Links

NODA
We are members of the National Operatic and Dramatic Association, NODA: http://www.noda.org.uk/

AmDram website
The UK Amdram website, www.amdram.co.uk, is an excellent site full of information about amateur theatre around the U.K.

Play script sources

Hertfordshire Central resources library have a huge stock of plays if you are looking for something to direct:

http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/where/libs/crl

They also lend play and vocal sets:

http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/libraries/services/performingarts/sethire

Local

Hampstead Garden Suburb
The official website of the Hampstead Garden Suburb,www.hgs.org.uk/, is likewise full of information about what's on in and around the Suburb; you can also take a pictoral tour of the area's stunning architecture.

Upstairs at the Gatehouse. Where we perform a show in December every year. Lovely venue. http://www.upstairsatthegatehouse.com/

Henrietta Barnett School Our usual venue. http://www.hbschool.org.uk/

Staging stuff

Flints Theatrical Chandlers: a veritable cornucopia of lovely things for building sets. www.flints.co.uk

The Blue Room: a forum for staging issues: http://www.blue-room.org.uk/

Fabric: This place sells fabric and fire-proofing on-line http://www.fabricuk.com/fabrics.php

Pictures: This site is the best one I have found for FREE images: Stock.xchng at http://www.sxc.hu/

This is the site I've been using for GST A5 leaflets recently - very cheap on large quantity A5
http://www.saxoprint.co.uk/

and here's the latest site for posters
www.inkylittlefingers.co.uk/

This is where we are having the programmes for London Assurance printed - very competitive with colour covers - they are specialists in the amdram market
www.production-print.co.uk

Other local amateur theatre groups include

The Kings Langley Players: www.kingslangleyplayers.fsnet.co.uk/

The Tower Theatre www.towertheatre.org.uk/ who performed a show in our open air arena in Little Oak Wood for a couple of summers while they didn't have a theatre of their own and who take a show to the Minack in Cornwall (see below) every year.

The Guild Players www.guildplayers.org.uk

The Pump House Theatre Group. www.pumphouse.info/ Based in Watford (only 20 mins from Finchley) the Pump House produce a wide variety of productions each year and are usually well worth going to see.

The Hertfordshire Players, www.hertfordshireplayers.co.uk, with whom our member Nick Vause visited the Minack Theatre in Cornwall

Cassio Operatic:www.cassiooperatic.co.uk/, with whom GST member Jon Musker performed in Stephen Sonheim's Assassinsin 2004

My other favourite theatre websites:

The Minack Theatre : A beautiful open air theatre set high up in the cliffs above Porthcurno in Cornwall. One day, we will take a show there...

The Internet Theatre Bookshop: http://www.stageplays.com/ The most comprehensive catalogue of plays in the world. Apparently.

The Artsdepot: www.artsdepot.co.uk/ Where we had our Garden Suburb Theatre 100th Big Birthday Bash.

and one more: Moss Hall Infant School