Curtain rises on new theater troupe

Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on July 26, 2008

Only insomniacs need apply for the kind of schedule Ron Giddings keeps.
Standing O Productions premieres its first play, “On the Twentieth Century” at Anne Arundel Community College on Friday.
“It’s becoming more and more like my own life,” Mr. Giddings joked last weekend before a rehearsal. “We had a year to put this together, and it’s [...]

Theatre group saved from the final curtain

Filed Under Shower Curtain | Posted on May 17, 2008

THE curtain will not fall on a Furness theatre group which feared closure.
Barrow Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society is just two years away from celebrating its centenary, but its players were almost forced to leave the stage forever over a planning dispute.
The society’s chairman Martin Craig feared tonight’s performance of Sweeney Todd at Forum 28 [...]