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Millers Night
On the last Thursday of each month, we have our
social evening.
It's a friendly, informal occasion and an ideal opportunity
to make
yourself known to Canterbury Players - and vice versa.
Please feel free to come along to the Millers Arms,
Mill Lane, Canterbury, at around 8.30pm to say hello.
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On the very next production he achieved a personal ambition
by designing a set on the stage of the old Marlowe Theatre.
Somehow, he just seemed to stay and is now also the President
of Canterbury Players.
Derek is his worst critic: it takes him years to look back
at a production and think: ‘perhaps that was not too
bad!’
His proudest claim is the ability to scrounge, bargain and
cannibalise to produce, sometimes, passably professional-looking
sets on a near non-existent budget.
Notable productions:
- Flowering Cherry
- Pride and Prejudice
- Pygmalian
- Look Back in Anger
- The Entertainer (For Reg Brown)
- Ring Round the Moon
- Death of a Salesman
DEREK STANDING'S REVIEWS:
"The set and costumes were spot on, creating the period perfectly ...."
(The Vortex reviewed by Sian Napier )
".... Docklands flat, brilliantly designed by Derek Standing, in which the
play was set."
(RolePlay, reviewed by
Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"This was an adventurous undertaking and the Players once again
exhibited their exhilirating grasp of a challenge and professional skills in realising
its success."
(La Ronde, reviewed by Elaine Godden,
Kentish Gazette.)
"Derek Standing's sets were professional and worked faultlessly, and
the special effects of smoke and thundering guns gave a terrifying reality to
the scenes at the Battle of the Somme."
(The
Accrington Pals reviewed by Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"Derek Standing's set was eye-catching..."
(Play It Again Sam, reviewed by
Elaine Godden, Kentish Gazette.)
"Derek Standing's early modernist set .....................
contributed to a stunning production."
(Fallen Angels, reviewed by Delia
Dengeon, Kentish Gazette.)
"Derek Standing's simple and effective set also worked well."
(Blue Remembered Hills reviewed by Sian Napier,
Kentish Gazette.)
"Elegance and simplicity prevailed in Derek Standing's fine set..."
(Much Ado About Nothing reviewed by Annie
De Lodge, Kentish Gazette.)
"Set design by Derek Standing was simplistic yet effective,
portraying the wilderness of the southern plains."
Dark of the Moon reviewed by Nerissa Blower.
"The opening scene is their empty flat, inventively designed by Derek
Standing, both before and after their furnishings arrive."
(Barefoot In the Park.)
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