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Come and see our steam train on Saturday 14 August in the Felixstowe Carnival procession. - 07 August 2010

Our float includes a steam train - which is a hand built piece of scenery, members of the cast in full costume handing out information about our next show The Railway Children and we will be playing the soundtrack so people can get a taste of the music.

The lorry has been supplied by Deben Transport by kind permission of Paul Dawson.

The Railway Children will be performed on 2 - 5 December and tickets are now on sale.

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The Railway Children auditions - 20 June 2010

First get together - Monday 5 July at 7.30 pm at the Welcome Hall

Dancer Auditions - Thursday 8 July at 6.30 pm at the Welcome Hall

Second get together and practise of songs/reading parts - Thursday 8 July at 7.30pm at the Hall (After dancers auditions).

First set of auditions - Monday 12 July 7.30pm at the Welcome Hall

Second set of auditions - Thursday 15 July 7.30pm at the Welcome Hall

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Felixstowe TV review - The Baker's Wife: FMT- go & see this charming show - 10 June 2010

"One regular theatre goer enthused to me that it was the best show by FMT she’d seen..."

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Ipswich24 Magazine - Review of The Baker's Wife - 10 June 2010

"...Felixstowe Musical Theatre is now in its 44th year and is still going as strong as ever with it’s whimsical latest production."

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Wade's World - Review: The one about FMT's The Baker's Wife - 09 June 2010

"...Another massive gold star goes towards the orchestra, they were wonderful, usually "Am Dram" orchestras don't sound amazing, but this one really did it for me and sounded almost professional. Well done to MD Andrew Burke."

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We are on the Radio Felixstowe this Sunday - 15 May 2010
Kelly and Michelle are taking to the air waves this Sunday on Felixstowe Radio: http://bit.ly/cIwmxQ

The East Coast Show is a live 2 hour Arts and Culture show on Felixstowe Radio 107.5 FM every sunday between 6 -8pm and this week the topics will include our forthcoming production The Baker's Wife. http://bit.ly/FMT-fb-bw Their interview should be within the first hour of the broadcast.

so make sure you tune in and please take time to check out the Felixstowe Radio website.

While you're at it why not also check out the man who wrote the music and lyrics for The Bakers Wife, the legendary Mr Stephen Schwartz: http://bit.ly/FMT-MrS
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New committee members! - 11 May 2010

Thank you to all who attended tonights AGM, it was a good turnout. Here is the new committee:

Zena Bamberger
Chairman
Kelly Anne Crane
Hon Treasurer
Sally Mullins
Hon Secretary
Michelle Pountney-Langham
Business Manager
Carmen Cooper
Member
(Web Site Manager)
Jan Bareham

Member
(Front of House Manager)

Richard Lock

Member
(Membership Secretary and Newsletter)

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Showcase FMT - 12 February 2010

On Friday 26 and Saturday 27 February at 7.30pm with a matinee at 2.30pm, Felixstowe Musical Theatre will be performing a variety show with sketches, dances and singing at the Welcome Hall in Trimley St Mary. Tickets £5 - from either J C Webb (in Orwell Road, Felixstowe) or from 01394 285893.

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The Railway Children will be performed in December! - 22 January 2010

Felixstowe Musical Theatre are pleased to announce they will be performing The Railway Children at the Spa Pavilion Theatre in Felixstowe on 2 - 5 December. Please click below for more information.

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Rehearsals have started for our Summer show The Baker's Wife - 21 January 2010

Showing Wednesday 9 - Saturday 12 June at 7.30pm and a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm, at the Spa Pavilion Theatre in Felixstowe.


Tickets now available: adults £11, concessions £9.


The bickering residents of a small Provencal town at last find peace and contentment in the heavenly bread of the newly arrived baker and his attractive young wife, but when she is lured away by the attentions of a handsome young gigolo, the middle-aged baker loses all zest for life and baking, throwing the community into chaos.

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Beauty & The Beast - a great little panto! 13 Hours, 14 Minutes ago - 04 December 2009
 
FMT Deliver a great little panto!

Its always nice to get a pleasant surprise - and the Felixstowe Musical Theatre production of Beauty and the Beast certainly provided one on its opening night at the Spa Pavilion.

I suppose a lot of us are a bit jaundiced when it comes to pantos . . we go for the kids, or because we know someone in the cast, and we don't expect too much. But this is one panto you can go along to see, and actually come away with a warm glow of enjoyment.

Traditionally, of course, the story and script is a touch iffy, and all the standard panto bits are slotted into place; but the production itself easily overcomes this and once past the first few moments, everyone gets in the swing and starts to enjoy themselves.

The two things that clearly stood this panto apart from others seen last year was the quality of the singing, and the quality of the production numbers. All of the musical production numbers were extremely well put together, well-staged and choreographed, and the show owes a great deal to Amanda Bond and her chorus groups, who had obviously put in enough work to get it right. The actual dancers were spot-on all the time, too, and I thought their excellent work lifted the show well above the average.

Most pantos usually suffer from a shortfall in the singing talent department, but the vocal quality of FMT's cast was outstanding.

It's always difficult to pick and choose among a strong cast,but in this instance its even more difficult because they were so uniformly good. The Beast played played by Adam Flatman was the weakest singer, but he was otherwise very competent and confident, making a good start in a principal role. Alex Shulver turned in a very well-judged performance, holding the whole show together nicely, and I was very impressed with Lee Cooper, playing the super-confident Louis.

Michelle Pountney-Langham was delivered a slick Beauty, while Richard Smith (Danni) and Daniel Keeble (Cheryl), get my vote for a pair of not-so-ugly sisters - I know a bar in Tunisia where they'd go down a storm. The Good Fairy, Jenni Hazelwood, came across as rather prim and proper, until she got the chance to belt out a number of her own, which I thought was great.

The whole musical side of the show, under M.D. Natasha Free, was seriously good - she, too, had obviously put a lot of work into this production.

So, a show from Felixstowe Musical Theatre which was good family entertainment, a lot of fun, and a really rather well staged and presented night out for everyone to enjoy.

The only disappointing part of the whole event was the size of the audience, and you can easily put that right yourself by getting along to the Spa Pavilion on Friday, Saturday or Sunday (4th, 5th, 6th Dec) and booing and hissing with everyone else. Your hands might sting a bit with applauding . . . but you'll love it!

Chris Gosling

See Felixstowe TV's video from the dress rehearsal
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Summer show for 2010 "The Baker's Wife" - 23 November 2009

The bickering residents of a small Provencal town at last find peace and contentment in the heavenly bread of the newly arrived baker and his attractive young wife, but when she is lured away by the attentions of a handsome young gigolo, the middle-aged baker loses all zest for life and baking, throwing the community into chaos.


Showing 9th to 12th June nightly at 7.30pm and a Saturday matinee at 2.30pm, at the Spa Pavilion in Felixstowe. Tickets £11, concessions £9.

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About Beauty and the Beast - 09 September 2009

This family pantomime, written by local scriptwriters James Hayward and Lynne Mortimer, was first performed by FMT in 1996 when it proved very popular with Felixstowe audiences. The script has been updated by the writers and retains the comedy which is such an important part of pantomime.
Once again directed by Sonya Taylor, who has given us so many award winning shows, the cast of 63 has an age range including 'Panto babes' to 'Panto pensioners' who all just want to entertain you with dances, songs, fabulous costumes and sets.
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Praise for Fiddler on the Roof - 02 July 2009

The show went very well and many people have said how impressed they were with the high standard of the performances. One of the letters received is below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Peter Pan a success - 24 February 2009

Having finished their run of the hugely popular pantomime 'Peter Pan' at the Spa Pavilion at the beginning of February, Felixstowe Musical Theatre were delighted to donate a cheque for £400 to the Ipswich Children’s Hospice as a result of the draw held at the performances.

Audience figures were nearly 2000.

The picture below shows F.M.T. treasurer Angela Billing presenting the cheque to Lynn Hayward, play specialist at the hospice, watched by Jan Bareham, F.M.T. front of house manager and Zena Bamberger, chairman.

Charity cheque

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