Annual Diaries |Annual Listings 1997 to Current Year |
By Music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls. Book by William F. Brown I.M.B. Theatre Quinn's Music Studio Director: ( Angela Quinn, Musical Director Peter Copeland )
By Special Arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd. The Wiz is a rock and soul musical based on the beloved L. Frank Baum story about Dorothy and her adventures in Oz Running Time Warning: show contains fog/smoke effects, strobe lighting, loud noise, mirrorball effects and adult concepts.
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By Rick Miller IPAC Merrigong Theatre Director: ( Sean Lynch, Designer: Beth Kates )
Produced in Australia by Merrigong Theatre Company and Richard Jordan Productions Ltd. 85% Shakespeare’s Macbeth, 100% The Simpsons In a hilarious one-man vocal spectacular, acclaimed Canadian theatre-maker Rick Miller performs over 50 different voices, presenting the bard’s classic as it would be performed by the characters from the cult TV show. After a run-in with the weird sisters, MacHomer is overcome by vaulting ambition that ranges from wanting the throne to wanting a donut. You’ll recognise such voices as Lady Marge, Montgomery “Duncan” Burns and token Scot, Groundskeeper Willie!
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By Book and Lyrics by Jeanie Linders IPAC Hit Productions Director: ( Director: Gary Young, Producer: McPhersons Inc, Musical Director: Paul Keelan, Choreographer: Andrew Hallsworth, Resident Choreographer: Lyn Pelgrave )
HIT Productions Brought to you from the original US creative team, Australia welcomes the international sensation and #1 Girls' Night Out, Menopause The Musical®! We guarantee that you will leave the theatre uplifted and joyous. Many of the audience members have come back time and time again to join with their sisters in this 90 minute, one act laugh-a-thon The previous season proved to be the classic girls' night out, so take advantage of our group booking special. If you book in a group of ten or more, you will save $8 off a full price ticket and receive a free glass of bubbly! Group tickets can be purchased for just $41 per person or at the Early Week Special rate of $36 (Tues & Wed). To request a booking form simply phone the box office on 02 4224 5999.
Cast: The cast includes Maria Mercedes, Andrea Creighton, Michelle Collins, Jennifer Levy and Caroline Waddell Technical:
By Written & Created By Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe & Phillip Scott IPAC Merrigong Theatre Director: ( Musical Director: Philip Scot )
Revue team bid farewell to the Not-so-Great Depression! With a stimulus package of song and satire, one beautiful girl and three lucky fellows have pooled their one-off payments and put on a show! So slap your thighs and turn off your mobiles for: Kevin Potter and the Lower Chamber of Secrets, Canberra’s Got Talent!, The Democrats in Heaven, Amanda Vanstone on her Roman Holiday – La Dolce Big-Eater!, Penny “K.D.” Wong sings Constant Cave- In and Michelle sings about why her guy Obama is the new black!
Cast: Includes Jonathan Biggins, Drew Forsythe & Phillip Scott Technical: Lighting designer: Matthew Marshal
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By Music & Lyrics by Peter Allen Book by Nick Enright Harbour Theatre Roo Theatre Co. Director: ( Gordon Streek, Musical Director Josh Quigley )
By arrangement with David Spicer Productions In the 1950s, the young boy Peter Allen started performing and playing the piano. As an adult, Peter is in various early concerts in Australia with his partner. He is introduced to Judy Garland, who hires him for her show. Peter soon becomes romantically involved with Judy's daughter Liza, and they marry. Peter appears in New York City with the Rockettes. As time progresses Peter develops a relationship with a man and his marriage ends.
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By Dale Wasserman (based on the novel by Ken Kesey) Wollongong Workshop Theatre Wollongong Workshop Theatre Director: ( Lajos Hamers )
McMurphy, a man with several assault convictions to his name, finds himself in jail once again. This time, the charge is statutory rape when it turns out that his girlfriend had lied about being eighteen, and was, in fact, fifteen (or, as McMurphy puts it, "fifteen going on thirty-five"). Rather than spend his time in jail, he convinces the guards that he's crazy enough to need psychiatric care and is sent to a hospital. He fits in frighteningly well, and his different point of view actually begins to cause some of the patients to progress. Nurse Ratched becomes his personal cross to bear as his resistance to the hospital routine gets on her nerves.
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By Enda Walsh IPAC Merrigong Theatre Director: ( Mikel Murfi )
It’s 11 o’clock in the morning in a council flat on London’s Walworth Road. In two hours time, as is normal, three Irishmen will have consumed six cans of ale, fifteen crackers with spreadable cheese, ten pink biscuit wafers and one oven-cooked chicken with a strange blue sauce. In two hours time, as is normal, five people will have been killed. The Walworth Farce is a tender insight into what happens when we become stuck in the stories we tell ourselves about our lives.
Cast: Michael Glen Murphy, Tadhg Murphy, Mercy Ojelade, Raymond Scanel Technical: Designer: Sabine Dargent, Lighting Designer: Paul Keogan
By Jason Robert Brown Gordon Theatre So Popera! Director: ( Danny Condon, Musical Direction by Peter Copeland )
This superb 2002 off-Broadway hit is brought to Wollongong for the first time by the team that brought you A Grave Affair in 2008. Jamie, a successful novelist, and Cathy, a struggling actress, offer contrasting versions of their turbulent five-year relationship. Responsibility for the couple’s triumphs and failures is blurred. Featuring two exceptional actor/singers backed by a chamber orchestra, The Last Five Years explores all the joy, jealousy and heartache of human relationships. Running Time
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Andrew Kay and Associates Presents Hi-5 Hi-5 are planning a surprise party and everyone is invited! Stevie, Casey, Fely, Lauren and Tim want to do something special for their wonderful friend Chats’ birthday. So, they are throwing her a party. It’s a big, fun-filled surprise with heaps of singing, dancing and party games. Get ready to yell “surprise!” and join in with the celebration. Hi-5 Surprise is the biggest party to ever hit the stage... but remember, don’t tell Chats! Pricing Performance Times General Public: Sat 20 Mar Technical:
By Geoffrey Sykes The Bushland Chapel, 94 Parkes Street Helensburgh Playscript & Bushchapel present Director: ( The ensemble )
A funky, fast retelling and sequel to the classical French story. A celebration of the earth. Full of fun and fast action, and a feast of original and playful music, songs and rich visuals. Guaranteed to please all ages and tastes. www.bushchapel.com.au/art_scene.html
Cast: Erin Brookhouse, Irene Kokotatsios and Jack Michel. Technical:
By Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn. The Arcadians' Miners Lamp Theatre Arcadians Theatre Group Director: ( Linda Corrin )
The show centers around a fictional spelling bee set in a geographically ambiguous Putnam Valley Middle School. Six quirky adolescents compete in the Bee, run by three equally-quirky grown-ups. Technical:
By Michael Gow IPAC Merrigong Theatre Director: ( Geordie Brokman )
A Queensland Theatre Company & State Theatre Company of South Australia production Gifted playwright Roland Henning is trying to convince his sceptical therapist Nina that he doesn’t have writer’s block, it’s just that, well, he can’t write anymore… With Nina’s help, Roland reluctantly recalls his primary school days in the outer Sydney suburb of Como and that extraordinary day which shattered his boyhood and plunged him headlong into the dizzy circus of art and life. But as personal tragedy suddenly threatens to permanently derail Roland, will he grasp a chance for salvation or slip back into old habits?
Cast: Cast includes: Lizzy Falkland, Barbara Lowing , Daniel Mulvihill , Chris Pitman, Ed Wightman Technical: Designer: Jonathon Oxlade, Lighting Designer: Nigel Levings, Lighting Design Associate: Ben Hughes, Composer/Sound Designer: Bret Colery, Assistant Director: Melanie Wild
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Australia’s leading taiko drumming group returns to Wollongong with an exceptional combination of thunderous drumming, dynamic movement and soothing bamboo flutes. Inspired by the beach and the ocean, Shifting Sand captures everything from the beauty, force and majesty of raging winter storms through to the delicate play of light on the surface of the sea. Combining Buddhist and Shinto traditions with contemporary music, TaikOz have a reputation for dramatic performances that fuse explosive energy with refinement and grace. An evening with TaikOz promises to be a truly visceral experience Technical:
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Peter Combe in Wash Your Face in Orange Juice With over a million CDs sold and 3 ARIA awards for Best Children's Album, Peter Combe was the ABC's original superstar of Australian children’s music. His greatest hits include, Wash Your Face in Orange Juice, Newspaper Mama, Toffee Apple and Juicy Juicy Green Grass. RUNNING TIME: APPROX 55 MINS (NO INTERVAL) And for the 'big kids'... Special relive your childhood show with the Bellyflop in a Pizza Band - stay for Happy Hour at the bar afterwards. Suitable for all ages. 16 & 17 APRIL TICKETS: $17 SPECIAL EVENING SHOW 16 APRIL 6:30pm TICKETS: $22 Technical:
By John Vanbrugh. Wollongong Workshop Theatre Wollongong Workshop Theatre Director: ( Tim Baker )
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s a drama based on the novel by Australian writer Tim Winton. It chronicles the lives of two working class Australian families who come to live together at One Cloud Street, over a period of twenty years, 1943 - 1963. It was the recipient of a Miles Franklin Award in 1992. Technical:
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