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Compton Little Theatre

Welcome to Compton Little Theatre

CLT extends a ‘huge thanks’ to everyone who joined its AGM and social event on Thursday 21 March and is looking forward to another successful year for CLT. Auditions for CLT’s next dinner drama (Thursday 10 to Saturday 12 October) will be held on Sunday 30 June. Many of you will be very happy to know that CLT will once again be running the Human Fruit Machine at the Fete. Come along, join in the fun and find out more about what we have planned for 2024. We are always on the lookout for enthusiastic volunteers to join us - either as committee members or ad hoc help on productions. This could be acting, directing, stage management, props, costume, make-up, front of house, etc. If you would like to be kept up to date with our plans, please sign up to be on our mailing list. Email committee@comptonlittletheatre.org.uk.

Review of Panto- Sleeping Beauty

Review of Compton Little Theatre’s Sleeping Beauty A super moment in the first half was the appearance of the junior chorus and their rendition of ‘Food Glorious Food’, with altered lyrics. Another high point was Witless Will’s ever longer monologue about buying spicy sausages from Sue at Sainsburys. An amazing feat, goodness knows how long it took him to perfect it! Henry Moore must be congratulated on his whole performance throughout. My young reviewers (grandchildren) thought he was the Bees Knees. The sister fairies, Meadowblossom (Jayne Atkinson) and Nightshade (Gemma Taylor) were well balanced, with Nightshade being suitably scary with her wide sweeping gestures and evil glare, and Meadowblossom reassuringly conveying that all would be well in the end. Hugo Wilson as Bettie Biscuits was a great Dame, doing all the outrageous things Dames do with great aplomb. The two guards, Spit and Polish, who flunked it by allowing Nightshade to enter the palace and place her curse on Princess Aurora, were ably played by Amy Aiello and Gayle Lafone. They were demoted to cleaners, then later on promoted to knights due to their brave actions. There was a funny kitchen scene with the funky and faulty ice-cream machine. Whichever way it was tried, wherever people stood, it was always poor Will who got covered in ice-cream. At the party to celebrate Princess Aurora’s birthday, Prince Gideon (Isabel Moore) with his feisty cousin Lady Jamie (Millie Ayshford) appeared. Jamie caught the attention of Witless Will. The second half was faster paced, with more action to excite the young audience. Nightshade put a love potion spell on Prince Gideon, and spirited him off to her forest lair, so that he would fall in love with her as the first person he espied on waking. This duly came to pass, and the besotted Gideon then took over Spineless’s role, waiting on Nightshade hand and foot, while the doughty but dim Spineless (Mandy Scully) was capturing the pursuers from the palace, dressed up as a wolf. The pursuers, Meadowblossom, Spit and Polish, got picked off one by one, and imprisoned at Nightshade’s lair, leaving poor Betty Biscuits all alone and desperate. Nightshade had warned of the dragon Ignacio who lived in the forest and he suddenly appeared. Kevin Drury was absolutely splendid as the dragon, who turned out not to be so scary as Nightshade had warned. He preferred to sing and dance, rather than fight, as we discovered when Will and Jamie appeared, also on the hunt for Prince Gideon. When a duel between him and the highly skilful swordsman Lady Jamie was mooted, he suggested a dance-off with Will, which both ‘combatants’ performed with great energy and skill. Eventually the prince was found, he was rescued from the spell, kissed, woke and fell in love with the Princess. The dragon was smitten with Betty Biscuits, and Will with Jamie, and vice versa of course. All ended happily ever after with the grand finale to the sound of Wham’s ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’. Pauline Surrey, NODA rep

Established in 1982

Welcome to Compton Little Theatre, based in Compton Village, Surrey.  We are a friendly, family based group with high standards in all aspects of our very professional productions.  We were established in 1982 by a group of enthusiastic actors, many of whom are still involved in some shape or form.

We aim for three productions a year, a musical or panto in January, a Summer play and a comedy dinner/drama in the Autumn.

We are always looking for new talent in any area; acting, directing, costumes, make-up, back stage crew, front of house.  So take a look around and contact us or visit our website www.comptonlittletheatre.org.uk