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.