Set build Bonanza!

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.

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Auditions

Auditions for this years spring play, ‘Dead Guilty’, will be held on Friday January 10th, 7.30 pm at the Thrapston Plaza.

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Spring 2014 Production

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.

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Write About What You Know

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...

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Auditions

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:

Annabel Newstead Late 30’s / Early 40’s.   Brian’s devoted “homely” wife in Act 1 but not so in Act 2 when she is very, very drunk.
Liz Marshall Mid 30’s.  A feminist who sees herself as a cut above the rest, has no sense of humour. Quite a spiky character.
Colin Harbottle 50 – 60.  A bluff Northerner, a bit of a male chauvanist.  The character works well with a Northern accent. Writes unintentionally hilarious westerns.
Peter Saltern Late 20’s / Early 30’s.  “a socially aware and environmentally concerned writer”, who writes terrible poetry!
Louise Smith Late 20’s / Early 30’s...
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