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News from Ulverston
Over the Moon
Steve Low one of our leading society men is convinced that 2013 is
his luckiest year yet.
Recently he married the love of his life, Gail and became stepdad to
her daughter, Olivia and son-in-law to Jean Lancaster, our choreogra-
pher.
All four are involved in our next production, ‘Whistle Down the
Wind’ in September.
This year his daughter, Tiffany Charnley, has moved up from
playing leads in a Junior society to play opposite her father, as his
daughter, Swallow . Steve and Tiffany have never performed together
on any stage and both are excited and delighted to have been given
the chance.
Seven of our members who are registered chaperones recently
looked after children taking part in the film NOBLE which will be
released in the spring of 2014.
The film tells the life story of Christine Noble who overcame
her harsh childhood in Dublin to carry out courageous work to
help and to give their childhood back to underprivileged children
in Vietnam and Cambodia.
Filming took place in Vietnam, Dublin. Liverpool and Barrow
in Furness (which was said to be more like Dublin than Dublin)
The chaperones were fortunate to meet well known actors,
amongst whom was Brendan Coyle of Downton Abbey fame.
Ken and I were responsible for chaperoning two of the young
stars, Gloria Cramer Curtis, who was playing the young Christine,
and Harry Plummer, who was playing her brother, and what
lovely well-mannered and talented children they were.
Gloria’s sister, Adriana, her identical twin, was used on set also
as Gloria’s stand in.
The only downside was that there were lots of outdoor scenes
and unfortunately it was during one of the coldest, wettest and
snowiest weeks of February which was great for filming but
terrible to stand around for hours in.
Believe me, it’s not as glamorous as you might think especially
when most of the scenes were set as slums.
It is much easier chaperoning children in the dressing rooms
during a performance!
News from Burnley Garrick Club
Pendle One Act Festival
The ACE Centre in Nelson played host to the first Pendle One Act
Festival on Friday and Saturday, 19th and 20th April.
The bar was set very high on the first night with Colne Dramatic
Society presenting Something In the Air, only to be followed
by Holden2urhats’ presentation of a very modern play, Party.
Either play would be very hard to beat so it was with a degree of
nervousness that The Garrick presented Visitor from New York after
the opening play of the evening, Dialogue presented by Harlequins
Drama Group from Freckleton.
The Garrick was delighted to be given the accolade Best Drama
Production, as well as receiving awards for best actor, actress and
direction.
All the Winners
Certificates of Merit - Harlequins Drama Group - Dialogue
Best Moment in Theatre - Holden2urhats - Party
Best Actress - Susan Mullen - The Garrick - Visitor from New York
Best Actor - Neil Tranmer - The Garrick - Visitor from New York
Best Director - Dorothy Spencer - The Garrick - Visitor from New
York
The Audience Award - Colne Dramatic Society - Something In
the Air
Best Overall Production - The Garrick - Visitor from New York
The Garrick winners
L-R Susan Madigan, Neil Tranmer,
Dorothy Spencer (director) & Andrew Rawlinson (GoDA)
Very many congratulations to everyone. The atmosphere
throughout the festival was terrific. Those Garrick members who
were not able to attend really missed some superb plays. Here’s
looking forward to next year’s festival.
For 2014, The Garrick, along with Pendle Leisure Trust and
your Association of Community Theatre will be co-sponsoring the
One Act Festival.
All drama societies are welcome to enter this festival which
is bidding to become one of East Lancashire’s outstanding the-
atrical occasions. Further details will be available shortly but if
you wish to be added to the Festival’s mailing list, please contact
the editor at or the or
On a Film Set