For
archival material click on Memories and follow the links
Beauty
and the Beast[courtesy of Bridlington Free Press]
December
2017
Civil
Society Visit [courtesy of Bridlington Free Press]
December
2017
White
Christmas - NODA Review
December
2017
Friend
of Spotlight Badges
December
2017
..Support Spotlight Theatre and become a Friend !.
..These
Friend of Spotlight badges are now available.
..Blue
badges are for Annual Membership and burgundy are for Life
Membership.
..For
more information about the benefits of becoming a Friend of
Spotlight, and an application form, visit the Support page
on our website and follow the links.
"White
Christmas" [courtesy of Bridlington Free Press]
December
2017
Audrey
Luna in "The Exterminating Angel"
November
2017
At
the Met Opera, a Note So High, It’s Never Been Sung Before
It lasts just a split second, almost imperceptible in a two-hour
score.
But brief as it is, the A above high C that the soprano Audrey
Luna reaches in Thomas Adès’s new opera, “The
Exterminating Angel,” is so high, it has never been
sung in the 137-year history of the Metropolitan Opera.
High C has been hit by the thousands. D’s and E’s,
too, are rousing but not uncommon. F’s have been rarer,
and G’s and A flats rarer still.
But a high A — a combination of genetic gifts, rigorous
training and psychological discipline over two fragile vocal
cords — is monumental, and unprecedented at the Met,
according to its archivists.
Spotlight's
Christmas Gift
November
2017
.Introducing the Spotlight Theatre polo shirt .
.Support
Bridlington's Favourite Little Venue in this .smart
piece of wear !
.Price
£13 - this is a lovely Christmas gift.
.To
place an order, or for more information, .please
contact Mike Sheldon at .mike.spotlight@hotmail.co.uk
Looking
ahead to Bridlington's First Silent Film Festivalcoming
in 2018
November
2017
The
set for Going Commando
October
2017
Going
Commando performed at Spotlight, October 24 to 28.
Macmillan
Coffee Morning
September
2017
Thank
you to everyone who attended our Macmillan coffee morning at
Spotlight. We raised £300.00 - thank you also to our Macmillan
team who did a great job in organising the event! AND a big
thank you to all our Bakers!. Some wonderful Pastries on display!
"White
Christmas" rehearsals
September
2017
"Rehearsals
for White Christmas begin Monday 4th September at 7.30.Please
be there ,particularly the summer show cast. The audition pieces
will be available at the rehearsal and auditions will be in
the next 2 weeks so be at the first rehearsal if you wish to
be considered for a part. Be in touch a.s.a.p if you can,t attend"
Cast
casts on for charity at The Spotlight
July
2017
Unless
you’re playing Hamlet, there are times when a performer
isn’t part of the action. So what do actors get up to
when they’re in the dressing room between appearances
on stage?
Well, at the Spotlight, they don’t sit twiddling their
thumbs, they twirl knitting needles instead.
Cast members of Fiddler on the Roof have just completed a
set of blankets that they began during the sell-out run of
the musical earlier in the summer.
St Oswald’s Church, Flamborough kicked things off by
donating a bag of wool – and the backstage knit-a-thon
grew from that.
Before long cast members were knitting and purling squares
which director Pauline Pope then stitched together to make
blankets. And as many of the knitters were dog-lovers, they
decided to give them to the RSPCA.
Pauline is convinced that the knitting played a part in helping
the production run smoothly:
‘It’s important for cast members to bond and this
obviously happens naturally during the rehearsal process.
But the knitting added something extra. There was a real sense
of camaraderie amongst the knitters – there were times
when we would discuss yarn as much as our lines’.
The question now is, will this love of knitting move from
back stage to centre stage? Look out for forthcoming productions
of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Cardigan or maybe even,
My Fair-isle Lady.
Photo
shows (L to R): Marina Spark, Maggie Davies and Pauline Pope
Spotlight
Drama [courtesy
of Bridlington Free Press]
June
2017
Free
Press Review
May
2017
Fiddler
- NODA Report
May
2017
Bridlington Amateur Operatic and Dramatic
Society
Fiddler on the Roof
Directed by Pauline Pope MD Geoff Allanach Choreography Pauline
Pope
Spotlight Theatre, Bridlington
3rd May 2017
This show is one of my favourites and I thoroughly enjoyed
this excellent production, with the theatre full adding to
the atmosphere.
The Director/Choreographer Pauline Pope is to be congratulated,
getting the absolute best out of both principles and chorus,
with the opening chorus, dream and marriage scenes in particular
being very realistic.
The Musical Director Geoff Allanach had obviously worked tirelessly
resulting in excellent singing from everyone, spot on from
beginning to end, wonderful. All the cast worked hard and
were very professional obviously understanding the story line,
providing humour, anger and pathos in equal measure.
Bob Downing as Tevye and Pat Hughes as Golde gave very solid
performances, Pauline Woodcock as Yente, Malcolm Sparks as
Lazar Wolf, Graham Beeston as Mordcha also worthy of mention
for their character interpretations.
This society is blessed with some very promising young members,
Manda Holderness as Tzeitel, Bethany Sanderson as Hodel, Arabella
Carvill-Belt as Chava, really shone, and Rick Windley as Motel,
John Allanach as Perchick and Sebastian Carvill-Belt as Fyedka
are to be praised for their competent performances, with all
other principles and chorus playing their part in making the
show extremely enjoyable.
Congratulations to all.
Helen Dent
NODA North East District 2 Representative
Spotlight
Help Needed !!! ..................................................April
2017
Help
needed! Do you have artistic or technical skills and would like
to use them in theatre? Spotlight Theatre needs help in areas
including lighting, sound, live streaming and our new electronic
LED screen backdrop. If you are interested in any way please
make yourself known to us at the theatre
or email Rob Ketteringham (robertmoira2013@gmail.com) or Philip
Shields (pjpeshields@gmail.com).
Fiddler
news [courtesy of Bridlington Free Press]
February
2017
Spotlight
Drama [courtesy
of Bridlington Free Press]
February
2017
Spotlight
Award ?
February
2017
Remarkable
East Yorkshire Tourism Awards 2017 – Visitor Attraction/Experience
category
After entering the 2017 Remarkable East Yorkshire Tourism
Awards (REYTAs) it has now been confirmed that Spotlight Theatre
has been short-listed in the Remarkable Visitor Attraction/Experience
category.
A full shortlist of all the categories is now on the REYTA
website.
Winners
will be announced at a glittering awards dinner taking place
on Thursday 30th March 2017 at Bridlington Spa,.
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