Forum Maintenance

We are currently upgrading the forum and have encountered a few problems. Normal service will be restored as soon as possible.

More Forun Maintenance

The forum will be down at some point on Friday 28th October. Unfortunately I don't know the time yet, but I am endeavouring to keep the down time to a minimum.

Forum Maintenance

Over the next few days I will be carrying out essential maintenance work on the forum, which means I might have to shut it for a while. I will try and limit the amount of disturbance, but please understand whilst this happens. Thanks.

Mailing Lists

We have changed the way you subscribe and unsubscribe from the two amdram.co.uk mailing lists. You no longer need usernames and passwords, just click the link at the top of most pages or visit the Mailing Lists page. I hope people find this easier.

RSC Stratford need £100m for revamp

The Royal Sakespeare Company's Stratford home will cost an estimated £100 million to revamp it was revealed today. Architects are proposing to retain the 1932 existing building and build a new 1,000 seat theatre inside. It is expected that the work will commencing in 2007.

Pinter wins prize

It has just been announced that Harold Pinter has been awarded the 2005 Nobel Prize for Literature. Commenting on Pinter's work, the academy said "Pinter restored theatre to its basic elements: an enclosed space and unpredictable dialogue where people are at the mercy of each other and pretence crumbles".

Free screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show

There will be a free public screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in association with Urbis on Saturday 29 October, from 8pm via the BBC Big Screen, Exchange Square, Manchester.

Mick Rock was the official on-screen photographer for this cult classic. Join us to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Rocky Horror Picture Show in this free film screening, come rain, hail or shine. Transylvanian dress optional but strongly advised. There is no need to book a place for this event - just turn up, in whatever you want to wear.

The Databases

As you probably know, we lost a major amount of data between the 11th of August and yesterday 6th of October). Luckily I get a copy of every new addition or amendment, but it would be impossible to re-enter everything myself. Where people have given an email address I am slowly getting through all the information and writing to them, but ... not everyone includes an email address. If you have added information into the databases between these dates, can you please check and make sure your entry is still there - if it isn't can you re-enter it please? Thanks

We're getting back to normal

The databases, ticketing system and classified ads are all now back on line - that's the good news. The bad news is that any information added after the 11th of August has been lost. I will be emailing everyone that I can and asking them to re-submit information, but if you know that's you, then please re-submit. Thank you everyone for your patience and understand.

Parts of the site not working

At the moment it appears that the classified ads and the online Help Desk are not working. The databases appear to be currently off line as well. The problem at the moment is that the site is running on a fairly old backup, the hosts are trying to find a more recent one. If I amend anything today they could then overwrite any corrections with another restore. In the meantime, if you need to contact me, please email me at jane@amdram.co.uk.

Forum and website

Following a server crash, the amdram.co.uk website and forum have been backed up from a while ago. The backups since then and mine have been corrupted by the server. There are still problems with the site and the forum which will be worked on for the next couple of days. Please bear with me as the site is being repaired.

Forum problem persists

Unfortunately the forum is still not working. I've been having serious problems with the hosts of the site who keep insisting that the forum is working, when very clearly it isn't. I have been emailing them since the problem started and am getting to the end of my patience. I am so sorry that this problem is persisting, hopefully it will get reinstated soon.

And still the problems continue

Unfortunately the forum is still down. We are aware of the problem, which was caused by a server crash on Thursday morning, and are still working to restore normal service. I am so sorry for the lack of forum, and can only assure you that we are doing everything we can to get it back up and running as soon as possible.