March update

U3A Theatre Group, confirm dates and times with – Leader - Julie Horseman tel:02380 862704

A good number of us enjoyed Cole Porter’s ‘High Society’ at the Mayflower Theatre. Wayne Sleep (playing Uncle Willie) maybe into his sixties but he can certainly still move and provided much of the comedy in the show. Dexter Haven was excellently played by Mike Sterling. Good songs – easy uplifting entertainment. .

Theatre Trips to come

Wednesday 2nd May Mayflower Theatre – ‘Guys and Dolls’ starring Nigel Harman. Frank Loesser's classic musical includes hits such as Luck be a Lady, Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat, and of course the wonderful title song Guys and Dolls.
Tickets £28.50 (all tickets sold
Salisbury Playhouse

Thursday 24th May Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Absent Friends’.
Ayckbourn is at his best in this poignant tale of love grown cold. Colin's rose-tinted view on the world lays bare his friends' disintegrating marriages, shatters pretences and exposes sad realities.
Tickets £17.00

Friday 15th June ‘The Boyfriend’ Stage '65 Youth Theatre bring us the tale of Madame Dubonnet's fashionable finishing school on the sun-kissed French Riviera, where the daughters of the English aristocracy are schooled in the fine arts of living and loving.
Tickets £7.00

Tuesday September 25th Northanger Abbey
Catherine Morland is hopelessly addicted to Gothic novels that wreak havoc on her imagination. Her quiet, bookish life in rural Hampshire becomes suddenly more exciting when she is taken to enter the leisure society at Bath.
Tickets £17.00

Trip to The Globe Theatre, London

Visit to Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, London on Friday July 20th
Coach leaving Totton at 9.15am.
Tour of Globe Theatre and exhibition 12 noon
Performance of The Merchant of Venice 2pm.
Leaving London 5pm
Cost Coach £10.00, Tour £5.50, Theatre tickets £19.50
Total Cost £35.00
Spaces will be available on the coach for those just wanting a day in London
People can choose to just take the tour and exhibition or just the afternoon performance
To book a place please ring Christine on 023 8086 2882.

Theatre at Hanger Farm

Saturday 24th March 7.30pm Funny Women
Tickets £7.00/£6.00 from the box-office 023 8066 7683
Thursday 12th April Shoo Shoo Baby present ‘From Berlin To Broadway’ –
Tickets £8.50/£6.50 from the box-office 023 8066 7683

Totton Festival of Drama Results.

The Winning Group were Bench Theatre Company with Ashputtel’ and ‘the Lady and the Lion’ from Grimm Tales,
Runners Up were Bench Theatre with Working by Zoe Chapman
Best Direction went to Wessex Youth Theatre with Warrior Square by Nick Wood.
Best Actor went to Mark Wakeman – Bench Theatre
Best Actress went to Tania Perkins – Portchester Players
Best Youth Actress Mehreen Shah- Wessex Youth Theatre
Best Youth Actor Jac McMahon – C.A.T.S. Youth Theatre
Technical Award Oaklands OO6 – Through My Eyes by Stewart Blackmore