By Noelle Williamson
This is my first year with Bramley Parish Theatre Players – and I am only sorry that I didn’t know about them sooner.
If you live in West Leeds, try and get a ticket for Red Riding Hood this weekend.
And if you live in West Leeds and want to get involved in amateur theatre this year, BPTP is a wonderfully welcoming community theatre group full of dedicated, talented, skillful actors, dancers, singers, backstage crew and directing team. And they come back year on year.
Some of the adult cast and crew started when they were children. There are parents and children onstage together!
The co-ordination is incredible and the atmosphere at rehearsals has been so warm – literally, when 40+ people have been working on dance routines! – even if the basement workshop has been a tad nippy this winter… I know about the basement because I transferred from adult ensemble to crew once I realised that I still can’t learn dance routines!
It’s been really satisfying to work on set-painting and some prop-making, and be part of the collective buzz since we moved into Leeds West Academy (half-term!) this week.
Monday: 10am-10.30pm for director, stage and tech crew: lighting and sound rigged, costumes ironed and sorted, set assembled and tested, props placed and character make-up applied, first technical rehearsal at 7.30pm.
Tuesday: A later start for more of the same, checking scene changes, fine-tuning lighting and sound cues, more ironing, adult-only tech.
Wednesday: Final dress and – oh my goodness – you see something develop in church hall rehearsals and discussions and the making and gathering of set, costumes and props on Sunday afternoons and Wednesday evenings from September to February, and then to see it all come together in the final week, with everyone confident, committed and enjoying themselves on stage, backstage and out front – and it works! – it’s marvellous!
Come this weekend! Join this year! Loving it!
Ticket and booking details can be found here.
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