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ABOUT NEWTS
NEWTS is the name we have given to our junior section which has been in existence in its present form since 1987.
The group is made up of approximately 60 youngsters between the ages of 7 to 16 years who are given the opportunity to sing and do movement at our rehearsal room, THE GREEN ROOMS, at the end of Fisher Road in Newton Abbot on Friday evenings during term time.
The group was started by Val Chapman and John Amery and continues to be run by Tracy Kewell with the assistance of other Society members together with John Amery who is still the group's musical director.
Over the years the NEWTS have put on many very successful productions ranging from 'Alice'(based on Alice in Wonderland) through to 'Bugsy Malone' and a spectacular production of 'The Boy Friend' . These musicals were originally performed in the Dyrons Creative Arts Centre but latterly the NEWTS have been able to use the full facilities of the Alexandra Theatre.
NEWTS productions are entirely performed by the youngsters with the adult supervision of the production team.
Several past NEWTS members have gone on to work in the professional theatre including DAMELZA RANDLL ( FINGERSMITH-TV drama ), DYLAN TURNER (CHICAGO touring production) and JON LEE (OLIVER, LES MISERABLES and of course S-CLUB SEVEN)
NEWTS last major production was ‘The Wizard of Oz’ which was very successfully staged at the Alexandra Theatre in May 2007 with a cast of 40 children.
NEWTS pay a yearly subscription of £5 and weekly subs of £1.50 this enables them to be members of the Society and means that they are fully covered by our insurance when rehearsing or performing.
Because of unprecedented demand we regret that we are not able to take any new members at the moment.
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