Chris Davies

ADS has been nominated for 2 awards at the forthcoming NODA West Midlands Awards, for Love Bites and Rip Van Winkle and The Sleeping Beauty.

Well, as fast as the NODA awards approached, there it was, gone, thank you to everyone who represented ADS for the NODA award this years.

A HUGE congratulations are in order to the Jon, Emma, Sue and Chris who helped write and direct ‘Love Bite’ a drama about love and loss, which took away Best Drama at the NODA Awards (woohoo).

Unfortunately Rip Van Winkle did not win, but was nominated for best Panto (Throws hat on floor) none the less what a show it was congratulations to everyone who help with that show especially the writers and directors of Paul and Chris.

Whilst at the NODA awards, the team did a workshop involving puppetry (Sesame Street eat your heart out).

We are taking part in this year’s Worcestershire Theatre Festival.

This annual event showcases the talents of some of our county’s foremost drama groups.  It takes the form of a series of one-act performances by the various groups, which are then judged by a professional adjudicator.  Prizes are awarded at the end of the Festival for the best play, writing, acting and so on.

Our entry is an original play – ‘The 32 Skudi’, written by Alan Clarke.  Alan also directs and appears in the play, which focuses on a key moment in the life of the renaissance scientist and poet Giordano Bruno.

The Festival takes place at the Norbury Theatre in Droitwich, over the weekend of Saturday 2nd – Sunday 3rd March.  We will be performing during the Saturday afternoon session, which starts at 2pm.  Tickets, priced at £6, are available for all sessions, so why not come along and support us!

Our Autumn production is a home-grown pantomime – The Lost Treasure of Numbskull Island! It will be performed from Wednesday 28th November to Saturday 1st December at 7:30pm, with a Saturday matinee at 2:30pm. Tickets, priced at £7 (£6 concessions) are on sale now from the Lounge, Alvechurch, or email ads.alvechurch@gmail.com. Read on for more details!

For their latest pantomime Alvechurch Dramatic Society are heading to the high seas for a tale of piratical skullduggery – ‘The Lost Treasure of Numbskull Island’. Brought to you by Chris Davies and Paul Chamberlain, who are to blame for all of the Society’s recent pantomimes, the show will feature plenty of Yo ho ho and quite possibly a bottle of rum! Anne Bonny is desperate to join a pirate crew, but gets more than she bargained for when the dastardly Slack Marrow and his gang sail into dock. An unusual treasure map sends them on a quest for booty, but will the curse of Numbskull Island strike again? Or will the great King Neptune and his friends intervene? And will romance blossom between young tearaway Tom and Fish Finger the mermaid? Join us aboard the Jolly Bodger to find out! You’ll find all the usual panto fun in a tale of buried treasure, undersea creatures, shanty singers, unfortunate castaways, an oversized parrot and much more! So come and walk the plank to the Village Hall and remember – dead men tell no jokes!

Alvechurch Dramatic Society presents: ‘The Lost Treasure of Numbskull Island’, a pantomime by Chris Davies and Paul Chamberlain.

Wednesday 28th November – Saturday 1st December, 7:30pm; matinee Saturday 1st December, 2:30pm; Alvechurch Village Hall

Tickets £7; £6 concessions, available from The Lounge, Alvechurch; or by phoning 0121 447 7071; or email: ads.alvechurch@gmail.com

  

Our 2017 Spring production, ‘Mr Grimwhip’s Sandwiches‘ has been nominated for a 2017 Best Drama Production Award in NODA District 5 (our geographical area in the West Midlands.)  Congratulations to writer-director Dave Howard and everyone involved in the production.  The awards are handed out on Sunday 15th April – watch this space for news on how we get on!

We will soon be holding a couple of ‘Murder Mystery Nights’, in aid of local charities.

They will be held on 1st and 2nd March, 7.30pm at the Village Hall.

These evenings provide an opportunity for you to turn detective and solve a crime! You will see a short scene, at the end of which a murder is committed. You will then have an opportunity to question the suspects directly, before a second scene and another round of questioning. Finally, you make your accusations before the solution is revealed. It’s a fun night, so please come and join  us to help us raise money for some good causes.

Tickets cost £10 and are now available from The Lounge in Alvechurch or by emailing ads.alvechurch@gmail.com.

Tea and coffee will be available, please feel free to bring your own booze.

Our Spring production will be Deadly Nightcap, a thriller by Francis Durbridge.

Murder and mystery abound in this ingenious play with more than its fair share of blind alleys. A greedy husband plots to kill his wife and make it look like suicide. His plans are thwarted, but how and by whom? As Detective Superintendent Cliff Jordan discovers, there are so many possible suspects and motives that the truth is elusive. The London critics said “a night to remember for any fan of mystery, murder and edge of your seat suspense” and “if you enjoy the very best of thrillers, see Deadly Nightcap, it’s the best.”

Performances will be on 26th, 27th and 28th April 2018, 7.30 pm at Alvechurch Village Hall.

Tickets will go on sale in March.

Members of Alvechurch Dramatic Society are taking part a new event to raise money for the Village Hall and Papyrus – a Pumpkin Festival!   It’s taking place on Saturday 28th October, from 11am-4pm.  Bring along a pumpkin (real or crafted) and join in!  See the flyer below for more details.

Come and see us at this year’s Picnic in the Park!  The event is being held from 11am on Sunday 28th May at The Meadows, Alvechurch.  We will have a stall to promote the group (and our friends at Alvechurch Acoustic Roots) and will also be giving a short performance at 2pm based around ‘An Actor’s Life’.  Bring your picnic and hope for good weather!