CDA THEATRE DAY 2020

John Clegg, Membership Administrator, Cornwall Drama Association, writes:

Dear Colleague,
    Booking for Theatre Day is now open! Join us on the 7th November for a day full of theatre and fun.
    Please see the PDF (click here) for the full programme of workshops and to book your spaces. We recommend booking soon as some workshops have limited spaces.
    Do let me know if you have any trouble opening the PDF or booking for the workshops.
    See you on the 7th!

PLAYERS' MEMORABILIA APPEAL
    When Covid-19 permits, St. Austell Players will be celebrating 75 years of playing and performing, in earlier times under the title of the St. Austell Society Players. Over those years, almost 350 productions have been staged, sometimes as many as eight productions a year. (See Historical Background and Previous Productions.)
    If you happen to have any items relating to Players’ productions or other activities over those years, photos of plays or cast members, press cuttings and so on, or perhaps just an anecdote, please let us know (click here).

THE FREDDIE ROWE AWARD
    The trophy was commissioned in 2019 to honour Freddie for his seventy years of service to the Players (see In Memoriam - Freddie Rowe). Awarded to a member who had made an outstanding contribution to the Players, this year it was presented to Steve Holland for his contributions to more than 200 Players’ productions and other work: set design and building, lighting and sound design and operation, website creation and maintenance, archive keeping and occasional forays into poster and programme design.

FLATS LOFT - CLEAROUT
    After several decades of accumulating old props, bits of scenery, timber and sheeting off-cuts and general detritus, the flats loft has at last been largely cleared. The usual agonizing decisions of a clear up applied, of course: "Will that be useful again, or is the space it takes up more valuable?" The original workbench eventually became accessible again and, with the addition of some extra lighting, props and the smaller sections of scenery can again be built in the loft.

    Many thanks to those who helped and made the several trips to the Recycling Centre, aka 'the dump'.
    In a further surge of energy, the downstairs furniture stores have also been re-arranged and rarely-used and broken items removed, again keeping the Recycling Centre busy. Many thanks once more to all those who helped to bring some order back to this former jumble.

PLAYERS' MAILING LIST     If you would like to be on our free Mailing List and receive emails giving notice of our Productions, Castings/Auditions, Social Events – quizzes, fun evenings, play readings and so on, please click here to send your name, email address and agreement to receiving such information to our Membership Secretary.

NEW DIRECTORS
     The Players' Committee is keen to hear from anyone who would like to direct his or her own production. If you are interested and have experience of directing, we would be delighted to hear from you. If you have thought about directing but have no experience, perhaps you might prefer to to try it out at first by directing a one-act play. It could be a play of your own choosing or we could suggest some to you.
      If you might like to direct or contribute in any other way, please email the Chairman, Kim Rowe.

"EXTRAS" WANTED
     This site occasionally receives requests for ''extras'' to play in films or TV programmes being made locally. If you are interested and available for ''extra'' work in this area and would like to email your contact details to this site (click here), we can keep them on file. Then, as and when such opportunities occur, we can put you in touch with the casting companies. Just be aware that these opportunities tend to occur sporadically and even then are often for individuals with specific characteristics: certain height, hair colour, age, and so on. Such details will be between you and the casting company; we will simply forward all "extra" requests to you.