Interesting Times Ahead...

Some interesting dates for your diary:

Criterion Lottery Draw

Could those who haven't already entered the Criterion Lottery Draw, please consider it as a fun way to raise funds for the theatre, for a monthly donation of £5 per number. To apply for a number contact Mike Tooley at mike_tooley@hotmail.com. The bar will be open from 8pm for the lottery draw.

Readings and Auditions

Love and Duty - Double Bill

Directed by Ruth Millar

Reading: Sunday 16th May, 7:30pm; Audition: Sunday 6th June, 7:30pm; Play Dates: 16th - 23rd October 2010

Love and Duty - Double Bill: Still Life by Noel Coward and The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan. More detail here.

Not About Heroes by Stephen Macdonald

Directed by Helen Withers

Reading: Sunday 23rd May, 7:30pm; Audition: Sunday 13th June, 7:30pm; Play Dates: 3rd - 6th November 2010

This moving play is about the poetic life and the inter relationship between two of the finest Great War poets: Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon. More detail here.

Cast:

• Siegfried Sassoon - Born in Kent, 8th September, 1886: died, Wiltshire, 1st September 1967, a week before his 81st birthday.
• Wilfred Owen - Born in Oswestry, Shropshire, 18th March 1893; killed in action on the Oise-Sambre Canal, 4th November 1918, a week before the Armistice and the end of the First World War.

Little Shop of Horrors by Howard Ashman

Directed by Tim Willis

Reading: Sunday 25th July, 7:30pm; Audition: Sunday 1st August, 5pm; Play Dates: 4th - 11th December 2010

A nerdish florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed. More detail here.

Cast:

• 5 men
• 4 women
• 1 hungry plant

Workshops

None planned but watch this space!

Special Events

Dances from the Desert - a story of Temple and Tribe

Criterion Theatre, Saturday 24 July 2010, 7.30pm

This is a first for Earlsdon - a unique collaboration between local bellydance groups, featuring different dance styles and props, including swords, sticks and candles.

The show tells a story in dance and music set over a 24 hour period, giving a glimpse of the everyday lives of an Egyptian temple-dwelling community of priestesses, and of a small nomadic warrior tribe who travel through the surrounding desert. On this particular day the paths of the two groups cross...with lively and colourful results!

Tickets are £9 each.
Details and tickets can be obtained from

• Ann Groves: tel: 024 7667 6015     e-mail: a.groves@btcv.org.uk
• Diane Cox 024 7669 1819 / 07706 913906     e-mail: dianecox.samadhi@virgin.net

Note: Tickets are not available from the Criterion