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A tear to the eye
Seven year old Demi Cole, playing
one of the children, reduced The Man
in
Whistle Down the Wind
to tears each
time she sang to him
The words were
I’ ve got a plastic flower so it will
never die,
I’ve got my grandma’s hankie should
you ever need to cry
and, believe you me, he cried at every
performance, as did half the audience.
Start them young
The middle girl of the three who are standing in the photo is 12
years old Frances Harley. When I asked her to think up the movement
for the childrens’ dance for ‘When children ruled the world’. I was so
pleased with what she did that we used it for the show and it looked
great. All the kids loved doing it.
Props all change
Howorth Wrightson Limited has announced some major changes
to its props department.
Bob Howorth is pleased to be able to say that all the properties
and stage furniture formerly housed at Cricket Street have now been
moved from Denton to Trafford Park.
Howorth Wrightson Limited has combined with Filmdust Prop
Hire and are now housed in 8 Units at:- Praed Road, Trafford Park,
Manchester, M17 1SJ; tel 0161 872 9206
An enlarged properties department, including Props from Stock-
yard Ltd., London will be found at Trafford Park.
The new Manager, Greg White, and his team, will be pleased
to continue to provide the service you have enjoyed from Howorth
Wrightson Limited over the past 30 years.
Both Bob Howorth and Alan Cox are part of the new company
and will continue to provide the theatrical and stage shows support for
selecting props and stage furniture for your productions.
Because of Licence considerations, the guns and weapons stock
will still be housed at Unit 3 Cricket Street, Denton; tel: 0161 335
0220.
The Denton Unit also houses the orchestral music stands and the
scripted theatre stage shows props such as Cinderella’s coach, Alad-
din’s lamps, Me and My Girl Car, Little Wonder, and more, are all
available at the Denton Unit.
Whether it’s for plays, musicals, operas or pantomimes, HWL will
have the props.
Burnley Garrick Triumphs
Every year the Nelson Leader promotes a theatrical awards
event to celebrate amateur theatre in the Pendle Area of Lancashire.
Sponsored by Howard Rigg these awards are presented at the end of
June each year. This year, The Garrick, which presentes its shows at
the magnificent ACE Centre in Nelson was delighted to have received
nominations in 5 categories. Nominated were:-
Best Drama
:
Calendar Girls
(directed by Lesley Jackson)
Fur Coat and No Knickers
(directed by Alan Miller)
Best Actor (Drama):
Gordon Ingleby for playing Nip in
Fur Coat and No Knickers
Best Actress (Drama):
Anne Chadwick for playing Anne in
Calendar Girls
Brian Wellock Award for Set Design:
The set for
Heroes
(directed by Martin Chadwick, designed by
Richard I’Anson and painted by Noreen Lobo)
Thomas Todhunter Comedy Award:
Cast of
Fur Coat and No Knickers
Very many congratulations to Lesley Jackson, director of
Calendar
Girls
, for receiving the award Best Drama Production. Lesley has told
me that she has received the award on behalf of the whole company of
Calendar Girls
, the cast, the props team, the sound and lighting team
and everyone who was involved with the production.
Very many congratulation go also to our President, Dorothy
Spencer, for her Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to
Theatre.
What a trouper!!
Diane Cole is not only one of our star performers, she never misses
a rehearsal despite being the single parent of four beautiful and well
behaved children aged from 12 down to four years.
Looking at her, she must
have been a child bride.
So dedicated is she that
she can often be seen
at these rehearsals with
three of them pyjama
clad so she can take
them straight home to
bed after doing her bit
for the show.
If we ever needed
understudies all three
girls could step in as
they sit singing along to
everything.
She is also a prolific
ticket seller coming out
top once again in ticket
sales for our last show.
That’s dedication