Weekender Alicante North Issue 115

18 FRIDAY 1ST NOVEMBER 2019
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Scenes from
“Look out
– He’s Got
a Gun!”
THE Javea Players are
premiering a new play
written by one of its members
between 2 and 7
December.
Phil Mansell is the author
of “Look Out – He’s Got a
Gun!”, a crime spoof in the
mould of 1950s classic British
films and radio serials.
Phil wrote the Player’s
summer play last year “Poor
Yorick” and said of his latest
work: “I first started writing
this play about three years
ago, after being inspired by
listening to old radio programmes
and watching classic
British film noir, in particular
The Adventures of
PC 49 and the various Paul
Temple serials.
“The Paul Temple stories
in particular are priceless.
Scotland Yard seem permanently
baffled by a series of
crimes. They call in Temple,
a writer of crime novels and
Javea
Photo by
Phil Mansell
New play set for
December debut
by Simon Russell
his sophisticated wife to help
them, although he had absolutely
zero training as a
detective.
“His ability to plot detective
novels is enough for the
top brass at Scotland Yard
who trust him to help solve
in their most tricky cases.”
The venue is the Javea
Player’s Studio Theatre
starting at 8pm on the dates
above. Tickets cost €10.
For more information go to
www.javeaplayers.com
Bridge
gets
green
light
by Simon Russell
THE reconstruction of Javea’s
Triana Bridge has
moved a step closer as
Mayor Jose Chulvi used
social media to confirm
that the tender process is
now underway.
The budget is just under
€570,000 and interested
companies have until mid-
November to submit their
bids. Mr Chulvi said on
Facebook that the ongoing
administrative problems
had been resolved and the
bidding process is to be simplified
in light of the issues.
He went on to say “Xàbia
Town Council hopes that it
can respond to the works
that have been needed since
the damage caused by the
torrential rains of 2007.
It should be remembered,
that the Town Hall had already
completed all the formalities
for a new bridge
and that the work would
have been totally completed
by now were it not for the
abandonment of the project
by the company that won the
last tender.
At the moment the bridge
remains closed to traffic for
safety reasons and can only
be crossed on foot on one of
the pavements.” The project
has a 12 week timescale
for completion.
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Spanish minister
among fund raisers
SPANISH Minister for Science
Pedro Duque made a
speech thanking the over
one thousand participants
at Javea’s second March
for Life last weekend.
Organisers said there
were in fact exactly 1,003
people who took part, walking
through the Duanes de
la Mar and along the Arenal
by Simon Russell
to raise money in the fight
against cancer.
The total raised was just
over €7,000, which was
€5,015 by the walkers and
€2,000 by the Loreto Festival
Committee.
Former astronaut Mr
Duque, one of Spain’s highest
profile ministers, gave a
speech after the event, saying
that Spain was a pioneer
in the cure for cancer and
that the march plays a small
but important part in that
mission.
Several local associations
and businesses were involved
in the event as well as
members of the local council.