 THE
Northampton Theatre Guild will lose one of its best stars when, 23
year-old Judi Betts leaves to get Married on 3 April.
Her departure from the Guild comes at a time when they
are already in "dire straits", according to Judi's mother,
Mrs, Joan Betts, the producer of the Guild's recent presentation,
"Boeing Boeing".
Northampton's new Expressway is planned to go straight
through the Playhouse in Clare Street where the Guild have happily been
entertaining packed houses on almost every performance in the past
years.
Now they are faced with having to find alternative
accommodation: and hope that anything they might find will seat more
than the 86 which they can now squeeze into the Playhouse - which
incidentally was a warehouse before theatrical hands got to work.
Disband?
So far no suitable building has come to light, and the
Guild are worried that unless something comes up before the demolition
order is put into effect, they-will have to disband.
Judi has been a member of the Guild since she was
sixteen, and her first major role was that of Jo in "A Taste of
Honey."
Since then she has been in many of their productions -
except when she was studying at Goldsmith's College, London - her last
performance being the German air hostess in "Boeing Boeing".
Teacher
After her marriage in St Peter's Church, Weston Favell
- a stone's throw from her parents' home at 43 St. Peter's Gardens -Judi
and her husband, Adrian Baxter will live in Sandbach, Cheshire, where
Adrian works as a chartered surveyor, and auctioneer.
Judi, at present teaching at Chiltern Junior School,
Duston, is hoping to get a teaching job there, and also to join the
local amateur dramatic society, of which Adrian is a member.
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