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Claremont Dramatic Society Newsletter
The Hok, 162 Campground Road, Claremont, 7708 email: claremontdramatic@gmail.com www.claremontdramatic.wordpress.comNovember 2014 – Number 139
Hi all,
I cannot believe it is nearly Christmas time and we are busy wrapping up the year. What an incredible year it has been. We have so much to be proud of with another three successful productions under the belt. We are already looking forward to the New Year, but before we do that let us all have a party!
Next Members Evening
On 30 November we are having our final Members Evening of 2014.
This year we will be having a wonderful picnic/bring-and-braai.
Hosted by Su Cunningham at her Kenilworth School
139 1st Avenue, Kenilworth
6pm
We will provide salads and rolls and some light entertainment, you bring meat and booze (maybe a blanket or camping chairs).
We look forward to seeing you all there for real special close to a very productive year.
Please give Pam Burger a ring on 021 657 5700 
or 082 488 0442; or email her on pamb@masterparts.com to let her know if you will be joining us for another great evening.
Quartet
Once again we would like to thank everyone involved with this exceptional production. It was not only exceptional but successful artistically as well as financially. We are so proud of everyone. Hopefully we can celebrate this success at our upcoming members evening.
Crimes of the Heart
Our first production for 2015 has been cast by the director, the lovely Jenny Brandt:
“I have been very fortunate in finding a wonderful cast for my first production! Included in my cast are a couple of well-known and well-loved faces, two very pretty new faces, a Scotsman with a surprisingly convincing southern accent and our very own Southerner from Mississippi!”
They are:
Lenny McGrath: Jana Botha
Chick Boyle: Liz Roodt
Meg McGrath: Michaela O’Toole
Babe McGrath: Ashleigh van der Hoven
Barnette Lloyd: Trad Nogueira-Godsey
Doc Porter: Matt Roy
Masque 200 Clubs
If you haven’t yet joined one of the Masque’s 200 Clubs (in which you donate a monthly amount to the Masque for general theatre upkeep so we can keep our little theatre running), please do consider it. It’s not a huge amount of money, but it could make a huge difference to the future of the Masque. All details can be found on the Masque website: www.masquetheatre.co.za.
The Fact Is …
Love is contagious and no-one is immune! Now in a concert of songs old and modern, Bonny White & Alison Hofer have found the answers just for you.
With classics from The Great White Way and The West End as well as ballads from around the world, the talented singers will tickle your funny bone, grip your heart and trigger your tear ducts. Be prepared to be spellbound!
29 November, 8 pm at the Pinelands Town Hall
Seating limited – one show only!
Tickets R100 (includes 2 glasses of wine, sherry or juice)
Book on 021 531 8682 OR 072 446 7532 OR cjwells@mweb.co.za0
Cast: Talia Bernhardt, Lesley Boxall, Suwi Chibale, Michelle Galloway, Chris Laurie, Kirsten Pienaar, Julian Place, France Sholto-Douglas, Keenan Oliphant, Samantha Sadler, Robyn Schurr & Amy Walton. Accompanied by Reon Jacobs.
Calendar
23 Nov Inter-Society Quiz (6pm, Artscape Theatre foyer)
30 Nov Claremont Christmas Party! (6pm, 139 1st Avenue, Kenilworth)
28 Nov – 6 Dec “The Great Gatsby” at the Masque Theatre, directed by Alastair Duff for Constantiaberg Theatre Players
29 Nov “The Fact Is …”, a concert of old and modern love songs presented by Pinelands Players (8pm, Pinelands Town Hall)
10 Dec – 21 Dec “Once Upon A Time.Com”, a pantomime for the whole family, at the Masque Theatre, directed by Kyla Thorburn
I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being. – Thornton Wilder
That’s all folks!
Love,
Sheldon
Claremont Dramatic Society Committee 2014:
Simon Dutton (Vice-Chair/Hok Manager) simon.d@mweb.co.za Home: 021 683 8630 Cell: 083 327 7350
Anthony Storr Lister (Treasurer) anthonylister@mailbox.co.za Home: 021 671 1443 Cell: 082 357 7677
Jenny Brandt (Minutes Secretary and Member Relations Officer): jennybrandt74@gmail.com Cell:082 492 5984
Sheldon Cross (Chat) sheldon_cross@yahoo.com Home: 021 801 5610 Cell: 072 596 8369
Liz Roodt (Members Evenings): lizroodt@yahoo.co.uk Cell: 081 259 3607
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