To promote our upcoming production of "Scrooge" we are broadcasting adverts on local radio station Andover Sound!
To listen to our ad CLICK HERE.

For more information about Andover Sound visit their website: www.andoversound.com

Auditions will take place on Sunday 10th January 2010. 
Pre-audition rehearsals will take place on Tuesday 5th and Thursday 7th January. 
Director Claire Nias will be giving an introduction to Calamity Jane on Tuesday 8th December 2009, 7.30pm onwards.

AMOS will be carol singing in The Chantry centre on Saturday 21st November and Saturday 12th December to raise money for Naomi House Childrens Hospice.

Last year we were pleased to have raised over £300 for the childrens charity who have struggled this year due to some of their fund being tied up in an Icelandic bank. It is such a worthy cause that helps so many children in our area, this year we would like to raise even more so in addition to our carol singing we will also be collecting donations at the theatre during our production of Scrooge.

For more information about Naomi House visit their website: www.naomihouse.org.uk

AMOS are pleased to announce that we have secured a sponsorship deal for our production of ‘Scrooge’ with Advent Print Group.
Andover based printers, Advent Print Group have agreed to print all of our promotional materials for ‘Scrooge’ in return for some mutual publicity with AMOS. Advent already help a number of other local groups and charities and were pleased to be approached by AMOS in our search for a sponsorship deal as the company Sales Director, Daniel De Marco explained to us, "We like to invest in our local community and AMOS appealed to us as we have experience in printing materials to promote the Arts - we print The Anvil Show Guide, The Watermill Theatre Guide and Programmes for the British Animation Awards Nominations. We are really looking forward to working with AMOS and to seeing Scrooge! "

Society Marketing & Development Officer Louise Ellison was responsible for orchestrating
the deal, which has been agreed at the eleventh hour after a three month campaign trying to find a local company to sponsor the society. “Finding a sponsor has been a challenge to say the least - Many local businesses are feeling the pinch of the credit crunch and thus simply don’t have spare cash for sponsorship and if they do, they are looking to help charities rather than groups like ours, but luckily for us Advent jumped at the chance! Printing posters and flyers etc is an expensive but neccessary part of promoting our productions, so to have this support will really help our profit margins.”

Although we have the support of Advent, we would still welcome support from other local businesses either in the form of financial donation or services in kind, eg. goods for our raffle etc. so if you know of any companies who may be interested, please tell them about AMOS and ask them to take a look at the Sponsorship page on our website from more details.

For more information about Advent Print Group, CLICK HERE or visit their website:
www.advent-colour.co.uk

The Autumn edition of our newsletter "BACKSTAGE" is available now to download. Full of the latest news and information from AMOS, including an interview with "Scrooge" Director Will Johnson, exciting news about our production of "Calamity Jane" an announcement about our new Sponsorship Deal with Advent Print Group!
 
To download the PDF newsletter just click on the file below...

Andrew Lloyd Webber unveils his brand new production “LOVE NEVER DIES” at a global launch in London. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s long awaited new show will have its World Premiere in London at the Adelphi Theatre on Tuesday 9 March 2010.

“LOVE NEVER DIES” continues the story of ‘The Phantom’, who has moved from his lair in the Paris Opera House to haunt the fairgrounds of Coney Island, far across the Atlantic. Set 10 years after the mysterious disappearance of ‘The Phantom’ from Paris, this show is a rollercoaster ride of obsession and intrigue...in which music and memory can play cruel tricks...and ‘The Phantom’ sets out to prove that, indeed, “LOVE NEVER DIES”.

“The Phantom of the Opera”, based on the French novel by Gaston Leroux, has proved a huge success the world over and has been seen by over 100 million people, making it the single most successful entertainment entity in history. The show has been translated into 15 languages and appeared in over 25 different countries including China, Brazil, Poland and Korea. “The Phantom of the Opera” opened at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London on 9 October 1986 starring Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford and celebrates its 23rd London birthday tomorrow on 9 October. “The Phantom of the Opera” won a staggering 50 awards worldwide, whilst global album sales currently stand at over 40 million copies.

For more information visit the website: http://www.loveneverdies.com

Professional Singer Lisa Faye is performing two concerts this weekend at the Victory Hall in Sutton Scotney Nr Winchester.
 
 ’DIVA’s  - THE CONCERT’ – Friday 2nd October
The show is a musical celebration of some of the greatest Diva’s of our  time including,  Shirley Bassey, Judy Garland  and Dusty Springfield. Proceeds from the show will go to Wonston Church, as a thank you from Lisa the local parish that have made her so welcome since her move to the  area 3 years ago.
 
‘STREISAND – THE CONCERT’ – Saturday 3rd October
Following the sell out success of this show back in June this year, Lisa Faye is returning with the  show on Saturday 3rd October due to popular demand.The show is a celebration of the music of the great, Barbra Streisand  and will  see Lisa Faye performing songs such as, ‘People’, ‘No More Tears’ and ‘Evergreen’.  

Tickets are the shows are £10 each or £45 for a table of 4 including a bottle of red/white  wine. Tickets can be purchased online by visiting Lisa's website: http://www.lisa-faye.com

I had the pleasure of watching Chilbolton Players performing Confusions by Alan Aykebourne last friday night. They invited me along to write a review, and having seen a number of their shows before I gladly accepted. I will post my review soon but meanwhile just to say that it was a really enjoyable show, full of laughs, so well done CP!
I am really looking forward to their next production which will be The Wizard of Oz early 2010.
To find out more about Chilbolton Players, visit their website http://www.chilboltonplayers.org.uk/

AMOS Member Eve Robertson gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Emma Louise on Thursday 24/09/09 (8 days early) weighing 6lbs 9oz. Family all doing well! We look forward to meeting her very soon!

The last 2.5 years have been a bit of a whirlwind for AMOS, what with our committee restructure and our return in 2007 to the refurbished Cricklade Theatre - now known as The Lights.

The restructure has proved a great success, and building on the foundations laid by Sue and John Parker, Carol and the team have made excellent headway developing the society into a modern, forward-thinking group. The facilities at The Lights have enabled us to put on some more challenging and elaborate shows... We started off in 2007 with 'My Fair Lady' which was a great success, followed in 2008 by 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' (which was nominated for three Curtain Call Awards), and 'The Pajama Game', then in 2009 there was 'The King and I' - our most financially succesful show for quite some time! We are now working on 'Scrooge' due to take to the stage 1st-5th December which we are sure will be a popular show.

To celebrate our success over the last five shows we have decided to hold an awards ceremony to reward those who have performed will both on and off the stage with AMOS! The awards presentation will be incorporated into the Christmas Ball on 19th December at The Quality Hotel.

 As well as the typical awards for Best Actor and Best Actress etc, there will also be some fun awards, and some extra special ones to be announced closer to the time!