POULTON PRODUCTIONS PAST EVENTS

produced or sponsored by Tom and Sally Boyd

1995

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1997

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2008

1993

EVENT	VENUE	PROCEEDS BENEFITTED
2nd Burns Night Gala Dinner with cabaret and Scottish dancing (Jan)	Poulton Village Hall Clan Boyd tartan	Bel Canto Opera Clan Boyd coat of ams
Operatic double bill Dr. Miracle by Bizet & Trouble in Tahiti by Bernstein (Feb 1996)	Poulton Village Hall	Poulton Village Hall Stage Fund Trouble in Tahiti - Joan Self and Martin Rutter
The Last Night of the Raj Indian dinner & cabaret concert with Anup Kumar Biswas to raise fees for outstanding Mathieson pupil to attend Cheetham’s Music School, Manchester	Poulton Village Hall   The hall stage adorned for the occasion	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta Star pupil Nirupam Halder
Drama/Concert double bill The Browning Version & The Three Sopranos June 1, 1996	Poulton Village Hall The three sopranos: Joan Self, Josephine Williamson and Maria Lancaster	Bel Canto Opera
The Merchant of Venice Open Air Shakespeare (June 1996) The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Music East & West Concert with Anup Kumar Biswas and the children of the Mathieson Music School, Calcutta (June 1996)	Poulton House Gardens	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
Scents of the Irish Three one-act plays by Shaw and Yeats 2 November, 1996 The Festival Players	Poulton Village Hall Cathleen ni Houlihan by W. B. Yeats	Bel Canto Opera O’Flaherty V.C. by G.B. Shaw
The Poulton Music Hall Victorian-theme village show directed by Tom Boyd December 1996	Poulton Village Hall	Poulton Village Hall

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PROCEEDS BENEFITTED

Operatic double bill The Impresario by Mozart & Amelia Goes to the Ball by Menotti (Jan 1997)	Poulton Village Hall The Impresario	Bel Canto Opera Amelia Goes to the Ball
St. Valentine’s Gala Evening Dinner with cabaret concert (Feb 1997)	Poulton Village Hall Tom and Sally Boyd host the evening	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta The supreme valentines: Kathy, Cathy and Irene
Old Friends An evening of songs by Stephen Sondheim (April 1997)	Poulton Village Hall	Poulton Village Hall
AsYou Like It Open Air Shakespeare (June 1997) The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Poulton Mediaeval Banquet Fancy dress dinner & entertainment November, 1997	A marquee on the playing fields in Poulton	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
The Shakespeare Review Evening of comic songs & sketches (Nov 1997)	Poulton Village Hall	Bel Canto Opera

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PROCEEDS BENEFITTED

Londoner’s Taste Baroque concert by Musica Alta Ripa from Hanover, Germany May, 1999	The Long Gallery, Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham	Musica Alta Ripa
Benefit Concert Anup Kumar Biswas (cello) & Cristina Anghelescu (violin) play the Brahms Double Concerto with the Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra May, 1999	Cirencester Parish Church	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
The Taming of the Shrew Open-air Shakespeare, June 1999 The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
The Comedy of Errors Open-air Shakespeare, July 1999 Rain or Shine Theatre Company	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera

2000

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VENUE

PROCEEDS BENEFITTED

Children’s Tea Party 15 pupils from the Mathieson Music School, Calcutta, entertained local children with Bengali songs and dances, and joined them for tea and games. (May 2000)	Poulton House Gardens	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
An Evening in Bengal Indian buffet and concert with orchestra, featuring the cellist Anup Kumar Biswas and the pupils of the Mathieson Music School. (May 2000)	Poulton Village Hall	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
The Tempest Open-air Shakespeare, June 2000 The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
The Rivals by Sheridan, Open air theatre -July 2000 Rain or Shine Theatre Company	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Festive Supper and Concert Dinner with entertainment by the stars of Bel Canto Opera (Susan Black, Maria Moll, Joan Self) & Bel Canto Wind Quintet + Jemima Phillps (harp) - December, 2000	Poulton Village Hall	Bel Canto Opera Sue Black Maria Moll Joan Self

2001

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VENUE

PROCEEDS BENEFITTED

Henry V Open Air Shakespeare (June 2001) The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Charity Concert & Buffet Supper with Anup Kumar Biswas (cello), Nicola-Jane kemp (soprano), Lynton Atkinson (Tenor), Richard Black (piano) June, 2001	The Bingham Hall, Cirencester	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
Anup Kumar Biswas (cello)	Nicola-Jane Kemp (soprano)	Lynton Atkinson (tenor)
The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan Rain or Shine Theatre company July 2001	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde The Festival Players Company October 2001	Poulton Village Hall	Poulton Village Hall

2002

EVENT	VENUE	PROCEEDS BENEFITTED
4th Burns Night Gala, 20 Jan. 2002 Dinner with cabaret and Scottish dancing	Poulton Village Hall	Bel Canto Opera
Golden Jubilee Dinner Dance 3 June, 2002	Poulton Village Hall,	The Fairford Cottage Hospital
1952		2002
Romeo and Juliet Open Air Shakespeare (June 2002) The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith Rain or Shine Theatre company July 2002	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer The Festival Players Company October 2002	Poulton Village Hall	Poulton Village Hall
2002 Christmas Festive Evening 20 December Dinner with entertainment by the stars of Bel Canto Opera & Bel Canto Wind Quintet	Poulton Village Hall	Bel Canto Opera Sue Black, soprano

EVENT	VENUE	PROCEEDS BENEFITTED
The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare (June 2003) The Festival Players	Poulton House Garden	Bel Canto Opera
The Provoked Wife by Sir John Vanbrugh (July2003) Rain or Shine Theatre company	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
An Evening with Anup Kumar Biswas and Friends 4 October, 2003 Buffet dinner and concert of classical Indian music and dance. Anup Kumar Biswas (cello),Pirashanna Thevarajah (tabla), and Amet Biswas, (dancer).	Poulton Village Hall Anup Kumar Biswas and friends	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta Percussionist Pirashanna Thevarajah
The Canterbury Tales adapated from Chaucer 9 November, 2003 The Festival Players Company	Poulton Village Hall	Poulton Village Hall
	2004
EVENT	VENUE	PROCEEDS BENEFITTED
5th Burns Night Gala 23 January, 2004 Dinner with concert and Scottish dancing	Poulton Village Hall	Bel Canto Opera
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 28 May, 2004 The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Where There’s a Will 19 June, 2004 The Rambing RosesTheatre Company	Poulton Village Hall	Poulton Village Hall
Love’s Labour’s Lost by William Shakespeare 16 & 17 July 2004 Rain or Shine Theatre company	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
2004 Christmas Festive Evening Friday, 17th December Dinner with entertainment by the stars of Bel Canto Opera: Susan Black, Paul Carey Jones, Deryck Hamon and Joan Self, plus the Bel Canto Wind Quintet, and featuring harpist Jemima Phillips.	Poulton Village Hall Jemima Phillips, Royal Harpist to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales	Bel Canto Opera

2005

EVENT	VENUE	PROCEEDS BENEFITTED
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare 4 June, 2005 The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Garden buffet supper and soirée musicale 17 June, 2005 artistes: Anup Kumar Biswas (cello); Donald Boothman (baritone); Patrick Bashford (guitar); Susan Black (soprano); Chris Thompson (piano);	Poulton House Gardens Biswasx Boothmanx Bashfordx Black xThompson	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare 9 July, 2005 Rain or Shine Theatre company	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Trafalgar Bicentenary Celebration Friday 21 October. 2005 Dinner with entertainment by the Stikkeybass JazzTrio and stars of Bel Canto Opera: Deryck Hamon, Robert Bateman, David Bennett, Frances Hamon and Kate Bennett, performing selections from H.M.S. PINAFORE (Gilbert & Sullivan)	Poulton Village Hall Vice-Admiral Lord Horation Nelson 1758-1805	Poulton village children's playground and the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Deryck Hamon, Kate Bennett and Frances Hamon
Deryck Hamon and Robert Bateman	David Bennett	Robert Bateman and Frances Hamon

2006

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VENUE

PROCEEDS BENEFITTED

6th Burns Night Gala 20 January, 2006 Traditional supper with concert and Scottish dancing with George Buchanan and his band William Bell recites The Tay Bridge Disaster by William McGonagall	Poulton Village Hall Burns Night reeling	Bel Canto Opera Michael Powell sings O my Luv is Like a Red Red Rose by Robert Burns
Hamlet by William Shakespeare 21 June. 2006 The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Garden Buffet Supper and Soirée Musicale 24 June. 2006 artistes: Anup Kumar Biswas (cello); Donald Boothman (baritone), Jerry Noble (piano) and Samantha Noble (soprano)	Poulton House Gardens	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare 8 July, 2006 Rain or Shine Theatre company	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
2006 Christmas Festive Evening Sunday, 17th December Dinner with entertainment by the stars of Bel Canto Opera: Susan Black, Joan Self, Michael Powell and Bob Bateman, plus the Bel Canto Wind Quintet, conductor, William Bell, and featuring Jemima Phillips, the Royal Harpist to the Prince of Wales.	Poulton Village Hall Music director William Bell, and Royal Harpist Jemima Phillips	Bel Canto Opera I Am Easily Assimilated from Candide by Bernstein Sue Black, Joan Self, Michael Powell and Robert Bateman
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As You Like It by William Shakespeare 20 June, 2007 The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare 14 July, 2007  Rain or Shine Theatre company	Poulton House Gardens	Bel Canto Opera
Loves Luggage Lost (a musical comedy with music by Rossini) and a load of Luscious Lollipops (popular operatic gems performed by the stars of Bel Canto Opera) Sunday 25 Novmber. 2007	Poulton Village Hall Sue Black, Robert Bateman and Kate Bennett sing the trio from Cosí fan tutte	Bel Canto Opera and Mathieson Music School, Calcutta Final bows from the troup which also included Tim and Claire Johnson and Joan Self

2008

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VENUE

PROCEEDS BENEFITTED

Saturday, 16 February, 2008	Poulton Village Hall	Poulton Village Hall
Garden Buffet Supper and Soirée Musicale 8 June, 2008 artistes: Anup Kumar Biswas (cello); Donald Boothman (baritone), Maria Jagusz (mezzo soprano) Chris Thompson (piano), Kaye Boothman (tanpoora), Dawn Thompson (cello)	Poulton House Gardens	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare 18 June, 2008 The Festival Players	Poulton House Gardens	Mathieson Music School, Calcutta
The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare 12 July, 2008 Rain or Shine Theatre company	Poulton House Gardens	Cotswold Care Hospice
	"Exit, pursued by a bear"(Stage direction from The Winter's Tale)
Home Service - A wartime musical revue Friday, October 10, 2008	Poulton Village Hall	Poulton Village Hall

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