BVP BOARD MEMBERS
ALISON (but which one?) – PRESIDENT
A chance remark way back in 1987, when I was newly arrived in Italy and still trying to cope with life in Italy plus a new baby, prodded me into joining 6 other ladies in the embryonic Benvenuto Players. And what a lot of fun it’s been! Fun, friendship and a friendly face always readily available. I’ve been in involved in over a hundred shows and directed many of them. Now I’m taking a less active role as I concentrate on travelling to weird and wonderful corners of our planet. My most memorable moment with the BVP? – having half-digested pasta vomited into my ear while rehearsing Cinderella with my baby on one hip..
IAIN – VICE PRESIDENT
I got involved with The Benvenuto Players
PETER – TREASURER
CARON – SECRETARY
I have been involved with the Benvenuto Players since 2010 due to my children wanting to be involved. Initially I volunteered for any job and thoroughly enjoyed every task I took on, whether it was cleaning up, running the bar, doing make-up and hair, acting, prompting – the list goes on! There are always fun things to do and a great group of people to do them with. My talents are varied but my sense of fun, patience and reliability come out as high and this year I thought I would give being the secretary a go as well.
ESIN – MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
GUILLERMO – PUBLICITY OFFICER
I landed here in Varese in January 2019. After a while I started searching for theatre groups, and found this one. Wonderful option, I thought, since my Italian was not so good, my English much better, although it should improve. It seems I’m not the only one that did not know what a “panto” is. Sad, I know. I joined the group in 2022, and started with The Twelfth Night, by Shakespeare. Wonderful production (and I discovered the “Twelve days of Christmas” song (my God, where have I been all these years?).
And since then I couldn’t miss any production. The group is very friendly, nice and, most important, funny. When you mix that with very good creative skills and serious work you get an amateur group whose performances reach a very high level, almost professional.
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PETER – TECHNICAL OFFICER
It is the usual story (or wait, in fact I even have an IMDB page!). We arrived in Italy from Hungary in the fall of 2013, just to catch our very first sweeping panto experience Cinderella. Then our daughter Helga got on stage as a junior and I started to record the BVP shows on video. The trap finally closed when the previous light (and air) crew had a change in their flight schedules and consequently difficulties to commit to show dates. So, since 2021 you can see me in the technical booth, playing with switches and replacing light bulbs last minute before shows. So let there be light – and let there be blackout!
VIK – WEBMASTER