Update regarding several
programming decisions your committee has made in light of the continuing
pandemic lockdown.
As you know, we were due to stage a
production of Return to the Forbidden Planet at the end of April. That project
is still pending and we hope to revive it once amateur theatrical activity can
recommence.
Our Songs of Stage and Screen: Take Two concert was to have taken place in July
but, as we have been unable to even commence rehearsal, it will now also be “put
on ice” until we can get back to work on it.
Sadly, we have had to abandon our production of Chicago altogether. It was due
to be staged in October and had aroused considerable interest both within the
society and from outside. In order to be ready for a first night on 20th October
we would have had to be casting the show by now (allowing for a summer holiday
break) and that is not feasible, of course, in the current social conditions. In
addition, compared with Return to the Forbidden Planet, it is currently a very
popular show for amateurs and a professional tour is planned for 2021 which
means that the rights-holders will put it on their “unavailable for amateurs”
list during the tour. Finally, they do not approve postponement requests for
more than 12 months in advance, so we cannot effectively re-schedule a
production at all at present. I know that will disappoint many of you, but there
are other shows…..
9 to 5 remains resolutely alive at the moment. We have booked the Queen Mother
Theatre for performances from 13th to 17th April 2021, in the fervent hope that
we will be able to start sing-throughs and auditions before the end of this year
and so give ourselves a good 12 weeks rehearsal run thereafter.
Above all, please be assured that your committee is very active during these
frustrating weeks keeping our venue in good shape and planning for the new dawn
which will surely come. In the meantime, please keep smiling, singing and hoping
for a better day – which Sir Tom says will be tomorrow!
Ian Hamilton - Chairman
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Hitchin Thespians Present:
Inspired Voices
CANCELLED
27th & 28th March 2020 at 7:45pm
Woodside Hall, Hitchin
Tickets £12.00
Inspired Voices - music from the heart.
Join the choir of the Hitchin Thespians, under the baton of John Edwards, as
they take you on a musical journey through some of the choral repertoire’s most
beautiful and inspiring pieces. The audience will be treated to excerpts from
the following: the classical perfection of Haydn’s Creation, the operatic drama
of Puccini’s Messa di Gloria and perennial favourite the Cantique de Jean Racine
by Faure. Interspersed with the choral items will be the opportunity to hear
solos from works as varied as Vivaldi’s Gloria and the exquisite Simple Song
from Leonard Bernstein’s Mass. An evening not to be missed!
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Hitchin Thespians Present:
Return to the Forbidden Planet
CANCELLED
21st - 25th April 2020 at 7:45pm
Woodside Hall, Hitchin
Tickets £15.00
"Shakespeare's forgotten rock 'n' roll
masterpiece"
Fasten your seat belts for the wildest ride of the year Hitchin Thespians
present Return to the Forbidden Planet, a cult musical comedy with a solid gold
rock'n'roll score!
Set in outer space (a first for the Thespians), the script combines a
Shakespeare story and verse (another first for Thespians) with a vintage jukebox
score of 1950s and 60s classics (yet another first).
Thrill to the sound of Good Vibrations as the spaceship veers out of control!
Shiver as the soulful harmonies of It's a Man's Man's Man's World echo around
Woodside Hall! Puzzle as to what the heck The Monster Mash is all about!
You won't want to miss this one-of-a-kind show with a live band and a roller
skating robot!
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