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Do you realise that at the time of writing it is only eight weeks to Christmas? Sorry to mention the “C” word, but best you be prepared! We shall, of course, be having our usual Christmas extravaganza with Big Al playing Santa as usual. This year’s date is 12th December, so put the date in your diary.
The time is flying by with an in incredibly busy start to our season! September saw the first in the season of Up Close and Personal – our evenings with a West End Star, and despite the fact that our headliner, Jodie Jacobs was ill, we were treated to not one, but four artists – followed by the October evening with James Gillan. We began our 90th Anniversary year with the wonderful exhibition in the Studio masterminded by Ann Jenkin and executed by Mary Dickinson and Hazel West Manning followed by a dazzling evening in the Hotel du Vin.
However, I am writing this still basking in the triumph of our production of Under Milk Wood. Our audiences were excellent both nights, which bodes well for future Studio Productions, with a very special addition to the audience on Saturday, members of the Oxford Welsh male voice choir who were on their feet and helped us raise the roof with the Welsh National Anthem with full harmony! I am sure that those who were there will agree that it was an emotional moment. It was almost too much for me! The applause and cheering was such that we took at least six curtain calls until we had to get them to calm down and go to the bar! Everyone was absolutely brilliant with their characterisation and I want to extend a personal thank you to everyone who took part. There will be more Studio Productions in the future, bringing low-cost, high quality drama to Henley.
And now to the future. We have a wonderful production of Little Shop of Horrors coming up on 13 - 19 November – get your tickets now from The Kenton theatre box office on 01491 575698 or on line at www.kentontheatre.co.uk
This will be a very popular show with an excellent cast, so get your tickets in order to get your preferred seats.
Our Spring production will be Jack the Ripper, The Musical. The story of Jack the Ripper is now part of British folklore and since we produced this show 16 years ago, it has enjoyed an award winning run on Broadway and is about to begin a national tour. It is a truly great society musical and despite the title it is full of fun yet still manages to invoke the spectre of the Ripper throughout the story. We will be ploughing straight on with readings and auditions in the week after Little Shop of Horrors. For full details of see the synopsis of the show. And to paraphrase the words of the Reverend Eli Jenkins, - Praise the Lord we are a musical Society!
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