Welcome to new Nutters, and welcome back to old! We're super excited to have you on board for 2010, as it's going to be a spectacular year of NUTS! =)
This year we're stoked to be celebrating our 25th Anniversary. NUTS was founded in 1985, on the premise that students should be able to express themselves creatively in an environment that is welcoming, experimental, educational, and above all FUN! This year we hope to carry out these ideals, and provide you guys with some great new opportunities. I've spent my holidays scouring the archives to figure out what we've been doing right, what great traditions we might have lost along the way, and how we can use our experiences over the last 25 years to make 2010 a nuttastic year.
We've got eight shows scheduled for this year, including a joint production with our bro Studio Four, and our annual Major production which will this year be held in our beloved Fig Tree Theatre! Fig Tree is a wonderful heritage-listed site, which used to be home to NIDA and has seen NUTS through countless productions since 1986. We lost access to this space in 2007, while it was in the midst of a construction site. So we feel blessed to be back in Fig Tree again, and hope it remains this way for many years to come!
As well as shows (fun as they may be!), we want to give you guys opportunities to build you skills, perform and learn without having to be involved in a production. We want you to feel like you have the support of trained professionals who can help you prepare for the industry, or just use your passion for theatre to your best advantage. Let us know if there are any particular workshops or speakers you're dying to see happen this year. Student theatre should be a playing ground for you to gain confidence and meet a great bunch of like-minded people who will not only be wonderful friends, but a support network for your future creative projects.
If you're still wondering what we're all about, have a look at the information on this website. We've got everything from how to propose a show, to how to make glue (believe us it will come in handy...) Or come along to our first event or show to get a feel for what we do. You'll be receiving regular emails about what's coming up. If you want to know more about a specific area of NUTS, or are keen to get your name in the books straight away, visit the Committee, we're always keen to get your emails.
NUTS is working like a busy bee to get an Archives page up and running on our website we can all re-live the good times. This will be a huge undertaking as our society has over two decades of history, but it will be great to be able to show it off!
We are appealing to all of you who have ever been involved in a NUTS show,
SEND US YOUR PHOTOS!!!These may be production photos, rehearsal shots or of any other relevant event (i.e. keep the embarrassing boozy ones locked up).
Any tiny scrap of info will help. You can also just hit us up with any fun trivia about the production, or cherished memories!! They will be included, so the more embarrassing the better.
Make sure you spread the word ! Share this with any of your old NUTS friends, directors, producers, casties, especially those that might not be around anymore to get this message. The older shows are going to be the hardest to document unless we follow the links back.
BE PROUD and email us about the shows you were involved in, even if you think someone else will. (They probably wont)
