Welcome to the KVODS Web-site!
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KVODS is a friendly society based in Kingston Vale, just outside Kingston upon Thames, performing 2 major musical theatre productions per year. New members are always welcome, both for on-stage, and
back/off-stage activities. We rehearse Mondays and Wednesdays, 8pm until 10pm. Please see the links on the right for more information and forthcoming events. We have recently re-formed our youth group for people aged 8 – 16 years. Please see the ’Young KVODS‘ page for more details.
Just a brief note to say that we have now reached our maximum cast size for the May 2010 show. If you are a prospective new member then please do not hesitate to contact me regarding joining the company, however I will have to put you on the list for the November 2010 show – Jesus Christ Superstar.
Julie
This is to confirm that the social meeting for the May show WILL still be going ahead tonight.
There is very little snow in Kingston and with the weather forecast looking hopeful we do not envisage any problems. If this alters later in the day / early evening we will of course reconsider.
If you are not able to attend this evening but are interested in taking part in the show please email me on secretary(a)kvods.com
Auditions will be taking place in early Feb and therefore I need to send you a list of audition pieces asap.
The first official meeting for the show will still take place on Wed 3rd Feb at 8pm
We are thrilled to announce that Mini KVODS will be starting this year! Their first production will be ‘Helping Humpty Dumpty’ which will take place at Kingston Grammar School from 4th to 7th August 2010.
They will in fact be performing on the same nights as Young KVODS production of ‘Annie Jr’ at the same venue so everyone booking tickets will get to see 2 shows for the price of 1!
If you know of any children who will be aged 5 – 7 years by the first performance date who would like to take part then please contact me at secretary(a)kvods.com
The first meeting for this show will take place on Wed 3rd Feb from 6 to 6.30pm. The children do not need to attend as this is primarily a meeting for parents, however if they would like to meet the production team before the first rehearsal then please bring them along!!
Julie
The first meeting for KVODS production of ‘One Vision – A Journey Through the West End’ will take place on Wednesday 3rd February 2010.
If you are interested in taking part in this show which will be performed from 17th to 22nd May 2010 please contact secretary(a)kvods.com
Julie
Our Winners!
As you may be aware Young KVODS were chosen to perform at the Woking Drama Festival. On Thursday 8th October they performed ‘Rags to Riches’ by Richard Roberts. We were given fantastic comments from the adjudicator.
The adjudicator was asked to recall 2 plays to perform again at the awards evening held on Saturday 17th October. He was asked to choose 2 plays that he believed would give a varied evening of entertainment and we were thrilled when Young KVODS were chosen to perform.
Rags to Riches
The group performed to an almost sold out auditorium at the Rhoda McGaw Theatre on the awards evening and then settled down to hear the announcement of nominations and winners.
We are ecstatic to announce that we won Best Youth play of the Festival!! We would also like to congratulate Jan Smith, our wardrobe mistress, who won the adjudicator’s award. This was awarded to her for her absolutely fantastic costumes.
Jan Smith
We would also like to congratulate the following from Rags to Riches for the indicated nominations:
Best Director – Jeff Raggett
Best Youth Actor – Roger Dipper for his portrayal of the General
Best Sound – Darren Lord
Technical Excellence
[All images in this post by Peter Moore and Woking Drama Association (WDA) Reproduced under Creative Commons licence.]
Young KVODS
