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    Aldeburgh Cinema Club

     The Aldeburgh Cinema Club was set up in the 1970s with the main aim of providing support for Aldeburgh Cinema.  At that time many cinemas in the UK were under threat and Aldeburgh people were determined that their Cinema would remain open.  We are all grateful to them and are extremely lucky today to have a notable independent Cinema in Aldeburgh.  The Cinema Board and the staff do a fantastic job ensuring that our Cinema is welcoming, comfortable as well as being technically up to date – and showing the latest releases!

     

     Club Membership
    Club membership is currently about 1200. Most are Aldeburgh residents, but a good proportion come from wider Suffolk and further afield, including London.  The Club regularly donates substantial sums of money to the Cinema, and in 2007 we were pleased to contribute to the improvements to the auditorium, the new seating, and the digital equipment in the projection box.  


    Activities
    Although the Club has no remit to choose the regular films shown by the Cinema, we do arrange one-off showings of popular films, classics or local films, which may otherwise not be seen again on the big screen.  We also organise annual trips to the Glyndebourne touring opera and the ballet in the Theatre Royal Norwich, as well as wine-tastings, quizzes, afternoon teas, dinners, theatre outings, visits to Suffolk’s manor houses, to gardens and to other Cinemas like the new one at Southwold and the old one at Harwich.


    Subscriptions
    Subscriptions are £15 per year and our year runs from January to December. Subscriptions are payable from November, and on showing your membership card at the box-office you will receive £1 off the full ticket price.  Reductions in the cost of tickets for live transmissions from Royal Opera House, Royal Ballet Company, National Theatre and the Metropolitan Opera House in New York shown in the Cinema, may be reduced for Club members too.  You will also receive a monthly mail shot containing not just the Cinema programme, but also details of Club events, and information about local art exhibitions, craft sales, musical and drama events etc.

    Click here to download a membership application form.


    Forthcoming Cinema Club Events: 

    We are in the final stages of planning a coach trip to Bury St Edmunds on Tuesday 21 September 2010. We will be having a guided tour of the newly refurbished Theatre Royal in the morning and a choice of a Cathedral tour - to see the new ceiling in the tower - or a Greene King Brewery in the afternoon. More details will be available at the beginning of July from Maureen Wiseman on 01728 454238.
     
    We have reserved places for "Don Giovanni", Mozart's masterpiece, performed by Glyndebourne on Tour, in Norwich for Tuesday 16 November at 7.30pm. Details and costs will be available shortly, but please make a note of the date in your diaries as available places are quickly taken for our regular trips to Norwich Theatre Royal.  Please contact Chris Marion on 01728 451476. 


    Membership is a good way to keep your finger on the pulse of life in Aldeburgh as well as supporting one of the town’s and East Suffolk’s most valuable assets.    So……WHY NOT JOIN? If you would like further information please contact the Membership Secretary, Chris Marion on 01728 451476.


    Annual General Meeting
    The Annual General Meeting of the Cinema Club is held in February/March each year in the Cinema.

     

     

     

     

    OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE FOR 2010/2011

     

    Following the Annual General Meeting on Sunday 7 March 2010, the Officers and Committee Members to serve the Cinema Club during the coming year, are as follows:

    Officers:  Chairman                              Mrs Juliet Brereton

                     Secretary                              Mrs Maureen Wiseman

                     Treasurer                              Mr Tom Miller-Jones

                     Membership Secretary      Mrs Chris Marion

     

    Committee Members:     Mrs Jenny Hunt

                                               Mrs Jackie Mansfield

                                               Mrs Lucia Margarito

                                               Mr Peter Roberts

                                              Mr Duncan Taylor

                                              Mr Alan Eklid  (co-opted)

    If you have any queries about the Club, or would like a copy of the minutes of the 2010 AGM or the Statement of Accounts, please contact the Secretary, Maureen Wiseman, on 01728 454238.  

     

     
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