TIS THE SEASON !

Come on out and see our family feature production from the 10th to the 14th of December where we will present A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens (adapted by Jeff Pitcher of Theatre Newfoundland & Labrador)

Get yourself and the family in the Christmas mood and come out to The Loft Theatre at WHITE HILLS to take part in the classic tale of the Holiday Season. Join us for an evening with The Cratchitts, The Togetts, Mrs Dilber and Mrs Guiness and the spirits of Christmases Past, Present and Future . . . . and of course the immovable SCROOGE . . . . . and see the transformation take place right before your very eyes.

We offer adult rates at $18, Student, Seniors at $14, Students at $10 and Family Rates of $45 for a family of four.

All shows are at 8 pm with a 2:30 pm matinee on the 13th.

Refreshments during intermission.

Call 466 7966 for reservations or message us at nctc@persona.ca

We are proud to annouce that this show is sponsored by

Tourism, Culture and Recreation of Newfoundland adn Labrador

and

The Rotary Club of Clarenville

MARY'S WEDDING by Stephen Massicotte

Come out and see our Remembrance Week production to THE GREAT WAR.

Winner of the 2000 Alberta Playwrighting Competition, Mary's Wedding is a beautiful and sweeping tale set during World War I. Young Mary has just immigrated to Canada from England and meets Charlie, a handsome cavalry soldier. Love ensues. The Great War beckons. Only letters, memories, and dreams keep their love alive.

Featuring Robert Thorne and Karla Wheeler

Directed by Geoff Adams

Shows are from November 12, 13 14, 15 and 16th, 2008

LOCATION: THE LOFT THEATRE, 102 White HIlls Road, White HIlls Ski Resort, Claenville, NL

Saturday pay what you can matinnee (2:30 pm)

Group bookings available.

All shows at 8 PM

Call 466 7966 for reservations and information

DO YOU WISH TO SUPPORT OUR THEATRE COMPANY?

Hi there everyone.

It is that time of year again when we are trying to make the upcoming season happen.

If you wish to make a donation or sponsor our season in some way you can contact us directly at :

The New Curtain Theatre Copnay
102 White HIlls Road
Clarenville
Newfoundland
Canada
A5A 3B2

or link to our GIVEMEANING SITE at

nctc

Lookig forward to hearing from you soon.

Geoff
Artistic Managing Director
and
The board fo THE NEW CURTAIN THEATRE COMPANY

WE KNOW ITS EARLY BUT . . . .

THE NEW CURTAIN THEATRE ANNUAL

"DICKENSIAN CHRISTMAS PUDDING "

DRIVE STARTS NOW!

Hi there everyone,

we know its early but we don't want you to be caught short with only

95 days

left till Christmas.

NCTC's Artistic Director has lent us his secret recipe for

Traditional Dickensian Christmas Pudding

- with a little something extra in it for those who throw caution to the wind. . . .

but seriously . .

crammed full of fruit and nuts and some traditional Newfoundland elements is what makes this pudding so special - we even supply the hard sauce recipe to go with it.

You receive your Dickensian 4 cup pudding ready for steaming and beautifully wrapped -

so you can even buy them as gifts .

So order them now.

Just $25

Call 466 7966

This is a fundraiser for the company's operational expenses for the season

THE ACTING STUDIO BEGINS

Hi there everyone.

come on out and play with us.

This Friday and Saturday marks the beginning of our fall acting session.

The adult classes are on Friday evenings

(high school students are welcome to enter this one).

7:30 PM for 2 hours

The Youth classes are from ages 10 to 15.

12 noon for 2 1/2 hours

Come one come all and tread the boards.

Courses are $150 for a 8 week session.

Call 466 7966 to register

SUMMER AT THE LOFT

Come out and join us over the next couple of weeks for our SUMMER AT THE LOFT series of shows. The next two weeks up until Labour Day will see a series of summertime shows.

Thursday and Friday of this week (Aug 22 & 23) will see the mounting of LANUDRY & BOURBON - a showcase of the work of some of our acting studio students. Come see a copleof good old girls spin their yards, sweat int eh heat of a hot Texas afternoon and sip bourbon and fold laundry. Show times are at 7:30 pm and tickets are $10 each.

Sunday will be a fundraising event - LOVE LETTERS and CHOCOLATE where you get to see Petrina Bromley and Geoff Adams perform A.R. Gurney's LOVE LETTERS. The penned corrspondance between two friends from the age of 5 and into their 40's. Also at intermission there will be a dessert buffet. Tickets are $25 per person for the show and the buffet.

Finally, August 27, 29, 30 & 31 will see a remount of the highly acclaimed FOLEY featuring Geoff Adams. This production was met with critical acclaim by Gordon Jones of The Telegram. " a masterful performance that should not be missed". Tickets are $20 each.

All shows are at 7:30 pm. Call 466 7966 for more information.

So come on out this summer and join us at The Loft Theatre to experience some of the best theatre on the go. As Tallulah Bankhead once said - "if you want to support the theatre darling don't be an actor be an audience". Please support you local theatre this year.

BACK ON TRACK

HI EVERYONE

Sorry for not having kept things up on the site lately but things have been a little crazy. I took a long needed R&R trip to Vancouver, London and Italy in May and June and have returned full of vim and vigour and lots of new theatrical ideas. But then I was way-laid wtih an emergency trip to Halifax to the old Victoria General - but ALLS WELL THAT ENDS WELL. Back on the mend and now back to organizing the latest happenings at THE LOFT THEATRE at White Hills Resort.

We don`t have a regular summer season this year (because of funding issues) but we are looking at filling our roster with a few items in the month of August - called WEEKSENDS AT THE LOFT. This summer we are premiering our first show with the non-professional wing of New Curtain with the talents of some of our recent local students of our acting studio in James McLure`s LAUNDRY & BOURBON. This show will open at the ELIZABETH SWAN PARK on Tilley`s Road, Clarenville " 7:30 PM on August 21st (free show) and will continue at THE LOFT THEATRE for 22-24 of August as a fundraiser for the company.
There will also be a lovely evening of Theatre and Sweets when we will present, for one night only, LOVE LETTERS by A.R. Gurney. Everyone loves a bit of chocolate and a good love story so we will be pairing this show with an intermission of sweet delectables like cheese cakes, pies and such. The date for this will be announced later to check back for updates.
We will also be remounting FOLEY from our 2006 Season which has traveled from St John`s to Gros Morne. This show has been reviewed by Gordon Jones of The Telegram as ``a magnificient perfiormance that should not be missed.`` Stay tuned for confirmed dates

Also we will be openign our doors to people from time to time that will be passing through our town so keep your eyes glues to theis page for updates. Also keep an eye open for our season launch which will be coming up soon.


Check back regularly for updates and see you at The Loft!

THE NEW PLAYWRIGHTS SESSION

"THE WHITE HILLS PLAYWRIGHTING SESSION"

THIS COMING SUMMER WILL SEE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT SCHEDULING OF EVENTS FOR THE NEW CURTAIN THEATRE COMPANY. THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUMMER ABOUT “NEW “ BEGINNINGS. WE HAVE SOME NEW PROJECTS OF OUR OWN ON LINE BUT THE MOST EXCITING IS OUR MOVE TO GO NATIONAL IN OUR PROJECTS. AUGUST WILL SEE THE FIRST OF OUR “WRITE ON THE SLOPES SESSION”. WE ARE ALL ABOUT NEW BEGINNINGS HERE AT NCTC AND THIS IS OUR NEWEST PROJECT.

August will see the first of our new playwrights festival where we will invite aspiring writers from across this vast country of ours to submit their short one acts for our jury and the top four will be selected for work-shopping and production festival during the final two weeks of August to culminate on the Labour Day weekend on September 1, 2008.

The requirements are outlined in the following
· Scripts should be at least 20 minutes in length and no more than 40 minutes.
· Stories should be easily staged in a minimal setting.
· Entries are open to all aspiring playwrights from Newfoundland to British Columbia to the Northwest Territories.
· Scripts need to be submitted by July 1, 2008.
· Entries must be accompanied with an application and a $30 entry fee (non-refundable)
The top four entries will be judged by an established Newfoundland playwright and work-shopped and rehearsed and mounted in the final week of the festival leading up to Labour Day Weekend.

Contact us here at New Curtain for more info and for our application form.

nctc@persona.ca or 709 466 6699

Geoff
Artistic Director of THE NEW CURTAIN THEATRE COMPANY

SHAKESPEARE on the SLOPES opens on MARCH 20

Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night's Dream are the two shows in repertory this year at our inaugural festival at the beautiful White Hlls Ski Resort. Come out for a day - or even two - of skiing - Downhill and Cross-Country - and then take in a show in the evening. Or if you wish a break in the mid afternoon come to one of our 2 PM matinnes. Then relax at the Daylodge Lounge at the end of the day. Make a weekend or even a longer holiday as this is Easter Break. Book into one of our many hotels and B&B's. Come and really experience the unique offerings of the Clarenville Area.

Merchant of Venice tells the story of the darker side of the human condition on the Docks of the 1930's. Greed. Power. A pound of flesh or a pound of gold. You choose! Directed by Aiden Flynn of Rabbbittown Theatre. OPENS MARCH 20th.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is the fantasy filled story of lovers who do not always get what they want - or get to much of it - and the hilarity that ensues when a near-do-well fairy gets involved that never gets it right in the "casting of spells department". Directed by Geoff Adams - OPENS MARCH 22nd.

Come out for a day of skiing and an evening at the theatre.

TICKETS $17.50/ $15 for seniors.
Special rates available.
Phone 709 466 6699 or more information on group rates and special deals.

SCHEDULE FOR THE LINE-UP OF SHOWS

WEEK ONE

March 19 - Merchant of Venice (Pay What You Can Preview) 8 PM

March 20 - Merchant of Venice (OPENING NIGHT) 8 PM

March 21 - Merchant of Venice 8 PM

March 22 - A Midsummer Night's Dream (Pay What You Can Preview/Matinnee) 2 Pm

A Midsummer Night's Dream (OPENING NIGHT) 8 PM

March 23 - Merchant of Venice 8 PM

WEEK TWO

March 26 - A Midsummer Night's Dream 8 PM

March 27 - Merchant of Venice 8 PM

March 28 - A Midsummer Night's Dream 8 PM

March 29 - A Midsummer Night's Dream 2 PM (Matinnee)

- Merchant of Venice 8 PM (Closing)

March 30 - A Midsummer Night's Dream 8 PM (Closing)

Come and experience the newest addition to the Clarenville theatre community.

We are now in our new location in at the WHITE HILLS SKI RESORT and in our new home at The Loft Theatre in the Middle Chalet.

AUDITON CALL FOR SHAKESPEARE ON THE SLOPES FESTIVAL

Our first annual SHAKESPEARE ON THE SLOPES FESTIVAL is in its germination stage and we are putting out the call for actors to be cast in our two productions - Midsummer's Night Dream and THE BOND (Merchant of Venice - adapted by NL director Stephen Drover). This is going to prove to be landmark event for the area and we are inviting all to become a part of this.

The auditions are bweing held at THE RABBITTOWN THEATRE on Freshwater Road in St JOhn's on Saturday, February 23 fromnoon to 3 pm. If you wish to be audtion phone our office - 709 466 6699 - for an audition slot (or email the Artistic Director at nctc@persona.ca)

Please prepare two contrasting pieces and expect to read from the script. The production dates are from March 19-30, 2008 and will be at THE LOFT THEATRE at the White Hills Ski Resort in Clarenville.

FIRST WINTER PRODUCTION FOR THE SEASON

Our first show of the winter season is sure to have every one on the edge of their seats. A thriller? A ghost story? Or is it true? You come and decide.

Thirty Years ago Nora's mother disappeared into the small dense forest of Butler's Marsh. In her own moment of crisis Nora ventures to Newfoundland for the first time to explore Butler's Marsh. Accompanied by her partner Tim who, though less than helpful is nevertheless adamant that she not be left alone. As the night unfolds that becomes less troubling than exactly whom she is with? This show stars Amelia Manuel and Greg White and is directed by Artistic Director Geoff Adams. This show play was written by acclaimed Newfoundland playwright ROBERT CHAFE.

Come out for an evening of magical and ghostly storytelling. Combine with an afternoon of skiing on the hill or a evening tour of the newly lit cross-country ski trail around the pond.TICKETS are $17.50 .

Show Times are February 7, 8, 9, & 10

All shows are at 8 PM with a 2 PM PAY WHAT YOU CAN on Saturday the 9th.

(This show may not be suitable for under 15)

Check out our Facebook link:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7956833327&ref=nf

For more information and reservations phone 466 6699