Portable Theatre

Progress Youth Theatre's next production is not at our own theatre but in the main hall at Bulmershe school on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd April. It is exciting performing in different venues and it gives us the opportunity to reach out to new audiences.

It does mean though that all the props and set has to be transported to Woodley. Director Ali Carrol was making good use of her car on Sunday afternoon.

Murmuring Judges is a fast moving play with seven actors playing 32 characters. That means 32 costumes also have to be transported to the school.

To keep down the costs of hiring a venue the technical set up and rehearsal will happen on the same day as the final dress rehearsal.

The hall at Bulmershe school is used as their main dining room so between performances everything will have to be stored in a small curtained area.

Ali told me that she is never doing another off-site production but I'm sure as the applause is running round the hall after a successful show she will change her mind.



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Auditions for God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, Sunday 30th March 2014 2.30pm or Thursday 3rd April 2014 at 7pm, Progress Theatre

Progress Youth Theatre, Murmuring Judges by David Hare Tuesday 1st April – Wednesday 2nd April 2014, at Bulmershe School, Chequers Way, Woodley, RG5 3EL

Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde, Thursday 24th April – Saturday 3rd May 2014

Not About Heroes by Stephen MacDonald, Monday 26th May – Saturday 31st May 2014

God of Carnage by Yazmina Reza, adapted by Christoper Hampton  Monday 23rd June – Saturday 28th June 2014

Full details about out theatre and all our activities can be found on our website.

A new face in Trainspotting

Progress regulars will notice a few new faces in Trainspotting but in this post I am introducing Rachel Miller.

Rachel is a relative new comer to Reading, as well as the theatre. She moved here eighteen months ago to take up a post with Reading Voluntary Action where she works in community development and support for new community groups.

Rachel in the trainspotting publicity photos
photo by Mandy King

Trainspotting is set in Edinburgh and Rachel should have little concern about the accent as that is her home town. The rest of the cast have found it helpful to have a native speaker to check their pronunciation with, however Rachel went back to Scotland recently and her family and friends were less impressed with her speaking with, what they perceived as an English accent.

As well as working and rehearsing, Rachel found time to run in the recent Reading half marathon. She completed it in two hours three minutes and raised about £500 for Reading Mencap who work with adults and children with a learning disability.








 



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Trainspotting by  Harry Gibson, adapted from the book by Irvine Welsh. Monday 17th – Saturday 22nd March 2014

Auditions for God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, Sunday 30th March 2014 2.30pm or Thursday 3rd April 2014 at 7pm, Progress Theatre

Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde, Thursday 24th April – Saturday 3rd May 2014

Not About Heroes by Stephen MacDonald, Monday 26th May – Saturday 31st May 2014

God of Carnage by Yazmina Reza, adapted by Christoper Hampton  Monday 23rd June – Saturday 28th June 2014

Full details about out theatre and all our activities can be found on our website.