From the President – June 2016

Hi Everyone,

The committee have been very busy this month, spending our hard earned money but with a view to very much improving the community’s view of our theatre, especially its online presence.

We have commissioned a brand new website to replace our existing site
which has become quite old and stale. The new one will be vibrant and
engaging, containing all the information you could possibly need to know
about our theatre, and regularly updated with news and forthcoming events.
It will also enable us to contact and maintain our membership information in a secure manner and enable members to access their newsletter whenever they wish without their inbox being ‘spammed’.

Even more importantly, and seamlessly linking into the new website, we have identified a new, improved, reliable online booking system which will be available for our next production. I would like to thank Nigel, Elinor, Jane and Carol, our booking officer, for all the hard work they’ve done in identifying a new system which will hopefully take some of the load off Carol and help our customers have a satisfying experience when interacting online with the theatre.

We’ve also bought some second hand lights from WAAPA courtesy of Jacob our lighting manager at a VERY reasonable cost and we’ve also invested in some new personal microphones for our current production. So all in all a very busy month, but a very productive one as well.

On another note, the reading committee is now primed and eagerly awaiting your submissions. Remember, we can only assess whatever is submitted and, as the clock is ticking on the closing date for submissions, please get them to us for consideration as quickly as possible.

Finally, please get your tickets for the Old Time Music Hall. We’ve all enjoyed putting the production together and Shelley’s worked her socks off to get the show to a very high standard so please come along and see the show. You won’t be disappointed.

All for now
Mike Gibbs