Bolsover Drama Group

2011 will see the 30 th anniversary of Bolsover Drama Group’s first production, the play ‘Strike Happy’.  Over the past thirty years the group has grown and flourished and has performed over 80 productions.  We will be looking to celebrate the anniversary with a number of events over the course of the year.  As part of this we are looking to enhance the archive we currently have.  If you have got any photos, press-clippings, programmes, etc from any of our productions that we could borrow to copy please contact us . To find out more about our anniversary events as they are announced you can visit our website – www.bolsoverdramagroup.org or follow us on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/bolsoverdramagroup ) or Twitter ( www.twitter.com/bolsoverdrama ).

Mick Whitehouse and Janet Koszegi with the awards for ‘Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates’ and ‘Murdered to Death’ We were proud to gain recognition once again for our hard work by picking up the NODA East Midlands region award for best district pantomime for district 2 for our 2009 production ‘Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates’.  The 2009 play ‘Murdered to Death’ was also nominated in the NODA East Midlands region best drama award category for district 2. The award was presented to group secretary, Janet Atkinson, at the NODA East Midlands region’s annual awards ceremony on Sunday 9 th May at Loughborough Town Hall following the regional NODA AGM. Pictured with the awards are Mick Whitehouse, director of ‘Robinson Crusoe and the Pirates’ and Janet Koszegi, director of ‘Murdered to Death’. NODA are the National Operatic and Dramatic association – the UK-wide representative body for amateur theatre, which Bolsover Drama Group are affiliated to.

Members of the group cross the Monsal Dale viaduct during the 2010 sponsored walk On Sunday 29 th August members and friends of Bolsover Drama Group took part in their sponsored walk through the Monsal Dale to Monsal Head, returning via Water-cum-Jolly.  Despite a heavy rain shower as the walk was due to depart Miller’s Dale Station spirits were not dampened and a thoroughly enjoyable day was had by all that took part. The sponsored walk is an event we hold every two years and helps us to raise funds for the group and the maintenance of the Bannister Chapel, the group’s largest asset and the location used for the designing, construction and painting of set and scenery. We would like to thank all those that took part and those that offered to support the group by sponsoring members to take part.