All The Queen's Children in The Edinburgh Fringe programme!

On Friday The Edinburgh Festival Fringe brochure came out, and we were so excited to see our show in it! All we need to do now is create a fantastic flyer - we'll be printing about a thousand to cover the streets of Edinburgh with so it has to be striking and unique. We've also got a great show time - 4:50 which means that we have plenty of time before each show to grab audiences and then the whole evening to see shows ourselves and enjoy the Edinburgh Festival experience.

Our rehearsals are now in full flow again in preparation for our July performances. Already the show is a lot better, and with cast changes and new scenes added in it is a lot different to the original version, so it is definitely worth coming to see again if you have already seen it.

Here's the link to our slot on the Fringe website, check it out!

http://www.edfringe.com/whats-on/theatre/all-the-queen-s-children

New poster design

We're in the process of tweaking and improving the show ready for the second run in July, and one big change we've made is the title. Instead of being our production title, Nothing To Declare is now our company name, and the show is called 'All The Queen's Children'.

We've also got an even better image for publicity. We organised a shoot with local photographer Wes Oakland and ended up with this fantastic photo (after a good few hours frollicking in the sun with hundreds of paper dollars!). We hope you all like it!

A Slice of Music / The Hattie Carrolls and Support

As part of our fundraising we have organised two great events on the weekend of the 8th/9th May.

On the Saturday night is The Hattie Carrolls and Support - a gig showcasing 5 awesome local bands, find out more about it on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=357731702530&ref=ts

On the following afternoon we have found a tasty selection of local musical talent to play in a classical concert, along with homemade cakes and fairtrade tea and coffee.

Everyone likes music, so one of the events must float your boat! (Even better - come to both!)

The money we raise will go towards funding our trip to Edinburgh. Tomorrow we are applying for another grant of money from the Youth Oppurtunities Fund to help us, but we need as much money as we can to make our trip as good as it can be!

We hope to see you there

First Performances...

On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we performed our first draft of "Nothing to Declare" at South Street, ready to improve it next term for Edinburgh. We were performing alongside the other half of Reading Youth Theatre, who had been working on a devised piece called "Passing Shots" which we enjoyed watching.
Having met up most Sundays during March on top of our Monday sessions, we certainly had a well rehearsed piece by the time it was opened to the public on Tuesday, and although it was great to finally get to show it, we are all quite glad of the Easter break!
Overall, the general feeling was that the first showings were a success judging by the feedback we have gathered from our audiences.
We will be spending this next term revising and editing the piece to perform first at South Street again in the summer, and then in Edinburgh in the holidays, so don't worry if you missed it this time!