A View from the Bridge - Play in English in Coppet plus other events coming up
- Catherine
- Oct 26, 2011
- 4 min read
There are lots of events happening in the first weeks of November in the Nyon region, here are a few listed below. Plus, the Living in Nyon November newsletter is due to be sent out in the next couple of days, if you would like to receive it, just sign up in the subscription box in the box to the right of this post. English play in Coppet - November 8 -13th.Friday 4th - "Living along Lac Léman"- book signing at Nyon Tourist Office, Saturday 5th - Troc in Crans, plusTable Top sale in Dully. Sunday 6th - Léman Events Expat Fair in Lausanne,Also on the 6th -Classical Music at the Conservatoire in Nyon. Mountain First Aid Courses - 10th and 15th NovemberFriday 11th November - "A Flavour of India" evening in Nyon.Saturday 12th - "Souper de Soutien" Fund raising event for the Maisons des Enfants in Nyon
From the 8th to the 12th November GEDS (Geneva English Drama Society) will present "A View from the Bridge" by Arthur Miller. A little bit about GEDS - The Geneva English Drama Society provides a diverse theatre programme with a wide variety of styles and periods. A typical season includes 3-4 full stage productions and 20 fortnightly staged playreadings, plus workshops and social events. The play readings normally attract 50-100 people, and provide onstage roles for both experienced and aspiring actors. Once a year they produce and perform a play in Coppet, just a few miles from Nyon at the Théâtre de Terre Sainte. This is a lovely theatre with lots of parking , it is also not too far from Coppet railway station. The theatre has a bar for a pre theatre drink . Note - if you book first night tickets you can enjoy a glass of bubbly and meet the cast ! The play - About "A View from the Bridge" - This American classic is very well known and a standard text for schools and scholars: probably one of the four most frequently seen by one of the three or four leading American playwrights. Longshoreman Eddie Carbone lives in Brooklyn with his wife Beatrice and orphaned niece Catherine. Two Sicilian cousins arrive in the country illegally seeking work and are sheltered by Eddie. Catherine and Rodopho fall in love. Eddie is violently opposed without realizing his own motives. Tragedy ensues, with an almost Greek-Chorus figure helping recount and comment on events in an imaginative script and production. It is an enthralling evening, funny by turns and always involving, as it moves to an inevitable end. The cast includes: Pilar Diaz Quesada, Fabrice Drouin, Bernard Giovannini, Undine Groeger, Howard Hornfeld, Neil-Jon Morphy, Cristen Schroer, Chuck Slovenski, David Stieber, Herman Westebeeke, and Jona Zeschke. First-night patrons are invited to join the cast for a glass of bubbly after the show. Tickets: CHF 30 (seats numbered) Students CHF 19 on presentation of student card at the box office on the evening of performance, subject to availability of seats. Book at Theatre in Englishon choose your own seats, pay by credit card or bulletin de versement / e-banking and print your own tickets. Friday November 4th BOOK SIGNING AT NYON TOURIST OFFICEIf you missed the launch of the book "Living along Lac Léman" in October there will be another opportunity to purchase a copy and have it signed by the author on Friday 4th November between 16:00 and 18:00. Come along and say "hello", you can also pick up a copy of the new (free) winter tourist brochure to find out what activities are going on in the Nyon and St Cergue region this winter.
Saturday 5th November Troc de Crans 11:00 -15:00. There will be troc (second hand sale of goods) in Crans at the Salle Communale de Crans ( Rue Antoine-Saladin).
Sunday 6th November The International Women’s Club of Nyon will be holding a Vide Grenier (Table-top Sale) at the Salle Communale in Dully from 10:00 - 15:00. Info: Anne-Marie Ramu Tél. 021 824 13 03. Bénéfices pour la Fondation Vaudoise “Le Cube de Verre”
Sunday 6th November17:00 Classical music concert in the lovely lake side setting at the Conservatoire de L'Ouest Vaudois - Barocco Guitar duet - Michel Borne and Claudia Gave See COV
Also on Sunday 6th November, it's the big Léman Expat Fair in Lausanne, plus this year a recruitment/career fair will be held in the same building on the same day. Check here for more details - more about this fair coming soon on this site.
Mountain First Aid Courses in November - Learn how to deal with injuries whilst skiing or hiking in the mountains.
Get advice about when and how to call mountain rescue
Understand the principles of adult Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and practice delivering this on manikins
Practice the safe positioning of an unconscious adult
Understand the importance of head, neck and spinal injuries and what to do
Practice how to deal with broken bones and sprains
Learn how to recognise and manage hypothermia, frostbite, altitude illness and much more
Module 1 - 10th November 2011, 18:00 - 21:30
Module 2 - 15th November 2011, 18:00 - 21:30
180 CHF per person in total
via Health First (please register for both modules)
Rue des Racettes 2, 1213 Onex. This is the Paroisse Saint-Marc building.
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- A celebration of Indian culture, welcome drink, Indian feast, traditional Indian dance and fashion tips. Full details in poster below. See Friends of India
-There will be a fund raising supper at the Salle Communale for the Maison des Enfants in Nyon from 18:00 - 24:00. Apero followed by hot and cold buffet, musicians and dancers, tombola. See site for more details and registration.