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For the Love of Theatre

For the Love of Theatre

By: Olivia Jane Parker
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The intention of this podcast is to celebrate our quality community theatre productions in Adelaide, their creatives and enable further connections between all the local theatre groups, their audiences and YOU, our listeners.

Each episode will be catered to a particular play, theatre group or aspect of making community theatre, with relevant interviews.

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  • COMIC POTENTIAL

    COMIC POTENTIAL
    May 9 2025

    COMIC POTENTIAL

    Written by, Alan Ayckbourn

    Directed by Greg Elliott

    Blackwood Players

    This episode of For the Love of Theatre Podcast is hosted by Mark Wickett, and features interviews with the Director of Comic Potential and Blackwood Players President, Greg Elliott, Assistant Director, Brooke DuBois, Tech lead and Blackwood Players Life Member, Tim Gladdis and Amber Faull who stars as Jacee Triplethree, Comic Potential's lead character.


    MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST HOST - Mark Wickett

    Mark has been working in Adelaide’s community and professional theatre for more than twenty years, much of it designing technical and creative solutions in video projection. Productions include: Les Misérables, Next to Normal and Oliver! For the last ten years, Mark has been directing corporate video and working with high schools in theatre and video, with productions including Matilda, The Book of Everything, and Where Words Once Were. Mark supports South Australia’s performing arts as a critic for Australia’s Stage Whispers magazine and through serving on the Board of the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild. He was Assistant Director for the Guild’s 2023 production of The Tempest, and directed The 39 Steps for them in 2024. Later this year, he will be Assistant Director to Lesley Reed for St. Jude’s production of Neighbourhood Watch.


    SUMMARY

    A sensation in London and New York, this is one of the funniest and most inventive plays by Britain's grand master of comedy.

    A hilarious satire of television and a touching romantic comedy, it begins in a television studio where a hospital soap opera is being taped. One actor starts speaking gibberish; he is an "actoid" a robot and his programming is off kilter.

    Adam, the young nephew of the producer and an aspiring writer who worships the director (once a great movie director and now a broken down has been), is on the set. Adam starts chatting with Jacie Tripplethree, the actoid (serial number JC333) playing the nurse and finds, to his surprise, that not only can she carry a conversation but, due to what she calls a fault in her programming, she has a creative imagination.

    Adam wants to build a new television series around her but the studio will not hear of it. He also finds he is falling in love with the charming robot!

    Will Adam get the green light on his series? Will love prevail?

    Jacie is one of Ayckbourn's greatest characters; her portrayer won all of London's major acting awards.


    VENUE

    BLACKWOOD MEMORIAL HALL

    Fridays 16 & 23 May (8pm)

    Saturdays 17 & 24 May (2pm & 8pm)

    Tickets: $25pp; $20 concession; $15 students

    Please note: No cabaret seating

    Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1363859

    More info: 0402 616 924 / blackwood.players@gmail.com


    MUSIC

    Title Track For the Love of Theatre Podcast, Written & Performed by Ben Waller.

    'Glow' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

    IMAGE

    https://pixabay.com/illustrations/ai-generated-nurse-doctor-health-8846722/

    #FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast #GuestHost #NewEpisodes #ComingSoon #AdelaideArts #CommunityTheatre #SouthAustralianArt #StageWhispers #FortheLoveofTheatre
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    41 mins
  • The Penelopiad

    The Penelopiad
    May 7 2025
    This episode of For the Love of Theatre Podcast is Hosted by Mark Wickett, and focuses solely on The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild's upcoming production of The Penelopiad, written by Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale. It features an Interview with the Director, Kristin Telfer, as well as Cast Members, Jane Ford (Penelope), Jessica Merrick (Helen of Troy), Miriam Cwiek (King Laertes) & Heather Crawford (Penelope's Naiad Mother), with some of the original musical score for this production, composed by Kristin Stefanoff, to set the tone.MORE ABOUT OUR GUEST HOST - MARK WICKETT Mark has been working in Adelaide’s community and professional theatre for more than twenty years, much of it designing technical and creative solutions in video projection. Productions include: Les Misérables, Next to Normal and Oliver! For the last ten years, Mark has been directing corporate video and working with high schools in theatre and video, with productions including Matilda, The Book of Everything, and Where Words Once Were. Mark supports South Australia’s performing arts as a critic for Australia’s Stage Whispers Magazine and through serving on the Board of the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild. He was Assistant Director for the Guild’s 2023 production of The Tempest, and directed The 39 Steps for them in 2024. Later this year, he will be Assistant Director to Lesley Reed for St. Jude’s production of Neighbourhood Watch.STAGE WHISPERS ARTICLEClick the link below to read Mark Wickett's Stage Whispers Article on the For the Love of Theatre Podcast.https://www.stagewhispers.com.au/community-theatre/love-theatre-podcastActor and Director Olivia Jane Parker talks to Stage Whispers’ Mark Wickett about her role in promoting South Australian community theatre through a podcast.THE PENELOPIADBY MARGARET ATWOODMargaret Atwood's The Penelopiad is an adaptation of Homer's Illiad and Odyssey, told from the perspective of Odysseus' wife Penelope.Penelope tells her story from the afterlife, from her miraculous birth to her marriage to the wily Odysseus. Her life shaters when cousin Helen runs off with a foreign prince, sparking war. Odysseus departs, leaving Penelope alone to navigate a world of uncertainty. As years pass, suitors descend, eager for her wealth and hand. With few option, Penelope turns to her loyal maids, waiting for a husband who may never return.These maids are also with Penelope in the afterlife, to participate in her telling of the events of her life .. and to remind her of the role she played in the ending to theirs.Content Warning: stylised sexual violence and mild coorse language.SEASON23RD MAY - 1ST JUNE 2025including 4 matinees and 1twilight performance with Q&A.TICKETSAIl Concession cards accepted including Pensioners and StudentsCompanion cards acepted, please email theatreguild@adelaide.edu.auwww.trybooking.com/CXILPERFORMANCE DATESFriday 23 May at 7:30pmSaturday 24 May at 3pmSunday 25 May at 3pmWednesday 28 May at 6:30pm(with post-show Q&A)Thursday 29 May at 7:30pmFriday 30 May at 7:30pmSaturday 31 May at 3pmSunday 1 June at 3pmDURATIONApproximately 2 hoursVENUEThe Little Theatre The Cloisters, Victoria Drive, University of Adelaide.It is encouraged to allow extra time for parking.MUSICTitle Track For the Love of Theatre Podcast, Written & Performed by Ben Waller.Original musical score for this production of The Penelopiad composed by Kristin Stefanoff.If I Were a PrincessOh Wily Odysseus Weaving IIDreamboat#FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast #GuestHost #NewEpisodes #ComingSoon #AdelaideArts #CommunityTheatre #SouthAustralianArt #StageWhispers #FortheLoveofTheatre
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    27 mins
  • Wrong Turn at Lungfish

    Wrong Turn at Lungfish
    Apr 20 2025

    EPISODE: Wrong Turn at Lungfish


    Written by Garry Marshall & Lowell Ganz

    Directed by Rosie Aust

    Production by Galleon Theatre Group


    ABOUT THE EPSIODE

    For the Love of Theatre Podcast introduces cast members, Tony Busch, Dora Stamos, Wade Cook, along with Director, Rosie Aust, who discuss everything behind-the-scenes for this production of Wrong Turn at Lungfish by the Galleon Theatre Group.

    ABOUT THE PLAY

    "A Play Filled with Wit, Wisdom, and Second Chances"

    The title refers to an evolutionary hypothesis that man's path from bug to beast wasn't about developing the most sophisticated survival equipment; his development was simply the product of "a wrong turn at the lungfish".

    Funny, heartfelt, and filled with wisdom, Wrong Turn at Lungfish is a must-see for those who know that sometimes, life's best lessons come from unlikely places.


    SEASON

    Performance Dates at the Domain Theatre

    Friday 2 May 2025 @ 7.30pm

    Saturday 3 May 2025 @ 7.30pm

    Sunday 4 May 2025 @ 2:00pm

    Thursday 8 May 2025 @ 7.30pm

    Friday 9 May 2025 @ 7.30pm

    Saturday 10 May 2025 @ 2:00pm

    BOOKINGS

    https://www.galleon.org.au/html/wrongTurnAtLungfish.html

    VENUE

    Domain Theatre, Marion Cultural Centre

    287 Diagonal Road, OAKLANDS PARK SA 5046


    MUSIC

    Title Track For the Love of Theatre Podcast, Written & Performed by Ben Waller.

    GregorQuendel - Pixabay

    Beethoven Symphony no1 option 2

    https://pixabay.com/users/gregorquendel-19912121/


    #WrongTurnatLungfish #GarryMarshall #CommunityTheatre #LowellGanz #GalleonTheatreGroup #GregorQuendel #FortheLoveofTheatrePodcast
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    32 mins

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