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2023 SeasonFamily ValuesA celebrated federal judge. His son, a born-again Christian. His daughter, a Border Frce officer. Her [artner, the captain pf a border Force ship/. His pther daughter, a left-wing anctivist. His wife, who has worked all her life to keep the family together. Saba, an asylum seeker on the run from Naura. Barefoot in the ParkPaul Bratterm a conservative lawyer, marries the vivacious orie, but their highly passionate relationship descends into comical discird in a five-flight New York walk up apartment contending with a lack of heating, a leaking roof, several; long flightrs of stairs, the oddball neighbour, the telephone repairman and Corie's we;;-meaning mother. SwitzerlandA thriller by Joanna Murray-Smith Somewhere in the Swiss Alps, grande dame of crime literature Paula Highsmith lives with an impressive collection of books, ans a somewhat siniser collection of guns and knives. She finds solace in her solitude, her cats and cigarettes. But when amysterious international visitor arrives at her perfectly secluded home, her love of fictional murders becoes a dangerous reality. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare ( abridged) (revised) (again)A comedy by Adam Long, Daiel Snger and Jess Winfeield The show features three overachievers attempting to perform all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in 97 minutes. Fast-paced, witty, and physical., it's an evening (or afrternoon) of laughter for Shkespeare lovers and haters alike. Fracked! Or Please don't use the F-wordA black comedy by Aistair Beaton Hpw would you feel about sitting in front of that nice old village pub on a sunny afternoon whilw convoys of 40-ton tankers roll past six feet away? Deerland Energy's plans to drill for shale gas in the pretty villageof Fenstock are going well. The company is looking at big profits with scientists and Coucillors open to lucrative offers. The only snag is a ragged band of protestors, headed by just another 'mad old biddy', Elizabeth Blerackwood. |
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Sense and SensibilityCPP Conmunity Theatre sends itsd congratulations to the cast of Sense and Sensiblity and the company's thanks to all who auditioned.
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Theatre SportsSEEKING PERFORMERS FOR INAUGURAL IMPROV THEATRE GAMES: Run like Whose Line Is It Anyway we wish to invite performers the opportunity to put forward a tam of four to compete against other teams. register your interest in participating below. Make up a team of 4 or register as an individual and be matched up. Some experience in improvisation isrequired. Theatre GamesJoin ELT or a Season of Theatre Games in Febrary and March. & click on Book as below. Theatre sports inprov competition Februay 11. Book Theatre Sports Competition A Play in a Day (or two) February 24 & 25. Book Play in a Day Theatre Trivia? March 10. Book Trivia and LIve Music Evening Wanted DirectorsVolunteer Popsitions: Experienced and emerging directors for 2024 or 2025 seasons.
Behind the ScenesAs we all understandm life can get in the way of any and all plans. Almost MaineELT is seeking a director for the critically acclaimed play to be performed in September 2023. If you think this could be you, please email info@elthamlittletheatre.org.au (click on email adress) with your expression of interest, any relevant information or a request for a copy of the script.
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Behind the ScenesEncire Theatre needs you in 2022 to help the company survive. Do you have a retired friend or family member looking fir a fun way to meet new people and give back to the community? Encore Theatre is in desperate need of volunteers to join our set-bulding team. Without them, we may need to cease production, No expreience necessary. Any handyman skills A plus. |
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2023 SeasonThe LadykillersA classic comedy set in 1950s London. Posing as amateur musicians, Professor Marcus and his gang rent a 'rehearsal room' in the lopsided house of sweet but strict Mrs Wiberforce. But, when Mrs Wilberforce becomes wise to their chicanerym Marcus decides there is nly one way to keep the old lady quiet. With only her parrot, Genertal Gordon, to help her, Mrs Wilbwerforce is alone with five desparate men. Who will be fprced to face the music? Molly SweeneySet in 1990s Bakkybeg, County Donegal, the play explores the relationship between blind Molly Sweeney, her husband Frank and her opthalmologist Mr rice, who performs a successful operation to restore Molly's sight. The play is related as shards of memory from each of the characters who recall the operation and ther framatic impact Molly'a sightedness had on all of them. While the two mmen believe the gift of sight would be nothing short of a miracle, Molly finds yer new world threatening and overwhelming and withdraws from ot. My OLd LadyNew Yorker Mathias is middle-aged, broke and happy. His recently-deceased, estranged father has left him an apartment in Parism which Mathias intends to sell as quickly as possible. On arrivalm he is suprised and bewildered to find the apartment occupied by an elderly lady and her fierce and feisty daughter, what;s more, an arcane French law decrees that they are entitled to it "en viager", lifetime habitation! CosiCosi is set in a psychiatric institution in Melbourne in 1971m during the changing social climate caused mainly by the war in vietnam. Lewis has recently left Uni and faces the challenge of directing the Mozart opera Cosi Fan Tutte staqged in a burnt-out theatre with the patients as cast members. Initially hesitant, he becomes emotionally involved with his patients-cum-actors as his operatic production lurches forward and anti-war protests rage outside. illed with an over-enthusiastic cast, who can't sing, act or speak Italian, what could possibly go wrong. Ladies in BlackRecent high school graduate Lisa Miles has an ambition to attend university, against her father's wishes, but meanwhile takes a holiday job at Goodes. the most pretigious department store in 1950s Sydney. Here is a world of new possibilities awaits her as she makes friends with the ladies who work in the women;s frock department. HTC Youth: Grimmish - a fractured fairy taleCome one and all and join Little Red Riding Hood, the Big Bad Wolf m, Hansel and Gretel, Rumpelstilskin and a host of characters in this madcap romp inspired by the owrks of the wonderful Brothers Grimm.
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s | Ladies DayLife is one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome. Pearl, Jan, Shelley and Linda. but their fortunes are set to change when they head for Ladies Day at the races. Factory hairnets make way for fascinators so the four friends hit the track for an unforgettable day out. Secrets are spilled with the champagne and friendships are tested to the limit. Personal lives and relationships are unveiled in both humorous and somewhat more serious interactiona. Death TrapComfortably ensconsed in his charming Connecticut home, Sudney Bruhl,. a successful writer of Broasway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell, which has resulted in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college, a thriller that Sidney recognises immediately as a potential Broadway smash hit. Sidney's plan, devised with hes wiffe's help, is to offer colaboration to the student for co-credit. Ot is it? The Whales of AugustA sensitive and gently humorous study of two eldery widowed sisters who are living together in a beach house on an island of the Maine coaast, and pass their days watching whales from the porc and reconciling their complicated relationship. The older sister, Libby, has grown increasingly reclusive and irritable, as she progressively loses each of her senses and is being taken care of by her younger sister, sarah, who feeels obliged to repay the debt which was incurred when their mother died and the older sister assumed maternal responsibilities. They came to decisions, which for them are both momentous and filled woth the bittersweet recognition that life, despite the alterarations of tomem must continue as best it ca.; The Third ActSue's dughter is getting married. While the bride to-be brims over with excitement, Sue grits her teeth and wonders how she will endure it. The wedding will force her to come to terms with her own, very different circumstances, the end of her long marriage, her estranged husband and his new partner, and questions she has tried very hard to ignore. As pressure buildsm the armnour she has carfully constructed arouihnd herself is threatened. She is forced to a reckoining with famiily,m her oldest friend and even the past in theform of an old flame with an agenda of his own.Can she find the strength to face a very different future from the one she imagined? Absurd Person SingularThis is one of Ayckbourne's most often-performed plays: a comedy that follows the changing fortunes of three married couples. We visit the homes of each of the couples on successive Christmas Eves, where we experience all kinds of domestic disasters and absurdities. In the forst year of his marriage in an attemt to climb the social ladder, the lower-class Hopcrofts host their bank manager and his wife (the Brewster-Wrights), and their architect neighbour, Geoffrey Jackson and his suicidal wifem eva, Havoc enses at this festive drinks partym which they hoped would impress their high-pwered friends - but that's nothing compared to what happens at the next two Christnases when the friends return the Hopcrofts' hospitality. |
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The EffectConnie is a psochology student. Tristan is a charming drifter. It's Only a PlayA wealthy first-time bgroadway Producer, Julia Budder, is throwing an opening night party for The Golden Egg at her luxutious Manhatten home. Summer of the Seventeeth DollThe most famous australian play and one of the most loved, Summer of the Seventeeth Doll is a tragic story f Ro and Barney. Beautifully observed, humorous, and poignant. Consentis a powerful and challenging play about the issue of sexual consent and its intersection with the justice system. Lawyer friends take opposing briefs in a shocking and contentious legal case where the key witness id a victom whose life seemas a world away from theirs. Public and private worlds collide as evidence is examined from many perspectives. Ulitimately, is the legal sustem itself on trial? Four fiat Whites in ItalyHolidays from hell were never so much fun! |
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Night Must FallWhen the imperious, embittered Mrs Bremson learns that her young maid Dora is pregnant, she sumons the child's presumed father to her bungalow. The young man, Dan, is charming but mysterious. Could he be responsible for the recent murder and beheading of a local woman, and could Mrs Brenson be his next victim? Skilfully Dan insinuates himelf into Mrs Brenson's affections and attempts to seduce her sceptical niece, Olivia. Despite strong suspicions of Dan's diabolical intensions, Olivia finds herself attracted to and fascinated by the young man. Peridot is asking for help to find an affordable space where they can rehearse, build their sets, and store their props. If yopu can help directly, or just point them in the right direction, plaes contact the President Helen McIntosh at president@peridot.com.au # Bacchae Too# Bacchae Too is a re-telling of argubily Europides; greatest work The Bacchae Things I Know to be TrueBob and Fran Price have loved each other for 30 years.They have built a home and raised four strong children. At the end of it all, they are left askig. Was it worth it? Who are we, now the chilfren have gone?
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2023 SeasonFortune'a FoolThis os a comedy about love gone right and love gone wrong. It's the story of two couples, Chuck and Gail who are about to be married and Jay and Bonnie, the best man and maid of honour, who dislike each other so intensely that their eventual romance s al but preordained. things don't always work the way we expect and the twists and turns un theser two relationships is definitely an unique look at the institution of amrraige. An Inspector CallsThis classic play presents a window on society, within the framework of an intriguing mystery, in 1912 in the indestrial north of England, the family of a prosperous factory owner are celebrating their daughter's engagement. their festivities are interrupted by the arrival of a police inspector, who reports the deat of a young woman in a local infirmary.Are the family members correct in assuming that this tragedy has nothing to do with them? Under the inspector's probing, a remarkable story unfolfd. The Normal Heartis a largely autobiopgraphical play by Larry Kramer. It focusses on the rise of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in New York City between 1981 and 2984, as seen through the eyes of writer/sctivist Ned Weekd, the gay founder of a prominent HIV advocay group. The play was written and first performed in 19085 and made its Broaday debit i 2011. The Complete Worls pf William Shakespeae (agbridged) (revised) (again)This is not so much a play as it is a vaudeviille show in which three sharamismatic, widely ambitious actors attempt to present ALL 37 of Shakespeare's plays in a single performance.
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