The Smycms Reunion is Happening
The Frank Spencer Trio have recently announced that their SMYCMS REUNION PARTY will take place on 17th February 2018 and will consist of entertainment, including not only tributes to Betty Fyffe and Paul Findlay but also a performance by the legendary Frank Spencer Trio with some old and new material. There will also be some … Continue reading
Thank You For The Music
Thank You For The Music, is the title of the Edinburgh Telephone Choirs 70th Annual Concert at the Church Hill Theatre, Edinburgh on Wednesday 26th, Thursday 27th and Friday 28th April 2017. No other choir in the city is quite like this – including the unusual name. The choir was founded in 1947 by Mollie … Continue reading
M.A.M.A. over the rainbow.
Going to see the Matinee performance of Musselburgh Amateur Musical Associations 2014 production of The Wizard Of Oz, seemed like a good idea at the time, that is until I saw the many groups of children heading to the theatre. Oh no I thought, kids can be noisy I said, I needn’t have worried as … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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