CHTC SUCCESS STORIES
The Community of Hungerford Theatre Company is proud to provide theatrical opportunities for people of all ages and talents. We create a supportive and nurturing environment from our youngest group, The Young Performers (ages 6 to 8), through the Children's Theatre (ages 9 to 13) and Youth Theatre (ages 14 to 21) into The Players (adult drama section).
We are overjoyed when our members shine and move on to bigger and better things in the performing arts. We want these pages to celebrate their successes and provide an inspiration for others. The list of individuals featured so far is growing and can be seen in the buttons to the left. Just click the button for each person to find out more.
We plan to expand this section in future to feature all our most successful performers and technicians. If you would like to suggest yourself or someone else to be featured, please let our webmaster know so that we can put together a new page. We always approaching people to get their permission before including their details.
NEWS
Competition Success by Natalie Hyde
On 11 June Natalie Hyde won the Ambache Prize for the
performance of Music by Women Composers in Birmingham. There were 22 entrants
and 6 finalists and Natalie won first prize with a wonderful performance of a
song cycle by US composer Gwyneth Walker called though love be a day. The
photograph shows Natalie (Second right) with the judges, who included the
competition sponsor Diana Ambache (second Left). 2nd place went to pianist
Magdalena Wazdjilk (Left).
HADCAF PERFORMANCES by Natalie Hyde & Phil Desmeules
On
Tuesday 20th July 2010, Natalie Hyde will perform in An Evening of
Song with Birmingham Conservatoire Students - a HADCAF event.
As
a former CHTC performer and a talented soprano Natalie Hyde together with
another Soprano from the Birmingham Conservatoire will present a varied programme to
entertain and delight. There will be songs from across the centuries,
including a selection of solos and duets from Oratorio to 20th Century
English Song, from Opera to French Song, and everything in between.
Free
- tickets available NOW from Newbury Building Society (retiring collection) .
CLICK HERE for the HADCAF site.
On
Sunday 18 July,
Phil Desmeules
(a CHTC alumnus) completed a moving HADCAF performance of
My Real War, 1914.. ? his one man show that had a successful West-End run
in 2009. The Croft Hall audience, including many local friends and family, were
enthralled by his compelling stage characterisation and his phenomenal memory
(nearly 90 minutes of non-stop action)!
CLICK HERE for the HADCAF site.
Busy
Summer Ahead for Georgina Hendry
In April 2010 Georgie Hendry was cast as Carmen in the New Theatre Oxford summer youth project of the musical Fame. Carmen is the lead girl who dies in the musical and then appears at end and dances on a yellow taxi!
Georgie was chosen after a six hour audition session for which about 200 people turned up and queued. She was really thrilled to get this big and challenging role.
Not content with that, she (and over 450 children age 8-19) went through two exhausting days of auditions for the summer youth project at the Wyvern Theatre in Swindon. As a result of this she has now been cast as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz. Georgie is now doubly thrilled especially as the show is very popular this year due to the BBC search for Dorothy.
Page Updated: 18/07/2010
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