Lisa and Laura are back in the directing seat this autumn with yet another fantastic youth production for anyone aged 8-18! ‘Grease’ (Schools Edition) will be performed at The Maltings 4-7 November 2020. Summer workshops are planned during the first week of the summer hols (English Holidays) and auditions will take place the same week. Keep checking back for more information.
Fame Jnr November 2019!
We are excited to announce that our next youth production will be ……. FAME!!! Everyone is welcome to take part in this production and auditions for specific parts will be held in September (date to be announced). Rehearsals will begin after the summer holidays and the production will take place between 6th & 9th November 2019! Lisa and Laura will be putting the kids through their paces … legwarmers at the ready … starting with optional summer workshops in August. Further details will be announced shortly so keep an eye on our Facebook page!
A new year ….
It’s all change here at Berwick Operatic Society with the appointment of Lisa Summers as our President for the coming year. She will be joined in the official positions by Denise Clarke as Treasurer and Laura Catterall as Secretary. Our Executive committee now looks like this:
Lisa Summers President
Denise Clarke Treasurer
Laura Catterall Secretary
Executive Committee:
Sheila Bradford
Wendy Cameron
Euan Duthie
Kirsty Jamieson
Simon Landels
Margaret Pearson
Val Sanders
Sandra Storey
Olive Summers
We welcome Kirsty Jamieson onto the Committee and we congratulate Robert Curry on his appointment as a Vice President of the Society in recognition of the years of service he provided before his retirement as Treasurer last year. Our thanks also go to Denise Clarke our President of the past 3 years who stepped down from the position this year and straight into the role of treasurer …. out of the frying pan …. ? 😉 Here’s to another successful year!🍾
AGM 21st June 2017
Our annual AGM will be held at East Ord Village Hall on 21st June at 7.30pm – all are welcome to attend. This year members will be asked to vote on the positions of President, Secretary and Treasurer as well as ordinary committee members and an amendment to the constitution. Your vote only counts if you come to the meeting. Details will follow in an email in the coming days ….
URGENT – CHORUS REHEARSAL TONIGHT CANCELLED!!
Due to unforeseen circumstances we have to rearrange the schedule for tonight so there will be NO Chorus rehearsal. Instead we would like the following to come along if they can to go through their individual songs:
7-8pm – Olivers, Dodgers & Bets all their songs
8 – 8.30pm – Dilys, Lynn, Diane & Cameron – Who will buy?
8:30pm – anyone else who would like the chance to practice their songs (please let us know if you are coming)
Apologies but this was unavoidable tonight – normal service resumed next week 22nd February 7pm for all Chorus.
Thanks
Laura and Lisa
Directors
Oliver! Hoodies for sale
We are selling hoodies to advertise Oliver! (Design by http://recklesspromotions.uk/) These are great for the cast and crew to wear to rehearsals, for official photographs, fundraising events and to generally to advertise the production. They are also a lovely momento that can be kept of the show.
If you are interested in purchasing a hoodie, the prices are as follows:
Kids – £15.00
Adult – £18.50
If you would like to include your character name or your own name these can be added to the front underneath the logo as shown in the attached picture. This can be a single name, a combination of name and character name or even just ‘ CAST’ . ‘Names can be added at a cost of £3.00 per hoodie.
If you would like to place an order we will need to know by Sunday 5th February rehearsal for the kids and the following Wednesday 8th February rehearsal for adults in order to get them printed. We will need payment up front to secure the order as once ordered and printed they cannot be returned.
Hoodie sizes are as follows –
Kids
S, M,L, XL
To fit chest: 28″(S), 30″(M), 32″(L), 34″(XL)
Adults
XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL
To fit chest: 34(XS), 36(S), 40(M), 44(L), 48(XL), 52(2XL), 56(3XL) adults
Contact us at berwickopera@yahoo.co.uk or catch us at rehearsals over the next 2 weeks to order.
CANCELLED!!!! “Bill’s Bullsye” Auditions – Sunday 15th January 2017
Due to unforeseen circumstances this event is CANCELLED. Apologies to anyone who wanted to bring along their dog to audition. If you would like to put your dogs name forward for the part of Bullseye please conatct us at berwickopera@yahoo.co.uk
PRODUCTION TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT – OLIVER! MAY 2017
We are pleased to announce that the Production Team for Oliver has now been decided. This year we are to have Joint Directors, Lisa Summers and Laura Catterall. They will be joined by Ron Creasey as Musical Director and Margaret Rowland and Dot Mutch as Pianists. There are still other roles to be decided on and further information will be given once these roles have been allocated.
Laura and Lisa are delighted to be given the opportunity to direct Oliver! and have said that they will do their very best to make it a successful production. They have already been making early plans for first rehearsals and auditions and are hoping to continue with the positive attitude and friendly atmosphere that 9 to 5 delivered.
Information evenings for both children and adults will be held in December and more information on these will be available soon.
WANTED – PRODUCTION TEAM – OLIVER 2017!!
We are proud to announce that our show for 2017 will be Lionel Bart’s OLIVER! which will be on stage at the Maltings in Berwick from 3rd to 7th May 2017 (including a Saturday and a Sunday matinee).
OLIVER! is a well-known family musical with great parts for children and adults. Bart’s musical adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic novel Oliver Twist tells the story of young orphan Oliver as he travels through the dark underbelly of London society. The musical score features many famous numbers including Consider Yourself, Food Glorious Food, As Long As He Needs Me and It’s A Fine Life.
If you are interested in being part of the team in any way the Executive Committee would like to hear from you. If you would like any further information regarding the positions please get in touch with myself or our acting Secretary Laura Catterall, and we will gladly give you more of an insight as to what is expected.
The production team consists of: Director; Musical Director; Choreographer; other roles include Accompanists; Stage Manager/Stage Crew; Properties; Wardrobe; Make-up; Front of House and many more supporting roles.
We would like to have a Director in place as soon as possible, so if you are interested in directing please contact me giving some idea of how you see the show being staged and your role in the production. If potential directors would like to see a copy of the libretto/vocal book let me know and we can arrange this.
Please contact me via the Opera’s email, website or Facebook page to express your interest in any of these roles by Friday 3rd June 2016. Of course, the committee must reserve the right to approach potential post-fillers if no-one suitable puts their name forward. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely
Denise Clarke
President
Oliver! Coming April 2017
The Society is excited to announce that next years musical will be Oliver! The Society have not performed this old favourite since 1970 so we are looking forward to bringing those familiar songs back to life on the Malting’s stage next year. Look out for more information on the production team, auditions and rehearsal information on here soon!
