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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Recent Events
Mandy Clowes was awarded the 2015 John Westbrook Trophy for her performance in Acorn Antiques. Read more >>
Star Paws or The Kitty Strikes Back - 26th-27th January 2019
Join
us this January for a fabulous family pantomime
adventure.
Puss is down on his luck in Baron
Brexit’s Dungeon. He’s been accused of stealing the
Queen of Hearts’ best tarts, buns and rolls. Puss pleads
with the guards to give him something to read but to no
avail. However, when Dame Mary Dairy’s son, Colin,
visits the jail to sell treats to the prisoners, Puss
persuades him to let him have a bun and a copy of the
town magazine.
On the front page, Puss spies an advert for the talent show, STAR PAWS – First prize is the chance to become a star as Dick Whittington’s Cat. Puss needs to get to London for the audition but first he must escape. With Colin’s help, Puss gives Lurky and Shirky, the Baron’s dopey guards, the slip.
Once on the outside, Puss is determined to repay Colin’s kindness and so begins a great adventure!
Will Puss make it to London in
time and be crowned the winner of STAR PAWS?
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Welcome to our 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.
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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