Curtain Closes On Theatre Group
Filed Under Curtain Rods | Posted on November 11, 2008
A brief notice posted on its web site confirms the local theatre group has “ceased operations effective immediately.
“Despite positive, community-oriented aspirations, the company succumbed to overly ambitious plans for the 2008 season, a major downtown in tourism and widespread apathy,” according to the statement. “The resultant, brutal lack of cash flow delivered the coup de [...]
Teen Center raises curtain for new theatre group
Filed Under Country Curtain | Posted on September 24, 2008
“The skits focus on underage drinking and DUI prevention,” said Teen Center Project Coordinator Melissa Peterson. “The theatre group focuses on peer education and influencing peers to make healthy choices.”
One of the skits, “Tragedies,” was completely written by the all-teen theater group. Another skit, “Party Time,” was already written, but the group changed some aspects [...]
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 [...]