The Theatre Tour is over

Saturday 26th June, Burton Town Hall. Private Function. And so finally the last show of the season is upon us. Boy has this been a long run. Normally we would have finished around the beginning of June, but this time it couldnt be done and we are still travelling as of today. Today is an evening only show for The Oddfellows Society, and their 200 year celebration. A bit of a weird stage to work, and no wings. Bill our stage manager is put down to audience level to do his stuff and as there are no front curtains there are no props being used. Easy night for Bill. Tonight is also Alex's last show with us. After 3 and a half years, she is now going to concentrate on teaching, but will also help us with rehearsals and other bits and pieces. It will be very strange doing a show without her. She is part of the fixtures and fittings. Not only that but she has been the perfect professional since day one, and we will miss her badly backstage. Of course the cast bought her a few gifts, and she was quite emotional all night. Bless her!! Good luck Alex!!!! So that is it for another season. What will next season bring???? Scary! We should know in the next few weeks who the cast will be. Like every other season, we expect that there will be a few changes, as singers and dancers do tend to move around quite a bit in this industry. Hopefully we can keep everyone, as it has been one of the best casts we have had for a long time, with a great atmosphere backstage. Marie and Jenni plan to keep up their horse riding lessons while Colin is undecided. Bill might just get a game of golf under his belt. Joanne will keep the office afloat in a weeks time while Colin and Marie go off on holiday. Jenni is now already in Malta taking a weeks sunshine. Jamie will continue to eat square sausage and work his solo gigs. Most of the dancers will step into temp jobs until rehearsals start at the very end of August.

Its been a tough start to the year both on and off stage with family bereavements, credit crunches, and other stressful events, but we are still here, and still fighting. We are taking a big push on the international front with the launch of our new web site www.timelessinternationalproductions.com. Hopefully this will lead us to more work abroad for our shows, and help while things are tough in the UK. We consider ourselves very lucky that we have such a great following for our theatre shows here. There are many production show companies out there who just haven't survived the recession. We have, and we cross our fingers that this will continue. So that's it for now. A sincere thanks to all our followers and friends out there. Any major events will of course get an emergency mention on here, and dont forget you can now follow our blog on http://timelessinternationalproductions.blogspot.com/

We wish you all a great summer, and look forward to blogging with you when rehearsals start at the end of August. In the words of Colin and Marie's former manager Ralph Barry, 'That's me done....follow that'!!!!

UK Theatre tour

Thursday/Friday 17th/18th June. Solihull Arts Centre.

Well maybe there is a god. Expecting a very low turn out after the advance ticket sales report, we find that both evening shows have doubled in ticket sales. Wow!! How did that happen? Do we care? Probably not. The result is that we have 4 shows with 4 good audiences. And oh how things can change so soon. We get a call from our friend Debbie in Aberdeen to tell us that her mother had passed away. Debbie is one of the world's great helpers and does anything to help anyone she can. On occasions when major things have gone wrong here and she has jumped on a flight, no questions asked, and arrived to do what she can. It is only right that we pay her the same privelege, and so Marie jumps in the car to go and help in Aberdeen. This means Ruby comes back into the show for two days. And we thought we wouldnt see her for a while. The afternoon shows are held in the Studio Theatre, which is a great source of amusement for the cast. Tiny stage, cramped wings, but fun!! Jamie has a mental block in the 60's section and forgets his words. Once in 40 shows isnt a bad record and we have all done it from time to time. So just one more show and the tour is over. Then what? We know we lose Alex our dance captain. After 3 and a half years, she is going to be missed so badly. Obviously we will keep in touch and Im sure we can tempt her with any reasonable offer of a trip to India etc. Next Saturday, Burton on Trent. Private function, and then a rest.

UK Theatre tour

Wednesday 9th June. Hartlepool Town Hall Theatre.

One of the theatres where our audience numbers are increasing every single time. Very healthy. In times of recession it is nice to see this trend. Having just got the advance ticket sales for Solihull on 17th/18th, we may need some devine intervention to come out of that one smelling of roses. Not a lot to report from Hartlepool. A bit of an emotional night for Colin as his late mothers sister 'Aunt Peggie' comes to see one of the shows for the first time.

UK Theatre tour

Saturday 5th June. Whitehaven Civic Hall.

Just the one show, and just as well. We arrive at Whitehaven two days after the major shooting incident, where 12 people were killed. Needless to say there is a very sombre mood around the whole area. Not surprising, but strange all the same. Naturally the company expresses its sympathy by those affected by the incident, and a minutes silence is held before the show as a mark of respect. To say that the audiences was not really up for it, and it was a very quiet night. Marie is back in the show now and manages an error free evening, after not doing the show for a while. Everyone heads straight back to their homes, and next stop Hartlepool on Wednesday.

International Shows

And so for the first entry into the Blog, and for all new readers I hope there is something here of interest. We are an International Show Producer based in County Durham, England. Originally, and still producing shows for the UK Theatre tour, but now with an emphasis on our Productions abroad.

Our shows are very wide ranging. From 'Night of Musicals', a tribute to some of the worlds greatest movies and musicals, to Tribute Shows, including Abba and Elvis. Not your standard tribute rubbish I should add. Here we are talking, all singing all dancing, with costumes to die for. Our choreographer also works overtime on these shows, to make it all very visual.

Yes, the world is a little quiet at the moment with the recession and all, but we are coping reasonably well with the worlds troubles.

Our Dance Troupe, UK Dance Mania, continue to have fun, and work hard, based in Goa/India. They had a quiet month in May, but June has picked up a lot, and they are now doing around 26 shows per month. A mixture of Casino's, and Corporate Events. Chantelle, Kelly, and Gemma are the girls out there for future reference.

The Theatre world in the UK is very unpredictable, both good and bad, and I guess that's why we keep doing this wonderful business of ours.

Tomorrow sees the cast travel to Solihull for two days of our 'All our Yesterdays' show at the Arts Centre. Lets hope that the M1 is not its normal self, and clogged up with roadworks.

For the real blog enthusiast, we do have a running blog on our www.timelesstheatre.co.uk website with the daily trauma's and backstage activity. In this blog we will talk about our International activity.

In the meantime, Solihull here we come.

Colin

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