Launton Village Players reporting

Family Variety Show 2024: It’s Showtime!

We are on the final countdown to our summer variety show It’s Showtime! There are performances at 1:30pm and 6pm on Saturday 20 July and at 2.30pm on Sunday 21 July. The show is suitable for the whole family and will include some songs all related to all sorts of shows, from musicals to circus and carnival to Las Vegas!

Do come along and see the fun with Jigs in a Jiffy and a different kind of ballet! It will be a real variety show and offers lots of amusing moments as well as a few surprises! Short comedy sketches include an author pitching his book and even an insight into how the Olympic Games were decided! As they say, and the song has it, “Anything goes”.

The 1:30pm performance on Saturday 20 July will be a “relaxed performance”, aimed at those who might require a more relaxed environment. The show will be exactly the same but will involve the following adaptations:

• Music will be turned down.

• We will provide a small area to be used as a chill out space.

• A visual story will be made available before the show.

• The cast and crew will have an open attitude towards audience noise and movement.

We are performing in our Big Shed Theatre at Hare Leys Farm, Launton, Bicester OX265AB. Please bring along chairs to sit on. If you can’t manage this we will have a few spare chairs available. There is plenty of parking, and disabled parking spaces are nearer the venue. Doors will open 45 minutes before each show. Refreshments will be on offer before the show as well as in the interval, including prosecco, Pimms, fruit juice, tea and coffee, as well as homemade cakes and ice creams. We take cash and contactless card payments.

To book tickets online go to www.ticketsource.co.uk/lvp. Tickets cost £12 adult, £6 children (booking fee applies). You can book refreshments as well, but you will be able to buy these on the day too. If you are unable to buy online, call us on 07864 715708 for cash and cheque purchases.

As well as celebrating all kinds of shows we are also raising money for Bicester Baby Bank and our own Stage Block Fund, so there will be a raffle with some lovely hampers as prizes. We hope you will be able to support us at the same time as you help raise funds for these causes. If you have any questions, please contact us on 07864 715708 or by emailtickets@launtonvillageplayers.org.uk We look forward to seeing you and thank you, as always, for your support.

The LVP Team

For more information, see the poster on page 43 of this issue.