Advance theatre Company Community concert Laburnum Ct Friday 5th May raised £80

Advance Theatre Company involved in Shakespeare 2012 performing Midsummer Night's Dream on 29th/ 30th June at The LB Theatre

The Advance theatre group and Advance Juniors are an extension group for our
older members and those too old to attend Youth Section. with the juniors
being a complimentary younger group unable to get into LBCT because of the
overfull waiting list.They have several very exciting projects underway
including a series of excellent workshops from theatre professionals
including Script writing. voice overs. Shakespearean, Musical theatre ,
Stanislavski and devising workshops. The advance juniors will be exploring
puppets, masks musical theatre and much much more. Next week they present
their first ever performance- Don't Stop the Show- the group is affiliated
to LBCT and would welcome everyone as supporters(please see back cover for
details)

Production - 6th March: "Don't Stop the Show" Fantastic production- please see reviews for more details

Advance Theatre Company is a fresh new production company based in Bedfordshire looking for mature members (aged 16 and over) that will appeal to the amateur seeking confidence and fun, the semi professional looking to widen their horizons and the professional looking to become a part of something new, inovative and exciting.

Each individual can take what they want from the experience of becoming part of Advance. So don't feel daunted by the professional aspect – The company itself will have many strands and will be seperated into Amateur, Semi-Professional and Professional ventures as well as Educational ventures and Production ventures for those who are less interested in the performance aspect and are more interested in directing, producing, designing sets and costumes and learning the technical aspects of theatre. It will take a lot of work for the company to bloom, so we are taking it slow to start with.

Possible future projects for the company include:

• Performing Plays/More challenging musical repertoire which will suit both the enthusiastic amateur drama lover, the young actor looking for a more mature and professional group who may have been to university and is looking for work and experience or is on their gap year and needs to gain confidence or greater skills and understanding, and the professional looking for some serious work. The group will nurture their members and eventually start professional ventures which may become profitable for it's actors, directors and creative team

• Workshops in acting, singing, writing, production, directing, set and costume design

• Supporting new writers and developing new scripts

• Touring productions (professional touring productions of both existing shows and new exciting writers' work)

• Concerts (to raise money for productions and to promote the company)

• Coaching for auditions (drama school, professional work)

• Focussed workshops – certain plays, practitioners or techniques

• Educational visits (school workshops)

• Lectures and information from members of the industry and exciting new drama practitioners

• Confidence building for those out of work, or wanting to get back into drama

• Experimental theatre (Devising and working with new scripts and developing concepts which could be taken to festivals and other theatres)

• Production design (Set, costume and lighting workshops and a chance to create work which will become part of both traditional and innovative interpretations of a variety of theatre)