The production will take place from Tuesday 5th to Saturday 9th October at the Moorfield Hall School, The Bolsover School

Auditions for the youth section’s production took place on Sunday 7th March.  The results are below:

The Jocks

The Thespians

The Brainiacs

The Skater Dudes

Other Students

The Adults

High School Musical takes place at Moorfield Hall Theatre, The Bolsover School between Wednesday 30th June and Saturday 3rd July, nightly at 7.15pm

The play features the exploits of a crazy, but likeable gang of bookies; Honest Alf (Derrick Hulett), his daft sidekick Fred (Chris Peck) and Flash Harry (Ken Radmore), who plan to make a killing at the races by switching a French wonder horse with an old nag. In order to not arouse suspicion the gang have hired a secretary, John Danby (James Sheppard) to oversee the arrangements at the hotel.

The action takes place in the lounge hall of the Bull and Cow, a country hotel run by a retired Indian Army colonel

(Istvan Koszegi), his wife (Janet Koszegi), their daughter Susan (Keyleigh Hulett) and the maid, Beth Barton (Michelle Simpson), a country girl from the west of England.

The bookies scheme doesn‘t quite go to plan and all manner of chaos ensues. Secret rooms, sliding panels, mistaken identity, a French jockey who cannot speak English (Nicky Constable), Sergeant Fire – a policewoman with a voice of thunder (Kim Sas) and a little romance are all under starters orders in this classic comedy.

The play is directed by Diane Hulett and produced by Kim Sas, and takes place at The Assembly Rooms between Thursday 13th and Saturday 15th May.

Dale Shaw, Michelle Simpson, Stewart Wood, Pam Mosley and Steve Sowerby read 'A Gem of a Place' at the re-opening of Bolsover Library

In May 2008 Bolsover Drama Group members Pam Mosley, Dale Shaw, Michelle Simpson, Steve Sowerby and founder member Stewart Wood were invited to take part in the re-opening of Bolsover Library following a £180,000 redevelopment by reading a poem specially commissioned for the event by Derbyshire County Council Cultural and Community Services and written by then-Derbyshire poet laureate River Wolton.

The poem, ‘A Gem of a Place’, charts the rich history of Bolsover from prehistoric times to the present day and has been performed on several occasions by members of Bolsover Drama Group.

The full text of the poem is available in the book ‘You Are Here: Travels of a Derbyshire Poet Laureate’ available from Bolsover Library or by emailing alison.betteridge@derbyshire.gov.uk.

You can also read the poem on the Derbyshire County Council website.  More information can be found on River Wolton’s website and the Derbyshire poet laureate website.

Following ‘Thoroughly Modern Millie’ new clothes rails were constructed allowing members an opportunity to start to clear out the costume room.  Now that we are able to gain better access to the costumes we own we will be able to catalogue and sort the costumes which may be of use in forthcoming shows, and recycle old costumes which are no longer of use.

Sorting the costume room is one activity which members and friends of the group can volunteer their time towards, as a small step towards the on-going restoration of the chapel.  As we look to progress this project we will be looking to maintain the structural areas of the chapel, such as the roof and windows.  This is a larger task, and we will be dedicating this year to investigating further avenues of fund raising and assistance in order for us to continue operating the chapel into the future.  If you are able to assist us in any way, from notifying us of companies or organisations who may be able to assist with fundraising to providing us with any tools we may require, storage boxes, materials or services please contact us at chapel@bolsoverdramagroup.org