Drama festival fills a whole week with free theatre
Friday, 18th May 2012.
Haverhill Drama Festival returns with a bang next week with enough drama groups performing one-act plays to fill five days at Haverhill Arts Centre.
The free festival - which is believed to be the only free drama festival in England and Wales - runs from Monday through to Friday.
Groups from Haverhill, Foxton, Sawston, East Bergholt, Cambridge, Wilburton, Clavering and Bury St Edmunds will perform in front of David Vince, an adjudicator from the Guild of Drama Adjudicators, in the hope of winning the much-coveted silver cup.
Each evening of drama, sponsored by Haverhill Town Council, commences at 7.30pm. To book your free tickets call 01440 714140.
The one-act plays include existing dramatic works – such as modern works by Andy Hamilton and Nick Warburton through to pieces from the 19th century born French playwright Henri Gheon to Shakespeare – and newly-created ones.
Nick Keeble, arts and leisure manager for the town council, said: "The Haverhill Drama Festival gives everybody a great opportunity to come and see some excellent plays and great talent for free.
"I am really excited to be able to programme five nights of entertainment, and that this year the range of plays is so diverse."
On Monday evening Haverhill's own CENTRE STAGE COMPANY (Youth Section) open the festival with THE EXAM by ANDY HAMILTON, directed by LAUREN CHINERY, and this is followed by FOXTON VIXENS performing PURVIS by NICK WARBURTON, directed by PAT HOUGHTON
Tuesday sees SAWSTON DRAMAWISE present A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM adapted From WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, adapted and directed by FRANCES BROWNLIE, followed by Haverhill's SAMUEL WARD ACADEMY with THE HUMPTY DUMPTY FILES by CLIVE HULME.
On Wednesday EAST BERGHOLT DRAMATIC SOCIETY perform THE LAST WIFE by LYNN BRITTNEY, directed by VAL ELDRIDGE and then BAWDS (of Cambridge) present FALSTAFF’S FOLLY adapted from WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, adapted & Directed by RICHARD PERONI.
On Thursday WILBURTON THEATRE GROUP present COSTA DEL PACKET by ANTHONY BOOTH, directed by TIM BROWN, and this is followed by CLAVERING PLAYERS with THE DIFFICULT SECOND ALBUM by KEITH PHILLIPS, directed by KEITH PHILLIPS and JENNIFER SCOTT-REID.
Finally,on Friday the IRVING STAGE COMPANY (pf Bury St Edmunds) perform FARCE OF THE DEVIL’S EDGE by HENRI GHEON, directed by ANDREW DEANE, and the festival closes with Haverhill's CENTRE STAGE COMPANY with HANGING ABOUT FOR 2059 by DAVID HART, directed by CHRIS HART.
The free festival - which is believed to be the only free drama festival in England and Wales - runs from Monday through to Friday.
Groups from Haverhill, Foxton, Sawston, East Bergholt, Cambridge, Wilburton, Clavering and Bury St Edmunds will perform in front of David Vince, an adjudicator from the Guild of Drama Adjudicators, in the hope of winning the much-coveted silver cup.
Each evening of drama, sponsored by Haverhill Town Council, commences at 7.30pm. To book your free tickets call 01440 714140.
The one-act plays include existing dramatic works – such as modern works by Andy Hamilton and Nick Warburton through to pieces from the 19th century born French playwright Henri Gheon to Shakespeare – and newly-created ones.
Nick Keeble, arts and leisure manager for the town council, said: "The Haverhill Drama Festival gives everybody a great opportunity to come and see some excellent plays and great talent for free.
"I am really excited to be able to programme five nights of entertainment, and that this year the range of plays is so diverse."
On Monday evening Haverhill's own CENTRE STAGE COMPANY (Youth Section) open the festival with THE EXAM by ANDY HAMILTON, directed by LAUREN CHINERY, and this is followed by FOXTON VIXENS performing PURVIS by NICK WARBURTON, directed by PAT HOUGHTON
Tuesday sees SAWSTON DRAMAWISE present A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM adapted From WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, adapted and directed by FRANCES BROWNLIE, followed by Haverhill's SAMUEL WARD ACADEMY with THE HUMPTY DUMPTY FILES by CLIVE HULME.
On Wednesday EAST BERGHOLT DRAMATIC SOCIETY perform THE LAST WIFE by LYNN BRITTNEY, directed by VAL ELDRIDGE and then BAWDS (of Cambridge) present FALSTAFF’S FOLLY adapted from WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, adapted & Directed by RICHARD PERONI.
On Thursday WILBURTON THEATRE GROUP present COSTA DEL PACKET by ANTHONY BOOTH, directed by TIM BROWN, and this is followed by CLAVERING PLAYERS with THE DIFFICULT SECOND ALBUM by KEITH PHILLIPS, directed by KEITH PHILLIPS and JENNIFER SCOTT-REID.
Finally,on Friday the IRVING STAGE COMPANY (pf Bury St Edmunds) perform FARCE OF THE DEVIL’S EDGE by HENRI GHEON, directed by ANDREW DEANE, and the festival closes with Haverhill's CENTRE STAGE COMPANY with HANGING ABOUT FOR 2059 by DAVID HART, directed by CHRIS HART.
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