Founded 1933
Registered Charity No. 1021763
Acorn Antiques 2015
It was Curtain Up! on a new era for Denmead Operatic Society as we presented "Acorn Antiques The Musical", by Victoria Wood - our first show under the new name of Curtain Up! Productions at the Petersfield Festival Hall from 25th-27th June 2015.
Mack & Mabel 2014
Mack and Mabel, the story of the relationship between early film producer Mack Sennett and his star Mabel Normand, was presented at the Petersfield Festival Hall from 15th-17th May 2014.
Masquerade 2013
This was an exciting new venture: presenting our very own show, written especially for us by Ian Clark, at the Park Community School in Havant from 29th May to 1st June 2013.
Titanic The Musical 2012
To mark the one hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we presented this spectacular musical at the Park Community School from 6th-9th June 2012. It was a great success and we won a NODA Accolade of Excellence for the production.
What's next?
We are reprising our 2010 production of 'Allo 'Allo at the Petersfield Festival Hall from 9th to 11th June. This is the stage version of the hilarious BBC TV series of the same name, set in France during the second world war. Click here to find out more about the show and buy your tickets.
2015 John Westbrook Award
As Hilary Westbrook, John's widow, could not attend any of the Acorn Antiques performances due to prior commitments, she delegated the nomination of the John Westbrook Award for 2015 to Val Sykes. Val chose to award the trophy to Mandy Clowes, saying: 'When there are not so many people on stage, each member of the supporting cast is clearly visible and it is extra important to give it everything. Mandy was always fully involved om each scene she was in, acting and reacting to others very well. I loved the three backing "beehive" singers number and she was clearly really enjoying it,'
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Doing your shopping on-line? Why not raise money for Curtain Up! Productions at the same time - at absolutely no cost to yourself? You get access to all of your favourite on-line and high street retailers and pay the same prices that you would normally - all that happens is that CUP receives a percentage of the total of your shopping, which can be as much as 3% of the amount you spend. Since we started this scheme, the society has received a total of £580.59 at a cost of absolutely nothing! Click here to find out more and sign up to start generating money. Note that we are still registered as Denmead Operatic Society with easyfundraising.
Recent Events
Mandy Clowes was awarded the 2015 John Westbrook Trophy for her performance in Acorn Antiques. Read more >>
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Christmas Skittles Evening - Friday 15th December
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Christmas is nearly upon us and, guess what? We are holding our traditional, fantastic Christmas Skittles Evening! As usual, it will be at the Royal British Legion Club on Hayling Island, and a fully licensed bar will be available, plus a raffle. All are welcome, so bring the whole family along, friends and kids too! This is a fundraiser for CUP, so your support will be much appreciated. Tickets are available NOW priced at just £10.00 each, including a buffet supper. Names and money to Kay as soon as possible please. |
Beauty and the Beast - 27th and 28th January 2018
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Panto time is here again - oh yes it is! Come on
down to St George's Church Hall in Waterlooville
and chase away those post-Christmas blues with a
dose of panto fun. Our talented Director, Ian Clark, has penned another family pantomime for us to present to you, this time featuring Beauty and the Beast. We will be on stage on Saturday 27th January at 3pm and 7pm, and again on Sunday 28th January at 3pm. Tickets are just £8 each, or you can buy a family ticket for the bargain price of £20. Click here for more details and to buy your tickets. |
Treasure Hunt - Sunday 28th August 2016
Big
thanks go to Kaye
and Tony for organising our annual treasure hunt again
on Sunday 28th August (the Sunday of the Bank Holiday
weekend). Despite the rather dismal weather there was a
good turn-out and everyone enjoyed themselves.
Congratulations to Sam, Nathan, Mark and Nadine who were this year's winners of the fabulous trophy, by a margin of just one point - the same amount they lost by last year!
PS It was in Petersfield if you didn't get the clues.
Pictures from 'Allo 'Allo
A few photos to whet your appetite from our recent production of 'Allo 'Allo. The complete photo album for the show is now available. Click here to see it.
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Welcome to our new website!
Curtain
Up! Productions is the new name for Denmead
Operatic Society. Along
with our new name, we decided that our website should
also have a fresh new look, but although it appears very
different from our old site, you'll still find all the
information you need about the society and what we are
up to. In addition, we will be incorporating some new
facilities like a ticket booking system which will allow
you to pay online using debit and credit cards and,
where shows have allocated seats, even choose the seats
you want to sit in.
We have news about the society, details of our forthcoming shows and social events, lots of pictures and information about past productions, plus all you need to know about getting in touch with us or joining the group. Click here to find out where things are on the site.
We had a fantastic panto - oh yes we did!
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We began the year with our very first pantomime: another masterpiece from the ever flowing pen of our director, Ian Clark. Aladdin and the Princesses' Ball was presented on 30th and 31st January to very appreciative audiences. It had all the traditional panto elements: dames, a couple in love, slapstick comedy, plenty of songs, audience participation and loads of corny old jokes. We've included some photos here to whet your appetite - click here to go to our panto show page to see what fun we had!
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Finding your way around
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We hope you will find it easy to locate the information you need in our website. This is the Home page where you will find news about the society and details of forthcoming shows and events. To get to other pages, you can use the menu that runs along the top of every page (just beneath our logo) or the Main Menu which you will find on the left-hand side of most pages. Use the list below as a guide to where to find what you want: |
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Tell us what you think
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Do you like our new website? Was it easy to find your way around? Are there some features you would like to see here? Whatever you think, Click Here to send us an email and let us know. |
