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From The Chair January’s chair bloke bit contained a horrendous error! We are not yet in a new decade, that starts on 1st January 2021 – why didn’t John Miles no ce my mis-take? Last month I reported that we would survey our patrons to find out why Babe The Sheep Pig didn’t appeal to them – the results are in! Over 120 replies were received with the overwhelming majority sta ng they thought it was a children’s show and unsuitable for themselves. So, now we know, hard lesson learned, and move on. We have the English Riviera Travel Show coming up on 18th March, anyone who would like to man the TOADS stand, please let us know. The 2020/2021 season is s ll not finalised – there’s always a couple of hic-coughs along the way. As soon as it has been finalised we shall, of course, let all members know. Our January produc on of Time of My Life was popular with our audiences – congratula ons to all involved. Our one-night Genesis tribute sold out several days prior to the performance. This a racted a quite different audience to our norm and Gill and Jackie, on the bar, were kept rushed off their feet for the even-ing. Short n sweet this month, here’s wishing Tadpoles well with their Wolves – do come along and support them.
Jon Manley (chair bloke)
A TADPOLES PRODUCTION By Joan Aitken Adapted by Russ Tunney Directed by Becky Dobson FEBRUARY 12th—15th
Welcome… to February’s newsle er, and a special welcome to all
new TOADS members. Don’t forget to send your news items to: [email protected], and if you, or anyone you know would like to be our ‘On the Spot’ Toad, please let me know.
Be Hut ng Editor. TIME OF MY LIFE January 2020 Photos: Brian Tilley
Production & Other News Wednesday Club FEBRUARY, 2020. As we push away from Europe and are dazzled by the bright lights of expectation, Wednesday Club remains stolidly unchanged. We will still have the same boring format, and the same belligerent clientele. Our first ‘Memory Cafe’ went well, with Jim Redman and ‘The Acca-bellas’, Closely followed by a couple of Wednesday meetings where we caught up on our regular reviews. ‘Babe’ was a delightful production, enjoyed by all of us. It was a shame that houses were small, despite the quality of the direction and acting. A favourite moment was John Pierce bath-ing a pig! Then came ‘Time of my Life’, which again was thoroughly enjoyed. The turn of the decade seemed to encourage our punters, and so we had some almost full houses for the run. Speaking of ‘The Turn of the Decayed’, John Hall returns for another quiz.....there may even be some questions I can answer this time.... Our first Acumen Poetry meeting of 2020 showcases Eleanor West-wood and Suzy Miles, plus our regular Poetry Slam. The following week, Jim Redman will describe ‘The Palace of Knossos’ with slides (even though it’s not a playground), then on Friday 7th, Lee Millan and I will entertain the ‘Memory Cafe’ regulars. We then have the welcome return of Margaret Forbes-Hamilton, giving her talk (which has nothing to do with hair-dye) entitled ‘Back to my Roots’. Margaret has had some memorable experiences since leaving her native New Zealand. The following week we will review ‘The Wolves of Willoughby Chase’, and we round February off with ‘Don’t put your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs Worthington’, being...I think you’ve guessed... a tribute to Noel Coward, by David Streeter and Lydia Sweet. Rita Wood will entertain with ‘Vinyl Revisited’ on 4th March. Sounds intriguing! John Miles
TOADS Support for local Chari es Thank you from The Na onal Trust English Riviera region and The Special Care Baby Unit, Torbay Hospital Sue Gorman, Fundraising Manager NT: I just wanted to say a very big thank you for le ng our por olio of proper es benefit from the dress rehearsal of Time of My Life on Saturday 11 January. I appreciate that Pat and Roger Tisdall worked extremely hard on our behalf to set it up and whilst we didn’t hit our target of 240 ckets, we were able to generate £890 through dona ons which is a tremendous start to our anniversary campaign. We’re aiming to raise £125,000 across the region to support four key appeals, all of which will help us make nature more accessible to everyone. The volunteer team on the night were amazing, the venue beau ful and the performance highly entertaining – so all in all, a great night out.
The Special Care Baby Unit: From Jane, on behalf of all the babies, the parents and staff, Thank you, for the generous dona on of ckets. They raised an amazing £1273.00 on the night.
Productions by Other Companies 6-8th February. 7.30pm. ‘The Cross and the Switchblade’, directed by Martin Harris. Unleashed Theatre Company. St Mary Mag’s Church, Castle Circus, Torquay. [email protected] Community thea-tre. 14th February. 7.30pm. ‘The Breath of Life’, by David Hare. Directed by Cora Gant. A script-in-hand production by Dartington Playgoers. Totnes Library. Ticket on the door. 17-22nd February .7.30pm. ‘The Tempest’ by William Shakespeare, directed by Nichole Davall. Teignmouth Players, The Ice Factory Studio The-atre, Teignmouth. 01626 778991. www.teignmouthplayers.com. www.ticketsource.co.uk 19-22nd February. 7.30pm. ‘Night Must Fall’ by Emlyn Williams, directed by Maggie Campbell. ‘Bijou’ Theatre. 01803 665800
Production & Other News
By Jerome K Jerome PRODUCTION DATES 18 – 23 MAY 2020 Directed by Andrew Kenyon Character Actor Mrs Sharpe………………………………..JANET DOWNER Stasia……………………………………..DANIELA HOPKINS Miss Kite…………………………………..ANNA REYNOLDS Mrs De Hooley…………………..BRENDA LOOSEMORE Vivian………………………………………….ROSIE LOVEJOY Mrs Major Tompkins…………….FIONA HUMPHREYS The Stranger…………………………………..COLIN BAKER Christopher Penny………………………...DAVID GRANT Harry Larkcom…………………..STEWART MOLYNEUX Jape Samuels………………………………...NICK HEWLITT Major Tompkins………………………...DAVID STREETER Joey Wright……………………………………..ANDY KILLEN Stage Manager / AD……………………..ROGER HEATH Set Design / ASM…………………………..ALAN POWELL Set Construc on…………………….ANDREW STIDSTON Proper es…………………………………….JACKIE TARNEY Assisted by…………………………..ALISON BLACKFORD Wardrobe Master……………………….JOHN FRANKLIN Con nuity………………………………………...CORA GANT Hairstyles and Wigs…………………….JOHN FRANKLIN Ligh ng and Effects……………………………….AL DUNN
‘Allo! Allo! For 2020.
From 3rd –8th August Full Week + (Sat Mat),
Then every Tues, Weds, Thurs until 17th September.
Directed by John Miles
Audition Results for ‘Allo! Allo!’. The Summer Play.
Some parts will be shared.
Rene Artois……………………………………………. Paul Lewis.
Edith, his wife………………………… Anna Reynolds / Gill Poore
Yvette……………………………………..Jennie Hack and another
Mimi…………………………………. Karen Allen / Dawn Western
Michelle………………………………………….. Daniela Hopkins
Colonel……………………………….. Steve Perks / Gordon Mellor
Herr Flick……………………………………….. Stewart Molyneux
Helga……………………………………………….Collette Velarde
Alberto…………………………………………… Eduardo Galeano
Crabtree…………………………………………….Steve Aldridge
Leclerc…………………………………. Alan Tanner / Alec Stokes
Gruber…………………………………..Chris Mitchell and another
Von Schmelling…………………………. Chris Robson / John Hall
Two airman, soldiers, cafe customers, peasants.
Sherry and Ian Dudley, Alex Garside, Jason Davey.
Please note: Funny Money – Amy Burton-Smith has taken over the part of Jean Perkins English Riviera Travel Show 18th March 2020 We have a space and volunteers are required to set up and man (or woman) during the day. The more the merrier! Please contact Jon Manley
ON THE SPOT ... Toads Contacts
Listed here are some essen al contact details: Box Office 01803 299330 [email protected] if you’d like to get involved in front-of-house du es Jon Manley* [email protected] Jackie Tarney 07815 323982 [email protected] If you’d like to help behind the bar
Jill Pe grew* 01803 525071 [email protected] if you’d like to join the wardrobe team
Anne Jordan 01626 330866 [email protected] if you’d like to join the props team
Joy Book* 07704 584953 [email protected] If you’d like to help In the coffee shop Brenda Hutchings 07800 644508 marke [email protected] if you’d like to submit an ar cle for Croak John Miles 01803 858394 [email protected] for Wednesday Club
Andrew S dston 07976 364412 [email protected] If you’d like to help with set-building
Al Dunn 07880 734880 [email protected] If you’d like to get involved with techy stuff If you want to act, or get involved backstage in any produc on, or as props or prompt, con-tact the director in each case, whose number will always be listed in The Croak with the audi-
on informa on. If you're s ll not sure who to call, any member of the commi ee will always help to point you to the right person. As well as those names marked with an asterisk above, the commi ee members are: Alan Tanner Treasurer 01803 613701 [email protected] Anna Reynolds 07788 994398 [email protected] Mar n Waddington 01803 290038 waddingtonmar [email protected] Sherry Dudley [email protected] Andrew Kenyon 07479 008066 [email protected] Roger Heath 07802 808447 [email protected]
PROPS TIDY TEAM REQUESTS I am pleased to report that we have two new members on our team - Sam Hughes and Hilary O'Reilly. Thank you ladies for responding to the call for help! There is s ll a need for another helper, if anyone is interested. In par cular it would be great if someone joined us who would like to learn how to repair and renovate props. We meet on Tuesday mornings, 10.30 to about 1.00. Also, in the near fu-ture some of us will be sor ng out the Plays Library, which is burs ng its seams! That would be on a Friday and/or Saturday for a few weeks once we get started. Please get in touch if you are interested (my contact details on the back of the CROAK.) On a different note - we would be very grateful if props were le outside the Props Room for us to put away a er they have been used. This is so we can check them over, remind ourselves of what is being used, and so we can put them away in the correct places! It would make things much easier for us, and those who use the cataloguing systems to find things. However, we are happy for you to get heavy items put back in the rehearsal rooms and containers - PROVIDING THEY GO BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM !!! Sorry to nag. Anne Jordan In the props room…. Jon Manley?! you haven’t ‘arf changed!
COFFEE SHOP VOLUNTEERS URGENTLY REQUIRED TOADS cafe (coffee shop) continues to struggle when it comes to volunteers. Maybe you'd like to learn even though you've not indicated "coffee shop" as an area of interest. There's nothing too onerous plus you get to leave after the interval. In practical terms this usually means being at the theatre from 6.30pm to 9pm. If you'd like to help out please contact Joy Book (coffee shop goddess) by emailing: [email protected]
Joy will be only too happy to arrange any brief training needed.
TOADS @ The Little Theatre, St Marks Road, Torquay,TQ1 2EL,
TEL: 01803 299330
