READ ALL ABOUT IT: TE FESTIVE NEWS
Orchard Team Lights Up Dartford
The Orchard West promo team were out in full force in Dartford recently handing out panto goodies at the town’s annual Christmas Lights Switch On event.
Meanwhile, Sleeping Beauty star Sydnie Christmas sang on the main stage to the festive crowd, and was later joined by comedy duo Simmons & Simmons, who challenged revellers to tell their best jokes and handed out presents and prizes. A very festive event all round!
Christmas in Crewe
The Crewe Lyceum team were delighted to be able to sponsor a Christmas tree for the St Luke’s Cheshire Charity Christmas Tree Festival. The Lyceum’s pantomime themed tree was on display in St Mary’s Church Nantwich as part of their incredible display over the weekend of the 23-25 November, and is currently now pride of place on the theatre’s Circle level, just in time for panto. The theatre will also be holding charity collections for St Luke’s over the Christmas period.
On Saturday 3 November, panto stars Jenny Ryan, Malcolm Lord and Ste Johnston were the special guests for the Crewe town Christmas Light Switch on event. They were joined by the Mayor of Crewe Cllr Dawn Clark and Santa, for the festivities on Memorial Square.
Party Down Under!
The Theatre Royal Sydney team held their annual End of Year Party on Monday 9 December, and there was certainly lots to celebrate this year, with record-breaking audiences, amazing productions and a brand new stage. Looks like a great time was had by all!
Challenge for the Condover Cup
The Stagecoach Performing Arts team took the head office and 42 franchisees to Condover Hall in Shrewsbury for a fun teambuilding trip. Everyone was split into teams and took part in a series of games and outbound activities to compete for the Condover Cup. What made the experience even more memorable was waking up to snow on the second day!
Santa makes special appearance in Guildford
The team at G Live enlisted the help of the one and only Santa Claus this month, to help promote the venue’s Christmas show, Santa’s Wish. Santa may have a busy schedule coming up, but he still found time to help out his friends at G Live by making a special appearance at the Guildford Christmas Lights Switch On event!
A Creative Christmas in Bromley
Festive news from Churchill Theatre Bromley Creative Learning as the theatre’s Young Companies presented a Festive Double Bill of a Bough full of Chaos and Rush Hour at their Christmas show
The shows were created within the group’s weekly 2-hour sessions; led by the fantastic professional Directing team of Nathan, Emma and D’Arcy. Due to the number of performers taking part for the first time, Young Companies did two separate performances to accommodate the demand for tickets!
Festival of Trees
The NSPCC Swindon Festival of Trees returns again this Christmas to Wyvern Theatre and was opened by this year’s panto cast including Lisa George and Ben Goffe. The theme of the Festival is “Cinderella Goes to the Ball”. Entry to the Festival is free, simply pop in during opening hours and take a magical tour of this year’s trees. Each tree has been sponsored and decorated by a local organisation and all proceeds go towards the great work of NSPCC.
A Woking Winter
Festivities got underway for the Woking head office team last week with the annual Christmas party at G Live, Guildford! The Strand team can look forward to their Christmas bash at The Heist in London this coming Friday.
