Hello everyone. I’m David
Thomson, and I will be editing this new section on the flourishing amateur
theatre in and around Southport.
Our town is indeed fortunate in having many and varied groups for Southport audiences to enjoy, and excellent venues such as The Little Theatres in both Southport and Formby, and the Southport Arts Centre.
The Southport Dramatic Club, Sefton Theatre Company and the Formby Little Theatre Company all produce seasons of drama, whilst musical societies performing in Southport include The Southport Amateur Operatic Society, Birkdale Orpheus, Hoghton Players, Ormskirk Operatic Society and Maghull Operatic Society. Younger performers are catered for by the SDC’s Junior Section, the Art Centre's Youth Theatre Workshop and the very successful S.O.N.G (Southport Operatic New Generation) There is also a highly rated Performing Arts faculty at Southport College, who put on a number of productions for the public each year.
I hope to bring you news from all the societies, details of forthcoming productions and reviews of shows. I look forward to receiving your comments on shows you may have seen, and on anything else involving amateur theatre in Southport. Please keep coming back for all the latest news, views and general gossip.
Just a bit about me. I have been involved in amateur theatre here in Southport for many years. My wife Hilary and myself are both active members of the SDC, and we are both former Chairmen of S.O.N.G, where we remain committee members. Hilary is a respected director, having been responsible for 4 SDC pantomimes over the past 6 years, as well as directing straight plays, and most recently, the Birkdale Orpheus’ very successful production of ‘Oliver’ Those who know me well know that I am not a ‘thespian’ by any means, and my reviews will be very much from the point of view of audience enjoyment, as opposed to subjective comments on the finer points of dramatic excellence!
I hope you will all enjoy this latest addition to the wide coverage of Southport life featured on southport.gb.com and look forward to your contributions and comments.
If you have any news or comments for me then please email me david@southport.gb.com
