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Latest ODN Awards
The ODN 40th anniversary Summer Production Festival awards were held recently. Encore’s Around the Stage in 5 Plays and Underdog: The Other Other Bronte both qualified for entry and congratulations to all our nominees; Holly Smithson (best actress), Niamh Long (best youth), Encore Youth Theatre (best ensemble) Diana Christie (Encore, best director) and Dorothy Hirsch
CX wins in recent NODA awards
There was great excitement at the NODA London Region Annual Celebration Day last month, when Marilyn Leadbetter masqueraded as Chris Bertrand to accept The Charles Sumner Award for Best Male Character in a Play, For those not familiar with the structure, the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) operates as local branches, known as Districts,
Successful set design workshop
On Saturday 25 October, around a dozen people attended the inaugural set design workshop given by five experienced CX set and lighting designers. The morning sessions covered: Welcome and theatre tour – David Simmons The role of the designer – Mike Simmons The design process – Greg Ryder Creating the concept – Jean White Lighting
CX a top 30 UK cinema
We recently were awarded a framed certificate by the national Exhibition on Screen distributors, as being in their top 30 nationwide for audience figures of all exhibition on screen titles. We were chuffed to get this honour, as their cinema roster covers all the multiplexes, the large independent chains, like PictureHouse and Everyman, and various
Join our Workshop Team
As many of you will know, set building for SP productions takes place largely on weekdays during the day, with a dedicated team of retired folk involved. We would dearly love to open this task to a wider group, and to this end, Mick Woodhouse, one of that senior group, has suggested a regular session
Sound in the Cinema
The standard level for film sound in an Auditorium is 7.0 on the calibrated Dolby™ Volume level control. However, many cinemas including this one, have found that this setting can allow excessive sound levels on some film soundtracks. However, as part of the experience, the sound in a cinema will always be louder than that
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