*BLT TRIUMPHANT WEEKEND*****

The weekend of June 6th & 7th 2008 will be one that will be long remembered at our Little Theatre. On Friday 6th at the Gwent Drama League Awards, Rose Collins won Best Supporting Actress for her roles in Brassed Off and in Improbable Fiction; Brassed Off director ( Peta Maidman ) collected on behalf of her cast, crew and Markham Band both 3rd place (Production) and Most Memorable Moment for the band sequence at the end of the play. So a great haul of prizes - well done to all those who were involved in our entered productions.

Whilst the GDL awards were being held at the Dolman Theatre in Newport, Rose Collins and the rest of the cast of Last Tango in Blackwood, were performing their play at the Blackwood Miners Institute in the Wales Final Festival of One Act Plays. They gave a superb account of themselves and the theatre, with the adjudicator (Paul Fowler) declaring that he had seen over 30 productions of this play over the years, but had never seen one quite like Blackwood's. The adjudication was very, very positive - however, competition at a Wales Final is always tough and strong productions from Telstars, New Tabernacle Players on Friday were followed by 3 contrasting (and equally strong) productions from North Wales groups on Saturday.

This was the 5th consecutive year that we had reached the Wales Final - a feat to be very proud of....but we had yet to win. That all changed on Saturday 7th June 2008 as Blackwood Little Theatre became the Wales Champions and will now go on to represent the Principality at the British Final on July 4th & 5th in Swansea!!

All the cast and crew were amazing, with Aneurin Brown winning the Best Presentation for the Lighting and Sound for the production. In the 3rd and final awards category - Best Performance - both Trevor Howlett and Huw Rosser were nominated.

Thank you to all our loyal supporters, who I hope will be able to join us at the Taliesin Arts Centre in July for The British Final.

Site Update 24th May 2008

Canada is done - and what a trip it was.....all the details can be found here on our Canada Page

more information can also be found on our BLT BLOG

GREAT NEWS******

Blackwood Little Theatre has won through to the Wales One Act Final on June 6th & June 7th at the Blackwood Miners Institute. Performing Last Tango in Blackwood by David Tristram (directed by Neil Maidman) on the Friday night (6th), it would be great to have as many of our supporters there as possible. Tickets are £10 each and are available directly from the BMI on 01495 227206.

Site Update 11th May 2008

New information for the Liverpool International Theatre Festival, which BLT are performing at, can be found here.

New Photographs from the Gwent Festival can be found here.

The 80th Season was announced by Trevor Howlett at a performance of 'Fancying Sheep' on Friday 9th May 2008. Final and confirmed dates will be announced shortly (along with reading dates for all - any budding actors would be most welcome to attend), however the season is as follows:-

September 2008 One for the Road by Willy Russell and Directed by Trevor Howlett

November 2008 A View from a Bridge by Arthur Miller and Directed by Neil Maidman

January 2009 Family Panto - Little Red RIding Hood by Graham J Evans and Directed by Jerry Grummitt

April 2009 - Two One Act Plays by Vic Mills and by Frankie Baskerville

June 2009 'Allo Allo by Jimmy Perry and David Croft Directed by Peta J Maidman.

More details of this exciting season of plays, including how to take part will be announced shortly.

Site Update 29th April 2008

Fancying Sheep is now sold out for the 9th May. Watch out for photographs...and updates......Reserve list now in operation.....please contact the theatre to be added to this - click here . The Youth Theatre will be performing a song from Blah, Blah, Blah and there will be contributions from BLT's very own raconteur - Graham J. Evans!!

Our friends at Abertillery Amateur Dramatic & Musical Society are presenting an evening of One Act Plays at the Metropole Theatre in Abertillery on Tuesday 13th & Weds 14th May 2008. Both plays are written and directed by Frankie Baskerville. String of Pearls and Daniel's Wedding are both comedies and a fun night will be guaranteed. Please go along and support Frankie and her cast. Tickets can be purchased by telephoning 01495 322510 or by email Suzanne.allen@blaenau-gwent.gov.uk

New information on our Youth Theatre can be found here

Site update 20th April 2008

Updated Home page and Contact details iincluding a directions link to googlemaps.

Added a Calendar for all BLT events.

A new Blog has been uploaded - posts by directors and BLT members to follow.

A new newsletter subscription form can be found here

Cast Announced for Frost at the Westgate

The cast for the next production at Blackwood Little Theatre has been announced. For details of this and to read about this new play by Vic Mills, please click here

Site update 10th April 2008

See Fancying Sheep before it goes on Tour

As many will know, Fancying Sheep (the play by Vic Mills will be performed by the BLT company at the Liverpool International Theatre Festival - in Nova Scotia, Canada in May. There is a free farewell performance of the production at BLT on Friday May 9th at 730pm. For an invite, please contact us via the contact page or by calling 01495 223485. Limited numbers for this performance - please contact us early to avoid disappointment. Further information about Fancying Sheep will be appearing on this website soon - including daily reports from Canada via our Blog and the Fancying Sheep page.

Last Tango in Blackwood wins the Gwent Festival of One Act Plays

The very popular Last Tango in..... has won the Gwent Festival of One Act Plays, with Neil Maidman being named as best director. The festival was a great sucess and the level and standard of entries has increased year on year. The awards were distributed across the festival with some excellent performances from all the groups.

Last Tango along with Late Entry can be seen at BLT on 16th-19th April. For Tickets please click here or call the box office on 01495 223485

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