January 2010
NEWSLETTER
Forthcoming Production
Natural Causes
By
Eric Chappell
Wednesday 10 to Friday 13 March @ 8pm
BOX OFFICE
Tickets are £8 each (unless stated otherwise) and are available from the box office on 01293 522763. Please leave a message on the answer phone or visit the Box Office in person on Sundays between 1 and 2 pm
Theatre programme
10-13 March Natural Causes by Eric Chappell
Directed by Margaret Morris
19-22 May Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones
Directed by John Miller
Latecomers to performances will no longer be allowed into the auditorium until the end of a scene or an act, in order to lessen the disruption of the performance for other members of the audience.
Wanted May Queen for 2010 Fayre.
Qualifications:
Be a maiden between 14 and 16 years old;
be able to make a short speech on opening of May Day Fayre;
be a member of St Margaret's Church or Barn Theatre, possibly having made a
contribution to local life.
Please submit nominations by January 2010. Please send to Chairman of Ifield
May Fayre Committee, Carl Peirce (carlp79@gmail.com).
A couple of lines explaining the reasons for nomination would be appreciated.
The May Fayre committee will make the final selection.
GREEN ROOM EVENTS
SUNDAY 3rd JANUARY from 1pm
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS COME DOWN
They have to sometime. Any help would be appreciated.
SUNDAY 17TH JANUARY from 1pm
A BURN'S LUNCH
This was a great success last year. It is a great way to celebrate Scotland's answer to William MacConagle while getting a fine culinary delight.
Copious amounts of whisky will help the poetry go down.
FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY 8pm
A PLAY READING.... 'DRACULA'
This play will be our October production so come along and get a 'taster' of what's to come over a glass of red wine .... or something similar in colour....
FRIDAY 29th JANUARY from 8pm
PAINTING EVENING
Another chance to create your Turner Prize entry... no unmade beds though, it's been done already.
SUNDAY 5th FEBRUARY from 1pm
SUNDAY LUNCH
Yes, another feast to satisfy your appetite.
FRIDAY 12th FEBRUARY from 8pm
PAINTING EVENING
Your masterpiece may be ready for the elephant dung now...but are we!!!!
FRIDAY 19th FEBRUARY from 8pm
CHINESE NEW YEAR
This popular event is the turn of the TIGER in 2010. Come along to a fun evening with great food, courtesy of Uncle Harry, Crawley's foremost purveyor of Chinese cuisine.
FRIDAY 26th FEBRUARY from 8pm
A PLAY READING
Here is another chance to trawl through the cornucopia of English dramatic works. Title to be announced later.
Green Room Events Advance Notice
March will see Ifield Barn’s very own Golf Tournament and a poetry reading.
Look out for further details of these very enjoyable events.
Congratulations to Mark Turner
who has just earned a BA Hons in Literature.
Advance Notice
Humble Boy by Charlotte Jones
19-22 May
A comedy about broken vows, failed hopes, and the joys of bee-keeping.
Felix Humble is an astro-physicist who returns to his Middle-England home to find that since his father's sudden death all the precious bees and bee-hives have disappeared from the garden. Why?
The Sunday Times said: "Sad, very sad; funny, very very funny, this is a seriously wonderful play".
Auditions 14 February
To be directed by John Miller
Natural Causes
March 10-13 2010
A black comedy by Eric Chappell
Directed by Margaret Morris
Vincent is from Exodus, a euthanasia group that assists people in suicide. When he is invitd to Walter Bryces’s country house to assist in the disposal of Walter’s wife he senses something is wrong. Why are the suicide notes unsigned? What is the role of Walter’s attractive secretary? Why has the Samaritan been sent for?
Come along and watch this tale unfold, performed by a talented cast.
The GREEN ROOM COMMITTEE wishes you all a VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS 2010. And while you are planning your New Year resolutions may I suggest that you add... I must attend a Green Room event this year. Not only will it make the Green Room Committee feel wanted but who knows, you might actually enjoy it.
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