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enabled us to clean the carpet properly right underneath the seating areas and deal with the seat supports. All of these have had their supporting screws replaced with modern ones, which are far stronger. It is but yet one more job, amongst the many, which we have had to do which is essential in keeping the theatre in as good a condition as we can make it, very expensive though it may be. We have tried to keep costs down as much as possible by doing as much of the labour work as we can. This seating is however a very necessary change for
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we want our members and audiences to be able to hear, see and enjoy our productions in comfort. That is why we have also made other changes, some unintentionally forced upon us when equipment failed, in our lighting and sound departments. So when you come to see our productions this season we hope you will sit back in comfort. Relax in the safe knowledge that at end of the evening, having seen a good show, you will rise with a spring in your step; not because of a spring in your seat!
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Ladies and Gentlemen your bottoms are in for a treat! No longer will your posteriors be in danger of being punctured! After accommodating audiences for many, many plays the seats at the theatre are being refreshed. All one hundred and thirty four of them have been removed and sent away to be upholstered and those of you who came to the AGM will have seen a sample of the finished article that was on show. While the seats are being done it has have left the theatre looking pretty empty but has
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On your next visit have a closer look at the cabinet in the small foyer in the theatre. After a very good season it was lovely to be able to show at the AGM the awards, plates and cups that the theatre has won this year.
To begin with the youngsters in this year's Drama School saw all their hard work pay off as they reaped rewards at two major festivals. They had prepared and presented three plays in all and won two awards at the Hale One Act Festival. The award for Best Junior Play went to 'Bus Stop' while the two leads in this play Francis Waite and Eleanor Battrick also jointly won the Adjudicator's Award for their performances. The following week at the Mid-Cheshire One Act Festival held at the Harlequins Theatre, Northwich, the group won the
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Best Junior Production for their play 'Dream Jobs' and also Francis Waite made it a double for her by winning the Best Individual Performance.
The senior section also made their mark first at the Greater Manchester Drama Federation's Awards Night where Val Harris accepted the Athenaeum Rosebowl for promoting G.C.S.E drama. The theatre also won two other awards for its adult productions. Stage Director Steve Smith went up to collect The Design and Technical Trophy in recognition for the Club Theatre's productions of 'The Devil at Midnight' and 'Steel Magnolias'. To cap it all the theatre also won the Lowry Trophy for Runners Up for Best Overall Production, which was, presented for again the same two plays. Later the theatre won two more awards at the Cheshire Theatre Guild
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Festival Awards Night. The first was the Best Costume Trophy, which Enid Holt collected for 'Toad of Toad Hall'. The second was the Adjudicator's Award for Adventure and Dramatic Achievement, which the theatre collected for their production of 'The Devil at Midnight'.
NOMINATIONS
A special mention should be made of all the nominations we received at the awards nights.
At the Greater Manchester Drama Federation awards night Helen Donohue was nominated for Best Actress for her portrayal of Shelby in "Steel Magnolias", Hilary Slater was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Karen in "The Anniversary", Lucinda Whale
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