Curtain Call
Bringing you all the news, gossip, previews and reviews from the world of amateur theatre.
| The Mennyms Showstoppers | | 5:36pm Tuesday 13th May 2008 | |
THE popular children's book, by Sylvia Waugh,
explores the antics of a family of rag dolls stuck at
their respective ages and trying to hide their
identities from the outside
world, but an imaginative mind
and a stranger in the attic test
the family's resolve and show
them what's important. |
 | Daisy Pulls It Off | | 4:08pm Fri 9 May 08 | |
JOLLY hockey sticks! Waterside Theatre Company's next production, the comedy Daisy Pulls It Off, is an affectionate
parody of life in an English boarding school for girls in a bygone era. |
 | Oliver | | 2:29pm Sat 3 May 08 | | THE Point in Eastleigh will become victim to one of the worst pickpocket gangs ever seen next week, when Eastleigh Operatic and Musical Society return there with their production of Oliver! |
 | The Pirates of Penzance | | 2:28pm Sat 3 May 08 | | IN their centenary year, Salisbury Amateur Operatic Society presents The Broadway version of The Pirates of Penzance. |
 | The Mennyms | | 2:27pm Sat 3 May 08 | | AN airmail letter from Australia threatens to unearth an incredible secret at the University of Southampton's Annex Theatre next week. |
| Season’s Greetings, Lymington Players | | 2:53pm Tuesday 29th April 2008 | | It may not be Christmas, but Lymington Players effectively recreated the atmosphere of the season, with all its familial strife, in their latest production - Alan Ayckbourn's Season's Greetings. |
| Habeas Corpus | | 2:44pm Thursday 24th April 2008 | | Cheriton Players, Cheriton Village Hall |
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| Amateur theatre is an important part of local entertainment. SceneSouth and The Daily Echo acknowledges that with its annual Curtain Call Awards a glittering prize-giving ceremony honouring the best talents in the am dram world.
All amateur shows reviewed in the Daily Echo, including pantomimes, are considered for the awards.
To let us know about your show, e-mail some information (including contact details for the director, wherever possible) to lorelei.reddin@soton-echo.co.uk at least a month before the first night.
You can also write to Lorelei at What’s On, Southern Daily Echo, Newspaper House, Test Lane, Redbridge, Southampton. SO16 9JX.
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