Imperial Productions is run by a small group of people who meet regularly to plan our programme and produce our shows. The committee has been chaired for many years by David Phipps-Davis, who this year stood down to take up a slightly better offer of employment from Cameron Mackintosh on the UK tour of Phantom. We wish him well for the next 18 months, although he will continue to be involved with the Imperial.

So a warm welcome please to the new committee for 2012:

The Imperial Productions Annual General Meeting will be on Thursday 5th January, at 7.30pm at the residence of committee member David Swain. If you wish to attend please contact David at davidxswain@gmail.com and he will give you directions.

If you would like the minutes of the 2011 AGM let me know and I will forward them to you.

Here is the agenda:-

Minutes of 2011 AGM to be accepted
Chair’s Report
Treasurer’s Report
Resignation of current committee
Election of new committee
Life Membership
Sue Foister Award

Imperial Productions' latest show has just finished its run at the Jack Studio Theatre, Brockley. On top of a four star review from Remotegoat (read it here), we played to packed houses and lighting Designer Paul J Need was nominated for an Off West End Theatre Award.

Who Will Carry the Word? ran 18th - 29th October 2011.

Auditions for our forthcoming play Who Will Carry The Word? will be held on Saturday 6th August and Saturday 13th August 2011.

Based upon the true story of Charlotte Delbo, a member of the French resistance who spent nearly three years in concentration camps, Who Will Carry the Word? depicts the lives of twenty-three women while they share a barracks in Auschwitz. This is their story of hope, friendship and sacrifice to journey back and tell the truth to the world.

London fringe revival of Maltby and Shire’s broadway hit

Three couples, each newly expecting a child, have different but familiar reactions. Lizzie and Danny are university juniors who have only just moved in together. Athletic Pam and her sporting instructor husband Nick have had some trouble conceiving. Arlene, already the mother of three grown daughters, is unsure of what to do, contemplating abortion while her husband Alan is thrilled with the thought of a new baby.