Further to the earlier posting re freebies for other shows (and btw multiple ticket claims are fine!),
there are still double passes available to this Thursday’s 7pm performance of Murder Most Funny! at the Tap Gallery in Sydney.
To win, be among the first to email win giving your name and stating which show/performance you prefer.
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Blacktown Theatre Company’s popular Short Play season presents an evening of Mark Harvey Levine classics – it’s like playing one our favourite albums just for you! We love his comedies and feature them regularly, so we have put them together in one show and think we’ve got it covered with romance, friendship, time travel and crayons!
We promise to tickle your funny bone and tug at your heart strings. Bring a drink, a snack, your sense of humour and get a table of friends together.. Let us do the rest!
Our cafe will also be open if you don’t have time to shop!
One weekend only – ’cause good things come in small packages, right? Don’t miss out on some of our most popular plays this decade!
All tix are just $15.
Bookings can be made via www.btco.iwannaticket.com.au or 0432 477 777
For further information please visit www.blacktowntheatreco.com.au
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Get ready for some Wiggly Giggly Fun
By Sarah Trethewy
Tucked away in the heart of Darlinghurst, the Tap Gallery was buzzing on the opening night of Murder Most Funny and there was not a spare seat in the theatre as the crowd enjoyed an original work that had the audience as engrossed as a group of five year olds at a Wiggle’s concert.
Murder Most Funny follows the story of the ‘Giggles’ who are an all singing, all dancing children’s entertainment group who are taking their final bow after ten years of wowing the nation’s children. But before their final concert the band ends up in a pickle, as something terrible has happened in their bathroom…
This play combines the intrigue of a murder mystery and the fun and corniness of children’s entertainment. The cameras are off and the audience go backstage with one of the world’s most famous bands, the ‘Giggles’. The backstage drama is a funny insight into what might go on in a children’s band and as the investigation takes place, secrets are revealed.
Playwright and director Tony Laumberg greeted the audience as the houselights went down, and shared the inspiration for the play; his own love of the Wiggles, and he set the scene with his own performance of ‘Hot Potato’.
The trio of children’s entertainers Jasmin Certoma, Nick Hunter and Seaton Kay-Smith as Jade, Corey and Kevin had big shoes to fill but did the skivvied man band proud. The trio worked well together, and they managed to maintain their zany energy throughout. Seaton Kay-Smith’s as ‘Kevin’, with his random ‘great nanna stories’ and musical outbursts made him a stand out performer with some hilarious one-liners. Tricia Youlden as Felicity, the ‘Giggle’s’ publicist, also added humour to the situation by adding a cynical media spin to the investigation process.
Murder Most Funny is a fun and entertaining original work by an Australian comedy playwright with an impressive body of work. The play is an interesting take on the Australian icons and what it means to be a children’s entertainer, and if you have ever found yourself singing along to a Wiggle’s song, or engrossed in a murder mystery, then this is a play for you.
Murder Most Funny is playing at the Tap Gallery in Darlinghurst until 9 September. Click here for booking information.
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Book your tickets this week folks, you’ve only got until Sunday the 19th of August to take advantage of a very special offer!
Adults for Concession prices for any show, but this is a strictly limited offer!
To book call Hornsby RSL on 9477 7777 or go tohttps://iwannaticket.com.au/event/hms-presents-into-the-woods-NTAyNw
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The Regals Proudly Present
THE HATPIN
St George Bank Auditorium, Kogarah.
Friday October 12 at 8pm
Saturday October 13 at 8pm
Thursday October 18 at 8pm
Friday October 19 at 8pm
Saturday October 20 at 2pm and 8pm
Adults $35
Concessions $30
EARLY BIRD SPECIAL – BOOK BEFORE SEPTEMBER 16
Adults: $30
Concessions: $25
BOOK NOW: www.theregals.com.au or 0449 REGALS (734257)
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Miranda Musical Society presents
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
19th – 23rd September – Sutherland Entertainment Centre
"Who could ever learn to love a beast?”
From the magic and wonder of Disney comes an event that brings to life ‘a tale as old as time’!
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is the story of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a prince trapped in a spell placed by an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. Set to enchant audiences of all ages – and with an Academy-Award-winning score – it is a classic tale of love, sacrifice, jealousy, revenge and redemption exploring an age-old theme: the true meaning of beauty.
Featuring the stunning Academy-Award winning musical score that made the animated film such a hit, Miranda Musical Societies production of Beauty and the Beast will be one not to miss.
Directed by Bob Peet, assisted by Garth Saville, with musical direction from Andy Peterson and choreography by Emma Paull and Nikki Bunch-Bozonie, Miranda’s Beauty and the Beast stars rising star Natasha Hoeberigs (recently seen as a semi-finalist on Australia’s Got Talent) as Belle, Andrew Symes as the Beast, Lachlan O’Brien as Gaston, Ramon Drew as Maurice, Tim Wotherspoon as Lumiere, Johnny Acosta as Cogsworth, Leigh Scott as Lefou, David Cartwright as Monsieur d’Arque, Margaret Short as Mrs Potts, Phoebe Wynne as Babette and Melissa Lammers as Madam de la Grande Bouche. Talented child actors Heath Cauchi and Daniel Simpson share the role of Chip, with Nicole Butler, Louise Jaques, Skye Roberts and Katie Glynn as the “Silly Girls”. Plus a huge all-singing, all-dancing adult and child ensemble that will make for a spectacular show!
The Miranda production will be a visual feast according to director Bob Peet.
"Our audiences of late have come to expect the equivalent of a movie on stage,” he said.
“The success of the Disney award winning cartoon feature places the bar very high. We therefore have to rise to the occasion. I believe we can do that – no expense has been spared to ensure Miranda audiences will enjoy a high standard of production
Booking details below. Don’t miss this popular family favourite – in a spectacular production!
Beauty and the Beast
Sutherland Entertainment Centre
19-23 September Wed-Sat 8pm plus Sat and Sun 1pm
Tickets: Dress Circle Adults $39 Concession [Senior/Student/Child] $34
Stalls Adults $32 Concession [Senior/Student/Child] $28
($0.50 per ticket booking fee applies)
Bookings at www.mirandamusicalsociety.com.au or by phone (02) 8814 5827
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US Dialect – would your American Accent win you a role?
BAFTA nominee and Star of ‘Thor’, Chris Hemsworth, chose Screenwise Film & TV School for Actors when it came to getting his accent right. If you were called for an audition next week would you be confident that your US Dialect would pass the test? Learn or refresh your US Dialect skills at Screenwise and be ready for when opportunity strikes. Our course is the best in the industry
Be prepared when the opportunity presents itself.
Commences: Sep 4th 2012 | Concludes: Oct 9th 2012
Schedule: Tuesday Nights 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Tutor: Katherine Poulsen
Price: $499 (Early Bird $460 if paid in full before August 21st)
Location: Screenwise Studios 84 – 86 Mary Street Surry Hills NSW
Call or email us for more info or to book info
SCREENWISE: Screen Acting for Beginners
This short course is designed for people interested in developing basic screen acting skills. One of our most popular courses, Philip Holder will host the course.
Be prepared when the opportunity presents itself.
Commences: Aug 30 2012 | Concludes: Oct 04 2012
Schedule: Thursday evenings for 6 weeks 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Tutor: Philip Holder
Price: Price: $605 (Early Birds $499 if paid in full before 16 Aug)
Location: Screenwise Studios 84 – 86 Mary Street Surry Hills NSW
One of our MOST POPULAR courses.
No Audition Required.
Call or email us for more info or to book info
SCREENWISE: Screen Acting for Intermediate
This intermediate course focuses on methods that will help you present in auditions and on set as the unique YOU in a relaxed, focused, and charismatic way. If the applicant has not completed Acting for Beginners, then a CV will be required on application for selection.
Be prepared when the opportunity presents itself.
Commences: Oct 23 2012 | Concludes: Nov 27 2012
Schedule: Tuesday evenings for 6 weeks 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Tutor: Alan Flower
Price: Price: $605 (Early Birds $499 if paid in full before 9 Oct)
Location: Screenwise Studios 84 – 86 Mary Street Surry Hills NSW
Call or email us for more info or to book info
SCREENWISE: Screen Acting for Advanced
Students explore monologue & scene work and the technical requirements for acting on screen including..rehearse record, hitting marks, pickups, cheating eyelines, roles & responsibilities, overview of the industry. If the applicant has not completed Stage I Intermediate, a CV will be required.
Be prepared when the opportunity presents itself.
Commences: Oct 22 2012 | Concludes: Nov 26 2012
Schedule: Monday evenings for 6 weeks 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Price: Price: $605 (Early Birds $499 if paid in full before 8 Oct)
Location: Screenwise Studios 84 – 86 Mary Street Surry Hills NSW
Call or email us for more info or to book info
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A single set, one act, award winning play “Jasmin on Evil Tracks” to be staged at TAP Gallery, Darlinghurst.
ABOUT THE PLAY
‘Jasmin on Evil Tracks’ by Ljiljana Lasic:
A tragicomic story of a Bosnian refugee, Jasmin stuck in a hopeless land, waiting for a visa for another happier world. He tries to make ends meet by selling his body, cigarettes, paintings and busking in the wild streets of Belgrade. He shares a flat with two sisters, Stasha and Marlena. Stasha has saved him from the atrocities of war and offered him a place to stay, while Marlena is suspicious of him having alterior motives. It is a story of acceptance, tolerance, prejudice and above all, love.
This will be the first English performance of this text.
THE CHARACTERS
Marlena (Female, playing age 50-65) a psychiatrist, whose fate is similar to all mankind that grew up at the time of communism and who finds solace in the Orthodox faith of her forefathers only at the end of her life. The faith she had been renouncing so easily all her life. Her piety, so late, does not bring peace to her lost soul… She was an ambassador’s daughter in France. She blindly looked after her father, without taking care of herself. A religious fanatic, stubborn, sullen and spiteful…
Stasha (Female, playing age 50-65) a painter, seemingly so cruel, fan of any kind of scandal, free, eloquent. She defies the world and only paints devils… what she sees around. Eccentric, erratic, bohemain, an atheist…
THE DEAL
Auditions to be held in the evening on Monday 20 August at a city central venue TBC.
Interested? Please email your CV and headshot through to the Director Liz Arday atemailfactotum.
Rehearsals times to be confirmed with cast, most likely to be two evenings a week and Sundays.
Applicants will be asked to prepare a (preferably) comedic monologue and may be asked to do a cold read from the play.
Director – Liz Arday
Producer – Patrick Matijevic
Profit share.
Any questions, please don’t hesitate to email Patrick whatsnew or
Liz emailfactotum
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Hello everyone, a reminder re the excitement coming this week and next at StoryLines at the Bondi Pavilion!
1. Tuesday – Friday performances of A Land Beyond the River & Junction, our African and Indigenous plays, 8pm at Bondi Pavilion. This week is your last chance to see these extraordinary pieces, both one-act plays performed on the same night.
2. On Thursday at 8pm is our gala fundraiser for the South Sudan Educates Girls project. The evening will include African Drummer Sibo Bangourra, traditional Sudanese dancers, African/Indigenous dance team The Saints, the StoryLines art exhibition, a showing of Ella Rubeli’s short film Continental Drift, and a showing of our amazing African play A Land Beyond The River. Guest speaker Johnson Ngor will speak about the work of SSEG.
3. Saturday night, Coup d’Etat – our critically acclaimed Islamic/Malaysian play . It then continues all the following week 21-25 aug play.
Click here to book!
And for more info – visit http://storylines2012.blogspot.com.au/
Also, check out Theatre Junkies review of the opening event of the storylines festival.
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Theatre Junkies! 