Professional Singer Lisa Faye is performing two concerts this weekend at the Victory Hall in Sutton Scotney Nr Winchester.
 
 ’DIVA’s  - THE CONCERT’ – Friday 2nd October
The show is a musical celebration of some of the greatest Diva’s of our  time including,  Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland  and Dusty Springfield. Proceeds from the show will go to Wonston Church, as a thank you from Lisa the local parish that have made her so welcome since her move to the  area 3 years ago.
 
‘STREISAND – THE CONCERT’ – Saturday 3rd October
Following the sell out success of this show back in June this year, Lisa Faye is returning with the  show on Saturday 3rd October due to popular demand.The show is a celebration of the music of the great, Barbra Streisand  and will  see Lisa Faye performing songs such as, ‘People’, ‘No More Tears’ and ‘Evergreen’.  

Tickets are the shows are £10 each or £45 for a table of 4 including a bottle of red/white  wine. Tickets can be purchased online by visiting Lisa's website: http://www.lisa-faye.com

I had the pleasure of watching Chilbolton Players performing Confusions by Alan Aykebourne last friday night. They invited me along to write a review, and having seen a number of their shows before I gladly accepted. I will post my review soon but meanwhile just to say that it was a really enjoyable show, full of laughs, so well done CP!
I am really looking forward to their next production which will be The Wizard of Oz early 2010.
To find out more about Chilbolton Players, visit their website http://www.chilboltonplayers.org.uk/

AMOS Member Eve Robertson gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Emma Louise on Thursday 24/09/09 (8 days early) weighing 6lbs 9oz. Family all doing well! We look forward to meeting her very soon!

The last 2.5 years have been a bit of a whirlwind for AMOS, what with our committee restructure and our return in 2007 to the refurbished Cricklade Theatre - now known as The Lights.

The restructure has proved a great success, and building on the foundations laid by Sue and John Parker, Carol and the team have made excellent headway developing the society into a modern, forward-thinking group. The facilities at The Lights have enabled us to put on some more challenging and elaborate shows... We started off in 2007 with 'My Fair Lady' which was a great success, followed in 2008 by 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' (which was nominated for three Curtain Call Awards), and 'The Pajama Game', then in 2009 there was 'The King and I' - our most financially succesful show for quite some time! We are now working on 'Scrooge' due to take to the stage 1st-5th December which we are sure will be a popular show.

To celebrate our success over the last five shows we have decided to hold an awards ceremony to reward those who have performed will both on and off the stage with AMOS! The awards presentation will be incorporated into the Christmas Ball on 19th December at The Quality Hotel.

 As well as the typical awards for Best Actor and Best Actress etc, there will also be some fun awards, and some extra special ones to be announced closer to the time!

I went to see the Lion King on Sunday and after searching the internet for places to park, I came across the City of Westminster Theatreland parking website and noticed that they are offering a special deal for theatre-goers - 50% of all parking!

I drove in to London from Andover (it took me about and hour and 15 mins) and parked in the China Town car park, a short walk from Leicester Square, Piccadilly and Covent Garden, centrally located to numerous theatres.
I arrived at 12 noon and left at 11pm and the parking cost me just £14.50!

HOW TO OBTAIN YOUR DISCOUNT
Drive to a participating car park (see below) and take a paper ticket upon entry
At the theatre, ask the kiosk staff to validate your paper ticket
Return to the car park and insert your paper ticket in the payment machine
A 50% discount will be automatically applied to the standard casual tariff

PARTICIPATING CAR PARKS
Chinatown
Leicester Square
Marble Arch / Park Lane
Oxford Street
Pimlico
Soho
Trafalgar Square

This is something I'm very excited about so I had to add it to the news feed! A new musical film with an all-star cast including Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren & Stacy (Fergie) Ferguson!!!

Based on the original 1982 Broadway production of “NINE,” with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, (it won five Tony Awards including Best Musical), “NINE” is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren).

The film is directed by Rob Marshall the guy who did the film version of "CHICAGO" starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Rennee Zellwegger.

You can watch the trailer here http://weinsteinco.com/#/film/nine

The film is expected to be release in November or December - I cannot contain myself!

Louise x

The BBC has announced that Lord Lloyd-Webber's will host a new Saturday night talent show that will search for a girl to play Dorothy in a new West End production of The Wizard Of Oz.

The winner of the programme will star in a new West End production of the popular musical. It follows BBC One's I'd Do Anything, Any Dream Will Do and How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? which also found musical stars.

'Iconic role'
Lord Lloyd-Webber, 61, said the previous talent shows he had made with the BBC had "provided an incredible shot in the arm for musical theatre in Britain". Jodie Prenger won the role of Nancy on I'd Do Anything last year "I can't wait to work with the BBC again in the hunt for Dorothy - an iconic role of course made famous by a young Judy Garland in the film in 1939," he added. "But, as a cat man myself, however, I approach casting Toto with considerable trepidation." The search for Dorothy will begin with auditions across the UK in early 2010 with the programme airing later in the year.

Lord Lloyd-Webber's fellow judges have yet to be announced.