Hello, Dolly!
Our Youth Group will be performing Hello, Dolly! in the Courtyard Theatre, Ballyearl from Wed 21 April to Sat 24 April. This popular show includes the songs Put on your Sunday clothes, Before the parade passes by and the title track that was a hit for Louis Armstrong way back in 1968.
The Youth Group is a cross-community collection of highly talented children. Many of our youth members have graduated to our adult group. In our recent production of Meet Me in St Louis, Sinead O'Kelly played the lead role of Esther Smith to great acclaim, Becki Fleming was dance captain, and the chorus featured a number of current and recent youth members.
Tickets are available from the Courtyard Theatre Box Office on 028 9034 0202.
Click here to download the flyer (filesize 3MB).
Recent performances
Meet me in St Louis
Our
show for 2010 was Meet
Me in St Louis. Based on the 1944 movie which starred Judy
Garland, it is set in the run-up to the 1904 World's Fair and features
such favourites as The Boy Next Door, Skip to My Lou,
The Trolley Song, and Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.
We were delighted that Wilfie Pyper agreed to direct us for the first time. Wilfie has a wealth of experience of directing and performing, and we all enjoyed working with him.
Billy Cairns again took the reins as musical director, with choreography by Angela Harding.
The show ran from Mon 1-Sat 6 Mar 2010 in the Waterfront Studio and was sold out for most of the seven performances.
Click here to view the cast, read the synopsis of the show and read the character synopsis.
Photos from the show will be added soon.
End of Season Dinner - A Night at the Oscars
Our
End of Season dinner took place on Friday 29 May in Fortwilliam Golf Club.
After an excellent meal, our very own Richard and Judy presented awards
to twelve people who have been members of the company with 30 or more
years, as well as a number of more frivoulous acknowledgements.
Two magnificent awards had been specially commissioned and produced by Tyrone Crystal. The first of these was presented to our musical director, Billy Cairns MBE, in recognition of his many years of service to the company.
The second award was presented to Eileen Kennedy, who stepped down after 32 years of selfless and dedicated work as our honorary treasurer. We thank you and wish you lots of enjoyment in your "retirement".
Click here to see photos from the evening.