Upcoming Events

We are delighted to welcome Chartlotte Teschner to the CPYT team as our brand new Juniors, Academy and Seniors tutor.

Charlotte has been performing since she was just three. It started with a love of dance and she now works as a freelance Theatre Practitioner and Actor signed by The Dazey Hills Agency. Charlotte teaches voice work privately and for many companies including Blue Apple Theatre. With experience in both stage and screen acting her key roles include Louise in Gypsy the Musical, The Singer in The Singer and The Old Woman in The Railway Plays (Surrealist theatre productions by award winning playwright Nicholas Joseph), having done feature films, documentaries and advert work also. Charlotte has a UWLQ 5 Diploma Music Theatre ALCM in Performance and performs regularly as a jazz singer for events including The Winchester Jazz Festival. She has a BA (Hons) Drama and English Literature from the University of Winchester where she developed a love for Physical Theatre and Voice work. Charlotte has kept in regular contact with Winchester University having taught students privately and on the Acting, Music Production & Performance courses.

GOOD NEWS!!!

Our weekly sessions will be returning from Weds 6th January.  

We are limiting each class to 15 and the times have been amended to accommodate this so please bear with us.  

In order to book into a class, please visit the following link 

https://centrestage-productions.class4kids.co.uk/cms/schedule

We look forward to seeing you soon.  

Good Evening everyone,

Unfortunately, due to unforseen circumstances we have had to set up a new Twitter account.  The old one will remain visible but will not be updated.  

The new account to follow is @CPYT_theatre and we look forward to seeing you there.  

Many thanks

Unfortunately as a result of the current Lockdown, we have no choice but to delay the re-opening of our Weekly Sessions.  It is now hoped that we will be able to get these up and running again for when we return after the Christmas Holidays.  

Stay safe everyone and remember to keep an eye on the website and keep in touch with us via Facebook and Twitter

Morning all.

Join our Chairman online tomorrow at 3.00pm for an update on everything CPYT.

The link you need is below. If you haven't joined us online before, then it may take a few minutes to set up prior to the meeting.

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/567984405

Guidance for Auditions

As we hit the first weekend of Auditions for Shrek the Musical, it is vitally important that you work with us to ensure that we are doing everything we can to keep everyone safe.  

You should have received, by email,  a copy of our Risk Assessment, our Protocols and our Opening Plan.  Please note that these are working documents and are subject to weekly review.

1) Please arrive at The Arch just before your timeslot.  You must ENTER through the PEDESTRIAN gate which MUST remain OPEN at all times. 

2) Please queue outside the FIRE EXIT at the KITCHEN end of the building.  Please observe the 2m markings that will be on the floor whilst waiting.  

3) You will be invited into The Arch where you MUST sanitize your hands before following the floor markings to a seat.

4)  You will then be invited to follow the markings into the performance space where you will be 4 metres away from the audition panel.  Please note the audition panel will be socially distanced at 2m intervals (with the exception of those from the same household).  

5) Once your audition is complete, you must exit through the FIRE EXIT at the REAR end of the building.  Please sanitize your hands as you leave and walk along the side of the building.  Please follow the tape and floor markings to ensure that you EXIT through the CAR PARK GATE which MUST be left OPEN at all times    

 - We ask parents to ideally wait in your vehicles.  Alternatively, please wait outside of The Arch gates - allowing enough space for others to enter as necessary. 

 - Please do not park in The Arch car park - with exception of the audition panel who will be first in and last out.  

 - Please bring your own water bottle as we will not be providing drinks.  

- Toilets will be in use but may only be occupied by ONE PERSON AT A TIME.  

- If you need to communicate with us on the day, please use 07984 989842

- Doors and windows will be open at all times to ensure adequate ventilation.  Please dress accordingly.  

- You are more than welcome to wear Face masks whilst in The Arch.  However, naturally we ask that you remove them for the brief time that you are in the audition itself.  

We hope this puts your mind at rest that we have done everything possible to make this a safe and positive experience for all, including that of our audition panel.   If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact cpytchair@gmail.com

Hi everyone, 

Please remember that the deadline for Audition Forms is this coming Wednesday at 5.00pm.  The forms are available from the Shrek page above.  

We cannot wait to get started!

We are really excited to announce the details of our Shrek Launch event.  

Head to the Productions tab and select Shrek to keep up to date with all the latest information.  

Good Morning, 
 

I am writing to inform you that due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and the announced closure of The Point Theatre until August 2020, we have been forced to cancel our production of ‘Little Shop of Horrors.’

This is something which we always knew was a possibility in the current climate, however, it was made official this morning by the venue. Therefore, I have cancelled all auditions on Sunday as we’ll look to do them live next year before hopefully restaging the show. I know how disappointing this news is for you and how hard some of you have worked on preparing for your audition.

As I said, we are looking to restage the show next summer at around the same time and everyone who has applied this year will be eligible to take part in the production. We will use the same audition material, so the work you have put in won’t have gone completely to waste. As I’m sure you can imagine this is very hard for us in the creative team as well, having put a lot of work into trying to get this show and the auditions to work. We continued fighting until the decision was eventually made for us. 

On a more positive note, we look forward to our next production of ‘Shrek the Musical.’ This is incredibly exciting and a massive production, I hope that you all will want to take part. We are hoping to audition this at sompoint in the coming summer holidays and start rehearsing very soon after, though this is unconfirmed at the moment. It will be something very special, I have absolutely no doubt. 

I’d like to take this opportunity to quickly thank all our new members who were going to audition for Little Shop. I hope that you will want to join us again for Shrek and other future productions. We will also have a meet and greet event when this is all over where you can meet us and our existing members. Please keep on checking the website and I hope that you will all join us for what will be an incredible show.

I’m so sorry that I have to deliver this news to you. This cast was shaping up to be nothing short of amazing and I hope I can see and work with you all soon. There will be a public announcement to all our members shortly but we thought that you had the right to be told this information first. 

Thank you to every single one of you both new and existing members and I hope we can do this show next year with as many of you as possible.  

Make no mistake, we will be back!

Hi all. The link for the Little Shop of Horrors Pre-Audition Workshop on Sun 19th April at 2.00pm is:

https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/347453605

The meeting will open at 1.45pm. Please ensure your microphone is muted and it is up to you whether you choose to have your camera showing or not.

We will be using the Chat Log for any questions etc as this enables Nigel to facilitate the session effectively.

On the website under Productions - Little Shop of Horrors are the tracks for the audition process along with a document. Please try to read the document before Sunday if possible.