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It’s festival time!

For those who aren’t familiar with festival plays, The Royal Manor Theatre Company have long participated in the All England Theatre Festival.

The All England Theatre Festival organises the only country-wide eliminating contest for one-act plays in performance throughout England. This provides an opportunity for Amateurs to compete against like-minded groups and to benefit from the adjudication they receive to improve the quality of their performance. It also provides social contact so that we can share the experience to our mutual benefit.

We’ll be putting on a one-act play, to perform at the festival. But, before we do, we’ll be presenting it to you, our audience at the Royal Manor Theatre.

So that there’s enough to see other than just a one-act play, we’ll also be presenting another one-act show on the same night, to provide a complete evening’s entertainment. After all, putting on a great show is what we’re known for, and this will be no exception. We look forward to seeing you there. Dates to be confirmed. Meanwhile, details of the All England Theatre Festival, can be seen at their own website here - http://www.aetf.org.uk

New Musical Show Booked for 2012

The Royal Manor Theatre Company are proud to announce that as well as putting on great plays in 2012, we’ll also be fortunate to have the presence of some superb musical talent. We have a real treat in store for ABBA fans. That’s right. We’ve arranged for ‘Sensation’, to visit the Royal Manor Theatre, and perform for your delight in the summer.

Sensation's most popular line-up is the authentic 4 piece ABBA tribute act featuring Agnetha and Frida on lead vocals, Bjorn on guitar and vocals and Benny on keyboard and vocals.

Sensation are a fantastic live ABBA tribute act bursting with high energy, fabulous vocals and some audience participation thrown in for good measure to guarantee a great time for everyone. All of the band members are professional vocalists and musicians with many years of international experience under their belts.

This allows Sensation to bring the magical sound back to life and ensures you can put your boogie shoes on and dance in the aisles (if you wish), to the magic of ABBA. ‘Sensation’ are more than just another ABBA tribute band, giving 110% to every aspect of the show. Even after the final encore, Sensation never fail to leave the crowd shouting for more!

New floor surface for our tired lower hall floor

After the hugely successful re-decorating earlier this year, it was clear to us that now the only thing letting us down is the state of the hall floor. The wood itself is in superb condition, but the surface needs to be re-done, to make it look like it should. However, it’s not as easy as simply sanding it, as the whole floor is bowed. So, we’ve arranged for different floor coverings to be tried and tested, to give us the best look we can possibly use in our theatre. Watch this space!

We Want You Back

Our 'We Want You Back' campaign has begun! If you've been a member of the company before, but have sadly lost contact, we'd like to hear from you. Perhaps you acted on our stage, or produced one of our plays? Maybe you'd like to do so again, but haven't had the time, we'd like to have you join us again for some great plays that we have lined up!

We’ve lpts to do, especially for those who don’t think acting is for them. Get in contact with us to find out more.

We’ve had a facelift!

For those of you who have visited us many times before, you’ll be only too aware that the colour pink has had its day! The entire lower section of our has had a complete re-paint. This includes the lower hall, main foyer, customer toilets, and much more. All this is being done, to provide a fresh new look and feel to the Royal Manor Theatre, thus helping it enter the 21^st century.

However we couldn’t have done this work without your support. We’d also like to thank the kind support of ‘Community Payback’ for the labour.

We’ve also much more planned, so be sure to visit us soon to see what you think.

Who you gonna call?

In the autumn of 2010, a team of paranormal investigators paid a visit to the Royal Manor Theatre, to see if they could find anything unusual happening in our theatre. Naturally, their investigations had to be undertaken at night. So, we gave them unrestricted access to all areas of the theatre.

Then, whilst everyone else lay in their beds, the investigators continued. It was a freezing night, so they had to wrap up warm. Using the very latest technology, they were able to see if there was any sign of paranormal activity. Their findings were very exciting, and you’re invited to see them here - www.paranormalexploration.tv

The Play Reading Group

For more information on the Wednesday play readings, please contact Elfrida Strom on: 834120.

Don’t be shy, there’s no need. It’s all good fun, and you’ll be in great company. Play readings are great fun, and are a real way to decide what we can perform next!

Wednesday Workshop

The Workshop Working Party is in the theatre every Wednesday afternoon from 1.00pm to 4.00pm to maintain the theatre, build sets, look after the wardrobe and all the other things that have to be done to keep the theatre going. We are always in need of people who have done or helped someone with DIY (big or small jobs) or many of the things that are needed to keep every household going with a hammer, paintbrush or needle and thread. Just come along.