Why the audience

sat on the stage

MEMBERS of the audience sat on the stage while the actors performed in the auditorium at the latest production given by the Torpoint Players.

The group was experimenting with theatre in the round when it presented a comedy revue with the title Trust Me, I'm A Doctor!

"It was a complete reversal of the normal situation," said Players chairman Mike Briggs.

"Part of the audience sat on the stage and we performed in the auditorium at the Council Chambers. It worked very well and there was a lot of feedback from the audience. They seemed to appreciate being very close to the actors.

"If the material for another production is suitable, we could do it again. There were a lot of new faces in the group and they performed well. And we had above average audience attendances."

The group had been rehearsing for the three-night run since the summer. Their production, which featured sketches and other comedy items, has been entered for the Cornwall Drama Association's annual competition.

Torpoint Players' next production will be the pantomime, Mother Goose, on January 10-13.

Rehearsals are beginning and anyone interested in taking part can go along to the Silver Band Hut in the Somerfield car park on Tuesday or Thursday evenings at 7.30pm.

Cornish feast day

goes down a treat

A DAY in Torpoint presenting all things Cornish has been hailed a success.

Entitled Cornish Feast, the day was staged in the town's library as part of the Caradon Festival of Arts & Culture and the Wonderful Words Book Festival in Cornwall. Well over 300 people attended the various events.

"It was wonderful, we really had a fabulous day," said library manager Kate Wilton.

Cornish food and crafts featured in the day and there was humorous storytelling in dialect from Patrick Middleton, the "Voice of Cornwall".

Crime writer Janie Bolitho gave a talk about her work and answered questions from the audience, including those from the Maker with Rame Readers Circle who have been reading her books.

Janie also gave free writers surgeries with budding authors going along for advice. One man took a manuscript he had been working on for many years.

In the evening, local historian Kristin Arundel gave an interesting and well-attended talk on tracing your family history.

All set for fireworks

THE annual fireworks display staged by HMS Raleigh in Torpoint will take place on Thursday, November 2, this year. Members of the public are invited to attend the display will be take place at the Spickernell field site opposite the naval base.

Gates will open at 6.45pm and the professional display by Dynamic Fireworks will begin at 7.30pm.

"Hot soup, food and drinks will be available to purchase during the evening. Regretfully there are no parking facilities and in the interests of safety no fireworks are to be brought on to the site," said an HMS Raleigh spokesperson.

Admission to the display is free and a collection will be taken during the event for Trengweath School in Plymouth. The school provides facilities for sufferers of cerebral palsy.

Last year more than £550 was raised to help children with cystic fibrosis through the annual display.

Festival event will

feature ideas for

sculpture project

SCULPTURES will be the centre of interest at a special event being staged as part of the Caradon Festival of Arts & Culture tomorrow (Saturday, October 28).

People attending the event at Antony House, near Torpoint, will have the chance to find out more about the sculpture project being proposed for the town.

Ideas for the project will explained and then there will be a guided one-and-a-half-hour walk led by Sir Richard Carew-Pole taking in sculptures in the grounds of the National Trust house.

Admission is by ticket only (£3.50) and more details are available from the organiser, Roy Roseveare, on 01752 813150.

Skateboard

park sign to

ban vehicles

FOLLOWING reports of a motorcyclist being seen on the site of the new skateboard park in Torpoint, town councillors have decided a sign banning all vehicles will be erected.

The councillors want to make it clear that no vehicles are allowed near the skateboard area in Thanckes Park.

The skateboard park, which is part of a multi-games area including facilities for basketball and five-a-side football costing around £37,500, has been in place since the summer.

Caradon District Council is providing litter bins at the site in response to a request from people using the facilities.

Briefing on Human Rights Act

TORPOINT'S Town Clerk, Chris Harris, has attended a local authority briefing on the new Human Rights Act. Following the session, Mr Harris confirmed to town councillors that the council, as a public body, is affected by the act.