HHDS Newsletter December 2011
Dear Members & Friends,
2011 draws to an end and it’s time for all of us to take a brief break and spend a little time with our families and loved ones.
According to the experts, we are living in a period of great change. Global Warming, the Mayan calendar coming to an end, the world economy in a state of confusion and political turmoil in various parts of the world all add up to 2012 being a very different kind of year.
2012 signals the Society’s 65thbirthday and promises to be a very busy one for the theatre. In planning your 2012 activities, please try and schedule in a little time for the theatre and society. We are so lucky to have a theatre to call our own. Let’s make every effort to keep it fit and healthy for the future.
I would like to thank all those who have contributed their time and effort to the Society and Theatre in 2011. I would also like to say a very big thank you to our audiences for their support during the year.
On behalf of the Committee and my family I wish you all a very Blessed Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Regards and Best Wishes,
Lindsay S.
Chairman
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Showing next at the Playhouse:
“Ein Loriot Abend”
January 12, 13, 14
in German WITH English subtitles
Book via email with Bettina bettinact@gmail.com
Director Bettina Horvath who, being Austrian, is German speaking, decided it’s time the Playhouse started catering for the large German speaking community in our area and so the idea of a first entertaining evening was born. 8 players have been found who are already busy learning the lines of the hilarious sketches full with finely nuanced humour. Please pass the information on to your German speaking friends who will appreciate this initiative!
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FAWLTY TOWERS
As some of you have already heard, it is with great regret that we have had to cancel February’s very much looked forward to production of Faulty Towers. Unfortunately, our Basil Faulty, Garth Brandon-Pod is unable to play the part due to work load and ill health. The time to shape somebody for such a definite character portrayal is unfortunately just not enough, what with Christmas and New Year slap bang in the middle of rehearsal time.
Sorry to disappoint anyone, but we have found another, wonderfully written comedy which has been successfully performed in London and South Africa, namely Habeas Corpus, written by Allan Bennett, in its place. This will be directed by Molly Mohr (see info below)
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Habeas Corpus
by Alan Bennett
Directed by Molly Mohr
10-18 February 2012 (6 performances only)
Habeas Corpus, Alan Bennett’s first play, is a comedy set in Brighton in the 1960s. Here the lust and longing of the permissive society has well and truly taken hold of the apparently respectable Wicksteed family. With a succession of characters ranging from a rampant doctor and a randy vicar to a frustrated flat-chested spinster and a baffled domestic cleaner, this rollicking farce is as saucy and English as a seaside postcard…
Cast: Garth Coetzee, Ann Coetzee, Julia Clegg, Margaret Lawrence, Martin Linnette, Malcolm Anderson, Wendy Walsh, Clyde Phillips, Daneall Lowe, Ahnestazia Borez and John-Gordon Hilton
Crew: Molly Mohr Director, Clifford Ekron Stage Manager, Clyde Phillps and Tech Crew Sound Jerry Juhuni, Vincent and Quinton Conradie Back Stage and props
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RENEWAL TIME AGAIN
We are approaching the end of the year and that means it is time to renew your membership of HHDS.
Fees have remained unchanged and have been pegged at R 60 (adults); R 35 (senior); R 30 (student) and R 20 (junior).
All new members who pay their fees now will automatically be members as from the payment date until the end of 2012. Although this isn’t a major benefit for existing members, please let all your friends and acquaintances know – the HHDS would like to increase its member base, and this is where YOU can help us. Thank you!
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What’s on at the Playhouse …
2012
Ein Loriot Abend, directed by Bettina Horvath January 12-14
Habeas Corpus, directed by Molly Mohr February 10-18
Johnny Cooper Big Band February 24-25
German production by Norbert Schultze 14-19 March
Vahdini 23-24 March
Funny Money, directed by Giles Scott April
