Monthly Archives: June 2012

"Expect to be greatly entertained!" – David Kary, Sydney Arts Guide
http://www.sydneyartsguide.com/View-Review.asp?ReviewID=1106

Tickets are selling fast, particularly towards the end of the season. Good seats are still available for this weekend 8/9/10 June. Get in quick!

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

Adapted & Directed by Roger Gimblett

Season: 26th May – 30th June 2012
Preview night 25th May
Friday and Saturday nights at 8pm
Sunday matinée at 4.30pm

Join the event on Facebook for video interviews, photos, and behind the scenes info about this production.

In celebration of the 200th anniversary of the great man’s birth the Genesians are proud to premiere this new adaptation of Charles Dickens’ great novel.

Young orphan Pip lives with his sister and her husband blacksmith Joe Gargery in a humble village when his life is turned upside down by a meeting with an escaped convict and subsequently his introduction to eccentric recluse Miss Havisham and her adopted daughter Estella. As Pip is suddenly removed from his humble origins and transformed into a young gentleman of great expectations he gains much but ultimately realises he has lost himself on the journey.

Dickens’ wonderful characters are brought to life by a talented cast of old and new Genesian faces, with detailed period costuming from Peter Henson, in this stunning new adaptation by Roger Gimblett ‘Mr Theatre’.

On Saturday 2nd June 2012 the Genesian Theatre donated 50% of all Box Office takings to Carers NSW, the peak organisation for carers in NSW.

NUCMS announces auditions for our October 2012 production of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Alan Ayckbourne’s chamber musical based on the "Jeeves" stories of P.G Wodehouse.

There will be an Information Night on Thursday 21st June at 8pm & Auditionson Thursday 28th June from 8pm, both at Normanhurst Uniting Church, Buckingham Avenue, Normanhurst.

For further information about the production, including an Audition Pack, see the website jeeves

The Theatre on Chester is opening up it’s Play Selection for 2013 and is calling for Directors.

If you have a play you are interested in Directing in 2013 you will need to book in for the Director’s Pitch Day on Saturday 16th June.

All Director’s will be pitching to a panel and will need to be prepared to discuss the following information:

• The context – story, characters (number), themes, sound, language
• The form you envision – style, set, costumes, music, lighting, mood
• The demographic of the Theatre on Chester

Please bring along a copy of the script and any supporting material.

If you are interested in being a part of the above process, please contact Megan Hipwell on secretaryor 0415 449 579.