Congratulations to Bob Lack and his team for 7 NAPTA nominations for "The Birthday Party":
> Best Props Design
> Best Set Design
> Best Play
> Best Actress in A Play - Wendy Dewhurst
> Best Actress in A Play - Penny Stafford-Bush
> Best Actor in A Play - Bob Lack
> Best Actor in A Play - Kelly Manning
Nominations for club members in other productions:
> Mary Anne Rushton - Best Make-up & Hair - La Cage Aux Folles at Auckland Music Theatre
> Ralph Evans - Best Supporting Male in a Musical - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Papakura Theatre Company
> Ian Carr - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Musical - Les Miserables at Centrestage Theatre Company
> Pauline Vella - Best Supporting Female in a Musical - Show Boat in Concert at Auckland Music Theatre
PLOC extends warm congratulations to all nominees. We are very proud of our members.
The awards evening is on Saturday 27th February 2010 at the Bruce Mason Centre, Takapuna at 6pm. Contact Kevin Maddern for bookings (09-236-3552 or 027-291-2403) |
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30 October 2009
Long time member, and Life Member, Bill Chessum has had a fall and broken his hip (on his stroke side). He is in Middlemore Hospital, but will soon to be transferred to a rehabilitation ward. Fortunately the break was clean and is mending nicely and we send him best wishes for a speedy recovery.
From Annette:
Bill has been moved down to Rehab Ward 23 Room G where he was 41/2 yrs ago following the stroke, where he will be for about a fortnight. Such a pity as he has been doing so well this year. We will do our best to have him around again very soon, but unfortunately we'll have to miss some things we were looking forward to.
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 On Thursday 16 July 2009 our Patron, Ernie Alexander, passed away peacefully.
PLOC is extremely lucky to have Ernie as its Patron. His contribution to our club for many years has been huge. Almost every day he removed graffiti from the outside walls of the theatre, and many other buildings in Pukekohe, he attended every show with his wife, Grace, and wrote many articles promoting our shows and about our members.
I met Ernie nearly 30 years ago when I was teaching music and drama at Bombay School. He was so interested in what I was doing and made me feel that this was the most important interview he had had all week. He had the knack of making everyone feel this way, what wonderful people skills. As I look back on the times I have spent with Ernie I realise that I have never heard him say a bad or cross word about anyone or anything. That has to be remarkable all on its own! The nearest he ever got to a negative was his thoughts on the children who did the graffiti in Pukekohe – he wanted to see their energy channelled in to other more useful pastimes. If more people were like Ernie then the world would be a far better place.
One of life's true gentlemen, he will be sorely missed.
Mary Gray
Photo courtesy Franklin County News |
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