Set Built – Weekend Rehearsals are GO!

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Well the set has been built and we can spend our time at the weekend rehearsing. Already put in quite a bit of work last weekend and will be working hard to get the show ready for going on stage on May 7th, 8th and 9th……

Despite all the hard work we do get a few moments of frivolity like the photo below shows

Yes Brent cannot resist a peephole! Don’t worry he didn’t get stuck!

Looking forward to seeing you all at the show. Don’t forget you can get your tickets here.or email us to reserve them at groupeight1973@outlook.com

We welcome your comments and questions.   Please go to our Group Eight Facebook page or email us at groupeight1973@outlook.com.

Rehearsals are now well under way!

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Posters have started to go up round the villages and the cast are busy learning lines as well as where they are supposed to be on stage to stop falling over each other. Here is a photo from our recent rehearsal in the annexe featuring two new members of the group.

Weekend set building and rehearsals start in a couple of weeks time. Tickets are available on our web site at https://groupeight.co.uk/buy-your-tickets/ and pre-orders to pick up on the night may be sent to groupeight1973@outlook.com.

We look forward to seeing lots of you there on May 7th to 9th.

We welcome your comments and questions.   Please go to our Group Eight Facebook page or email us at groupeight1973@outlook.com.

Tickets are now on sale!

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Tickets have now gone on sale for our next production ‘Bunkered‘ which will be on stage on Thursday May 7th, Friday May 8th and Saturday May 9th. Our tickest Page may be reached here https://groupeight.co.uk/buy-your-tickets/

The cast and crew are now working hard on the show getting it ready for you. It is a fun play and we hope that our audiences will enjoy it too!

We welcome your comments and questions.   Please go to our Group Eight Facebook page or email us at groupeight1973@outlook.com.

The wraps are off!

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Group Eight has decided on our Spring Play for 2026. This is a comedy ‘bunkered‘ by Lynn Brittney.

Here’s a taste of what the play is about.

Somewhere near the coast in Britain is a Naval Intelligence Cold War Bunker, manned by four naval personnel nearing retirement. Only, as far as the Royal Navy is concerned, the bunker was decommissioned in 1991 and the staff were made redundant… except somehow they all slipped through the net and continued to receive monthly pay cheques from the Ministry of Defence computer system. Peter, a Chief Petty Officer with a strong sense of responsibility, and the nearest to retirement age, decides to bring a friend in to bring all the equipment up to full working order. Imagine the alarm at Naval Headquarters when they start getting signals from what they thought was a defunct facility! Time to call in the Marines! With, of course, hilarious consequences…

Parts have been cast and we are all looking forward to starting work on the play at the start of February!

We welcome your comments and questions.   Please go to our Group Eight Facebook page or email us at groupeight1973@outlook.com.

Its Springtime for Group Eight

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January is the time for our AGM and we held that by Zoom after a heavy burst of snow made a journey to the Village Hall inadvisable. Our Officers were all re-elected to serve for another year and the date for the first play reading of the year decided.

Chair – Alan Campbell

Treasurer – Jennie Campbell

Secretary – Jess Moore

Jennie has volunteered to direct our Spring Production and has a play in mind! We will all be meeting in January to read it and see if the group approves.

We will update you all on our choice of play as soon as we know here and on our Facebook page.

SNOW QUEEN TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!

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Get the dates into your diaries! Group Eight will be on stage at Hackleton Village Hall to present the Snow Queen at 7.45 PM on December 4th, 5th and 6th. We will also be doing a matinee as usual at 2.30 PM on Saturday 6th.

Tickets are now available here on our website if you follow this link https://groupeight.co.uk/buy-your-tickets/

The Snow Queen

This Panto was written by Tina & Robert Burbidge. It loosely follows Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of ‘The Snow Queen‘ in a pantomime format. So there will be jokes, songs, and the occasional accident with a pie.

Group Eight is now working hard rehearsing and we hope to see lots of you in December ready to join in the fun!

We welcome your comments and questions.   Please go to our Group Eight Facebook page or email us at groupeight1973@outlook.com.

Pantomime Preparation under way!

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Jess Moore has been selected by the group to Direct our Panto this year. She has been busy reading scripts and getting ready for our first reading evening early in August. Rehearsals proper will start in September and we will be on stage early in December.

Keep an eye out in the Parish Mag for more details of what is going on as we get the production ready to go on stage.

If you are not in the group but fancy being in the group on stage or behind the scenes then please email us at groupeight1972@outlook.com. (Please note that the number of children that we can have in the cast is limited by chaperoning rules and we are fully subscribed already for this production).

We welcome your comments and questions.   Please go to our Group Eight Facebook page or email us at groupeight1973@outlook.com.