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....TADS NEWS ....TADS NEWS
TADS has a new name!!!!
It is now Tewkesbury Arts & Drama Society or if your prefer: TADS for short.
Marketing Officer
John Williams has agreed to be TADS's new Marketing Officer. He can be reached at marketing@tads.org.uk
Brenda takes on roles at the GDA
Brenda Read-Brown has agreed to be an adjudicator for the GDA full length play competition.
She has also joined the committee which will run the GDA One Act Play Festival.
Habeas Corpus
Jon Wagstaffe has been nominated for Best Supporting Actor in Habeas Corpus. The awards will be declared at the GDA AGM on 4th September.
Trevor Hampshaw
We received the following message from Pete Dickinson:
It is with great regret that I feel the need to inform you of the death of a former chairman of TADS who was active during the early 70's through to the early 80's in both TADS and Manor Players. Trevor Hampshaw had battled for a long time with chronic health problems including type 1 diabetes. He and his wife Wendy were staunch members of the society for many years and may well be remembered by some current members. Sadly Trevor passed away today (12th July) in hospital in Bournemouth where he had been for the last month. Please feel free to contact me for any further information on either pete.dickinson@lineone.net or by telephone on 01452 812675
2011 Winter Production
It has been decided to that Hannah will direct a stage version of Treasure Island. The production dates are Thursday 17th February 2011 to Saturday 19 February 2011. There is more information on the Future Productions pages
GDA One Act Play Festival
TADS entered 2 plays in the GDA One Act Play Festival Bed & Breakfast and Cuffed.
Bed & Breakfast won the Best Play and Best Original Play with Debbie Lannen winning the Best Actress. Geoff Guy was nominated for Best Supporting Actor, Nicki Wogan for Best Actress, Jesse Benns and Richard Hughes for Best Actor.
Cuffed was the Runner Up in the Best Original Play category. Ian Bishop won the award for Best Actor. Vicki Wagstaffe was the Runner Up for the Best Supporting Actress award. Penny Tubbs was nominated for Best Actress.
Cuffed was also declared the best new play presented at the first round of the United Kingdom One Act Play Festivals. This is judged by reading the scripts. In other words it was the best new script performed anywhere in the country at this year's festivals! The presentation of the Geoffery Whitworth trophy will take place at the British final of the competition at East Kilbride Village Theatre on 26 June.
AGM
The AGM held on the 15 March 2010 resulted in the election of the following officers.
The new officers of the society are: |
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| Chairman | Oonagh Hughes |
| Vice Chairman | Hannah Moore |
| Secretary | Brenda Read-Brown |
| Marketing Officer | John Williams |
| Treasurer | Gill Horsey |
Read the full minutes here for more details
Cuffed
Cuffed won at the first round of the All England One Act Play competition at the Playhouse in Cheltenham. As well as winning the best play it also won the best original play and best actress awards.
It then went onto the Quarter Finals at Marlborough where it was eliminated from the competition. Penny Stubbs won the Best Acting award.
The TADS Diary has been been launched. It can be seen here. Send an email to diary@tads.org.uk if you want an entry added. It does not have to just be things which TADS are doing, you may suggest anything which might be of interest to members of TADS.
“The Factory" - Due to the workload of the people organising the Factory, there are no plans to restart at this time. Watch this space for further details.
If you would like any further information then please contact us.