Welcome to the website of Turvey Amateur Theatrical Society
The following TATS Turvey committee members were elected at the December AGM:
Leanne Thomson (Chair)
John Murray (Treasurer)
Jane Hay (Membership Secretary)
Matthew Watson (Minute Secretary)
Jan Clemens
Rosemary Gentry
Ben Lusby
Penny Murray
Jo Wareham
Charlotte Pask
The TATS 2023 AGM took place on Monday 4th December at Turvey Village Hall at 1930.
A great time was had by all and following the formal side of the meeting a very good attendance enjoyed mulled wine, soft drinks, mince pies and off course the obligatory catch up conversations.
A special mention to Joint Chairman Rosemary Gentry, who after many years of sterling service stood down from the new Committee and in recognition of her significant contributions to the society over the years, was awarded an honorary membership.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our brilliant audiences over the year and hope to see you all again for our events in 2024.
We are still planning our programme ….but for a sneaky peak at what’s planned so far click on 2024 below.
So the curtain comes down on another fabulous TATS Musical.
Me and My Girl delighted sell out audiences from 22nd November to 25th November and showed once again what a talented group of actors, directors and support team TATS Possess.
Many thanks to all involved and especially Director Jan Clemens and assistant Michelle Swales for bringing such fun and professionalism to the amateur stage here in Turvey.
Want to see some show highlights – click the image below (and remember to switch the volume on)
Many thanks to Jo Jo Wareham for producing the video.
August Update
The show is now cast and huge congratulations to the successful actors below:
June 2023
AUDITIONS Held: Turvey Village Hall
19th and 22nd June
READ-THROUGHS Held: Turvey Village Hall
22nd May, 1st June and 12th June
And what a fabulous show it was, such a talented cast and a fantastic back stage and lighting and sound team – You’re all brilliant !
Thank you to everybody who supported our show and came along and for the kind donation of raffle prizes and our lovely painting that is now with its new owners.
thank you to everybody who bought raffle tickets, for those of you that helped behind the scenes and with front of house and the bar and huge thanks to our excellent sound and lighting crew – the show was a huge success !
Unfortunately due to the uncertain weather situation, the planned TATS Poets and Pints evening on 10th March (Friday) in the village hall has been postponed.
Hopefully we will hold the event it at a future date.
The Cast for one man 2 Guvnors has been announced by Deborah and rehearsals have started, as can be seen from the pictures below of the 1st rehearsal.
Many congratulations to all the following successful actors:
CAST
Francis – Dave Pibworth
Charlie – Bob Leslie
Harry Dangle – Ben Lusby
Pauline – Eleanor Leonard-Smith
Alan – Ian Shadbolt
Rachel – Leanne Thomson
Stanley – Matthew Watson
Dolly – Charlotte Pask
Lloyd – David Hughes
Gareth – TBA
Alfi – TBA
The very popular TATS quiz night was held at Turvey Village Hall on Friday 27th January 2023.
A very enjoyable night was had by all as the teams battled it out to become 2023 TATS champions.
David and John at work overseeing the quiz
Many brains at work
And after some very technical score keeping – the result proved to be a draw.
No tie breaks here! – both winners were awarded a bottle of champagne each
congratulations to the joint winners – Quizzically Challenged
and Hungry Hedgehogs
The TATS 2022 AGM, took place on Monday 5th December, 730pm in Turvey Village Hall.
Over 30 people attended (including most of the Oklahoma newcomers), and we even needed a vote as there were so many volunteers to the Committee.
The formal elements were then followed with a very enjoyable social event including mulled wine and mince pies.
We even signed up some new members.
A great success and here’s to 2023.
OKLAHOMA
November 2022
Tickets being sold out weeks before the first performance give some idea of the audience anticipation for this show and they weren’t disappointed!
Superbly directed by Jan Clemens and brilliantly acted by a large cast, many new to the TATS stage, the audiences were enthralled by the set and high standards of both acting and singing, fabulously supported by the live band and professional sound and lighting.
As usual there are also many unsung heroes behind the scenes of these productions so a massive thank you from all at TATS for all help received to enable this show to be a great success.
Well just like 2022, TATS staged OKLAHOMA.
If you’d like to relive some magic moments from that 2000 production, try clicking the image above.
OKLAHOMA! – Casting & Rehearsals
June 2022
TATS cast the show in late June and immediately started rehearsals.
The picture to the left shows us setting the first scene, with Rosemary Gentry as Aunt Eller and Spencer Barlow as Curly.
We were thrilled to welcome some new faces to the TATS stage and we think we can promise our audiences a superb evening’s entertainment come November.
Congratulations to all our successful cast.
OKLAHOMA! – Auditions
June 2022
The TATS auditions for their next major production, Oklahoma! took place on June 19th.