Tale Valley Community Theatre

Leyhill is going well after two nights – this is what the local newspaper had to say about it: A DEVON theatre group is taking over an entire house for its latest production. Each scene will be played out in a different part of Leyhill, an old and rambling house near Payhembury. The work, put on by the Tale Valley Community Theatre, is made up of separate, 10-minute scenes capturing the history of the house and what did happen – or may have happened – at seven points in the history of the old house. Each scene occurs in a [...]

Less than 40 tickets left now, so call into the shop to get yours before it is too late – or phone Paula Nelson on 841232. It is really helpful to get the tickets in advance as they are also the programme which will tell you about the play. GET YOUR TICKETS QUICKLY

Did you know – when you book for TVCT’s new production ‘Leyhill’, (18, 19, 20 and 21 April) you receive prior to the production an excellent, hot-off-the-press, concertina format, sixteen-page programme/ticket which gives essential prior-information to audience members on what they will see – scenes in parts of the house and its environs from 1349 to 2012? Well over half of the four hundred tickets are already gone – move now if you want people to see ‘Leyhill’. Paula Nelson is selling them at 01404 841232 and paulafnelson@aol.com ‘Leyhill’ is set in a notable local house and you will witness [...]

Three years in the research and making, TVCT’s site-specific production contains scenes which range from 1348 to the modern day, each happening in separate, real spaces in and around this ancient house. Researchers discovered remarkable material in the Somerset and Devon Records Offices and most scenes spring from these sources, depicting events which did, or could have happened at Leyhill. Because audience numbers are restricted due to space limitations in some of the rooms, just 120 tickets are available on each night, 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st April. They can be obtained from Paula Nelson on 01404 841232 – £8.00 [...]

Rehearsals are in full swing and are going well. If you haven’t already looked, you can see what format this unique play will take at the tvctheatre.org homepage. Please remember that all 600 Hollyhayes seats sold out in under three weeks, so make sure you don’t leave your bookings too late. Posters and publicity will be out soon. We are still lacking a few actors. Specifically, we need three men: A virtual monologue in the 2012 scene A male to enter at the end of this scene (a couple of lines) A ‘Mr Slater’ in the Cornish Archer scene A [...]

Rehearsals have started for our new project and, as usual, we are a few actors short. We also need other help – guides to take around audience groups on the night, people to help with the admin, people to be at strategic points around the yard and buildings at Leyhill to ensure audience members do not stumble, publicity – and many other jobs. If you have been in a TVCT production before you will know that, like a snowball gets bigger as you roll it through the snow, we gather the necessary staff as we go along. However, we are [...]