Season Three

Wonder in Aliceland

Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, first published in 1865, has enchanted both young and old for generations. 

Wonder in Aliceland is an excellent and cheeky version adapted by Jo Denver with music by Don Woodward. Fun lyrics, memorable tunes and a clever script make this Alice absolutely wonderful.
Season: July 6 - Jluly 22. 2018

Season Four

On Golden Pond

On Golden Pond is a classic American comedy/ drama that's every bit as touching, warm, and witty today as when it debuted on Broadway in 1979. Retired couple Ethel and Norman Thayer spend every summer at their home on Golden Pond. This year, their adult daughter visits, bringing along her 13-year-old son. The turbulent relationship between father and daughter, the generation gap between young and old, and the difficulties facing a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage, all combine in a play that gives us unique insight into the modern American family,
Season: September 7 - 22. 2018.

Season Five

Loot

A black farce masterpiece, Loot follows the fortunes and misfortunes of two young amateur thieves, Hal and Dennis. Dennis is a hearse driver for a funeral parlour. After robbing the bank next door they hide-out with the loot in Hal’s home. Hal's mother has just died and the pair conceal the money in her coffin, hiding the body in a cupboard. Playing with all the conventions of popular farce, Orton creates a world gone mad and examines in detail mid-century English attitudes.
Season: November 15 - 30. 2018

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2018 Season

84 Charing Cross Road

The charming true story of the business letters between a struggling young writer in New York and an antiquarian book store in London. In a sense, these are also love letters. they are about the love of good literature. The story unfolds over a twenty year period =, beginning in 1949 when Helen Hanff first writes to Mark & Co., and ends in 1069 with the death of Frank Doel, the delightfully dusty supplier of so many old volumes to Helene who has shown her gratitude threough the years by sending 'care packages' to the book stoer staff.
Season: June 8 - 22. 2018.

The Shoe Horn Sonata

In 1945, dheila and Bridie were freed from a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp deep in the jungles of Sumatra where thousands of women and vhildren had lived and died, virtually forgotten by their own governments.
Now, adter being seperated for half-a-century, the filming of a telivision ducumentary forces them to relive the past, cotact the present and question the future. Eoven into their 50 years of separation are a shoe-horn and the threads of loyality and love which forn their uncommon bond.
Season: August 10 - 15.

Sylvia

A modern romantic comedy about a marriage and a dog. Greg's career as a financial trader is winding down, while Kate's career, as a public-school English teacher, is beginning to offer more opportunities. Greg brings home a dog he finds in the park. A street-smart mixture of Lab nd Poodle, Sylvia becomes a major bone of contention between husband and wife, she offers Greg an escape from the frustations of his job and the unkowns of middle age. To Kate, Syliva becomes a rifal for affestion. And sylvia thinks Katre just doesn't understand the relationdhip between amn and dog.
Season: November 16 - December 1. 2018.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteering in Melbourne theatre is a wonderful way to make new friends and learn new skills, or polish up some old ones. If you would like to volunteer ad work with Peridot Theatre to create excellentl community theatre,

WHY DO THEY DO IT?
It is an extremely rewarding experience, it builds lifelong friendships. It enables them to utilise existing skills as well as develop new ones. They have a lot of fun and laughs and enjpy 7being part of a production which they are proud of and which brings enjoyment to the many people who attend the performances.
Whether it's a barbie in our backyard area, movie nights or other get togethers, we realise our volunteers are our lifeblood and a pretty social bunch too.
SET BUILDING:
No production is complete without the set on the stage. Thr building of the set involves design, painting, carpentary, furniture restoration and electrical work. This could range from hanging a picture to building a staircase.

Experienced chippies. electicians, artists, designers are always welcome along with people who are eager to learn ad willing to get their hands a bit grubby.

While the sets are being built the costumes designed and made. Working with the director this involves machine and hand sewing and fitting of outfits on the actors.

BACKSTAGE:

This involves the changes made to the sets on stage during the live performances. This could range from providing an empty cup to an actor at a critical time before thay go on stage to changes between acts while the lights are down.

If you can tip toe in the darkness and enjoy the adrenalin rush of being involved in a live performance, without being an actor on stage, this is for you.

FRONT OF HOUSE:
The face of Peridot Theatre- you could be the lovely lady or gent greeting our patrons at the door, guiding them to their seats and making sure the audience refreshments between the acts and after the performance are ready to go when needed.

At the end of the evening you get a chance to mingle with the actors, director,and other behind scenes volunteers.

TECH CREW//BIO BOX:
The designers choreograph the lighting and sound as part of the preproduction of the play. The technical crew and bio box operate the soud and lighting during each performances. You may be working with special effects?
With a wide range of lighting and sound equipment available, working in time with actors on stage, its a great experience to be the one bringing the stage alive with massive claps of lighting and rumbling thunder or the soft chirpd in a lush foredt dcene.

Whether you experienced or simply full of enthusiasm and ready to learn, thios may be for you.

You can find the fun you're looking fr by going to the Peridot website and clicking on Who We Are or by giving Helen MNcintodh a call on 0403 797 709.

2018 Season

The Old People are Revolting

The senior residents of the Sunshine Lifestyle Village have had enough...they're revolting!
Once the 'makers and shakers' of their community, the residents are now largely ignored and relegatedto the sidelines of life. The world is about to find out how cangerous retired lawyers, car salesmen, hairdressers and farmers can be! Using the United Nations charter on the rights of self determination the residents decide to create their own independent kingdom, appoint a monarch and teach the wider community a lesson.
The resulting chaos and shenanigans draws the attention of the international media and upsets the nation's balance of power.
Season: July 22 - 30. 2018

The Vandal

is a series of one-on-one encounters of three lonesome souls who cross paths on a cold night in upstate Kingston New York. A seemingly distraught woman meests an overly gregarious teenage boy at a bus stop. No one is quite what he or she seems, Is the woman a patient from the local hospital or visiting a friend there? Is the man sivorced or a widower? Are the boy's outlandish tales mere inventions?
Season: Ocober 10 13 2018. with a matinee performance on October 14. 2018.

Secret Bridesmaids Business

It is the night before Meg;s wedding. She and her bridesmaids are planning to kick up their heels during the final hours before the big day. However not everything goes to plan, as a last minute scandal threatens to ruin the whole affair.
Elizabeth Coleman's wonderful characters bring this seriously funny play to life. Never far from reality, it exposes the insanity that can be created as the wedding juggernaut threatens to swerve out of control.
Mariage may be a wonderful thing, but after a night like this, well, could it be really woth it?
|Season: November 16 - 24. 2018.

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