Blackburn Drama Club
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| Name | Blackburn Drama Club |
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| Formed | 1944 |
| Location(s) |  Blackburn, Lancashire, England |
| Website | www.blackburndramaclub.co.uk |
| Genre(s) | Drama |
The Blackburn Drama Club is an English amateur dramatics organisation located in Blackburn, Lancashire. It has been producing plays for 63 years as of 2007[update]. In that time, the Drama Club has staged over 230 productions.[1]
Performances are held at the Thwaites Empire Theatre, which is located in Ewood, Blackburn.
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[edit] History
Blackburn Drama Club was formed in 1944. A group of ten enthusiasts decided to bring back amateur dramatics to Blackburn after the corruption of the activity following the war.[1][2]
The Drama Club made its debut with a production of Gaslight at the YMCA Hall, three weeks after the organisation gathered for their first meeting. It was February 1944.
In November 1964, the stage and props were destroyed by a fire. The club moved on to a new venue, the Technical College, in which the Drama Club staged over 140 performances until moving to the newly refurbished Thwaites Empire Theatre in 2002.
The Drama Club's first production at this venue was Bouncers. Over 1,000 people attended the performance, a significant rise in audience members since the 1960s.[1]
[edit] Present day
The Drama Club currently stages around four productions a year in the Thwaites Empire Theatre in Blackburn.[3] The time that spans these productions makes up a 'season'. At the start of a season, usually in the months of June and July, play readings and auditions are held at the theatre. Rehearsals usually begin six weeks before a production.[4]
New members often come across the Drama Club via their website, which can be accessed below, or local directories and tourism adverts. To become a member, subscription currently stands at £10 a year.[4]
As well as stage productions, the club also do a variety of other dramatisations, such as outdoor events, radio plays (mainly for BBC Radio Lancashire) and amateur films.
[edit] Past productions
1944
1944-45
1945-46
1946-47
1947-48
1948-49
- The Skin Game
- Time and the Conways
- Duet for Two Hands
- The Father[disambiguation needed
][clarification needed]
1949-50
- Miranda
- Made in Heaven
- They Walk Alone
- The Lady From Edinburgh
- Twentieth Century Lullaby
- A Marriage Has Been Disarranged
- The Voe is Blue
1950-51
1951-52
1953-54
1954-55
1955-56
1955-57
1957-58
1958-59
1959-60
- Treasure Hunt[clarification needed]
- The Secret Tent
- Red Letter Day[clarification needed]
- Wind of Heaven
1960-61
1961-62
1962-63
1963-64
1964-65
1965-66
1966-67
1967-68
1968-69
1969-70
1970-71
1971-72
- All Things Bright and Beautiful
- Settled Out of Court
- Let's All Go Down the Strand
- The Diary of Anne Frank
1972-73
1973-74
1974-75
- How the Other Half Loves
- The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
- A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
- A Policy of Love
1975-76
1976-77
1977-78
1978-79
1979-80
1980-81
1981-82
1982-83
1983-84
1984-85
1985-86
1986-87
1987-88
1988-89
1989-90
- All in Good Time
- The Glass Menagerie
- The Day After the Fair
1990-91
1991-92
1992-93
1993-94
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
- Touch and Go
- Present from the Past
- Whose Life Is It Anyway?
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
- And a Nightingale Sang
- Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn
- Inspector Drake and the Perfekt Crime
- The Ladykillers
[edit] References
- ^ a b c "Blackburn Drama Club - A brief history" Blackburn Drama Club Website, Retrieved 21 June 2007
- ^ "BDC - A brief history of the club" Thwaites Empire Theatre Website, Retrieved 21 June 2007
- ^ "What's on at the theatre?" Thwaites Empire Theatre Website, Retrieved 21 June 2007
- ^ a b "BDC - Membership" Blackburn Drama Club Website, Retrieved 21 June 2007
