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Chard Community Plan
Survey – Warm Spaces
Would you use a local warm room this winter?
With winter around the corner and the spiralling cost of fuel, Chard Town Council is considering working with other partners to alleviate the crisis for the community. One possibility is the provision of free community ‘warm rooms’ where members of the community can go to have a hot drink, charge their phones and receive advice on what additional support is available.
As such we would be grateful if you could complete our short questionnaire which will help us better understand the community need this winter and help us shape how best we could respond.
Please do complete this brief questionnaire regardless of anticipated need.
Please also help others you know to fill in this online form or complete a paper copy which is available at the Town Council Offices.
Click here to access the online survey.
CASTING CALL FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY CHOIR TO JOIN BACK TO BACHARACH IN JANUARY
The West End cast of Back to Bacharach who have performed around the World are searching for a local community choir to join us on at stage at The Octagon Theatre Yeovil on Saturday 21st January 2023.
Back to Bacharach performs the songs of Burt Bacharach who is behind one of the greatest American songbooks of the 20th Century and a legend of popular music. He has won 6 Grammy Awards and 3 Academy awards with over 70 top 40 hits in the USA and over 50 top 40 hits in the UK.
He has recorded music with 100’s of successful artists such as: Cilla Black, Tom Jones, Dionne Warwick, Aretha Franklin, Gene Pitney, Frank Sinatra, Jack Jones, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Neil Diamond,Elvis Costello, The Carpenter and many many more.
To apply to join the West End cast of Back to Bacharach please submit up to a 2 minute video of the community choir with up to 10 singers performing “That’s What Friends are For” and “Raindrops keeps falling on my head”.
Closing date to submit your video will be Friday 16th December 2022.
Please forward in the first instance your video link to:- info@backtobacharach.com
Good luck – Back to Bacharach
Pantomime Set To Light The Stage At The Octagon Theatre This December
Pantomime season will soon be here at The Octagon Theatre with what promises to be one of the most fun-filled pantomimes seen at the theatre in recent years – ‘Dick Whittington’.
Dick Whittington runs from Friday 9th December with the last show taking place in Sunday 1st January 2023. Once again, this fabulous production will be written by Paul Hendy, and produced by Evolution Productions – the same creative collaboration who are celebrating 10 years with The Octagon!
We are excited to welcome back familiar faces in the brilliantly funny Jack Glanville, Thom Bradford, Kathryn Nash and Gordon Cooper set to tread the boards at The Octagon. Jack and Gordon are very familiar here at The Octagon; Thom and Kathryn were both in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Nurse Nellie Saves Panto so will be familiar faces to some. This year we welcome to the stage for the first time the delightful Javana Forrest playing Alice and the dashing Daniel Parkinson, playing Dick Whittington. Completing the principal cast is local-born James Bamford who will be playing Tommy the Cat.
Tickets start from £16.00 with some brilliant family saver offers for some performances. With 42 shows to choose from, you really are spoilt for choice. Shows are selling out fast, with some already sold out, so grab your tickets now whilst you still can.
Martin Hacker, Marketing Manager for The Octagon Theatre and Westlands Entertainment Venue, said: “We are really excited to welcome Evolution Productions back for their 10th production here at The Octagon this year and we expect it to be the best yet. The highlight of the year is always our pantomime season as friends and families come together for their annual visit to the pantomime and share the laughter, joy and magic of live theatre. Nothing pleases us more when we see our patrons enjoying the show with friends and family, getting into the panto spirit and joining in. Our tickets are starting to get limited so we urge you to book now before it is too late.”
Tickets can be purchased online at www.octagon-theatre.co.uk, by calling the Box Office on 01935 422884 or by visiting the Box Office during opening hours.
Originally pencilled to be performed in December 2020, we’ve waited long enough to follow our on-stage hero to seek his fame and fortune in London Town and be joined by the rest of the cast, where we will see plenty of shenanigans and mischief along the way.
Remembrance Events
Saturday 29th October
From 11:00 am the Poppy Appeal Launch will begin. Poppies will be made available from outside the front of the Guildhall. There will be a Poppy Appeal Collector throughout the period up until Remembrance Sunday.
More details of the Poppy Appeal can be found here.
Friday 11th November
At 11:00 am a 2 minute silence will be observed outside the Guildhall. There will be a road block in place during this time. The road will re-open as soon as practically possible and so we anticipate minimal disruption. Following this refreshments will be served inside the Guildhall. All are welcome to attend.
Sunday 13th November
From 10:00-11:00 am there will be a rolling road closure in place along part of Fore Street, Holyrood Street and part of Church Street. As this is a rolling road closure we are keeping disruption to a minimum and there will be no diversion in place, but please expect delays to journeys throughout this time. The Remembrance Parade will follow the route described above, with the service at St. Mary’s Church beginning at 11:00 am.