Milborne Port Opera, Horsington’s favourite local amateur group, has been nominated by the Somerset Fellowship of Drama for 4 awards in the annual David Beach Awards for musical theatre. (Somerset’s answer to the Oscars –Ed)
The nominations are for the group’s last production, the rarely-performed “Utopia Limited” by Gilbert & Sullivan. They are:
Best Cameo: Former Horsington resident Andrew Armstrong as Mr Goldbury
Show Stopper: Whole company for “Eagle High”
Best Musical Direction: Caroline D’Cruz
Best Small Venue
The nominations are made by an expert panel of adjudicators who see each show. The winners will be announced at a dinner in Taunton on Saturday 14th March .
There are 25 award categories in total, and 82 groups across the county competing to win them.
“Utopia Limited” was a landmark production for Milborne Port Opera, as it completed their ambition to perform every single Gilbert and Sullivan Opera.
The next show at Milborne Port Opera is an original work, “Spring Fate”, a comic opera written by MPO member Neil Edwards, who also directs. It is his third show for the MPO.
Performance is 8 to 11th April, the week after Easter. Tickets go on sale in March. More about this show soon.