Category News & Events

We’ve received a wonderful write up from the Fifty Plus Northants Adventure Club (http://www.fiftyplusnorthantsadventureclub.org.uk) for a murder mystery evening that we performed for them earlier this year:

Murder Mystery Evening – Chris and Frank Jenkins

Our first mystery of the evening was…..Have we mislaid the tickets or weren’t there any? Our second was “where is Stanion village hall?” (We had left the SAT NAV at home). Having overcome these difficulties we ventured to our second ever 50+ event. Our first had been the fabulous barn dance in January.

Once we found the hall we were soon introduced to Sarah who had lost her mother through cancer six months earlier; Grahame, a gay writer; Michelle, whose husband had numerous affairs and had recently learnt that he had an illegitimate daug...

Monday 2nd June

Play reading for “Brassed Off”, 7:30pm at the Plaza.

Friday 13th June

Auditions for “A Chrous of Disapproval”, 7:30pm at the Plaza.

Monday 30th June

Play reading for “Duets”, 7:30pm at the Plaza.

Monday 28th July

Sketch Evening – bring your own sketches, monologues or short plays to read – this will be a chance to get some ideas together if we decide to do a review show. 7:30pm at the Plaza.

Wednesday 10th September

Play reading for “Ten Times Table”, 7:30pm at the Plaza.

Wednesday 24th September

Members meeting, 7:30pm at the Plaza.

Wednesday 15th October

Play reading for “Calendar Girls”, 7:30pm at the Plaza.

Tuesday 11th – Saturday 15th November

Autumn Production – “A Chorus of Disapproval”

Wednesday 26th November

Play reading for “Ladies Day”, 7:30pm at the Plaza.

Auditions for this year’s autumn play, ‘A Chorus of Disapproval’, will be held on Friday June 13th, 7.30 pm at the Thrapston Plaza.

The play is set around rehearsals for an amateur production of John Gay’s The Beggar’s Opera, the plot of which is interwoven with and reflects the action of the play. The cast will be 7 male and 6 female main characters, with extras for some scenes.

We are also still looking for backstage help, particularly for this play as the number of scenes and associated changes will be a challenge!

Thrapston Amateur Dramatic Society (TADS) will present ‘Dead Guilty’, a thriller by Richard Harris. Directed by David Midlane at the Thrapston Plaza, from Wednesday 9th – Saturday 12th April 2014 at 7.45pm (doors open at 7.15pm).

When John Haddrell dies of a heart attack at the wheel of his car, the woman at his side is not his wife Margaret but his lover, Julia. Recovering from the injuries she sustained in the ensuing crash, Julia is visited by Margaret, who apparently knows nothing of the affair. Events take a sinister turn when Margaret begins to encroach on Julia’s life, engineering Julia’s dismissal of her home help, Gary, and her estrangement from her counsellor, Anne. Left alone in the house together, Julia and Margaret are locked in deadly combat.

Tickets £6 (concessio...

On Saturday the 1st and Sunday the 2nd of March TADS will be holding a set build “bonanza”. Our aim is to try and get the set for the April production built in two days, leaving the painting and dressing for the following weeks.

We’d like to take this opportunity to invite anyone along who may be interested in the backstage side of Amateur Dramatics, regardless of experience. If you’d like to see what we get up to “behind the curtain”, whether it be set construction, dressing, electrical or props, why not pop in for a chat and maybe a cuppa (quality varies on this I’m afraid) – we’d love to see you!

Saturday and Sunday 1st and 2nd March 9.00am to 5.00 pm at the Plaza, Thrapston.

This years spring production will be “Dead Guilty”, a psychological thriller by Richard Harris. The play concerns an attractive young graphic artist whose leg is badly injured in a car crash that occurred when a business associate suffered a fatal heart attack at the wheel. Housebound and depressed, Julia is tormented when things disappear, a Mexican orange blossom materializes on her shambling Victorian terrace and someone prowls upstairs at night

Audition dates will be announced in due course, the cast will be one male and three female roles.

Thrapston Amateur Dramatic Society (TADS) will present ‘Write About What You Know’, a lively comedy by Paul Gisby. Directed by Miranda Case at the Thrapston Plaza, from Wednesday 20th – Saturday 23rd November 2013 at 7.45pm (doors open at 7.15pm).

Write About What You Know tells the tale of a group of amateur writers who meet every month in their local scout hut to discuss their work, exchange tips and seek mutual encouragement. But closer examination of the disparate group of writers reveals a whirlwind of love affairs, petty jealousy, rivalry and literary one-upmanship. This is punctuated with readings of often excruciatingly funny amateur penmanship, with everybody encouraged to draw on their own very different experiences to write about what they know.

Tickets £6 (concession...

Auditions for this years autumn play, ‘Write About What You Know’, will be held on Friday June 14th, 7.30 pm at the Thrapston Plaza.

Here’s a list of the characters:

This years autumn production will be “Write About What You Know”, a lively comedy by Paul Gisby. The play centers on a group of amateur writers who meet every month in their local scout hut to discuss their work, exchange tips and seek mutual encouragement. Closer examination of this cosy village scene reveals a whirlwind of love affairs, jealousy, rivalry and literary one-upmanship, punctuated with readings of often excruciatingly funny amateur penmanship.

Audition dates will be announced in due course, the cast will be four male and four female roles.

Thrapston Amateur Dramatic Society (TADS) will present ‘Entertaining Angels’, a comedy drama by Richard Everett. Directed by Pat Garton at the Thrapston Plaza, from Wednesday 24th – Saturday 27th April 2013 at 7.45pm (doors open at 7.15pm).

As a vicar’s wife, Grace has spent a lifetime on her best behavior  Now, after the death of her husband Bardolph, she can enjoy the new-found freedom of being able to do and say exactly what she wants. But the return of her eccentric missionary sister, Ruth, together with some disturbing revelations forces Grace to confront the truth of her marriage. Set in a lush vicarage garden complete with grass, trees and a stream with running water, the play is filled with sharp-edged comedy and probing wit.

Entertaining Angels originally ran for two ...