Launton Village Players

Awards for Hickory Dickory Dock Panto!

We are delighted to announce that we won 4 awards in the Oxfordshire Drama Network (ODN)’s Winter Festival for our 2023 panto Hickory Dickory Dock! The awards are:

 Technical Award (this includes everything from lights and sound to staging and set).

 Music Award

 Front of House Award

 Magic Moment Award – this was awarded for the penguin scene – in the judges’ words: “they just kept on coming”!

There was also a special mention for the mice dancing with the Pixie of the Clock and we were also shortlisted in three categories:

 Costume award

 Chorus award

 Choreography award

Well done to everyone who was involved and a big thank you to our fantastic audiences who supported us and helped us raise £7,500 for Nai’s House.

Singing at Launton Grange

At the end of April, we were invited to sing at Launton Grange Residential Home – we love going there and seeing the smiles on everyone’s faces. We are getting to know the residents and loved singing a mixture of panto songs, musical theatre songs and of course some old favourites.

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Summer Variety Show: Come Rain or Shine

Rehearsals have now started for our 2023 summer show Come Rain or Shine, (see page 43) which will feature music, dancing, songs, and comedy sketches all about our favourite topic of conversation: the Great British Weather!

The show is suitable for all ages, including families, and will include tap dancing, solos and group singing of some well-known weather related songs, and even a performance of a poem from the nineteenth century that was last performed in Launton in 1882 (according to January’s Launton Lines)!

There will be two performances on Saturday 15 July and Sunday 16 July at 2.30 pm in the open-air garden of Hare Leys Farm, Launton. Tickets are available now from www.ticketsource.co.uk/lvp Adults’ tickets cost £10 and childrens’ are £5. Refreshments are available to purchase when you buy tickets, and on the day. If you are unable to buy online, call us on 07864 715708 for cash and cheque purchases.

We’re raising money for two organisations - one international, one very local: UNICEF and the Bicester Food Bank. We hope the sun will shine but if you do come along, please bring your own chairs or rug to sit on, as well as sun hats and sun cream, or raincoats and wellies. There is plenty of parking available and we do have space for disabled parking and a few spare chairs for anyone who cannot bring one, as well as toilet facilities. We also have a wet-weather back up plan in case the good old British weather isn’t on our side!

If you have any questions, please contact us on 01869 277625 or by email to tickets@launtonvillageplayers.org.uk

The LVP Team