Production
	11:54am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Hannah Williams. Polly Baker in Crazy For You, by Encore Youth Theatre. Outstanding voice.

	Best Actress in a Shakespeare Play
	11:53am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Melanie Dale Sanford. Mistress Alice Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Titchfield Festival Theatre. A performance of charm and guile.

	Best Actor in a Shakespeare Play
	11:53am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: John Souter for Lear in King Lear by Maskers Theatre. Commanding.

	Best Performance in a Pantomime
	11:52am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Hilary Causey. Atrocia, Hansel and Gretel. Lyndhurst Music and Drama Society. A superbly wicked witch.

	Best Pantomime
	11:39am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: King Humpty Dumpty, Burley Players. An excellent panto, a cracking result.

	Best Set and Props
	11:38am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Phil Moody and Adam Case for Anything Goes. Eastleigh Operatic Junior Musical Society and Southampton Operatic Society. Set was imaginative and ingenious.

	Best Performance in an Opera
	11:37am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: David Tatnall. Pirate King, Pirates of Penzance, RAODS. Wonderfully camp.

	Best Costumes
	11:37am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Joy Bacon. Lady Frederick by Lymington Players. Stunning period costumes.

	Best Director of a Drama
	11:36am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: Neil Gwynne. Dancing at Lughnasa. RAODS. Touching and poignant.

	Best Director of a Musical or Opera
	11:20am Tue 4 Dec 07
	The nominations are as follows: John Bettesworth. The Music Man, Fareham Musical Society. A lively and light-hearted show.

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