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The Lincoln Shakespeare Company is proud to be
celebrating their 10-year anniversary with a calendar to rival that
produced by the Royston W.I. in 1999.
The calendar for 2003 depicts a selection of scenes
from shows produced by the company in their 10 years of production
in a "naughty but nice" theme.
Lisa Melligan, a member of the Company, said,
"When we all realised that we were approaching this milestone,
we wanted to celebrate with a difference. By producing this calendar,
people will undoubtedly smile at the cheeky theme we have chosen.
It really is a celebration of the achievement we have made in coming
this far and the humour we all possess in the somewhat mad world
of acting."
Indeed, from humble beginnings in the upstairs
room of a pub in 1992, a group of disillusioned would-be actors
met to discuss the possibility of putting on a play that the public
would actually want to see, and indeed pay for the privilege.
They toyed with Ayckbourn, Bennett and Wilde and
decided upon Shakespeare! The first production was Twelfth Night,
and with 35 people in their first audience, the Lincoln Shakespeare
Company was born.
The company has since performed 29 plays and is
looking forward to its second performance of The Taming Of The Shrew.
It currently plays to a 450 strong crowd in the summer at its new
home of The Medieval Bishops Palace in Lincoln. The venue is unique
and picturesque with the actors performing to the stunning backdrop
of Lincoln Cathedral.
Directed by member Liz Lucas, this year's summer
performance is very much a traditional one but with a modern twist,
with Lisa Melligan playing Katherine and Phil Mead playing Pertruchio.
Both actors have been with the company for a number of years. The
Taming of the Shrew is a classic piece of Shakespeare where characters
are adept at playing the game of love to the bittersweet end.
In support of the 10-year anniversary Select Appointments,
Lincoln a local staffing supplier has sponsored the calendar. Manager
Linzi Sharman-Smith said "I have been attending performances
for 2 years now and feel that the company truly fulfil their vision
of making Shakespeare accessible to all. We are thrilled to be able
to support them with this fabulously tongue in cheek calendar, which
I am sure will encourage more people to attend performances if only
to see what the actors look like with their clothes on!"
Tean Butcher, a partner with Wilkin, Chapman,
Epton Blades has recently become a member of the Board of Directors
after watching the company for a couple of years and said "
We are really moving forward and are forming partnerships with organisations
such as Select Appointments and the English Heritage who have been
hugely supportive in us adopting The Medieval Bishops Palace as
our home".
Indeed Charles Rogers the Custodian of the Medieval
Bishops Palace is also a long-standing member of the company. "We
are thrilled to be playing at such a prestigious location and know
that our audience enjoy the ambience and experience of watching
us play here".
I would be sure that the Lincoln Shakespeare Company
will continue to perform in and around Lincoln to the delight of
its audience and think they will be awaiting the next 10 years with
as much anticipation.
Performances will run starting with a friends
and family celebratory evening priced at £4:00 per ticket
on 23rd July. The performance will run, with tickets priced at £7.50
(£5 concessions) from 24th July until 3rd August (excluding
Thursdays) all at the Medieval Bishops Palace, Lincoln. Raffle tickets
will be sold at each performance with proceeds being donated to
the local Women's Centre.
Tickets for The Taming Of The Shrew can be bought from Goodies Sweet
Shop (tel 01522 525307), The Whiskey Shop (tel 01522 537834), Trayer's
Book Shop (tel 01522 511156) and Ottakars (tel 01522 540011).
Media Contacts
Latest Nudes - Calendar
page on the LSC's web site
Linzi Sharman-Smith, Manager, Select Appointments, Stonebow House,
Silver Street, Lincoln, LN2 1DY, tel: 01522 533778 / 07799762188
Lisa Melligan - Lincoln Shakespeare Company, tel: 07748 837871
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