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Producer and Director, Tracey Summerscales established the Karen Clarke Theatre Company in 1986. Holding annual auditions to give the opportunity to Adults and Youths to be involved in a large scale theatrical production. Each show consists of over fifty company members. Amongst many memorable productions the Karen Clarke Theatre Company (KCTC) staged a production of ‘Crazy for You’ in 2000, which received particular acclaim and an ‘Accolade of Excellence Award’ from the National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA). The Company have not only performed at their usual venue, the Rhoda McGaw Theatre (Woking, Surrey), but also at the London Palladium, Her Majesty's Theatre, London, and the New Victoria Theatre, Surrey, to name but a few. recent production :
Produced by: Tracey K Summerscales for The Karen Clarke Theatre Company Ltd Directed and Choreographed by: Gemma K Summerscales ---------------------------------------- recent production :
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hire:COSTUMES Karen Clarke has many costumes in their wardrobe, from past productions, if you would like to find out more details about hire please contact Gemma info@karenclarke.co.uk NODA :
The National Operatic and Dramatic Association (NODA) was founded in 1899 “to protect and advance the interests of Operatic and Dramatic Art, and of Societies engaged therein”. With NODA now in its third century, it has a membership of some 3000 individual members and 2300 amateur companies through the United Kingdom, staging musicals, operas, plays, concerts and pantomimes, in a wide variety of performing venues ranging from the country’s leading professional theatres to tiny village halls. A broad range of ages in involved nation-wide. Youth groups stage all theatrical and dance arts from improvised drama to full-scale musicals and opera. Adult companies have to meet the needs of all performers, whether dramatic or musical and where enthusiast can remain involved in a wide variety of ways on stage, back stage, front of house or in administration, for as long as they wish. There are over 150 NODA volunteers throughout the country, which is split into eleven areas, each with regional representatives and councilors. The decision-making body is the Council, elected from these volunteers, which meets regularly. The association is administered from the headquarters building, purchased outright by members in 1954. This now houses a professional staff of seven responsible for the day to day running of the Association, which remains self-financing through membership subscriptions and sales via a trading company, NODA limited. There is a broad spectrum of ages involved with amateur theatre nationwide, from a number of youth groups to adult companies, which meet the needs of all levels of both performers, whether dramatic or musical, and enthusiasts involved backstage, front of house or in administration. NODA has been involved in Summer Schools since 1949, the aim being to offer training in as many aspects of the amateur theatre arts as possible. The week-long residential school held each August continues to develop and thrive. With an annual National Conference, Area Conferences, workshops, seminars, the publication of a quarterly Nation News and Area magazines, the National Operatic and Dramatic Association provides a nation network of services for all areas of amateur theatre in the United Kingdom. NODA aims to give a shared voice to the amateur theatre sector, to help amateur societies and individuals achieve the highest standards of best practice and performance and to provide leadership and advice to enable the amateur theatre sector to tackle the challenges and opportunities of the 21st Century.
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