Update 24th December 2017 Theatre Group Christmas Lunch The Theatre Group meets on the third Thursday of the month at the Royal Oak to plan its   We wish our members a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year filled with enjoyable and stimulating outings. Jenny December  2017 We had a short meeting before enjoying an excellent Christmas lunch at our monthly abode, the Royal Oak. The TR2 trip will probably be afternoon of 6th March - Annie will confirm. Jan 23  Ann H will arrange eve visit to HFC to see Sultans of String. Oct 31 Delia arranging HFC for Joanna Lumley eve - a long way off but will sell quickly. November  2017 We were pleased to welcome a new member amongst the many attending this meeting. Having dealt with our ongoing arrangements we decided on four new events for the new year:- Feb 17, eve - 'Hi de Hi!' at the Church Rooms from our Lostwithiel Thespians. Helen will arrange this when tickets are available ( Jan ) Feb 28,eve - An evening with Levison Wood, explorer, at HFC, organised by Pat Mar 3, mat - 'Art' award winning comedy at TRP, contact Jenny, 18 seats reserved, 3 still currently available. A Tues afternoon tba - TR2 trip, Plymouth, to see scenery and costume departments and rehearsal rooms, plus tea. Annie is booking this event. Our next meeting starts later, 11.30, and is followed by the indulgence of a Royal Oak Christmas Lunch! October 2017 We have a spare ticket for the ballet Aladdin at Theatre Royal, Plymouth, matinee next Sat 28th Oct. available to any u3a member. A short notice bargain for someone! Please contact 01208 873261. Members collected tickets, paid their dues and made travel arrangements.  Our thanks to all those who work in various ways to ensure we have so many trips to enjoy. We plan to see the live streaming of Rigoletto on 16th Jan '18 book with Judy. Our December meeting falls on 21st so we decided to have Christmas Lunch at the Royal Oak as a treat!  Deb has made a provisional booking for 16 and we will have a brief meeting beforehand, (from 11.30) with lunch at 12.30pm.  The menu can be previewed on the Oaks website and copies will be available Nov 16th at next meeting when bookings need confirming and deposit paid. Three other events were mooted but we are so busy we were unable to fit them in! September  2017 Macbeth - the acclaimed Ninagawa Japanese production at Theatre Royal - 13 Oct. There is one spare discounted ticket available to any u3a member New event available - Follies live streamed at St Austell on 16 Nov - contact Jenny The Devils Violin will be a matinee on 5th November, near Newquay, preceded by lunch - contact Ann H. tickets £8. Next meeting Thursday 19th Oct. August 2017 Another well attended meeting with plenty of ideas flowing.  We added a further three events to our current list of 21 (including Warhorse 6/9/18, booked) and what a variety! Well done to our enthusiastic members. Next meeting Sept 21st,  10.30am
July 2017 Ideas for future trips from several group members also a welcome recruit offering to organise an event - all much appreciated!  3 Oct  La Boheme, from Royal Opera House, live streamed at St Austell arranged by Gillie H. 28 Oct  Alladin, Birmingham Royal Ballet, (mat) at T.R.P. contact Judy 10 Nov Blues Band H.F.C. (eve)   contact Annie S. 17 Nov Geoff Lukeman at Devoran (eve) contact Annie S. in Nov  Devil's Violin, during festival nr Newquay (detail available later) Ann H. 25 Nov Tin Drum, Kneehigh, H.F.C. (mat) contact Carol 1 Feb '18 Cinderella, Matthew Bourne T.R.P. (mat)contact Deb. 3 May '18 This House T.R.P. (mat) Ann. H. PLEASE NOTE - next meeting one week later than usual - AUGUST 24th Booking for all above is open until end of August meeting. June  2017 As one of our number has moved out of the area we were able to welcome a new member who was on the waiting list. Shown in May news, below, are ten events yet to come, some of these are still available at present ( please contact whoever is arranging the trip that interests you ). Most unusually, though, we found nothing to add to this list!  Hope we will be luckier on July 20th at the next meeting. May  2017 We discovered that over 70 events had been arranged at our meetings over the last year, plus spontaneous outings in between, covering a wide variety of interests and venues. Not surprising, perhaps, that we now have a growing waiting list for membership. Future bookings, 15 of them, are currently as follows:- May 23 Ballet Boyz 'Life' at HFC  ''  24 Anthony & Cleopatra live streamed at St Austell  ''  26 Steve Knightly at Tuckingmill  ''  27 School for Scandal (Camp Theatre) Dobwalls plus a preceding meal June 7 Royal Ballet Programme live streamed at St Austell  ''  28 Otello opera                  ''       ''        ''  ''    ''   ( bookings close soon)  ''  29 Death of a Salesman     ''        ''       ''  ''    ''            ''        ''     ''  ''  29 Curious Incident of Dog in the Night-time TRP - an impromptu event July 12 Sister Act TRP  ''  27 The Play That Went Wrong TRP Aug 24 The 3rd Policeman (Miracle Theatre) Restormel Castle £12, Annie is taking bookings until           next meeting  ''  26 Crazy for You TRP Sept 23 Beautiful - Carole King Story Helen taking bookings until next meeting Oct  13 Macbeth - Japanese Ninagawa production TRP Pat taking bookings 2018 Warhorse TRP  To which we add some new ones! June 10 African Sanctus, Sterts - Ann F can currently get tickets £10 Aug 19 Jim Causley, singer Sterts Annie arranging, tkts £12, a meal can also be booked  ''    31 Yerma live streamed at St Austell £ 12.50 Annie again. Pat will book the Welsh National Opera at TRP in March 2018 - on the menu is Tosca, Don Giovanni and La Forza del Destino These are evening performances, which means possibly missing the last train so an overnight Travelodge stay may be necessary if no drivers available. Nothing at the Minack captured the interest of those at the meeting but any ideas from those who couldn't attend are always welcome, please. Hope you can make our June 15th meeting at the Royal Oak, 10.30am.    April   2017 Perhaps we should write our own scripts as lots of witty repartee at this meeting - maybe it was Simon's Easter Eggs or anticipation of lunch at the Royal Oak afterwards, that we indulged in! After we had paid for tickets, made transport arrangements and learnt that Spires Jazz/meal evenings was off due to college summer holidays we looked at new ideas and members are now arranging the following:- Pat          Anthony and Cleopatra, St Austell cinema  May 24, eve Pat          Royal Ballet-Live, St Austell cinema      June 7, eve Debbie    Death of a Salesman, HFC        June 29, matinee Annie      Miracle Theatre's '3rd Policeman' Restormel Castle Aug 24, eve Judy        Crazy for You, TRP         Aug 26, matinee Jose will put you in touch with someone arranging a trip to Truro Cathedral to hear Johnny Cowling singing gospel, Sept 3. Next meeting, May 18, we will choose an event at the Minnack March 2017 Lots more ideas for events as far ahead as 2018! 19 April  Annie organizing Jazz and possible meal at Heligan, eve 20 May  Annie       ''       Misbehavin' ajazz group at St Endellion Church, eve 11 July  Annie       ''       Jazz at Spires, Truro, accompanied meal, 6pm 13 October (a Friday!) Macbeth ( the Scottish play )Japanese, Ninagawa production at TRP, eve, organized by Pat. Hopefully two bad omens cancel each other out 31 March 2018 Pat arranging Tosca at TRP, eve Next meeting for group members 20 April, start at 10.30am Update 4th March 2017  Theatre Group at Theatre Royal Plymouth 4th March 2017 (Click on image for larger view) ************* February 2017 Another well attended meeting - we currently have 21 events in the pipeline, so plenty of choice. New trips planned are 28 Feb Sleeping Beauty ballet arranged by Pat Stearn 9 March Hedda Gabler              ''        ''  Jenny MacDonald 11 April  Jewels, ballet             ''         ''     ''       '' 20 April  Rosencrantz and Guildenstien are Dead    Judy Dixon 26 April  Julius Ceasar           arranged by Annie Singer 23 May  Ballet Boyz 'Life'             ''      ''  Sandra 28 June  Otello, opera                 ''      ''  Pat Stearn The above are live streamed at St Austell cinema. 27 May School for Scandal, Camp Theatre Co, at Menheniot arranged by Ann Henderson 31 March 2018   Tosca, at T.R.P.                                         ''        '' Pat Stearn January 2017 New events planned Feb 2nd   Babes in the Wood - Menheniot April 6th    Nell Gwynne    -    HFC Various live cinema screenings as yet to be chosen |
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