Tickets now on sale for CUDOS Christmas Concert

Mulled wine and mince pies are included in an evening of seasonal festive fun.

Director: Beth Harris

I am extremely excited to be making my directorial debut for this year's Christmas Concert.

Panto

Calling all good guys, bad guys, principal boys and Dames.

Have you ever wanted tread the boards and have people shout "IT'S BEHIND YOU!!!" ?

Do you have the ...urge to be booed at every time you go on stage?

Is it your ambition to dress like a woman whilst still keeping your beard?

If the answers to any of these questions is YES! then the CUDOS pantomime could be the answer to your dreams.

The read through for Ann Brolly's fantastic new pantomime 'SNOW WHITE' is taking place on Monday 30th October. All are welcome to attend from ages 7* upwards (no upper age limit!).

There will also be a pantomime workshop on Thursday 2nd November at 7.30pm.

Auditions will then take place on Sunday 5th November at 2pm.

The read through, workshop and audition will all take place at the Victoria Hall, Crewkerne.

So, if you've ever wanted to be on stage, backstage, upstage or down come along, we'd love to see you!

*please note, all junior members of the cast will have to be seven years old by the week of the pantomime.

** Anyone over the age of 90 who wishes to appear will have to have a letter of permission signed by both parents for insurance purpose's!

Workshop Report, Looks like those who didn't go missed out.

A good Group of members attended the House of Fun Theatre Company's 'Finding the Character' workshop on Sunday 15th October and were not disappointed in the day. Tutor, David Richey, comes from a very accomplished career in the theatre and clearly had plenty of skills to pass on. Starting the morning with physical activities helped us all breakdown our barriers and warm us up on a chilly sunday morning. What at first impression felt little daft made an awful lot of sense when we came to applying the focussed skills we were learning to specific activities. The content of the course gave us all plenty to think about, new methods for finding instant character from the moment you step on stage, with everything from physical and emotional cues, to elements of imitation to help develop a good rounded character. Working as a team, we looked at the role of Lady M in the 'Scottish play' and all contributed different emotional elements which would help an actor build their performance of her. The group who attended all worked together really well and, I felt, helped us appreciate each others skills even more so that we might have previously done. Personally, I cannot recommend David highly enough and I very much hope that he will come back to work with us again. For all actors, the opportunity to reinforce the skills we may already have and learn new ones should never be missed and I should also pass on our grateful thanks to the CUDOS Presidents Trust Fund for subsidising the workshop making the whole day a snip at the price for what we gained from it. Definitely don't miss out next time!