Andover Actor Wins Award!

Eddie Nias, a member of Andover Musical Theatre Company, has been presented with a Curtain Call Award by the Southern Daily Echo for ‘Best Actor in an Opera’ in recognition of his performance as The Major General in their 2013 production of The Pirates of Penzance.

Eddie was praised by the judges who described him as a director’s dream, superb as the manic Major-General. Although nominated under the Opera category, the version of The Pirates of Penzance performed was very much a modern musical and Director Carol Robinson was praised by for delivering a funny, fast-paced, visually attractive production, described as an ‘altogether faultless show’.

The Curtain Call Awards, known as the Oscars of the amateur theatre world, cover the whole of the Hampshire area, and the judges review hundreds of productions throughout the year, nominating the cream of the crop for the annual awards.

This is not the first time that Andover Musical Theatre Company have been recognized for their talent; they have previously been nominated for over ten different awards in the Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Scenery and Props and the most coveted award - Best Musical for their 2012 production of Jekyll & Hyde. 

The company’s next production is the deliciously salacious musical The Witches of Eastwick on stage at The Lights 29th April – 3rd May.  
Tickets are on sale now from the box office 01264 368368.

After a fantastic night of auditions at The Lights, we are please to confirm our cast list for The Witches of Eastwick.....

Darryl Van Horne - Eddie Nias
Alexandra Spofford - Caroline Roper
Jane Smart - Carol Robinson
Sukie Rougemount - Catherine Graham-Evans
Felicia Gabriel - Tracey Fryer
Jennifer Gabriel - Louise Ellison
Michael Spofford - Charles Craddock 
Clyde Gabriel - Jonathan Baron
Little Girl - Becky Rungen
Brenda Parsley - Denyse Coles
Gina - Kizzy Romer-Lee
Greta Neff - Kathy Rawles
Marge - Liz Hood
Rev Ed Parsley - Martin Lambert

Rehearsals start next week. We can't wait to get going with the fab musical!

A small group of us donned our Scrooge costumes and spent 2 hours Carol singing in Andover's Chantry Centre on Saturday. Raising money for Naomi House we sang a variety of festive favourites such as White Christmas, Jingle Bells, Bethlehem and Hark the Herald Angels Sing!
Passing shoppers seemed to enjoy of performance and gave very generously - we won't be counting up the collection until after Scrooge but the buckets were very heavy! Fingers crossed the people of Andover have been generous!

AMOS will be carol singing in The Chantry centre on Saturday 21st November and Saturday 12th December to raise money for Naomi House Childrens Hospice.

Last year we were pleased to have raised over £300 for the childrens charity who have struggled this year due to some of their fund being tied up in an Icelandic bank. It is such a worthy cause that helps so many children in our area, this year we would like to raise even more so in addition to our carol singing we will also be collecting donations at the theatre during our production of Scrooge.

For more information about Naomi House visit their website: www.naomihouse.org.uk