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 Riding Mill Drama Club is a friendly, busy group; currently has about 65 members
and is always happy to welcome new people. Younger members are particularly welcome.
We were established 60 years ago and usually perform plays twice a year (in
March and November) as well as holding acting workshops, play readings and other
social events.
There really is no limit to the kind of play we tackle – if somebody has
a play they want to direct, we will consider it. This attitude makes for a varied
and challenging repertoire that has seen us perform everything from farces and
musicals to Shakespeare and Chekhov. The group has also performed at the Edinburgh
Fringe, to commercial and critical success, (the last occasion in 2007) and we
have participated in, and won, the Tynedale Drama Festival on a number of occasions.
Not everybody who is part of the Club wants to act – there are opportunities
for all kinds of backstage roles from something as simple as organising props
to as complex as ‘doing the lighting’. All you need is enthusiasm
and a team spirit.
The Drama Club’s next production to mark its 60th anniversary will be Gogol’s
hilarious comedy, The Government Inspector, to be performed
on 24, 25, 26, 27th November 2010. The tickets will be obtainable from early October. Their price
and details on how to purchase them will be advertised locally and in the Hexham
Courant in advance, or you can visit the Club’s website which will also
carry that information.
If you would like to find out more, please contact the Secretary, Judith
Wilthew on 01434 682590 or any committee member whose contact details may
be found on the Club’s
website.
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