It's about a year since I wrote my first article for the Marlpit as the new secretary of the Jubilee Players. I was extremely apprehensive I seem to remember and yet here we a year on and I am still at it. We have just had our AGM and I am still the secretary, unfortunately. I am not exactly sure whether I got re-elected because I do a good job or because there is no-one else foolish enough to volunteer for the post. I am quite convinced it is the latter.

Its always seems quite sad at the beginning of the AGM because we look back over the year at the highs and lows. Mind you there didn't seem to be too many lows, only the changing of productions due to the lack of men willing to tread the boards. I think this is an ongoing problem and one that you, dear reader, will get very bored of! But all in all last year was a very good one, we had some excellent productions and, of course, we celebrated our twenty fifth anniversary.

And now on to a new year, with lots of projects beginning to take form. Our first production will take place in July. It will take the form of three or four one Act plays, some of you may remember Confusions that we performed last July. As this was highly successful, we have decided to repeat that success (hopefully). It also enables us to use more of the membership as there is a larger cast list and also gives the opportunity for new directors to come forward. So watch this space for further details of auditions and eventually the performance itself.

There will be a production in October, which will be directed by Gay Lloyd, as yet she hasn't decided what she is going to do, but if I know Gay she will have a jolly good idea what she wants to do. But yet again it will come down to that old problem of the elusive male actor!

After that it will be countdown to pantomime again. There that didn't take long to get the year sorted out did it? A year doesn't seem that long when you skim through it like that does it. I do hope that our regular audience members continue to support us and those of you who haven't been to see one of our productions, well, come along, you never know you might enjoy it!

As always if any of you out there in Marlpit land wish to join the Players, please do give me a ring or come along to the next auditions. Or you could try to look at our award winning web site, yes you did read it right, we have won an award for our web site! So well done to Tom Phillips who looks after it, the address is www.jubileeplayers.cjb.net.

Jayne Downing
01603 736450
jayne@tinkies.freeserve.co.uk