 The auditions for our second 2025/26 season play will be held Sunday 7th September and Monday 8th September, at 7:30pm at the theatre. There are 35 characters in this parable for the theatre which will be played by between 10 and 15 actors. The important aspect of the auditions is that they will be completely age and gender neutral. New members are always welcome. 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' by Bertolt Brecht, translated by George Tabori, directed by Peter Andrews will run from 14th-22nd November #ArturoUiAtTheChesil
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 The streetscape in Chesil Street Winchester will be taking on a new look when Chesil Theatre’s development project progresses to the next stage and Winchester school children will be embellishing the scene. Chesil Theatre’s plans include the addition of a new extension to the much-loved heritage building and the time has come to carry out demolition and preparation work to the land before construction. Winnall and All Saints primary schools were invited to enter an art competition to decorate the hoardings with their vision of a “theatre of dreams”. The event was supported by a grant from The Arts Society Winchester. The judges certainly had a difficult task choosing just two winners from the many competitors. Andy Keenan, one of the judges and a school Governor, said: “It was a real joy to be asked to be a judge for this project. The quality of the entries was fabulous, and I feel incredibly lucky to have been invited into the imaginative worlds the children created. Everyone should be proud of what they produced!”  Another judge, Sarah Hill from The Arts Society Winchester agreed that there were budding imaginative artists amongst the children’s depictions.
A prizegiving was held on Saturday 5th July when Chesil Theatre Vice-President Gerry Tuff presented £100 to each of the schools. The two winners were Stephanie Rita Hamilton, Year 5, of All Saints Primary School and Violet Scobell, Year 6, of Winnall Primary School. They both received free tickets to the next Chesil Youth Theatre production ,(including ice-cream!) plus a gift voucher for each pupil. Organiser Lorraine Robinson from Chesil Theatre said:“ We were overwhelmed by the number and quality of the designs created by our local children. The hoardings will certainly be much brighter and more attractive thanks to their efforts. As a community theatre, we were so pleased to have this involvement from schools in our City Ward. We are grateful to The Arts Society for their involvement and The Arc in Jewry Street for creating a display of all the work in their foyer, running from Tuesday 7th July for at least a month and we hope throughout the school holidays.” Chesil Theatre continues its fundraising campaign for the new extension. More information and how everyone can contribute can be found on newchesiltheatre.org. |
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