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32 Burelli Street - Wollongong P.O.Box 786 Wollongong NSW 2520 Bookings (02) 4226 3366------------Fax (02) 4226 9696
The Merrigong Theatre Company is the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre's resident managing company. See also Illawarra Performing Arts Centre The Arcadians The Arcadians are the main musical theatre society in Wollongong, and have been in existence for about 35 years. Their musicals are staged at the Illawarra Performing Arts Centre and/or other suitable venues. They have have recently purchased the Corrimal Library and Community Hall which has now includes a functional performance space. This is known as "The Arcadians Miners Lamp Theatre". Though an amateur company they have on occasion produced very high quality productions. Les Miserables (in 1993) was outstanding and for the most part compared very well with the professional production staged in Sydney.
See also Arcadians Newsletter
6/6/99 For further information phone (02) 4228 8340. Wendy Good. Through a service called "Recreation Illawarra", (A sport and recreation service for people with disabilities), Altogether Drama has come into being. The group focuses on the integration of people with disabilities into mainstream activities via the medium of theatre. The group is going strong now with around 20 members and has has recently been taken over by a NIDA trained teacher.
P.O.Box A149 Shellharbour NSW 2529 Contact: Ph (02) 4297 2891-------Fax (02) 4297 5239
Roo's permanent home, The Harbour Theatre in Addison Street, Shellharbour (formerly the Shellharbour Community Hall). seats 210 patrons. The flexible space accommodates for both concert seating and cabaret table seated productions.
Bookings (02) 4225 9407-------PO Box 14 Keiraville 2500
It is a community group of theatre enthusiasts who perform for pleasure, not for money. As a group it caters for all varieties of theatre - from experimental to mainstream. Each production is a unique creation of its director and cast. Being such a small and flexible group, Wollongong Workshop Theatre has the advantage of allowing directors, actors and production crews a lot more freedom to "do their own thing". Wollongong Workshop Theatre PO Box 14 KEIRAVILLE NSW 2500 Has recently been refurbished See Photos
SPAT Web site - New - Sep 2005 Illawarra Performance Writers' GroupPartipants include writers and readers from the university and various Wollongong companies as well as noted local playwrights PP Cranney and Wendy Richardson. All are welcome (we do ask for a $10 contribution for a yearly membership: that pays for coffee, tea and various administrative costs associated with using the centre - it also means that the group enjoys associate membership to the Centre). The South Coast Writers Council is in the Town Hall building above the tourist information centre on the corner of Kembla and Crown streets.
For more information For further information phone Steen on 4229 3185 DODO EXPRESS was started up by Steen in 1997 to make use of the under utilised Bruce Gordon Theatre in the Ilawarra Performing Arts Centre. Since then DODO EXPRESS has developed a strong following with productions like WUTHERING HEIGHTS, and A MIDSUMMER NIGHTS DREAM. There have been no full productions since 2000 though it does now appear that they are starting up again in October 2003
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