Edinburgh Am Dram, Healthy?
Putting Smycms problems to one side for the moment, its good to see that Edinburgh’s Am Dram scene seems to be in good health, recent productions of Sweeney Todd by Edinburgh Music Theatre and Carousel by The Bohemians Lyric Opera Company both received favourable reviews in the Evening News recently and by all accounts were well … Read more
The Smycms, what next?
We are looking for your views as to what The Smycms should do next, please vote below as to what you see as the future for the company. It would seem too late to put on a Show in April 2012, maybe a concert might be a better idea using the show week in April … Read more
This May Be our Last Song Together.
As you are no doubt aware The Smycms have been trying to stage Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. Sadly for Smycms insufficient people were prepared to audition for the show and it is therefore not possible to continue with this production. Those people who did attend the auditions last Monday evening are extremely keen to … Read more
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,900 times in 2011. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. Click here to … Read more
Seven Brides For Seven Brothers
If you don’t know the show then here is a brief, and i do mean g-string rather than y-front, synopsis of the story. Adam Pontipee lives with his six brothers, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank and Gideon. but soon realises that he can’t cope and needs a woman’s touch, i.e. cooking, cleaning etc for his … Read more
Ring out the old, Ring in the new.
I hope you all had a Happy Christmas, it’s amazing how chocolate and wine seem to go so well together, and soon we will be raising a glass to a new year and reflecting on the old one past. The Smycms have had a difficult time of late, after the success of Bugsy in 2010, we … Read more
Rehearsal Update
We have had to suspend rehearsals for Seven Brides For Seven Brothers until January 2012 when we will be in a better position (we hope) to finalise the Rehearsal Schedule. There does seem to have been a bit of confusion recently regarding rehearsals being on or off, sorry for this, but part of the problem is that … Read more
you got me singin’ the blues.
Remember, all company members should attend tomorrow, Monday 5th for rehearsal at St Michael’s Church 7:30pm, see you all there, you will have received a notification by e-mail from Clubbz about Monday and also an e-mail about Principal auditions that were scheduled for next Sunday 11th December, unfortunately we have had to postpone these auditions … Read more
Top Hat!…Top That.
All it takes to banish th0se winter blues is a large slice of Hollywood hokum courtesy of Top Hat, the famous Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musical from 1935 brought to life at the Edinburgh Playhouse with a brand new stage adaptation that simply drips with class. Starring Tom Chambers as Jerry Travers and Summer Strallen … Read more
Now Is The Hour, Smycms.
Important dates for your diary, rehearsals for principal parts for Seven Brides For Seven Brides will be held on Monday 28th November and Monday 5th December at St. Michaels Church Hall, Slateford Road from 7:30 pm, where you will be able to go over the audition pieces before the principal auditions on Sunday 11th December at St. Michaels … Read more











