Get wise and Advertise.
Just received the winter/spring 2013 edition of Sardines, a magazine dedicated to promoting amateur theatre in the UK, and it is full of interesting articles and reviews. It also has a show guide where amateur societies can place an unlimited number of free entries advertising up coming shows, sadly it seems that it hasn’t quite … Continue reading
2012 Review.
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,000 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 7 years to get … Continue reading
Alan Cochrane 19/03/1931 – 07/10/2012
I was much saddened to hear of the passing of Alan Cochrane, a larger than life character much loved by all who knew him. He was an award winning scots playwright, some of his plays include The Deils awa, The Campbells are comin’ and Ne’er the Twain which was recently performed by Edinburgh Peoples Theatre … Continue reading
The Smycms, Fifty Years.
Well!, Who would have thought The Smycms will soon be celebrating Fifty years of Musical Theatre, from humble beginnings in 1963 with Swingalong performed on a makeshift stage in the church hall of St Michael’s Church, Slateford Road, Edinburgh to the more grander surroundings of Morningside, Edinburgh and the Church Hill Theatre. Sadly The Smycms … Continue reading
Big Dance 2012
Well it’s nearly upon us, Big Dance Weekend in Edinburgh. Covering a multitude of Dance styles and loads of performers, I hope you will find the time to head up to Edinburgh to enjoy or even take part on either Saturday 30th June or Sunday 1st July. And the best bit is, it’s Totally Free, … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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