STOURPORT THREE ARTS GUILD

NEWSLETTER – October 2006

Summer has passed into Autumn and it will soon be time to dust off the credit card in order to pay for Christmas and next year’s skiing holiday!

But before then there plenty of things to keep you occupied in the Guild: there’s the November production and a Christmas Party to look forward to…


	THE CANTERVILLE GHOST SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23^rd - 25^TH ~ ARELEY KINGS VILLAGE HALL


	Rehearsals are now well underway for our production of The Canterville Ghost. All of the set and costume requirements are being progressed at a stunning rate and we also have some great ideas to help publicise the show. There is a long way to go yet but this production is really shaping up to be a wonderfully colourful and vibrant production. Chris Phillips is still searching for musicians to make some sweet music for the production – if you are interested, or know someone who might be available, please contract Chris. We are hoping to arrange a reading of Oscar Wilde’s original story of “The Canterville Ghost” at Kidderminster Library later this month. This will be a great way of publicising the show and showcasing the Guild’s talents. Please start spreading the word about the show: tickets will be available very, very soon!


	SOCIAL EVENTS


	Games Evening Saturday October 28^th – 7pm This will now be held on Saturday October 28^th at the Hut. Dig out your table-top games and bring them along for a fun night of dice-shaking!! Bacon & Sausage Butties will be available – bring your own drinks. Christmas Party Saturday December 16th – 7pm to 10:30pm We are holding a Christmas Party at Stourport Day Centre just nine days before the big day. There will be a superb finger buffet, some silly party games and a guest appearance from Father Christmas – he’ll be very busy at that time so it may be a very brief visit! More details to follow in the next newsletter.


	“MURDERED TO DEATH” a review by Don Williams


	A Victorian Chapel in Barmouth has been expertly converted into a superb 186 seat theatre and Hilda and I recently paid a visit to see Peter Gordon’s comedy “Murdered To Death”. This is a two-act play set in the 1930’s and the action takes place in the lounge of an old country manor house. As the title suggests, a murder is soon committed and from then on the action is fast, furious and funny. In charge of the investigation is Inspector Pratt, assisted by Constable Thomkins, and between them they manage to make a hilarious mess of things – however there is a Miss Joan Marple in the cast! The audience found the play hilarious and frequently clapped the cast, but nevertheless the pace at times dropped and too many prompts only helped to slow down the action when in fact it needed speeding up. However we were provided with an entertaining night out and an appreciative audience went home happy. As the man sat next to us said: “I enjoyed that!”


	WHAT A LOAD OF RUBBISH a few words of warning from John Banner…


	All the talk about wheelie bins and flies and fortnightly collections reminded me of a friend who decided if he compacted the rubbish he could get more in his bin Being a man of short stature he got pair of step ladders and climbed in the bin. After much jumping up and down he compacted his rubbish considerably, but now he was almost up to his armpits in the bin. He used his arms to lift himself up and swung his leg over the side of the bin, kicking the step ladders over. The bin became unbalanced and tipped over giving him a grazed arm, shoulder and a bump on the head. His wife came out to find out what all the commotion was about and offered the usual sympathetic words “I could have told you that would happen”. The postscript is that when the bin men came the rubbish was too compacted to come out, so he didn’t get his bin emptied

DIARY DATES

Monday October 16^th

Committee Meeting; the Hut; 7-30pm

Saturday October 28^th

Games Evening; the Hut; 7pm

November 23^rd – 25^th

The Canterville Ghost; Areley Kings Village Hall

Saturday December 16^th

Christmas Party; Day Centre; 7 pm

Thanks to Don and John for their contributions to this month’s newsletter.

Don’t forget that if you have something you think will be of interest to other readers of the newsletter, you can send them to me via email, snail-mail or even phone me and dictate your item!

Alan

DINGBAT ANSWER: Mother in law

CONTACT DETAILS

Subs are now due for our Autumn payees – those of you who paid in March can breathe easy for now!

Aunty Hilda has all of the names and addresses of those of you who pay in September and she is on your case!!