Whorehouse update
Having a rip-roaring time at rehearsals at the moment. The Best LIttle Whorehouse is proving to be such a laugh to rehearse. Some members of the group are having to get very cosy with others when they'd barely shaken hands before. I'm loving the part of Angel, the streetwise city girl, and have now been given my blonde wig and kinky boots; maybe no-one I know will recognise me. Here's the principal cast list below.
Bandleader - Craig Delaney
Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd - Jon Molson
Melvin P Thorpe - Daran Bland
Governor of Texas - Sam Johnson
Senator Wingwoah - Rob Callaby
Edsel - Zack Colam
C J Scruggs - Brett Moore
Rufus - Oliver Johnson
Chip - Paul Coleman
Mona Stangley - Beverley Moore
Jewel - Rebecca Jones
Doatsy Mae - Emma Dobbs
Angel - Trish Burgess
Shy - Samantha Hunt
Ginger - Amanda Fisher
Beatrice - Jules Jones
Linda Lou - Laura Coates
Taddy Jo - Melissa Brooks
Ruby Rae - Jane Webb
Dawn - Suzanne Webb
Durla - Laura Molson
Eloise - Elaine Deathridge
Imogene Charlene- Laura Coates
Published Date:
04/02/2010
Modified Date:
04/02/2010
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - auditions
Looking forward to this Sunday - the annual SADOS auditions for our musical. This year I have far less nerves and worries as I've decided not to audition for a main role. This time I'm happily not throwing my hat in the ring and instead I'm hoping to do some chorus singing and larking about - stress free times I hope!
We have had our sing-throughs already and it's very exciting to see lots of potential Sheriffs, Monas, Jewels and Melvins. I think we are going to have a fantastic bunch of people in the cast to make this a musical to remember.
So a reminder to everyone, auditions at the Priory School, Spalding, 2pm on Sunday 3 January. Note that the school has been closed for the holidays so wrap up warm - clothes definitely required!
People of Spalding - be prepared for a corker of a show. Yee Haw!
Published Date:
01/01/2010
Modified Date:
01/01/2010
Recruits required for Ranch!
SADOS (Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society) are looking for a large number of adults to be involved in their next musical production, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, to be staged at the South Holland Centre, Spalding from 18 to 22 May 2010.
The musical, made famous as a movie with Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton and the song "I will Always Love You", is set in the 1970s and tells the true story of the legendary Texas establishment under pressure from a crusading radio presenter.
SADOS need a number of principal soloists with ages varying from 18 to 65 and a enthusiastic chorus to play the ladies of the ranch, townspeople, cowboys and even an energetic American Football team.
If you are interested in getting involved in what is sure to be a lively production, come along to sing-throughs at the Priory School, Neville Avenue, Spalding on 1, 8 and 15 December at 7.30pm. Auditions are also at the Priory School at 2pm on 3 January.
For further information contact the Director, Brett Moore on 07734 081929.
Published Date:
29/11/2009
Modified Date:
29/11/2009
Mum's Gone to...
I have decided to keep this blog, Dramatic Licence, for posts about SADOS (Spalding Amateur Dramatic and Operatic Society).
All my other ramblings about holidays have been moved onto a new blog "Mum's Gone to..." which can be found at www.mumsgoneto.blogspot.com
Published Date:
17/11/2009
Modified Date:
01/01/2010
Pizza Publicity
Have been busy lately sorting out publicity for the next SADOS play: Pizza, Fries, Ghosts and Lies. It's not long before the play will be performed at the South Holland Centre (18th to 21st November) so my priority has been to get flyers and posters ready. The main body of the poster came from Julian Wheeler of Big Day Photography, Spalding. Julian created it some time ago for the South Holland Centre's Autumn brochure so we just needed to add the date, time, place etc and the poster was ready. One of our SADOS members, Jordan Crowson, suggested an online company he uses at Crowsons to do the printing of the flyers and that suggestion has proved invaluable.
We will use local firm Welland Print to do our programmes: we have worked with them in the last couple of years and I know the quality will be excellent. Thankfully I have a couple of weeks to work on the content before that needs to be printed too.
Having spoken to our producer, Elaine, I realised that another pressing job was finding a local company who could provide us with fresh pizzas on each night of the performance. The cast get through about four 12 inch pizzas during the show so I thought we should put out a plea to local restaurants/takeaways to help us out. John Baker at the Spalding Guardian put a little piece in the Thursday paper a couple of weeks ago saying SADOS were looking for a "dough-nation"! Well it did the trick. That night I received a call from Leo of Leo's Pizza and Pasta Place in Spalding. He was happy to help. Good man! To say thank you we have offered Leo an advert in our programme but I also had another word with the paper and organised a photo shoot at his takeaway with some of the cast. Last Wednesday the photos were taken, quite a few just of Leo, a pizza and me. Two of the cast had got stuck in Thorney and would be too late whilst the other pair hoping to attend were snarled up in traffic. Fortunately Jo and Jonathan arrived just in time to run down the street and collar Mike the photographer as he was leaving for another job. I was so grateful he returned to the scene to snap a couple more.
Lucky me, I was able to take the pizza we used in the shots back to the car where it was summarily dispatched into the hungry mouths of husband and son who were waiting. We all agreed the pizza was very tasty and what a crying shame we live outside Leo's delivery area! We'll have to move to Spalding.
Tickets for the show are available from South Holland Centre box office - 01775 764777 or www.southhollandcentre.co.uk.
Published Date:
05/10/2009
Modified Date:
05/10/2009
Pizza, Fries, Ghosts and Lies
Poster created by Julian Wheeler, Big Day Photography, Spalding
SADOS' next play will be performed at the South Holland Centre from 18 to 21 November 2009. The play, Pizza, Fries, Ghosts and Lies (Dead Funny) was written by Brett Moore and rehearsals are already underway.
It was all the fault of Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore! If Simon and Sarah Damon hadn’t been watching “Ghost” they would never have contemplated a night in with a couple of close friends, a bottle of wine and the Ouija board. But the party is gate-crashed by a confused pizza delivery man and four very dead, uninvited guests. As the evening unfolds the mayhem continues: a gypsy curse, a web of lies, murder…and a spicy chicken thin crust with extra chips.
This brand new contemporary play has all the elements of great farce but with an added gruesome and ghostly edge.
Cast List
Simon Damon Zack Colam
Sarah Damon Joanne Carling
Mike Moore Ben White
Jenny Moore Gemma Page
Raymond Burke Mark Yates
Jules Burke Rosemary Mason
James Yates Jonathan Tibbs
Gemma Yates Natalie Stafford
Norman Nigel Nobbs (Nobby) Nigel Hancocks
Helga Beverley Moore
Simon's Mother (deceased) Rosie Smith
Simon's Father (deceased) Paul Coleman
Little Girl Alicia Thompson
Published Date:
13/07/2009
Modified Date:
22/07/2009
SADOS' next musical
After a successful run with Guys and Dolls, SADOS has been trying to decide what musical to perform next Spring. Initially there were plans to do Chess but there was a fair bit of discussion regarding whether it best suited our capabilities. We also need to keep costs down and Chess might not be a box office winner.
So, from the sublime to the ridiculous, the committee has chosen... The Best little Whorehouse in Texas! Set in the late 1970s it tells the real story of the infamous Chicken Ranch bordello. The film starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds was a great success and the Broadway play won numerous awards when it was first performed.
I'm sure some of our potential audience may be a little shocked at the title and, yes, there are some raunchy aspects of the show. But it is very funny, tongue-in-cheek and has some tender ballads alongside the country and western style chorus numbers.
Our SADOS members should find a show with plenty of male and female parts, of all ages, and lots for the chorus to do. Other amateur groups who have performed BLWIT have said it was such a fun show to do and I think having fun is what we do best.
Yet again, cowboys hats to be dusted off chaps! Yee Haa!
Published Date:
25/06/2009
Modified Date:
25/06/2009
I got the horse right here...
Having spent the last few months as Sarah Brown, prim and proper Missionary in Guys and Dolls, I decided to ditch the tambourine for the weekend and try out a bit of sin for myself. A day of evil gambling was on the cards with a family day out to Doncaster races.
It was a gloriously sunny day as we drove up North and the racecourse was quite stunning - beautiful course, brand new buildings and the most amazing ladies' loos I have ever seen - row upon row of clean cubicles, enough for there never to be a queue - that's unheard of and, as all you ladies will agree, something to be applauded!
Anyway, I digress. The sun had obviously brought out all the lively fillies of Doncaster who were dressed up to the nines for this meeting: good for them - it wasn't a particularly prestigious meeting but they gave the Ascot girls a run for their money. I have never seen such high heels, so many bottoms squeezed into very tight neon-coloured dresses, curled and be-feathered hair-dos and, my goodness, the tanning salons must have done a roaring trade that week!
My husband's wallet was open so I made the most of it and we soon got cracking on the betting. I felt like bursting into song on occasions - Fugue for Tinhorns came to mind - but couldn't spot a Paul Revere, Valentine or Epitaph in any of the races. However I did find a "Saucy Brown" in the third race and thought that was the one for me. However Saucy was obviously as nimble on her pins as I was dancing in Havana: a few too many Dulce de Leches and she was staggering about nowhere near the finishing post.
Hubby managed a £25 win early on in the day but we were getting a bit despondent until our final race when our son was insistent we put money on Loose Caboose. He had a hunch he said, something to do with The Simpsons and Mr Burn's plane called Spruce Caboose. Well we humoured him, put a fiver on it for him, and it romped home at 10-1 giving our boy a healthy £50 profit. Very hard to advocate the evils of betting to a 13 year old after such a great result.
As we made our way back to to the car, flushed with success and sunburn, we saw lots of very tired looking girls, their fascinators wilting, high heels abandoned, gingerly making a path through the grandstand littered with old betting slips and plastic beer glasses. Sergeant Sarah would have shaken her head at this sorry scene....but I was cheering as we'd had a grand day out!
Published Date:
01/06/2009
Modified Date:
01/06/2009