Sunday, December 31, 2006

Happy New Year

It's been a beautiful Christmas here and today the sun was out and a walk on the seafront could be done in shirtsleeves. We even saw a FOTA member off to the beach with full sunbathing gear to hand! So far Christmas at the theatre has been good too. The panto has had really good (read sell out) audiences who have joined in and made a lot of noise, the cast have enjoyed it and I am sure are looking forward with confidence to the performances commencing January 3rd. The audiences particularly fell for the kids in the cast - don't they always?, there is also a big contingent of younger cast members who are doing a terrific job so the theatres future looks promising. All we need to do now is to get them to join FOTA.
The panto finishes on January 7th and the next production at the theatre will be a the farce 'Holiday Snaps' which runs from January 19th to 24th.
The next FOTA event is on February 1st when we have a lunch at the Europa in Fish Alley and then we are off to Salobrena and Motril for a day out on February 22nd. We'll look forward to seeing you at the FOTA desk soon.

Saturday, December 23, 2006

Merry Christmas

All of us at FOTA wish all members and other friends a very Merry Christmas and we hope for a very Happy New Year for all. It could get off to a good start with the panto - oh yes it could. We have had two nights so far with really enthusiastic audiences taking a full part in the show. The pre Christmas run is fully booked but we are back on January 3rd and although some nights are fully sold out there a few tickets left so if you want to come the message is book now.
The FOTA desk is open again in the New Year and we hope to see as many as possible of you then.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

New programme.

The captions didn't come out quite right on the last picture blog but I'll try and work out what went wrong when I can.
In the meantime here is our forthcoming programme. We hope that there is something there you like but if not let us know. We can't rely on guesswork!

Lunches:
February 1st at the Europa
March 1st at Oscars
both of these restaurants are in 'Fish Alley' so quite close to the theatre.

Trips
February 22nd we are going along the coast to Salobrena and then inland to Motril..
March 27th - a Tuesday- we are planning a longer trip. Staying in Jaen for three nights we will be exploring Baeza and Ubeda which are both beautiful World Heritage sites.
Come and see us at the desk for more details.
Pat is getting in the mood

The cake and marmalade went well too












Every bazaar needs a well run tombola! Posted by Picasa

Christmas bazaar

David and Arthur with the cards Posted by Picasa

Theatre's AGM

Anyone who has ever been to a meeting in Spain will know how long they can last and how undisciplined they seem to an English eye. It is not uncommon for an owners community meeting to start at 10,break for lunch and finish at 8 with not all agenda items covered so it was rather nice to go to the AGM of the theatre and have it all over in 16 minutes. It was quite a tribute to prior organisation and communication. Important stuff covered included information on the work being carried out. Fingers crossed all the electrical work except for a minor item is going to be finished by the time the panto opens on December 21st. FOTA's contribution of 13000 euros was acknowledged. Problems still remain with the building which is getting towards the end of its life but there is now a breathing space in which the future can be considered. FOTA member Gloria Harding was elected to the board of SALVA and we all wish her well. Continuity of the theatre management was assured when the current President told us that she would be handing over the running of the theatre gradually to the Vice President, whilst still making sure the buck stopped with her.