STAGEWrite
Chairman’s Foreword
Welcome to the latest edition of Stage Write.
Firstly, Happy New Year to you all, and what a busy year we have lined up at Shanklin Theatre! There are a wide variety of shows, including “Out of Sight, Out of Murder” - the first play to be produced and presented by the theatre itself.
The play is a clever twist on the traditional whodunnit with a comic mixture of confusion, murder and intrigue.
We have started our monthly Coffee, Cake and Chat sessions again after our New Year break. Please come along to enjoy some delicious homemade cakes made by our excellent Catering Team. It’s also an ideal opportunity to meet our team leaders if you are interested in joining the Theatre’s enthusiastic team of volunteers.
Tickets are also now on sale for our annual Friends Summer event, “Tea at the Hall”, which is again being held at Luccombe Hall Hotel, on Sunday 13 July. There will be an afternoon tea, followed by entertainment from Maurice Kachuk with his impressive tap dancing and singing routines.
Finally, I’d like to express my gratitude to Mike Beston, who has done an amazing job as editor of Stage Write for many years, but is now handing over the reins to Kevin Wilson, a very experienced journalist, editor and author. Kevin gave us a very interesting and informative insight into his career and background at our January Coffee, Cake and Chat.
I have every confidence that Kevin will do a brilliant job and look forward to working with him in the years ahead.
Paul
From The Editor
This is the first edition of 2025, and – as Paul pointed out in his foreword - my first edition as editor.
It feels like a daunting task, stepping into the shoes of Michael Beston, and those before him, including Ron Bird, who continues to provide proofreading support.
I’ll do my best to maintain the high standards they have both set, and thank Michael particularly for his help and patience after handing the baton to me. However, if there are any mistakes in this edition, they are definitely all mine.
It hasn’t taken me long to realise that this magazine would not exist without its contributors; just as the theatre would not exist without its team of volunteers. So, many thanks to them for their continuing enthusiasm and support. Speaking of which, I will be very happy to hear from you if you have any ideas for - or would like to submit – an article we could include in future editions, so please get in touch anytime… kevhwilson@gmail.com.
My cunning plan is to carry on the good work, as best I can, which means there won’t be any immediate changes. But my background is in newspaper and magazine journalism, so it won’t be too long before I’m brave enough to try something new. You have been warned!
Kevin
PS I’m excited to be back on-stage in April. Out of Sight, Out of Murder has a great cast that includes box office volunteer (and my wife!) Lorna Wilson, the theatre’s managing director, David Kast, and board director Steve Watts. His fellow board member, Terry Pearson, is directing. This is a fundraising production for the theatre, and the maintenance team is building the set, so it’s a great team effort. We hope you’ll come and cheer us on. (I’ve been cast as a writer. I can’t think why…)
YOU’VE GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT…1
Congratulations to the lucky customers below: winners of our bimonthly prize draw, held in January. And thanks, as always, to everyone who supports the theatre by buying a ticket.
1st C Bennett £500 Binstead 1658
2nd Mrs Nancy Allen £200 Apse Heath 1504
3rd Mr V Barton £100 Yaverland 0370
4th Mr Cousins £75 Cowes 1699
5th Betty B £75 Newport 3387
6th Mr C Jones £50 Shanklin 3139
7th Ms E Hawtin £50 Newport 2376
The draw took place in the theatre bar under the supervision of the FOST Committee.
The Prize Draw team is an important part of the Theatre, raising funds for its maintenance and upkeep. The team is a dedicated group of volunteers who work well together, selling draw tickets before shows.
Prize draw tickets are £1 each and can be bought during evening shows in the auditorium, at the Box Office when open, at the monthly Coffee Cake and Chat, and at some external events attended by FOST.
YOU’VE GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT…2
FOST Monthly Members’ Draw
The winners…
DECEMBER 2024: Liz Allen, Christine Benson, and Marion Shaw
JANUARY 2025: Jennifer Penalva, Moira Tate, and Joan Ottley
Congratulations to our winners, who each receive a £10 Theatre voucher.
The Christmas hamper raffle 2024 raised £115.
Many thanks to John and Diane Day for their donations and hard work.
My Journey at Shanklin Theatre
Alexandre Ford explains what volunteering means to him
My journey began in April 2023.
Problems in a voluntary role elsewhere affected me and my family quite badly, and I had to leave, unfortunately.
The theatre was all my dad’s idea. He said to me: ‘Why don’t you sign up to Shanklin Theatre and volunteer as an usher?’
So, I did and I have never looked back. I absolutely love it.
I remember my first phone call from Lionel Whitehead, the usher manager at the time, asking me to come to my very first show as an usher. I was so excited to get stuck in.
I was in my element. I was doing as many shows as I could, and I have made so many friends while I have been an usher. Everyone is so lovely.
Soon after, I started working on a Tuesday morning in the box office dealing with ticket orders.
Then I began working with Suzie at the coffee cake and chat mornings, asking people if they would be interested in becoming a volunteer and helping them with their application form.
I also sat in on a team leader meeting to see how these meetings work –another great experience that taught me so much about how the theatre is run.
Then, just after the pantomime season ended in 2024, Lionel stepped down from being usher manager/team leader, and I am thrilled to say that I was appointed to take over.
I learned even more about how things are run during a show evening. There’s so much to do ranging from printing seating plans to counting the money for the ice cream floats. Then after the show I accompany the duty manager on the shutdown process, making sure everywhere is checked and securely locked up until the next show.
As well as taking on these jobs, I was approached by Vic Farrow to help get our amazing theatre a better presence on social media. We already had Facebook and X accounts, but we wanted to get on Instagram and TikTok, too.
I succeeded in doing this, and my role now is to control these platforms and work alongside Matt in the box office and Roger in bookings. I contact agents for shows performing at the theatre to see if they can supply me with video to upload to our social media.
The result is hopefully that we are getting better ticket sales for our shows, and there is no doubt that interest in our social media has grown, too.
Just one more thing to mention…in July 2024, Shanklin Theatre put out an email to FOST members asking for writers for StageWrite magazine. I expressed interest and had a meeting with Michael Beston, who encouraged me to get involved. This article is the result.
I have watched Shanklin Theatre grow, and it has blossomed in so many ways. The volunteers and paid staff in all departments are so lovely, and I have made so many new friends. I also had friends within the theatre that I knew before I started, and my confidence had grown massively since working here.
I enjoy the social side of the theatre, too. I’ve joined a snooker group that involves the maintenance team and Matt from the box office.
There’s so much more I could say, but Kevin tells me I’m running out of space!
So let me just say thank you for reading my article and I look forward to writing another one soon.
Alex
New for 2025: family tours of the theatre
Our new 90-minute tour is an ideal way to introduce children to the theatre.
Play-acting, games and dressing up make this an inspiring experience full of interactive activities. It is a chance to visit the public areas of the theatre as well as backstage and - the highlight of the tour - the stage itself.
Please remember there are a significant number of stairs on the tour. The theatre is a working environment, so for operational reasons each tour may vary, and a tour could be re-scheduled at short notice.
Numbers per tour will be limited to 15 including accompanying adults.
Maximum of 4 children per adult and maximum of two adults per child.
Suitable for children aged six to 12.
Adult: £6 Child: £7
Enter via the Box Office door on the right-hand side of the building. Please book online or at the Box office.
Tour dates:
29th March 10.30am; 12th April 10.30am; 27th May 10.30am; 9th August 10.30am; 13th August 10.30am; 28th October 1.30pm; 13th December 10.30am.
Afternoon tea at the hall: with entertainment
WHERE? Luccombe Hall Hotel, 8 Luccombe Rd, Shanklin PO37 6RL
WHEN? Sunday 13th July, 1.30pm – 4.30pm
This is a great chance to enjoy the beautiful location and indulge yourself with a delicious afternoon tea in the Grand View Restaurant.
Why not visit the beautiful gardens, too?
Afternoon tea includes…
• A Selection of Sandwiches
• Fruit Scone with Strawberry Jam & Clotted Cream
• Selection of Mini Cakes
• Tea or Coffee with Choice of Milk or Cream
• Fruit, Herbal Teas and Speciality Coffees Available
The bar will be open too, of course!
Maurice Kachuk will entertain us with his stunning tap dancing and singing routines.
He has recently retired to the Isle of Wight after an impressive career in show business. http://www.mauricekachuk.co.uk/maurice.html
DON’T
DELAY: PLACES ARE LIMITED.
£15/person – One FOST member can bring a partner/friend.
Book at https://www.shanklintheatre.com/events/friends-teaat-the-hall-2025/ or at the Box Office (01983 868000)
You must be logged-in and be a Friends member to buy tickets online.
Our new website is delivering the goods -and there’s more to come
Rob Robertson
of IT Support explains how and why
The theatre’s new website and ticketing system went live in June 2024. This article explains why we replaced a system that had been in operation since 2011.
When the running of the theatre was taken over from the council, tickets were handwritten; but we soon replaced this with a website with online ticket ordering, and an application used by the Box Office.
The set up served us very well, with several updates added over the years.
But because it was a one-off, keeping it up to date became increasingly difficult, and we had to pay for updates. For example, the site was not enabled for mobile phone use, making it less than user friendly. Putting this right could only be carried out by the application developer, resulting in more costs, and delays.
The time had come to look for a new website and ticketing system.
The cost of developing our own was prohibitive, so the decision was made to select a ready-made ticketing system that handles ticket purchase for the online customer and the Box Office; leaving show listings to be managed through a theatre-owned website.
Because of the age of the old site, we needed one that would display show listings and link to a ticket purchase.
Following a review and shortlisting, Ticketsolve was chosen as the supplier of the ticket purchase part of the new setup. It gave us many more useful features, and - with many other customers using their system – it allowed costs to be shared, meaning that new features are in continuous development, and the system is kept very much up to date.
The decision made, we then faced the challenging task of transferring customer and show data across to the new system – which meant a lot of hard work for theatre staff and box office volunteers.
But that was only half the story! Our old website couldn’t be changed to work with Ticketsolve, so a new design was needed, which also gave us the chance to refresh the theatre logo and the site’s appearance. Thankfully, developing a new website is much more straightforward than developing a new ticketing system, with lower cost.
Following a review of companies that could develop a website and had experience of seamless working with Ticketsolve, a company called Savage and Gray was chosen. This link provides an article on how they went about the new logo and website design https://savageandgray.co.uk/projects/shanklin-theatre-identity-websitedevelopment
We were pleased that accessibility options for those with a vision impairment are a feature of the new site.
It was always the intention to transfer the Friends of Shanklin Theatre information to the new site, but we needed to make sure everything worked first. And so, after six months of operation, it was time to look at moving FOST across, giving the Friends greater visibility and hopefully helping to increase membership in the future.
The next job was to transfer Friends membership records across, too, allowing web visitors to join the Friends online and renew their subscriptions, and allowing us to send out subscription reminders by email.
Watch this space because we are now looking at ways of offering Friends new benefits!
To sum up, the change to a new website and ticketing system was a big, but necessary, step. It is already proving its value: keeping Shanklin Theatre up with – if not ahead of - the times, and helping to provide the efficient, modern services our supporters expect. And, as always at Shanklin Theatre, it was a great team effort.
Rob
Gwyn Dawson’s
Quick Quiz
We have now reached the letter G of the culture quiz.
As usual, bear in mind that the G could be either the first name, the surname or both.
Good luck. Gwyn
1. Eric Morecambe played all the right notes, but not necessarily in the right order in which piano piece?
2. Which film’s closing line is ‘After all, tomorrow is another day?’
3. Which part did Sir Ian McKellen play in The Lord of the Rings trilogy?
4. In the Wizard of Oz, what is Dorothy’s surname?
5. What is the 4th part of Wagner’s Ring Cycle in called in German?
6. Who is the lead singer of Elbow?
7. Who wrote Lord of the Flies?
8. What is the name of the department store in Are You Being Served?
9. Which French painter, a contemporary of Van Gogh, lived in Tahiti between 1891 and 1893?
10. In which 1953 film did Marilyn Monroe sing ‘Diamonds Are A Girl’s Best Friend? Got all the answers? If not, have a peek at page 26!
The stage is set!
Chis Quirke and Mike Beston, of the Shanklin Theatre and Community Trust, update us on exciting plans for the Performing Arts Centre.
The new centre will include a dance,fitness, and rehearsal studio, a performing space with retractable seating for an audience of up to 106 people, a coffee shop/bar area, and a museum and heritage space.
Before the Trust submitted the finalised planning application to the council, two public exhibition and engagement sessions were held in the old library building in September and November 2023. These sessions proved to be very successful and gave members of the local community the opportunity to view the plans and to make comment and give feedback on our proposals.
Planning permission was given in May last year, but there is still a long way to go.
In approving the scheme, the Council’s planning officers reported that: ‘The proposal would make a significant positive contribution to arts and cultural provision locally, provide a space for education, local heritage, and entertainment, and would be a mutually supporting facility for Shanklin Theatre nearby, with the applicant also running this facility.
‘Substantial weight is afforded to the social benefits of the proposal. Economically, the proposal would provide space for performers and would provide an attraction for visitors, as well as local people, to enjoy and learn about local history. There would also be short term and ongoing benefits in terms of construction, maintenance and supply.’
They also said that demolishing the existing building would have low impact and noted that the new building would include some kind of memorial as well as space for displaying local heritage information, including past use of the site.
Negotiations between the Trust and the Isle of Wight Council began in 2020 to buy the old Shanklin Library and convert it.
In May 2022, the Trust completed the purchase of the freehold from the Council. The original aim was to renovate the building and convert it into a modern space. But a surveyor’s report found several major defects typical of a property of this age and style. So, after detailed discussion, the Trust decided to demolish, and construct a new, energy efficient, and future proof community building.
The work is by no means over. There are many planning conditions which need to be met before building work can start. Surveys have already been carried out to ensure protected routes for bats to roost and nest. But we also need to provide reports on sewerage and surface water disposal; historic building recording; notify a start date to the archaeology contractor; and agree construction materials.
The Trust is also now working with specialists including a structural engineer, a lift installation company, an acoustic consultant, a quantity surveyor to accurately cost the work, theatre design expertise for the design of the auditorium, including retractable seating design, and high level technical design review for support services.
Throughout this process, the Trust has been in dialogue with the Theatres Trust in London about its plans for the old library building. The Theatres Trust has expressed its full support.
Arts Council England has expressed its interest in potential funding for the project. The South West Arts Council regional director, which covers the Isle of Wight, has given a commitment to visit us to review our plans and discuss funding possibilities in the Spring this year.
There is a lot of work still to do, but the Trust is pleased with progress, and we look forward to giving you an update in the next edition.
Chris
and Mike
Party time!
Mandy Beatty of the Prize Draw Team has got everyone dancing…
It was Christmas 2023 when the Prize Draw team was planning to go out for a team dinner. Then Linda Stoneham, our team leader, asked me to try and find somewhere we could go out to dance afterwards.
All the local hotels were holding events where we would have had to join with other groups, and they were quite expensive. So, I approached Shanklin Conservative Club as many of us were already members, and they offered us the Regency Suite and suggested we brought in our own entertainment.
Luckily, my partner Paul - a jeweller by day and a part time DJ - has the latest music and equipment and lighting. We agreed the menu and price with the club and advertised it among other teams at the theatre and before we knew it we had 90 people coming!
As it was such a great success, we booked a summer party in August, with Lewis Denny as our guest entertainer doing a great job getting everyone dancing.
We held our annual Christmas party on the first Saturday in January with 85 people: theatre volunteers, staff, their partners and friends.
The theatre’s managing director, David Kast, thanked all the volunteers for their hard work, particularly over the panto season.
We had a two-course meal followed by entertainment from singer Simon Howard, and the Golden Sounds disco by Paul Denslow, which kept us dancing until 11.30pm.
Everyone seemed to have a great time, so we have already booked for next Christmas.
Come rain or shine or gale force winds
- caring for the theatre never stops.
The theatre’s volunteer gardeners deserve all our thanks for the way they keep the grounds looking immaculate, whatever the weather.
The winter of 24/5 has certainly thrown some challenging conditions at us, but our gardeners haven’t been defeated.
These pictures give a brief taste of what they were up against after one of the named storms did its worst recently.
There were leaves EVERYWHERE!
But Alex Goodwin and his team – Avril Crisp, Grant Goodwin, and Dawn Lavender - braved bitterly cold conditions to deal with the aftermath; sweeping and picking up leaves, tidying beds, bagging everything up.
By the time they’d finished, you’d never have known there’d been a storm.
StageWrite believes they deserve an especially big round of applause – and, of course, some decent gardening weather this Spring!
The theatre is always keen to welcome new volunteers. If you would like to join us, please pop in to the next Coffee, Cake and Chat, on the first Saturday each month, or say hello next time you are in the theatre.
The gardening team: turning over an old leaf?!
CCC: Coffee, Cake and Chat
-not necessarily in that order
The hard-working team providing coffee and cake were certainly kept busy at the first Saturday morning event of 2025.
Both were delicious, and it was good to see so many people indulging; and even better to see that a few people were offering to join the theatre’s team of volunteers, too.
As usual, the second half of the event was a chance to sit back and hear from a guest speaker.
➢ New editor Kevin Wilson makes his debut.
This time it was StageWrite’s turn to take a bow, and no less than three guest speakers duly obliged!
Outgoing editor Michael Beston gave a brief history of the newsletter, including the fact that the first edition in August 2010 was actually the minutes of a FOST committee meeting. A pristine copy still in existence reveals that the members present were Barrie James (in the chair), Stephanie Welch, Mike Crowe, Roy Coleman, Roger Coleman, Ron Bird, Alana Bird, and Sally Sibley. The FOST publicity co-ordinator at that time was John Sewell.
Michael paid tribute to Ron Bird, who talked briefly but entertainingly about his stint as editor, during which time the newsletter became much more of a magazine, as well as gaining Ron’s play on words as its title.
➢ Michael Beston and Ron Bird at the February CCC event. Finally, it was new editor Kevin Wilson’s turn to introduce himself. He gave everyone a guided tour of his life – as a newspaper reporter, political journalist, shopkeeper, postman, public relations officer, editor and consultant, and – more recently – an actor, director and writer of crime fiction, under the pen name of Heaton Wilson.
He said everyone had a story to tell and he was keen to use StageWrite to tell more people’s stories.
We hope to see you at the next CCC. It’s always on the first Saturday of the month. There is no need to book, and anyone can come. Bring a friend, too, if you like. Interested in volunteering? Just drop in!
SPRING CROSSWORD
Compiled by Matt Day
Clue: You need a sweet tooth to work it out, and five answers relate to the golden ticket holders in ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ .
ACROSS
8. Alcohol coolant comes with a variety of Bassett’s favourites (9, 8); 10 And 5 down. Berlin venue which featured in the musical Cabaret (3, 3, 4); 12. Jelly ______, favourite of Tom Baker’s Dr Who (6); 13. Sport played on horseback (4); 15. Ha matron bounced around running event (8); 16. Tasty items found in back-to-front best undies (4); 19 And 28 across. Unidentified fizzy objects? (6, 7); 20. A fine, flavoured chocolate treat – could be plainer? (7); 23. Sugary (5); 25. Chocolate, caramel and biscuit fingers in a gold wrapper (4); 26. Crunchy, chewy chocolate bar –Toffee ____ (5); 28. See 19 across; 29. What 13 across is famous for, according to its sales slogan (4); 31. What pictures A, B and C have in common (3); 32. Old US sitcom about a cab company; chocolate wafer bar (4); 33. King whose touch could make a golden ticket (5); 34. 13th letter of the NATO phonetic alphabet (4); 36. Fourth month - when Charlie And The Chocolate Factory is on (5); 37. British tennis player makes money from classic confectionery (6, 5); 38. Surname of TV’s Hyacinth and Roald Dahl’s hero Charlie (6)
DOWN
1. Unpleasant, semi-liquid substance; Augustus ____ in Charlie (5); 2. Seaside souvenir which traditionally has lettering through it (4); 3. See 14 down; 4. Condiment essential to barnacles symbolically (4); 5. See 10 across; 6. A French treat is doubly good? (6); 7. See 9 down; 9 And 7 down. Confectionery selection launched in 1936, named after a J M Barrie play (7, 6); 11. A flat, square chocolate eaten at a particular time? (5, 5, 4); 14 And 3 down. Assortment of candies, jellies…. and toys? (5, 7); 15. Medieval musicians or singers (9); 17. Exclusive news story; measure of ice cream (5); 18. Light meal; food eaten between meals (5); 19. Cadbury’s chocolate bars with raisins, fudge (5); 21. Secret store of pasta shapes (5); 22. Cadbury’s chocolate bar to be eaten on the quiet? (5); 24. South American country, major exporter of bananas and cocoa (7); 27. Crumbly chocolate bars often stuck into ice creams (6); 30. Originally Veruca is only lass eating Toblerone - here’s another one (6); 32. Subject; theme; chocolate bar (5); 33. Silent activity which often follows panto (4); 35. Colouring for hair or cloth (3)
Turn to page 26 to find the solution
OUR PATRONS
The FOST committee values the support of our Patrons and would like to express this gratitude by offering additional benefits. For example, a biennial Patrons Social Evening will be held at the theatre in recognition of their contribution. This year, it will be on November 22nd . Look out for more details in the near future.
FOST Patrons as of February 8th 2025:
Elizabeth Allen Isobel Ellis
Shirley Armstrong Michael Ellis
Nick Mattocks Jane Robert
Sarah McCarthyFry Jacqui Robertson
John Ash Jo Everitt Pat McCree Robert Robertson
Joanne Ballington Sylvia Fallows
Christine Benson Nicholas Finney
Graham Benson Jacqueline Flux
Linda McLinden Emma Robinson
Andy Millmore Alan Rodway
Jason Monk Patricia Rodway
Alana Bird David Frankling Priscilla Morris Michael Sayers
Amy Bird Peter Gibson Kay Mottram Rosemary Sayers
David Bird Sue Godden Josh Murray Trudy Scott
Ron Bird Linda Graham
Ruth Bird Tony Hagan
John L Brett Christopher Hardy
Margaret Bristow Lorraine Harley
Michael Murwill Cherry Scudder
Wendy Murwill Doreen Sheath
Anthony Needham Anthony Smith
Margaret Newman Anthony P Smith
Finton Burns Ray HarringtonVail Bill Nichols Rumit Somaiya
Elaine Carter Neil Hedges
Peter Clark John Hester
Debbie Clement Jim Holland
Andrew Corkish Jan Hookey
Charlotte Corkish Vivien Howell
Paul Coueslant
John Hulse
Kelvin Currie Geoffrey Jackson
Maggie Currie Jennifer Jones
Beryl Daniels Steven Julians
Larry Darby Gwyneth Kersey
Lynda Darby Fiona Klein
Martin Darch
Jean Davies
Gwyneth Dawson
Matt Day
Carole Dennett
Louise Diffey
Geoff Klein
Simon Lacey
Julie Larner
Paul Larner
Sue Lawton
Julie Maher
Marilyn Dyason Michael Maher
Brenda Dyer Tim Marshall
Lizzy Nichols Peter Stockman
Marie Nicholson Patricia Sztypuljak
Chris O'Connell Victoria ThornetonField
Marion O'Driscoll Sue Thurgood
Susan Osborne
Guy Palin
Janice Palin
Roy Trevatt
Jeremy Turk
Dorothy Uren
Helen Parkar Rodney Walmsley
Phyllis Payne Ann Ward
Ben Pearson Ian Ward
Marilyn Pearson Sonja Ward
Terry Pearson Janet Wardle
Shani Petter
Carol Pointer
David Pointer
George Powell
Leonora Powell
Andrew Reed
Anne Watson
Heather Whitchurch
Donna White
Maxine White
Steve White
Kevin Wilson
Julie Riggott Su Wompra
If you wish to upgrade to Patron membership (£25/year or more), contact the Box Office or use our contact form: https://www.shanklintheatre.com/contact-us/
Please accept our apologies for omitting some patrons from the last edition, due to an error in membership recording.
FOST CORPORATE SPONSORS
Corporate sponsors are passionate about the theatre and support it with their membership. In return, their company is advertised in our Theatre website and in our FOST newsletter, circulated to over 700 members from the Isle of Wight and beyond. Corporate membership is £100 a year
Spring Crossword Answers
ACROSS
8. Liquorice allsorts 10. Kit Kat 12. Babies 13. Polo 15. Marathon 16. Nuts 19. Flying 20. Praline
23. Sweet 25. Twix 26. Crisp 28. Saucers 29. Hole 31. Hat 32. Taxi 33. Midas 34. Mike 36. April
37. Murray Mints 38. Bucket
DOWN
1. Gloop 2. Rock 3. Mixture 4. Salt 5. Club 6. Bonbon 7. Street 9. Quality 11. After Eight Mint
14. Dolly 15. Minstrels 17. Scoop 18. Snack 19. Fuses 21. Stash 22. Wispa 24. Ecuador 27. Flakes
30. Violet 32. Topic 33. Mime 35. Dye
Answers to Gwyn’s Quick Quiz
1. Grieg’s Piano Concerto No. 1
2. Gone With The Wind
3. Gandalf
4. Gale
5. Götterdämmerung
6. Guy Garvey
7. William Golding
8. Grace Brothers
9. Paul Gaugin
10. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Friends of Shanklin Theatre (FOST)
Organisational Structure
FOST Executive Committee:
Chairman – Paul Harris
Membership Secretary – Christine McCarthy
Policy and Support Officer – Michael Beston
Promotional Officer – Jacqui Robertson
Secretary – Liz Hinkes
Treasurer – Peter Frankling
Volunteer Liaison Officer – Suzie Thurgood
Volunteer Training Officer – Tony Needham
Contact: FOSTpromotion@shanklintheatre.com
Stage-Write magazine is published by FOST
Editor: Kevin Wilson
Contact: kevhwilson@gmail.com
Whilst every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of StageWrite magazine, the publishers do not accept any liability or provide any guarantee that the information is accurate, complete, or up to date. The publisher and its contributors have used their best efforts in preparing these pages and this publication, but make no warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, regarding the information supplied.
