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Murder and Gothick horror coming to West Linton ...

Submitted by dramaqueen on Thu, 24/06/2010 - 09:10

LyneUp has two major new productions planned for your entertainment.

In September we'll be staging 'Murdered to Death' by Peter Gordon, an affectionate send-up of the Agatha Christie whodunnits, complete with Colonel, butler and dodgy French art dealer, to name but a few. Inspector Pratt, an English Clouseau, leads the hunt. It's been many years since West Linton has had a murder mystery, and 'Murdered to Death' ticks all the boxes.

At the beginning of March 2011 we're looking forward to 'Count Karlstein', the stage adaptation of a 'Gothick tale' by Philip Pullman (yes, THE Philip Pullman, who has kindly sanctioned the production). This promises to be a huge extravaganza, set in a small Transylvanian(-ish) village ... the evil Count Karlstein has bargained the lives of his two young wards Lucy and Charlotte with Zamiel the Demon Huntsman in return for the title. Their maid Hildi helps them escape, with the help of impresario Count Cadaverezzi and his assistant Max, and the girls' old teacher Miss Davenport and her maid Lizzie. Be prepared for a magic show, a blizzard or two, supernatural horrors and a shooting competition at the very least. We'll be looking for young actors for this one.

Follies tickets on sale 7th November

Submitted by dramaqueen on Mon, 02/11/2009 - 14:36

After a year's absence due to the refurbishment of the Graham Institute, the Follies is back on 19th, 20th and 21st November. As always, tickets will sell out fast, so get yours from Rumbling Tams from Saturday 7th November.

Auditions for 'THE SNOW QUEEN', 12th November

Submitted by dramaqueen on Mon, 02/11/2009 - 14:30

LyneUp will be presenting the much-loved winter play 'The Snow Queen', by Hans Christian Andersen, rather than our more traditional pantos, during the first week of March 2010. For the first time we will be staging weekday matinees to enable as many schoolchildren as possible to see the play, and we are looking for a large number of children to play the many robbers and trolls, icegoblins and guardian angels, that appear. The main parts of Gerda and Kay will also be played by children.

Auditions will be held at the Red Cross Hall, Lintonbank Drive on THURSDAY 12th NOVEMBER, at 6pm for children (P7 upwards), and at 7pm for adults - there are up to 10 parts available for adults.

If you can't attend but would like to be considered (whether as an actor, or to help with costumes, scenery, etc) please contact Lucy Douglas on lucydouglas@btconnect.com / 660348.

Daisy Pulls It Off Tickets

Submitted by dramaqueen on Tue, 11/08/2009 - 12:26

Tickets will be going on sale on Saturday 23rd August at Rumbling Tams for 'Daisy Pulls It Off', by Denise Deegan. The show is on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th September. Adults £5.00, children and OAPs £3.50. This is a show for all the family, to mark the West Linton Primary School centenary year.

Some of the cast rehearsing a dramatic clifftop rescue scene ...

LyneUp AGM & Committee 2009/10

Submitted by dramaqueen on Fri, 12/06/2009 - 17:07

After LyneUp's recent AGM, the new committee for 2009/10 is as follows:

President: Lucy Douglas (lucydouglas@btconnect.com)
Secretary: Sandie Lloyd
Treasurer: Carrie Cleland
Ordinary Members: Deb Armstrong, Jacqui Halliwell, Glenda Meek, Boyd Wild.

'Daisy Pulls It Off' has now been cast, for production on September 4th and 5th, and the club is looking forward to producing a children's winter show, probably in January/February 2010. Monthly workshops are also in the pipeline, which will be open to all ages and temperaments - watch this space for further information.

Daisy Pulls It Off in the Graham Institute

Submitted by fwilcock on Mon, 04/05/2009 - 19:46

LyneUp's next production is a production of Denise Deegan's Daisy Pulls It Off... being staged in the Graham Institute on 4th and 5th September, the play is a spoof of the much-loved Angela Brazil/Mallory Towers schoolgirl books that many people will remember, in honour of 2009 being School Centenary Year. Simply splendid state schoolgirl Daisy wins a scholarship to posh Grangewood School for Girls, where she finally wins through, after battling against the sneaky Sybil and miserably Monica, to save the school. Auditions for anybody who feels comfortable in a gymslip will be at 8.15 in the Red Cross Hall, on Thursday 27th May, following a brief AGM at 7.30.