Christian Voices, the musical drama group, have raised an incredible £1,008 for Epilepsy Sussex from the performances of their play, “Justice from the Judge”.
So starts the latest article in the Bexhill Observer (14/Jun/2019). The full article can be found on the Observer website.
…or you can find the article in full here…
David Marsh, who goes to St Martha’s Church, sent us these lovely words after watching Justice from the Judge.
I thought the play was excellent! I really enjoyed it! It is not easy with that story to be able to draw out all the different messages about rules, law, respect etc effectively but I thought you pitched it just right. The central themes of determination through faith in the face of adversity and our enemies and continuing to pray even if all hope looks lost, were very well delivered. I thought the actors were superb and the songs very well matched.
Great work, sir! I look forward to the next one!
As we like to get feedback on our performances we thought you’d like to read another kind review of our latest play, Justice from the Judge.
Sandy Willard of Christchurch Methodist, a Christian Voices regular, has sent us these lovely words about that performance.
I know I thanked you this morning, and said how much I enjoyed your performance but I felt I just had to write to you to say again how I felt about everything connected with this play. As you know, I always enjoy every play, but somehow today was perfection in every way.
Everybody’s diction was so clear and loud, each member knew their words, they came in on cue, each member was so well cast, you and your wife changed the scenery without fuss as and when required, and of course your writing of the story from Luke, was excellent and I particularly liked that there were bits of humour in it. It was easy to watch, and the message was there loud and clear. I liked the way emphasised reference to God and prayer was so simply dealt with, especially in the closing of the performance. As always too I enjoyed Dave’s songs and his singing with your wife and the other lady – again, so simple words, but emphasised all that was told in the acting.
It was lovely too to see your daughters there with you and I think Jamie is doing so well with the group. He tells me he has been with you for some seven years, and it’s so good to follow him through all your presentations.
I really look forward to seeing you again for your next play but I just can’t see that you will be able to better today’s – it was truly great.
Sometimes we are truly taken aback by the audience reaction to Christian Voices plays.
Oh, it’s great when people laugh or sigh in the right places and give a hearty round of applause at the end.
But it has always been an important point with Christian Voices that the performances are free to attend.
In more recent years we have started a collection at the back where people can leave whatever they feel. No lower limit and indeed not pressure to leave any donation at all. All monies collected, however, do go to local good causes.
With Justice from the Judge we decided to support Epilepsy Sussex. If you’re interested you can find out more about what they do on their website.
Well, either this cause or our magical performances hit some sort of note with our audiences as we collected an astounding £1,008!
That’s the highest ever donated at our performances and the first time we broken through the £1k mark!!
A big, big thank you to all who reached so very deep into their pockets and gave with both hands!
We always like to get feedback on our performances and our latest play, Justice from the Judge, has already received several that we’ll upload in the coming days.
Vanessa Wood and John Mewett went to our performance in St Martha’s Church Hall. They have sent us this lovely review of that performance. Thank you so much, Vanessa and John.
A very enjoyable evening!!
The addition of the Drum backing was very good and the songs, as usual, complimenting each Act really well.
Lovely vocals, very clear and in a lovely key too!
Very well acted! It was nice to see a new face (Dana) and the return of another (Jo). The portrayal of the young adult/parent relationship was very well observed. Personally, I felt that it almost put the main storyline into the background, and I was left a little disappointed that I will never know if Simon bonded back with his Mum. Dave’s song (“Teenage Attitude”) was a very strong and a good description of teenage angst.
John really enjoyed it and found it as, with all of Alan’s plays, very thought provoking! He thinks considering it is an amateur production, the acting is always of a very high standard! Jamie portrayed his character well and it was nice to see Graham back playing the bass guitar. It was also noticeable how well engaged the audience were.
The play got the large audience it deserved.
Christian Voices announce that their next play will be “Justice from the Judge” and is based on the parable of the persistent widow.
A widow is wronged and seeks justice from a corrupt Judge who does not respect or fear God. She will not stop asking the Judge until she is given justice.
December 2018 saw Christian Voices perform the new play Finding Room.
We’ve now got the webpage for the play up where we describe the play, list the cast and even the programme.
Follow the link to find out more about this seasonal (Christmas) performance. Who were the other people at the inn? What were their needs and challenges? It was a pleasure to perform and we hope that came across to all our audiences.
Christian Voices are very pleased to have received these lovely comments from Barry Turnwell and Sandy Willard from Christchurch Methodist Church. about our performances of Finding Room in December 2018.
Just a short note to thank you and all the members of CV for the excellent presentation at our service today. We really enjoy your visits and the play and music today were very reflective and thoughtful. Please do convey our thanks to all the members.
We are pleased that you will be coming again on Sunday 19th May for our 10.30am service. I think that you said that the title was ‘Justice for the judge’.
Renewed thanks to you all for your visit that I know the congregation greatly enjoyed.
Every blessing for 2019from Barry
Dear Alan,
It was great to welcome you to Christchurch again this morning – we always look forward to your visits and to chat to you all after your performances. Your presentation of Finding Room, was excellent as always, and I particularly enjoyed how it so cleverly included the story of The Good Samaritan and The Prodigal Son. I also really enjoyed your songs, your words are very insightful, and of course the singing of them by your wife and Laura. I personally love to see the youngsters taking part – Millie, Laura and Jamie all do so well with their words, acting and singing.
Well done and thank you to everyone involved in today’s performance. As I said above, it’s always our pleasure to have you with us, and we will very much look forward to your next visit in May.
With all good wishes.Sandy x
Thanks to Sandy & Barry, we always appreciate comments and feedback from our audiences.
Letter from EpilepsySussex
It was Christian Voices great pleasure to recently present £1008 to EpilepsySussex.
They have very kindly acknowledged the generosity of our audiences with the attached letter.
Just a small quote:
Thank you once again to all who donated so generously.
Posted by harlekwinblog on 08/06/2019 in Comments, News and tagged Comments, Fund Raising, News, Plays.
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