Culter Theatre Club

Lions, and Tigers, and Bears… Oh My!

Well folks, we haven't been sitting around doing nothing since the end of ’Allo ’Allo - great plans are afoot.  Not least of which is that we've now decided on our Christmas panto for this year:

“The Wizard of Oz”

We've had a fun time having a read-through of different scripts, and we've now selected one that we're sure you'll enjoy - it's got all the old favourites in there, plus one or two surprises, and lots and lots of laughs for young and old alike!  There's a bit of work to do over the summer to get everything in place, but this year's Christmas panto is already shaping up to be a corker - and we have the promise of some pretty amazing special effects…

As ever, auditions for parts will open in August, so watch this space for more news about the show as it comes!

Categories: General | Panto | Wizard of Oz

The "stunning professional performance"

Kathleen Robertson, reporter at the Deeside Piper, wrote a great article about last week's production of 'Allo 'Allo today, saying that there were "no superlatives good enough to describe the stunning professional performance". 

And Culter Theatre Club had at least one other happy audience member as well, when World War Two veteran, Jim Blair travelled all the way up from Glasgow for his 90th birthday and chose to see our production of 'Allo 'Allo.  Jim who has been much involved in amateur theatre in Glasgow voted the Culter production as "well worth the travel from the central belt". 

See the Deeside Piper Allo Allo Review article.

Categories: Allo Allo | Reviews

'Allo 'Allo: £927.19 raised for Comic Relief

Café René was open during a special time this year - and that is of course Comic Relief's, "Red Nose Day".  As 'Allo 'Allo is all about having fun and lots of laughter, this year at the end of the show we asked our Friday and Saturday night audiences to give a little something to a collection for Comic Relief if they enjoyed themselves.

We've now counted up the total, and our amazing audiences were so generous that we raised a whopping:

£927.19

So a huge thank you to all our very generous supporters and fans out there.  We're glad you enjoyed the show so much, and we're so pleased to be able to donate this fantastic total to Comic Relief on your behalf.  We love you all!

Categories: Allo Allo | General

Suspect Moustache Theatre: Fit Like!!

Culter Theatre Club is proud to welcome Suspect Moustache Theatre back to the village hall this June, in a new one-man play, written and performed by Paul Hughson.

Meet Bob, a local mannie who will tell you all about growing up in Culter - he'll make you laugh, he might even make you cry!  This is essentially a story about love, life and strife, about human frailties and how we cope with them.  Very funny but also very moving...

Mark Twain
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbour.  Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore.  Dream.  Discover.

Paul Hughson has been treading the boards, on and off, for 40 years.  He first appeared as Little Miss Muffet (seriously!) in his Boys Brigade show when he was 10 years old. His protestations at cross-gender casting fell on deaf ears, as
the following year he was cast as the leading lady in Annie Get Your Gun!

In recent years he has strutted his considerable stuff in shows as diverse as Entertaining Mr Sloane (playing Eddie, the gay brother - spotted a theme yet?!) and Jack The Ripper - The Musical (playing the all-seeing, father-figure Chairman - but still showing off). Paul has recently tried his (once again, considerable) luck on TV (River City, Garrow's Law) and in 2011 he took a lead role in his first feature film, My Brother's Keeper by Clan Films.

2012 saw Paul take Gotcha! (a one-man play written for him by the wonderful Charles Barron) to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and he has enjoyed success wherever he has performed that particular gem of a show. Following Charles' sudden and tragic death last year, Paul has vowed to continue the initial success of Suspect Moustache Theatre, and so brings you Fit Like!!, a doric play written and performed by a genuine doric loon. Enjoy. This show is dedicated to Paul's dearly loved and fondly remembered mum, Edna.

• Friday 21st June - Tickets £10
  Tickets are available by contacting the Village Hall.

Categories: General | Tickets

Café René is now Closed.

Well it has come to the end, and unfortunately Café René is now closed.  We had a wonderful time serving all you lovely ladies and gentlemen, and we hope you found the ambience of Café René to your liking, and weren't disturbed too much by "ze goings on".

We would like to sincerely thank every one of you who came along to see the show, supported the club and hopefully thoroughly enjoyed themselves!! A special well done and thank you also goes out to everyone involved in putting on the show: our fabulous production team, backstage and technical crew, the front of house team, and of course the cast!

See you at panto time... watch this space!

Categories: Allo Allo | General | Mid-year Show

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Categories: General | Tickets

Café René is almost ready to open its doors

Well folks, it's almost time for the doors of Café René to open once again.  Yvette, Mimi, Madame Edith, and indeed René himself (with one or two others... ;-) have been dusting off the glasses, ironing the tablecloths and sweeping the floors in preparation for your visit next week. 

We hope you're looking forward to coming along to enjoy the ambience of our little bistro.  Of course zer is a war on, so you might notice one or two "goings on" while you're enjoying your glass of wine and nibbles - Café René can get very busy, and you're sure to see quite a few characters going about their business.  We're confident however that it will all add to the je ne sais quoi of your evening.

So - don't forget to bring along something to drink - you may need a bottle or two, and we would of course welcome anyone who wishes to "dress appropriately" - this is the 1940s you know!

Categories: Allo Allo | General | Mid-year Show