JP newsletter Dec 17

Volume 22 Issue 4 December 2017
New Committee members
Caroline Drewett-Mansell has kindly
volunteered to take on the role of
Management Committee Secretary. She
c a n b e c o n t a c t e d o n
caro.phil@yahoo.co.uk
Caroline and husband Phil have also
agreed to lend their considerable
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
Committee as ex-officio members.
Lastly, Candy Wright has volunteered to
take on the role of our Almoner. If you
know of any members or friends who need
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
kellyslaxara@hotmail.com .
Following the retirement of our longstanding
Press Officer, Bernard King,
Gillian Ashworth did a fine job standing
in for him with On Golden Pond. Hopefully
we can persuade her to continue!
The Future Programme
The PPC meet regularly to discuss and
recommend a theatrical programme for
the members to perform and the public to
enjoy.
In the pipeline as I write, are Alison
Skilbeck’s one-woman show Are There
More of You? and Sandy Toksvig’s hilarious
comedy Silver Linings, both of which are
detailed earlier in this newsletter.
The summer dinner show in the square in
the Old Town sees Phil Mansell’s Poor
Yorick make its premiere in Spain. Yes, this
is the same Phil Mansell who joined JP last
year and is an award-winning, published
playwright!
More details will follow after Christmas, but
Poor Yorick is an hilarious spoof on the
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
Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and before you ask, no
you don’t need to know much about Hamlet
or to like Shakespeare!
Phil at the recent Open Day with his copy of Poor Yorick
Next November’s play in the Studio will see a
complete contrast when Lindsay Johnson
directs the gripping courtroom drama Rough
Justice about a man accused of murdering
his disabled child. Full of drama and pathos,
this play will give members a real challenge
with some serious and meaty roles to get
their teeth into.
2019 will be here before we know it and
Jávea Players is going to put on a musical for
the first time in nearly twenty years, with a
production of Lerner and Lowe’s My Fair Lady.
Cherry Cabban will direct, so loosen up those
vocal chords and come and join in!
Lots more details of all these productions will
follow over the coming months but please
remember that the PPC is always open to
suggestions as to things we may like to
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
aahbees@gmail.com if you would like to
contribute any ideas for our consideration.
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