Category: Community (Warminster)

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Medium Fair Theatre Company – Sleuth By Anthony Shaffer

Warminster Arts Club
at
The Athenaeum Arts Centre,
High Street, Warminster, BA12 9AE
Telephone 213891

26th Season 1979 – 1980

Tuesday 3rd June 1980, 7.30 p.m.
Medium Fair Theatre Company
“Sleuth” by Anthony Shaffer.
This classic, multi-twisted thriller takes us through
the bizarre mysteries of two minds dedicated to
revenge, two desperate men locked in a strange fight
that is both comic and tragic. First produced in 1970
and later made into a film with Sir Laurence Olivier
and Michael Caine, the play has won acclaim all
over the world.

Janusz Stechley Piano Recital

Warminster Arts Club
at
The Athenaeum Arts Centre,
High Street, Warminster, BA12 9AE
Telephone 213891

26th Season 1979 – 1980

Friday 30th May 1980, 8 p.m.
Janusz Stechley, Piano Recital.
When Janusz Stechley won the Nawrocki Prize in the
1975 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, he had clearly
embarked upon an international career as a virtuoso
pianist. Born in Halifax, Yorkshire, his musical gifts were
soon recognised by his mother, under whose guidance he
began to learn the piano at the age of two. His first public
performance took place three years later, and while still
only eleven he was awarded a scholarship to the Warsaw
Conservatoire, since when he has studied under Eric
Harrison, Angus Morrison, Bernard Roberts, Ryszard
Bakst, the notable Chopin specialist, and John Barstow.
Recitals, broadcasts and recordings in Europe, in
addition to performances of the complete Beethoven
Sonata and Concerto cycles in this country, have already
testified to Stechley’s technical and interpretative
abilities, as well as to the extent of his repertoire.

Athenaeum Arts Club A.G.M.

Warminster Arts Club
at
The Athenaeum Arts Centre,
High Street, Warminster, BA12 9AE
Telephone 213891

26th Season 1979 – 1980

Wednesday 21st May 1980
7.15 for 7.30 p.m.
Athenaeum Arts Club Annual General Meeting.
A.G.M.’s are important. This one starts with coffee and
is followed by an Open Forum – the only chance in the
year when we can discuss together the general outlook,
and perhaps what our ambitions should be locally.
We need your active support and interest
– do please come.

Christopher Consani As Van Gogh

Warminster Arts Club
at
The Athenaeum Arts Centre,
High Street, Warminster, BA12 9AE
Telephone 213891

26th Season 1979 – 1980

Friday 9th May 1980, 7.30 p.m.
Christopher Consani as “Van Gogh”
Rave reviews by the dramatic critics have been the lot
of this one-man show. The life of the artist is set against
over 100 projections of paintings and drawings.

Phillipa Bishop: Porcelain

Warminster Arts Club
at
The Athenaeum Arts Centre,
High Street, Warminster, BA12 9AE
Telephone 213891

26th Season 1979 – 1980

Friday 2nd May 1980, 8 p.m.
Phillipa Bishop: Porcelain
Curator of the Holborne Museum, Bath, Mrs. Bishop
talks on Meissen porcelain and brings in for comparison
early English pieces such as Chelsea, Bow and Worcester.
Her lectures for the extra-mural department of
Bristol University are highly regarded.

To Be A Farmer’s Boy

Warminster Arts Club
at
The Athenaeum Arts Centre,
High Street, Warminster, BA12 9AE
Telephone 213891

26th Season 1979 – 1980

Friday 11th April 1980, 7.30 p.m.
Orchard Theatre Company
“To Be A Farmer’s Boy”
by C.P. Taylor.
Dartmoor is the setting for this major new play
which traces from documentary sources the story
of life on the land during the past fifty years.
Besides being a serious observation piece this play
contains a good deal of humour and will appeal to
theatregoers and to those with an interest in country
life alike.

Warminster Arts Club

Monday 7th April 1980

Warminster Arts Club,
At the Athenaeum, High Street, Warminster.

The Warminster Arts Club has for the past 25 years provided a programme of professional standard covering music, drama, opera, ballet, poetry, painting, sculpture and architecture.

Through our membership of the Regional Area Associations we are able, with similar clubs, to benefit from tours by artists who would otherwise be beyond our reach. The details of our next programme show that we can offer a wide variety of enjoyment. With your help we can do even better for it is a simple truth that the larger our membership the higher the standard that we can mutually enjoy.

Membership
Subscription for the season, £3.00, provides a Club Membership Card, which when presented at the box office will be eligible for a 25% discount on all Arts Club events at the Athenaeum this year. The Cards are not transferable.

Junior Membership
£1.50 for the season with discount as above, for bonafide students under 21.

Patron’s Fund
Has ensured the continuance of the Club in the past. Whilst seeking to retain this fund substantially intact, this year we are asking for donations to general funds.

Athenaeum Arts Centre, Box Office
Accepts bookings and circulates details of all other events at the Centre. (Tel: Warminster 213891 between 10 a.m. and 12 noon). Mailing Membership subscription £1.

All events are at the Athenaeum Arts Centre, Warminster, and are open to the general public. Members may book in advance at any reasonable time before the events are advertised in the local press.

The Club gratefully acknowledges assistance from the Southern Arts Association (Winchester), the South Western Arts Association (Exeter) and West Wilts District Council.

Further information from:

Chairman
Mr. Alan Shephard,
Madbrook Farm, Westbury, Wilts.
Tel: Westbury 822152.

Programme Secretary
Mrs. Ninja Moore,
School House, Norton Bavant.
Tel: Sutton Veny 420.

Visits Secretary
Miss P.J. Stewart-Bam.
22 North Row, Warminster.
Tel: 214637.

Hon. Secretary
Miss K.E. Currey,
Well Cottage, Sutton Veny.
Tel: Sutton Veny 275.

Hon. Treasurer
Mr. H.G. Taylor,
2 Smallbrook Road, Warminster.
Tel: 213008.

Refreshment And Accommodation In Frome

From Frome Official Guide, 1980:

The visitor and shopper are well served for places in which to drop in for refreshment or in which to stay. There is a wide choice of good cafes, restaurants and public houses in the town centre. The George Hotel opens its welcoming doors to the Market Place. This bright and comfortable hotel has a particularly brisk, bustling atmosphere on market days. Nearer the outskirts of the town the Portway and Mendip Lodge hotels continue to give the good service that is their hallmark. For those who prefer the informality of a guest house there are several available. An accommodation list may be obtained from the Tourist Office at St. John’s Cottage, Church Steps, just off Bath Street.

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