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Bonos play tribute to their President
It is with
great sadness that we announce the recent death of John Edge, our
President.
John
joined the Bonington Players in 1973, appearing on stage in
Not Now Darling. He was to go on to play
many diverse roles in over fifty productions during the next thirty years or
so. These included Ebenezer Scrooge, Professor Van Helsing, Archbishop
Cranmer, sundry barons, squires and brokers’ men in pantomime and a
selection of animals including a mouse, Mr Badger in
The Wind in the Willows and Owl in
Winnie the Pooh. One role he was to play
with great effect on three separate occasions was that of an ancient
crumbling family butler, most recently in Ring
Round the Moon. He was last on stage just three years ago in
'Allo
'Allo
as the piano player in Cafe Rene.
John was a
talented scenic artist and set designer and produced numerous sets over the
years, particularly period pieces which were his forte. He loved sourcing
appropriate furniture and items of décor to ensure that he had the detail
just right. When the set required a painting to hang on the wall he was in
his element and out came his brushes to rustle up anything from a Modigliani
to a Madonna with the Big Boobies. His last set was five years ago,
Don’t Dress for Dinner.
He was
much loved and will be sadly missed.
Bono actor takes
prize at NANDA One Act Play Festival - March 6, 2010
Adam Guest scooped the Best Supporting Actor
prize at this year's NANDA One Act Play Festival for his role as Manuel in
our production of Fawlty Towers. The Bonington Players took one of the
episodes from their recent sell-out run of Fawlty Towers to the
festival which was staged at Chilwell Olympia on March 6.
Save Our
Theatre
In the Spring of 2009 we became aware of proposals contained
within the Cabinet papers of Gedling Borough Council to close Arnold Leisure
Centre as part of a cost cutting exercise. We strongly campaigned
against this as we believe the leisure centre and theatre provide valuable
amenities for the local community. We successfully secured a reprieve but
question marks still hang over the long term future of the theatre and
leisure centre. We will therefore continue our campaign to keep them open.
If you wish to support us
please lobby your local councillor and MP or join our petition by emailing
us:
info@boningtonplayers.co.uk |
