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the committee will dump their thoughts on a hopefully regular basis. You can also send your own content directly here and it will appear automatically in the blog. Any particularly good blog entries, if they have a photo, may appear in the News Section. Note: send all photos in a separate email. Please read our commenting policy here .
| The Boy Friend Gallery |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Monday, 26 April 2010 21:04 |
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There are some new photos of our members posing in full 'the Boyfriend' regalia in our image gallery. You can find these new pictures here: http://www.henleyoperatic.co.uk/gallery/31.html |
| The Boy Friend Dress Rehearsal Photoset |
| Written by The Chairman! |
| Tuesday, 13 April 2010 12:39 |
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We have some advance photos of the The Boy Friend taken from the Dress Rehearsal. These are low resolution images and the higher resolution versions will soon exist on the gallery pages. Hopefully these will give you a good taster for the show!    |
| The Boyfriend Second Photo Set |
| Written by The Chairman! |
| Tuesday, 13 April 2010 03:03 |
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| The Boyfriend First Photo Set |
| Written by The Chairman! |
| Tuesday, 13 April 2010 02:49 |
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| Exciting Opportunity for the Right Girl!! |
| Written by The Chairman! |
| Monday, 12 April 2010 23:34 |
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We have had from Ellie Wynn of T C Communications of Ascot asking if we (HAODS) had an actor/tress mid-30's who could do a day's filming in the Hounslow area. If anyone is interested in this opportunity to get your face before the cameras, Please call Ellie directly. Her number is 01344 622280. Good Luck! |
| open mic night performance |
| Written by Claire Wallis |
| Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:04 |
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| THE biggest drawback with open mic nights |
| Written by Daisy O'Halloran |
| Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:00 |
| Article from the Henley Standard - THE biggest drawback with open mic nights is that anyone can perform — and sometimes they can sap the will to live. But the biggest benefit is also that anyone can perform and stunning material can emerge from unexpected areas. That’s what happened at HAODS’s first Open Mic Night in The Green Room at the weekend — talent by the bucketload — and not a bedroom guitarist in sight.Organiser Daisy O’Halloran went flat out to bring in as much real talent as she could find and it worked. There wasn’t a duff performance from the nine acts and while the audience was sparse, it surely won’t be next time after word has got round.And to top it off, Daisy took to the stage at the end of the night to duet with Bleak Angel’s Tim Balmford in a powerful performance of ballads.This was a throwback to the days of the Sixties and Seventies when folk clubs were the testing ground for new performers. The main difference here was that everyone already knew their craft, and knew it well.There was a rich feast of singing, songwriting and musicianship - and we were spared the post-adolescent dirges of hopelessness which might sometimes take the shine off such an event.If HAODS can keep up this standard then its plan to hold the nights on a regular basis will succeed. |
| new publicity images for Raffles the Musical |
| Written by Martin Jarvis, Secretary |
| Wednesday, 31 March 2010 11:50 |
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We have some brand new and highly suitable images for the publicity poster for our up and coming musical "Raffles". The previous poster was in need of improvement having been created over 25 years ago, it was a bit 'eighties'. We have taken on the challenge of creating an up to date and iconic image for the 'naughties'. The preliminary images will appear on the site soon. Keep an eye out here. |
| CELEBRITIES WHO PERFORMED AT THE KENTON PART 2 ? Michael MacLiammoir |
| Written by Bill Port |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 18:10 |
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Michael MacLiammoir (1899-1978) – Actor, Designer, Playwright, Wit and Raconteur Despite his Gaelic name and his insistence that he was born in Cork, Michael MacLiammoir was an Englishman. He was born Alfred Lee Willmore in Willesden, London on October 25th 1899. As a child he became a member of Beerbohm Tree’s company and appeared in Peter Pan with Noel Coward. Despite all his efforts, Willmore seems to have lost out to Coward for all the best parts and he decided to become an artist and studied at the Slade School, London then at the Willesden Polytechnic School of Art. He later returned to the stage and, while touring with the Anew McMaster Company, he met Hilton Edwards, the man who was to become his life-long partner. Bill
Port's Part 2 of his "Celebrities at the Kenton" can be found on the about us
page
click here to see the full article about Michael MacLiammoir: |
| Dates for your Diary 2010 |
| Written by The Chairman! |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:23 |
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Dates for your Diary 2010 Saturday 13th March 7.30 for 8.00 pm Open Mic Night Green Room Friday 19th March 7.00 o 10.00 pm Play Reading Green Room Saturday 20th March 1.00 pm Club Lunch Green Room Saturday 17th April 1.00 pm Club Lunch Green Room Friday 16th to Saturday 24th April The Boy Friend Kenton Theatre Monday 3rd May 11.00 am Fun Run Regatta Fields Tuesday 4th to Saturday 8th May Kenton Drama Festival Kenton Theatre Sat 13th to Saturday 20th November Raffles of Singapore Kenton Theatre |
| Your Society still needs Volunteers |
| Written by The Chairman! |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:22 |
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Help Your Society still needs Volunteers to have a go at Stage Whispers Editor; Website Editor; Membership Secretary; and, now Green Room Manager too. Give Julie or Martin – or any Committee Member a call – or let us know who is waiting to be asked. |
| The Sinodun Players at the Green Room |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:21 |
| The Sinodun Players A number of their Trustees and Members will join us at our Club Lunch in our Green Room on Saturday 17th April (hosted by Mary Dickinson and Jeni Wood). Afterwards, they will be taken on a tour of the Kenton Theatre by it’s Historian (and HAODS Member), Bill Port. – HAODS members can join the tour if they wish. The Sinodun Players, who own, run and perform in the Corn Exchange, Wallingford, bought and converted the building into a theatre in the late 70’s. The first seats in their auditorium came from the Kenton when it was replacing its seats with new ones. HAODS ran the Kenton then and a number of our members helped get these seats into the Corn Exchange. A recent link between the two societies was a loan of one of their top actors (and Trustee) Rod Paddock to play the card sharp in Titanic. |
| Sinodun Players |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:46 |
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| May Day Fun Run Your Club?s healthy annual fund-raiser |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:19 |
| May Day Fun Run Your Club’s healthy annual fund-raiser on Monday 3rd May – start at 11.00 from Regatta Meadows. When we first got this event going many years ago we called it ‘Fun Run’ because we encouraged, and got, a lot of people running in some form of fancy dress – quite a number from HAODS. Come on HAODS – put on a show! There really is room for fun amongst the serious runners. And we want to encourage children, too – so we’ve lowered the entry fee for them – Adults £10 on the day (£8 in advance): children 10 to 15 only £5 (£4 in advance): and under 10 for Free. By the end of this month Entry Forms will be available from Mark Staunton 01189 472389 And we do need the usual lots of help, too, as stewards and all sorts of other ways. Terry Rymer is looking after this part of it all – give him a call on 07786 620622. Surprise him (and it’s helpful, too)– call him before he calls you! |
| May Day Fun run |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:42 |
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| Play Reading for Fun |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:19 |
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Play Reading for Fun Friday 19th March 7.00 to 10.00 pm Green Room This will be a great evening run by our enthusiastic Claire Willis. For ages 17 to 80+ and all sexes. Comedy and something different – three short plays – ‘Nothing’ by Evdokimos Tsolakidis; ’A Kick in the Vortex’ by John Morrison; ‘Waiting’ by Peter Wilson. Nibbles with coffee or wine for a moderate contribution – see you there! |
| thanks to ex-Green Room Manager Wendy Huntley |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:18 |
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Green Room Manager Wendy has decided that she needs to devote more time and energy to other things, including her creative work that she does so well – so for the time being this task is taken on by your Secretary, Martin. But he immediately gives a big ‘thank you’ to Jason Huntley, who has volunteered to look after bookings and invoicing. |
| Raffles of Singapore progress being made |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:17 |
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Raffles of Singapore While the Society’s visible efforts are concentrated on The Boy Friend and The Ladybirds, things are happening quietly in the background for Raffles – mostly to do with sponsorship and organising a Gala Dinner at Phyllis Court, tied to our opening performance that evening, in aid of the Alzheimers Society. Andy Smith, as Musical Director, joins Director Julia Rymer. It is understood that Stamford Raffles, in the 1820’s, stayed at The Red Lion in Henley on his second honeymoon. Does anyone know of anything more specific on this? – or any other titbits of info that might be useful in publicity. |
| Our lovely Kay is not so well at the moment |
| Written by Webmaster |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 11:16 |
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Kay Macara Our lovely Kay is not so well at the moment – she doesn’t mind you knowing that she is fighting cancer with great determination. She was at our Club Lunch on 20th Feb as chirpy and chatty as ever. All best wishes to you, Kay. |
| Alan Phillips out of hospital |
| Written by Martin Jarvis, Secretary |
| Friday, 26 March 2010 10:54 |
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Alan Phillips As many of you will know, Alan has been in and out of hospital fairly often in the last few months – and he’s not finished yet. He expects to be back in soon for more work to a leg. He’s a tough guy – but he wishes he were just acting the part! Best wishes, Alan. |
