Bridgwater Pantomime Society

COUNT DOWN TO OPENING NIGHT...

2012-01-15T12:57:00.000-08:00

Opening Night is now just over four days away, rehearsals are going really well and everyone is looking forward to opening night when we can entertain our audiences. If you want to beat the post-Christmas blues, buy a ticket and come along.

BOX OFFICE NOW OPEN!!!

2012-01-15T12:52:00.000-08:00

Tickets are now available from the Box Office in the Bridgwater Carnival Museum, High Street, Bridgwater from 10am until 1pm until Thursday 19th January when the Box Office transfers to the Town Hall, High Street, Bridgwater.

Tickets are £10 for Adults and £8 for Children.

Senior Citizens concession night is Wednesday 25th January when OAP tickets are £8.

If you want tickets, please phone Nigel on (07939) 926449.

BPS BINGO - UPDATE

2011-10-30T11:51:00.000-07:00

The bingo session on Thursday 27th October was the last Bingo session of this season.

Lindsey, Andy and Anna would like to thank everyone who has supported the Bingo since it moved to the Society Headquarters.

Don't panic, they will be back in the New Year and would love to see new members (and helpers)... more details nearer the time.

AUDITION RESULTS FOR DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

2011-10-16T10:45:00.000-07:00

The auditions have all been held and the results are as follows:-

Cast in order of appearance:

● Beast - Ashley Quinn
● Belle - Chloe Jenkins
● Lefou - Darren Oxman
● Gaston - Scott Clapp
● Three Silly Girls - Lauren Singleton, Jema Bunney, Nichola Case
● Maurice - Keith Robinson
● Cogsworth - Ken Stone
● Lumiere - Richard J. Porter
● Babette - Kim Pike
● Mrs. Potts - Margaret Robinson
● Chip - Bradley Cole, Liam Collins
● Madame de la Grande Bouche - Lindsey Stone

Senior Chorus (Ladies)

● Amanda Gentile
● Daisy Gould
● Matilda Gould
● Sandra Jenkins
● Marion Jones
● Sue Lees
● Pat Marke
● Jo McGlynn
● Poppy Moule
● Jennie Mountcastle
● Zoe Pike
● Karen Rainey
● Amanda Scammell

Senior Chorus (Men)

● Adam Bunney

● Paul Chilcott
● Andy Farrance
● John Hancock
● Jordan Hill
● David Jones

● Laurie Maycock
● Graham Rainey
● Ken Stone Snr
● Dean Webber

Dancers

● Jade Axe
● Georgia Beckers
● Leanne Biddiscombe
● Lucy Bingham
● Caitlin Faulks
● Ruby Hamilton
● Georgia Handel
● Charlotte McGlynn
● Jade Roberts
● Fiona Royce
● Emma Webb
● Nicole Williams

Congratulations to everyone who has got into the show.

Tickets Prices and Group Bookings...

2011-07-10T10:58:00.000-07:00

The prices for this year's show (Disney's Beauty and the Beast) have been set:

Adults - £10
Children - £8
Senior Citizens - £8 (on Wednesday 25th January 2012)

The Box Office opens at 10:00am on Saturday 7th January 2012.
Telephone Number: 07939 926449 - No Texting

For party bookings, e.g. Scouts, Brownies, Coach Parties, Retirement Homes, etc., please contact Nigel Johnson (Box Office Manager) via email at member@johnsonnigel.wanadoo.co.uk and he will be able to help with your enquiries and send you a group booking form.

Society Membership now up for renewal

2011-07-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

Society Membership is now ready for renewal. Click on the link provided to load the page on our website with the non-playing members membership form for 2011-2012.

Membership entitles you to a priority booking form (where members can book tickets before the box office opens), and a chance to vote at the Annual General Meeting.

Members are also encouraged to attend the Society's annual Dinner and Dance and to attend fund-raising events. Nigel Johnson, our Membership Secretary, will be only too pleased to process your membership.

http://www.bridgwater-pantomime-society.org.uk/BPS-MEMBERSHIP-FORM-2011.pdf

Nigel Johnson
Membership Secretary

Thank you Graham and Beryl

2011-06-29T07:04:00.000-07:00

At the Annual General Meeting 2011 a big thank you was given to both Beryl Gibbs and Graham Hodge who both retired from the General Committee.

As a thank you to Graham for all his hard work over the years as Vice-Chairman, Chairman and Business Manager he was made an Honorary Vice-President of the Society.

Beryl Gibbs

Graham Hodge

Annual General Meeting 2011 - A Quick Report

2011-06-29T07:00:00.000-07:00

A big thank you to everyone who came to the AGM last night, it was great to see so many people there.

After voting, the General Committee for 2011-2012 are:

● President: Chris Kettle
● Chairman: Lionel Porter
● Vice-Chairman: Margaret Robinson
● Secretary: Sue Lees
● Treasurer: Phil Owen
● Business Manager: Adam Bunney

Members:

Jan Bishop, Jo Elson, Nigel Johnson, Keith Mountcastle, Kim Pike, Richard J. Porter, Karen Rainey, Keith Robinson, and John White.

Congratulations go to Adam Bunney, Karen Rainey and Jo Elson on joining the Committee and to Kim Pike who is now a full member of the General Committee in her own right after being co-opted on for the past year.

2011 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

2011-06-24T11:21:00.000-07:00

The Society's 2011 Annual General Meeting will take place at the Society's Headquarters, Wembdon Road, Bridgwater on Tuesday 28th June starting at 8:00pm.

Members old and new are welcome to attend.

AUDITIONS FOR OUR FORTHCOMING PRODUCTION

2011-06-23T11:51:00.000-07:00

Auditions for our forthcoming production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast are as follows:

* Senior Ladies’ Chorus - Monday 11th July 2011 at 7.30 p.m.

* Senior Men’s Chorus - Monday 11th July 2011 at 8.30 p.m.

* Senior Dancers - Tuesday 12th July 2011 at 7.30 p.m.

Auditions will be held at the Bridgwater Pantomime Society Headquarters, Wembdon Road, Bridgwater.

Anyone interested who is not available to attend either Chorus or Dancers auditions, please email commercialinn@talktalk.net.

NEWS ON OUR 2012 PRODUCTION

2011-04-16T05:10:00.000-07:00

AT THE TOWN HALL, BRIDGWATER
20th - 28th JANUARY 2012

BRIDGWATER PANTOMIME SOCIETY ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR 2012 PRODUCTION WILL BE DISNEY'S BEAUTY AND THE BEAST BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH JOSEF WEINBURGER LTD. ON BEHALF OF MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL OF NEW YORK.

SEE PRESS FOR DETAILS

BRIDGWATER PANTOMIME SOCIETY GRAND BOX OFFICE OPENING

2011-01-03T13:24:00.001-08:00

The Grand Box Office Opening for "Dick Whittington" will be taking place on Saturday 8th January 2011 from 10:00am until 4:00pm (and daily thereafter 10:30am to 1:30pm excluding Sundays).

TICKETS: Adults - £8.00, Children - £6.00
Senior Citizens £6.00 - Wednesday 26th January only.

Box Office Telephone Number - (07939) 926449
During Box Office opening hours only. No Texting

BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

A few changes to the Company...

2010-10-25T12:40:00.000-07:00

Since the auditions there have been a few changes to the Company.

James Gardner has left the Senior Chorus to undertake a College course.
Georgia Beckers has joined the Senior Dancers.
Paul Gibbs, David Jones, Laurie Maycock, Graham Rainey and Roy Rainey have all joined the Senior Chorus.

Do you want to be a member?

2010-10-25T12:37:00.000-07:00

Question: Do you want to be a part of Bridgwater Pantomime Society? If so there are several different forms of Non-Playing membership.

Society Membership Secretary, Nigel Johnson, is currently in the process of gathering membership for the Society and wonders if you'd like to join?

If you are interested you can download a copy of our Membership Form (in PDF format) from:

http://www.bridgwater-pantomime-society.org.uk/BPS-MEMBERSHIP-FORM-2010.pdf

Membership (from any category) will get you a priority booking form for tickets for next year's show.

It's been a busy few weeks - Part Two

2010-10-25T12:32:00.000-07:00

On a sad note the Society lost one of its older members.

Gil Greenslade died on Wednesday 13th October 2010 aged 78 years.

Gil was a member of the Senior Chorus amongst other things for many years and a few months ago at the Society's Annual General Meeting he was awarded his 20 year NODA Award for Services to Amateur Theatre.

Rest In Peace Gil. You will be missed by all who knew you.

It's been a busy few weeks - Part One

2010-10-25T12:22:00.000-07:00

Apologies for not posting for a while, but it's been a busy few weeks.

Firstly members of the Society were busy fund raising during Bridgwater Fair. For four days the Society's Hot Dog van was staffed by volunteers from the Society. Despite the horrible weather on and off over the course of the Fair we were very busy.

Thanks to everyone who supported us and bought food from us during Fair.

Dancing Queens...

2010-09-08T11:53:00.000-07:00

Last night the Dancers Auditions for the 2011 production of "Dick Whittington" took place. Society Choreographer, Jo Elson, put the prospective members of the dancers through their paces.

The Junior Dancers are:

● Amy Davey
● Olivia Handel
● Carly Hill
● Alice Jones
● Siana Lukins
● Rebecca Morris
● Lauren Sweeting
● Freya Williams

The Senior Dancers are:

● Jade Axe
● Lucy Bingham
● April Hallett
● Ruby Hamilton
● Larissa Lovett
● Emma Webb
● Nicole Williams

Finally, the part of Timmy the Cat was cast, and I am pleased to announce the Georgia Handel got the part.

A Chorus Line...

2010-09-07T09:55:00.000-07:00

Last night the Chorus auditions for Dick Whittington took place and after much deliberation both the Junior and Senior Choruses were chosen.

The Junior Chorus for Dick Whittington is:

The Junior Chorus

● Charleigh Bunney
● Byron Case
● Georgia Case
● Phoebe Davey
● Holly Dyer
● Tabitha Dyer
● Lauren Goddard
● Deni Haydon
● Josie Marchant
● Katie Oxman
● Lewis Oxman
● Kylie Parsons
● Georgie Rose
● Alex Selway

The Junior B's

● Caitlin Faulks
● Matilda Gould
● Poppy Moule

The Senior Chorus

● Jamie Blake
● Adam Bunney
● Jema Bunney
● Nicky Case
● Jodie Davey
● James Gardner
● Daisy Gould
● John Hancock
● Jordan Hill
● Marion Jones
● Sue Lees
● Pat Marke
● Jennie Mountcastle
● Karen Rainey
● Amanda Scammell
● Lauren Singleton
● Ken Stone Snr

The cast is cast...

2010-09-05T10:06:00.000-07:00

This afternoon the auditions took place for the cast of the Society's 2011 production "Dick Whittington". They went very well and all the part were cast (with the exception of Timmy the Cat which will be cast on Tuesday night).

The cast for Dick Whittington is as follows:-

● Dick Whittington = Kim Pike

● Alice Fitzwarren = Sophie Morris
● Alderman Fitzwarren = Ken Stone
● Sarah the Cook = Keith Robinson
● Idle Jack = Lewis White
● Lazy Lizzie = Lindsey Stone
● Captain Seaworthy = Richard J. Porter
● Bosun = Darren Oxman
● Mate = Ashley Quinn
● King Rat = Scott Clapp
● Spirit of the Bells = Margaret Robinson

Chorus auditions take place tomorrow night (Monday 6th September), the results will be posted on Tuesday afternoon.

Collecting Audition Material

2010-09-02T12:11:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday night (31st August) the Production Team (Keith and Margaret Robinson, Richard J. Porter and Jan Bishop) were at the Society's Headquarters eagerly awaiting prospective members of the cast to collect scripts prior to the Principal's auditions on Sunday 5th September.

The turnout was good, but don't worry if you couldn't make it DON'T PANIC. As long as you contact either me via email (commercialinn@talktalk.net) by the end of Friday 3rd September you will still be able to audition. New members are always welcome...

Skittles Night Success...

2010-09-02T12:07:00.000-07:00

The Society's Social Skittles Night on Friday 27th August at the Commercial Inn, Redgate Street, Bridgwater was a great success.

Over 20 members of the Committee, Cast and friends of the Society attended and a fun night was had by all.

The countdown to auditions officially begins...

2010-08-24T07:05:00.000-07:00

Well, this is it. The advert for auditions for "Dick Whittington" is in the Bridgwater Mercury. The advert's also going to go online on the Bridgwater Mercury website! Hopefully we'll get a good response as usual.

If anyone is interested in being the show or helping out, contact me on commercialinn@talktalk.net.

Website updated, ready for Auditions

2010-08-08T10:58:00.000-07:00

Just updated the Society's website:

http://www.bridgwater-pantomime-society.org.uk

It now contains all the information on the dates and times for Pantomime auditions for Dick Whittington.

So far we've had quite a good response from people asking for information, let's hope they all turn up when they say they're going to.

If you're not a member of the Society and would like to be, drop us a line at commercialinn@talktalk.net and I'll endeavour to answer your query as best I can.

We're also on Facebook, you can find us by searching for "The Official Bridgwater Pantomime Society Facebook Site" or by clicking on the link below...

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48490059242

You will need to be approved to see all the content of the group.

New members are always welcome.

Audition Dates for Bridgwater Pantomime Society (Dick Whittington 2011)

2010-08-04T12:26:00.000-07:00

AUDITION DATES

Principals - Sunday 5th September - 2:30pm

Junior Chorus - Monday 6th September - 7:00pm

Senior Chorus - Monday 6th September - 8:30pm

Junior Dancers - Tuesday 7th September - 7:00pm

Senior Dancers - Tuesday 7th September - 8:00pm

For further information please contact Richard J. Porter (Publicity Officer) via email at: commercialinn@talktalk.net

Are you a Dick?

2010-08-04T12:12:00.000-07:00

Are you a Dick? Or his Cat? Can you see yourself as an Idle Jack or Sarah the Cook? How about a King or Queen Rat??? If the answer is YES, then we want to hear from you...

Audition material for cast will be available on Tuesday 31st August from 8:00pm to 9.30pm at the Society Headquarters, Wembdon Road, Bridgwater. If you are interested in a Principal role, then audition material MUST be collected prior to the auditions, we do not want anyone just turning up on the day.

If you have any problems either attending the night for collecting audition material or the auditions themselves, please contact Margaret Robinson on (01278) 422618 or Richard J. Porter on (01278) 422973 after 6:00pm from Tuesday 24th August onwards.

Pre-Auditions MUST take place before the main auditions dates.

BPS Membership 2010 - 2011

2010-08-04T12:08:00.000-07:00

At last night's Committee Meeting the membership prices for 2010 - 2011 were set.

The current membership rates are:

* Junior Member £7.00

* Senior Member £12.00

* Senior Playing Member £14.00

* Junior Playing Member £8.00

* Vice-President £16.00 minimum

If you are not currently a member and wish to become one please contact Nigel Johnson, Membership Secretary, at the following address:

Mr. Nigel Johnson
Membership Secretary
39 Woodbury Road
Bridgwater
Somerset
TA6 7LH

Bridgwater Pantomime Society goes bloggy...

2010-08-02T12:19:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the new Bridgwater Pantomime Society blog...

The Society is keen to embrace new technology and this blog is our latest venture into cyberspace. We already have a website and a page on Facebook, so having a blog is the next logical step.

At the moment we're getting ready for auditions for our forthcoming production of "Dick Whittington" so more on that nearer the time...

Richard - Society Publicity Officer.