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BEHIND THE SCENES<br />

The Newsletter of the Jávea Players<br />

Dates for your diary<br />

Christmas Party<br />

8 <strong>Dec</strong>ember, Studio Theatre<br />

Are There More of You?<br />

With Alison Skilbeck<br />

22-27 January, Studio Theatre<br />

including an Acting Workshop on<br />

24 January 11am to 1pm<br />

Silver Lining<br />

by Sandi Toksvig, dir. by Penny Grant<br />

16 - 20 April 2018<br />

Unión Musical, Gata de Gorgos<br />

AGM<br />

14th March at 7.30pm in the Studio<br />

Your Committee<br />

Mike Harvey<br />

Chairman<br />

Hugh Epsom Vice Chair<br />

Caroline Drewett-Mansell Secretary<br />

Peter Griffiths Treasurer<br />

Rosemary Brown, Roger Brown<br />

Peter Messinger<br />

Play Planning<br />

Roger Brown<br />

Cherry Cabban<br />

Pat Doidge<br />

Norman Dunnington<br />

Gina Grimsteed<br />

Caroline Drewett-Mansell<br />

Phil Mansell<br />

Non-Committee<br />

Pat Kitching Studio Manager<br />

Gillian Ashworth Press Officer<br />

Tony Cabban Publicity & Web<br />

Paul and Helen Nicholls Bar<br />

Cherry Cabban Membership<br />

Candy Wright Almoner<br />

Roger Brown Newsletter<br />

Lesley Davies Social Secretary<br />

Peter Messinger Shed Manager<br />

Chairman’s Musings<br />

Well, another year is almost done, and as is customary at this<br />

time of year, it seems appropriate to look back over 20<strong>17</strong> from<br />

a Jávea Players perspective. I did think that this year might be a<br />

bit of an anti-climax after the excitement of our 40th<br />

Anniversary celebrations in 2016. Not a bit of it! On many<br />

fronts, the past year has continued to show that our Society<br />

goes from strength to strength!<br />

In particular, we have put on another varied and exciting year<br />

in terms of our Programme. We began the year with Roger’s<br />

production of “Sandcastles,” followed that up with another very<br />

enjoyable Summer Show, and brought things to a conclusion<br />

with Ron’s great production of On Golden Pond at Gata. I must<br />

say how much I enjoyed the latter. Great performances from all<br />

the cast, a terrific set, excellent sound and lighting and slick<br />

stage management delivered another show in keeping with<br />

our traditions, resulting in complementary reviews and positive<br />

feedback from our audiences. Thank you Ron, and your cast<br />

and crew for giving so much pleasure to many of us. As one<br />

email I received said, ‘This wasn’t amateur theatre, this was real<br />

theatre.’<br />

This year has also seen great progress in our development of<br />

the Society’s facilities. We have made improvements to our<br />

Studio, particularly the new Air Conditioning, and have moved<br />

into the ClothesProp. We now have decent space to store all<br />

our costumes and props and the Shed Management Team<br />

have begun to re-organise our workshop and technical space.<br />

Finally I must thank everyone who has helped to make this past<br />

year so successful for Jávea Players. We depend on many<br />

people, both on and off stage to make this happen and without<br />

you all, we could not do what we do. Especially, I must thank<br />

our Committee and the PPC. They all put in long hours, often<br />

unnoticed, but without their efforts we could not be the Society<br />

we are.<br />

May I wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and<br />

Prosperous New Year.


Volume 22 Issue 4 <strong>Dec</strong>ember 20<strong>17</strong><br />

Our next professional production<br />

22nd to 27th<br />

January<br />

Javea<br />

Players’<br />

Studio<br />

Theatre<br />

Are There More of You? performed by Alison<br />

Skilbeck<br />

Do you remember Tim Hardy who performed<br />

Galileo for us a few years ago? Now, his wife<br />

Alison is coming to perform in the Studio for a<br />

week.<br />

In her own one-woman comedy drama Alison<br />

Skilbeck, who appeared in The Archers, Sherlock<br />

Holmes, Miss Marple, Doctor Who, tells the<br />

linked tales of four women reaching out in the<br />

dark, revealing what lies behind the brave faces<br />

of Claire, Sophia, Sara and Sam. Painful, scary<br />

and hilarious by turn, with only a SW postcode<br />

in common, the stories chart each wildly<br />

different character’s search for love and<br />

happiness.<br />

Words alone do not adequately describe this<br />

wonderful show, go to this link to appreciate it<br />

more: https://vimeo.com/65734591<br />

Alison will also run an Acting Workshop for<br />

members on Wednesday January 24th between<br />

11am and 1pm. Numbers will be limited so, if you<br />

would like to take part please email Cherry on<br />

membership.jp@gmail.com.<br />

You can see Are There More of You? performed<br />

by Alison at the Studio Theatre from the 22nd<br />

to the 27th of January at 8pm. Tickets are<br />

p r i c e d a t € 1 2 a n d a re a v a i l a b l e o n<br />

www.javeaplayers.com<br />

A Party after the show on the 27th<br />

January 2018<br />

The last night of Are There More of You? will be a<br />

“Jávea Players’ Night”. We plan a party for <strong>JP</strong><br />

Members and Friends. If Members are with<br />

friends they may join us too. Tapas will be catered<br />

by Area1, the restaurant almost next door to the<br />

Studio, which will cost 5€ per head.<br />

This will be a chance for a social and to chat with<br />

Alison.<br />

If you would like to join us please book your ticket<br />

for that night at www.javeaplayers.com The Box<br />

Office is open and you can book now before we<br />

publicise the show on <strong>Dec</strong>ember 12th and open<br />

bookings to the public.<br />

When you have booked, please email Lesleydavies@hotmail.com<br />

so that she can order<br />

sufficient tapas.<br />

We do hope you will join us.<br />

Silver Lining<br />

Sandi Toksvig’s comedy, set in the upper day<br />

room of the Silver Retirement Home in Gravesend<br />

and directed by Penny Grant, is <strong>JP</strong>’s play for next<br />

Spring at Gata.<br />

A storm has been raging and the flood waters are<br />

rising when five elderly women realise that noone<br />

is coming to rescue them. A ‘temp’ nurse<br />

arrives, who initially is no help at all, and a<br />

‘removal man’ arrives who has ideas of his own as<br />

to what to remove.<br />

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Volume 22 Issue 4 <strong>Dec</strong>ember 20<strong>17</strong><br />

Trading stories of their remarkable (or<br />

sometimes unremarkable) lives, they are faced<br />

with the realisation that in order to survive they<br />

are going to have to do what they have done all<br />

their lives. Face the danger and do it themselves<br />

- Senior Citizen Style!<br />

Subscriptions 2018<br />

WE WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT YOUR<br />

SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2018 ARE DUE ON<br />

JANUARY 1ST.<br />

As a Member or Friend your annual subscription<br />

is 10€ per person and there are two ways of<br />

paying:<br />

• You can give Cherry your subscription when<br />

you see her.<br />

• You can pay the money through the Bank using<br />

the ATM, or make an electronic transfer using<br />

the details below.<br />

The Jávea Players’ bank account is with BBVA.<br />

Bank name; BBVA<br />

Account; El Teatro Ingles de Javea<br />

A/C No; ES48 0182 4423 92 0201504270<br />

Auditions - Tuesday 5th <strong>Dec</strong>ember at<br />

7.30pm.<br />

Contact Penny Grant for more details on;<br />

grantpenelope@gmail.com<br />

Christmas Party<br />

<strong>Dec</strong>ember 8th sees our Christmas Party in the<br />

Studio. With a tapas-style buffet provided by our<br />

friends at Area 1 and an ‘impromptu’ variety<br />

entertainment planned, a jolly good evening is<br />

promised to all who attend. What better way to<br />

round off another fantastically successful year<br />

than a celebration with your <strong>JP</strong> friends?<br />

If you would like to join us tickets are only €5 but<br />

p l e a s e c o n t a c t L e s l e y o n lesleydavies@hotmail.com<br />

. This is very important as<br />

we are getting outside catering and it needs<br />

to be ordered.<br />

Whether you make a cash payment or an<br />

electronic payment<br />

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU PUT YOUR NAME IN<br />

THE ‘CONCEPTO BOX’,<br />

IF YOU FAIL TO DO THIS WE HAVE NO IDEA<br />

WHO THE PAYMENT CAME FROM!<br />

Then, p l e a s e , e m a i l C h e r r y o n<br />

membership.jp@gmail to tell her that you have paid<br />

and how.<br />

New Members or Friends who have joined after<br />

September 1st 20<strong>17</strong>, do not have to pay another<br />

subscription until January 2019.<br />

With many thanks and here’s to a great 2018.<br />

Cherry Cabban<br />

Membership Secretary<br />

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Volume 22 Issue 4 <strong>Dec</strong>ember 20<strong>17</strong><br />

Studio Theatre hire<br />

Please don't forget that the Jávea Players Studio<br />

Theatre is available to hire. We would like all<br />

members to help us promote it so that we can<br />

secure a better return on our investment!<br />

Here are the details:<br />

• Seats 65 people (using the seating<br />

rostra)<br />

• Bar is available – it can be run by the<br />

users and then restocked after the event,<br />

or drinks can be sold at the published <strong>JP</strong><br />

Studio Theatre bar prices and the<br />

proceeds paid to the Jávea Players, with<br />

us handling the restocking.<br />

• The rental cost is only €12 per hour.<br />

• Contact the Studio Manager to check<br />

availability and book. This position is<br />

c u r re n t l y h e l d b y Pat K i t c h i n g .<br />

patriciakitching137@hotmail.com)<br />

• Telephone: 966 46 04 98<br />

During the event, Mike Martin signed up<br />

interested people for an acting course that we<br />

plan to run early next year. Please contact Mike if<br />

you would like to join the class.<br />

Jackie Jefferies/Carole Saunders/Pat Doidge<br />

were looking for singing talent and generated<br />

interest in a singalong which they plan to run in<br />

the New Year in the Studio.<br />

Penny & Keith Grant had people interested in<br />

play reading, as well as several potential new<br />

members.<br />

Phil Mansell - had good interest in play writing,<br />

especially in “Poor Yorick”, his play that we will<br />

perform for the Summer Show next year.<br />

Jen Ward - had great fun with her make-up table,<br />

making up half of her face! She also had a go at<br />

making up Quico Moragues!<br />

• For payment information contact Peter<br />

Griffiths on treasurerjp@gmail.com<br />

• Jávea Players’ Studio Theatre,<br />

Calle Cronista Figueres Pacheco No. 6, Jávea<br />

Open Day – A great Success!!<br />

Our first Open Day took place on Sunday 15 th<br />

October, and by all accounts, was a big success.<br />

The event was planned in order to:<br />

• To raise awareness of the latest Jávea<br />

Players’ activities and developments.<br />

• To enlist more members (especially<br />

younger members!)<br />

• To promote our future performances<br />

The day was officially opened by Quico<br />

Moragues (Jávea Councillor for Culture) who<br />

told us that the Ayuntamiento appreciated what<br />

the Jávea Players do for the town in providing a<br />

high standard of English theatre. He also<br />

advised us that they plan to open the new Jávea<br />

Theatre in 2019, and that they hoped that we<br />

would use this facility for our future productions.<br />

Jen Kellow-Ward does a make-up masterclass on Quico Moragues<br />

Richard King/Peter Sparks - had lots of interest<br />

in the sound table<br />

James/Cherry/Richard - put on a light and<br />

sound demo.<br />

Bernard covered the event and has since sent out<br />

an excellent press release. The coverage in the<br />

local press and radio was excellent.<br />

Peter Sparks was very busy filming for the<br />

planned video of the event and we await the final<br />

results with interest!<br />

Kay Cope ran the "Interesting Props" table.<br />

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Anne Bentley put on a display of costumes.<br />

Cherry - signed up a number of new<br />

members, one of whom is interested in<br />

helping with set design & construction.<br />

Paul & Helen - did a great job running the<br />

open bar and providing the cava.<br />

Josephine did an excellent job with the<br />

display boards.<br />

Peter & Hugh did everything else!<br />

The media coverage, before and after the<br />

event, should do a lot to raise the Jávea<br />

Players’ profile in our community. Hopefully<br />

it will generate more interest in our group,<br />

and will result in new members who can<br />

bring us even more skills and support!<br />

On Golden Pond<br />

and Ann Skinner, a special mention must go to<br />

young Luke Holmes whose portrayal of Billy-<br />

Ray showed great promise for such a young<br />

man.<br />

And we mustn’t forget our wonderful support<br />

teams, led by Hugh Epsom and far too<br />

numerous to all be named here. The set was<br />

excellent and the view from the window across<br />

the Golden Pond was delightful. The set and<br />

stage dressing gave the real feel of a log cabin<br />

that was the summer home of an elderly<br />

couple and I loved the haunting sound of the<br />

‘loons’ calling across the lake. The lighting<br />

effects were excellent and showed the ‘lake’<br />

off to perfection. Publicity, Press, Bar and Box<br />

Office ran as smooth as silk.<br />

Well done to all involved!<br />

A big thank you<br />

A Big Thank You from the Shed Team following<br />

the tool request in the last <strong>newsletter</strong>. Various<br />

donated items have reduced the intended<br />

purchase list of equipment. If anyone still has<br />

tools that they would like to donate please<br />

contact Peter on petermessinger@icloud.com .<br />

Another artistic triumph last month, for<br />

J á v e a P l a y e r s w i t h R o n S k i n n e r ’s<br />

production of Ernest Thompson’s On<br />

Golden Pond. Audience reaction to the<br />

show was overwhelmingly positive.<br />

If you remembered the overly sentimental<br />

Henry Fonda vehicle of the 1980s, you may<br />

h a v e g o n e t o G a t a f e e l i n g a b i t<br />

apprehensive. But Mike Martin and<br />

Rosemary Brown brought a spark and a<br />

wittiness to their portrayals of Norman and<br />

Ethel Sayer that I don’t remember from<br />

Fonda and Katherine Hepburn. Ably<br />

supported by Leigh Patterson (Chelsea)<br />

Michael O’Neill (Charlie), Nigel Poole (Bill)<br />

Trailer for sale<br />

The trailer that was acquired some years ago<br />

by the Jávea Players is now to be sold. If<br />

anyone is interested in the purchase of this<br />

sturdy little trailer then Peter Messinger would<br />

like to hear from you before we advertise in<br />

the local media. Once again contact Peter if<br />

you are interested.<br />

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Volume 22 Issue 4 <strong>Dec</strong>ember 20<strong>17</strong><br />

New Committee members<br />

Caroline Drewett-Mansell has kindly<br />

volunteered to take on the role of<br />

Management Committee Secretary. She<br />

c a n b e c o n t a c t e d o n<br />

caro.phil@yahoo.co.uk<br />

Caroline and husband Phil have also<br />

agreed to lend their considerable<br />

e x p e r i e n c e t o t h e P l a y P l a n n i n g<br />

Committee as ex-officio members.<br />

Lastly, Candy Wright has volunteered to<br />

take on the role of our Almoner. If you<br />

know of any members or friends who need<br />

s u p p o r t p l e a s e l e t h e r k n o w o n<br />

kellyslaxara@hotmail.com .<br />

Following the retirement of our longstanding<br />

Press Officer, Bernard King,<br />

Gillian Ashworth did a fine job standing<br />

in for him with On Golden Pond. Hopefully<br />

we can persuade her to continue!<br />

The Future Programme<br />

The PPC meet regularly to discuss and<br />

recommend a theatrical programme for<br />

the members to perform and the public to<br />

enjoy.<br />

In the pipeline as I write, are Alison<br />

Skilbeck’s one-woman show Are There<br />

More of You? and Sandy Toksvig’s hilarious<br />

comedy Silver Linings, both of which are<br />

detailed earlier in this <strong>newsletter</strong>.<br />

The summer dinner show in the square in<br />

the Old Town sees Phil Mansell’s Poor<br />

Yorick make its premiere in Spain. Yes, this<br />

is the same Phil Mansell who joined <strong>JP</strong> last<br />

year and is an award-winning, published<br />

playwright!<br />

More details will follow after Christmas, but<br />

Poor Yorick is an hilarious spoof on the<br />

s t o r y o f t h e J e s t e r f e a t u r e d i n<br />

Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and before you ask, no<br />

you don’t need to know much about Hamlet<br />

or to like Shakespeare!<br />

Phil at the recent Open Day with his copy of Poor Yorick<br />

Next November’s play in the Studio will see a<br />

complete contrast when Lindsay Johnson<br />

directs the gripping courtroom drama Rough<br />

Justice about a man accused of murdering<br />

his disabled child. Full of drama and pathos,<br />

this play will give members a real challenge<br />

with some serious and meaty roles to get<br />

their teeth into.<br />

2019 will be here before we know it and<br />

Jávea Players is going to put on a musical for<br />

the first time in nearly twenty years, with a<br />

production of Lerner and Lowe’s My Fair Lady.<br />

Cherry Cabban will direct, so loosen up those<br />

vocal chords and come and join in!<br />

Lots more details of all these productions will<br />

follow over the coming months but please<br />

remember that the PPC is always open to<br />

suggestions as to things we may like to<br />

c o n s i d e r. P l e a s e c o n t a c t Ro g e r o n<br />

aahbees@gmail.com if you would like to<br />

contribute any ideas for our consideration.<br />

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Volume 22 Issue 4 <strong>Dec</strong>ember 20<strong>17</strong><br />

BOX OFFICE- Volunteers<br />

Would you help with Box Office? As you<br />

know people now book and pay for their<br />

tickets on the web page, it makes the Box<br />

Office function a great deal easier but we<br />

still need a person to monitor the email<br />

account and the web page for each<br />

production. It is one of the many key<br />

tasks that makes for a successful<br />

production.<br />

The next show is Are There More of You?<br />

from Jan 22-27 2018 – can you help? Or<br />

for a future show?<br />

Please call on 620 412 384 or email<br />

tonycherry.cabban@gmail.com if you<br />

would like to know more.<br />

<strong>JP</strong> Rules<br />

We have been asked if it is possible for<br />

Members to see the Society’s Rules. Javea<br />

Players have Statutes as part of our legal<br />

registration process, they contain our official<br />

Rules. We then have Internal Rules that we use<br />

to govern our day to day operations. We have<br />

an English translation of the Spanish Statutes.<br />

Many of you have the Internal Rules, if you<br />

would like a copy of the Statutes and/or the<br />

Internal Rules please email Cherry on<br />

membership.jp@gmail.com<br />

To all Jávea Players and Friends<br />

from your Committee and PPC members<br />

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