EPISODE NINE: Moonlight & Magnolias, Adelaide Repertory Theatre

Featuring interviews with the Director, Harry Dewar, ALL Cast Members, Adam Schultz, Scott Battersby, Terry Crowe and Rebecca Gardiner, along with Costume Designer, Makala Modra and Properties Manager, Janet Jauncey.

Moonlight and Magnolias

Written by Ron Hutchinson

Directed by Harry Dewar

6-8 and 13-15 June 2024 at 7.30 pm

9 June 2004 at 3.00 pm and 15 June 2024 at 2.00 pm

Cast: Adam Schultz as "David O Selznick", Scott Battersby as “Victor Fleming", Terry Crowe as “Ben Hecht" and Rebecca Gardiner as “Miss Poppenguhl".

In June at the Arts Theatre find out how the film “Gone with the Wind” was saved from being gone with the wind!

Hollywood, February 1939: Acclaimed movie producer David O. Selznick has a problem: his massively hyped production of “Gone With The Wind” is bleeding big money, the script is unfilmable, he has fired the director and the production has been shut down. Disaster looms! He needs a new script and a new director now!

With renowned screenwriter Ben Hecht (who hasn’t read the book) and celebrated director Victor Fleming (already up to his eyeballs in directing “The Wizard of Oz”), and a diet of bananas and peanuts, he locks the group in his office for five days to create a screenplay that will save the film. Filming the burning of Atlanta is easier than this!

“It’s a blend of lively nonsense and a tribute to the golden years of Hollywood moving making, with over-sized egos and larger than life personalities,” explains director Harry Dewar. “Based loosely on the real difficulties that the film faced in 1939, it’s an insight into what might have happened to get one of the greatest movies ever made up onto the screen.”

Frankly my dears, you must see this play!!

The Arts Theatre

53 Angas Street

Adelaide SA 5000

BOOKINGS

Phone: 8212 5777

or Online: adelaiderep.com

Episode Eight - Cowardy, Cowardy Custard

May 14 - June 1, The Arch at Holden Street Theatres

Featuring an interview with the Director, Peter Goers, Assistant Director, Ariel Dzino and Cast Members, Martha Lott, Rebecca Kemp and Christopher Cordeaux, of 'Cowardy, Cowardy Custard', ('Red Peppers' and 'Hands Across The Sea') written by Noel Coward.

SYNOPSIS

Cowardy, Cowardy Custard

Two very funny one-act plays by the great NOËL COWARD - Red Peppers and Hands Across The Sea

Featuring MARTHA LOTT and GEOFF REVELL and a full cast Directed by PETER GOERS

RED PEPPERS features two third-class music hall performers trying to do their best and HANDS ACROSS THE SEA is a comedy of extremely bad manners. These two hilarious short plays are originally from Coward’s celebrated cycle TONIGHT AT 8.30.

Our show starts at 8:00pm though,… Oh and 2:30pm and 4:00pm …So, don’t get mixed up!

An Amateur Production By Arrangement with ORIGINtm Theatrical, on behalf of the RIGHTS HOLDER.

Caricature provided by the artist Clive Francis www.clivefranciscaricaturist.com

The Arch at Holden Street Theatres

Holden Street Theatres, 32-34 Holden Street, Hindmarsh, Kaurna Country

Step-free mobility aid access through the main entrance with an accessible bathroom.

Evenings:

Tue, 14 May - Fri, 17 May @ 8:00pm

Sat, 18 May 2:30pm & 8:00pm

Tue, 21 May - Sat, 25 May @ 8:00pm

Sun, 26 May @ 4:00pm

Tue, 28 May - Fri, 31 May @ 8:00pm

Sat, 1 Jun @ 2:30pm & 8:00pm

Venue & Bar Open 1 hour before the show starts and stays open one hour after the show ends.

Age Suitability: PG

ACCESSIBILITY - High Audio Content

Duration: 110 minutes

BOOKINGS

https://www.holdenstreettheatres.com/cowardy-cowardy-custard

EPISODE SEVEN - You're a Good Man Charlie Brown

Featuring Interviews with the Director, Production Manager/Assistant Director/Set Designer, Costume Designer, Vocal Coach & various Cast Members.

SUMMARY

The Murray Bridge Players and Singers Inc. are thrilled to announce their upcoming production of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" at the Tailem Bend Town Hall in May. This timeless classic promises to captivate audiences with its charm, humour, and heart-warming message.

Based on the beloved comic strip "Peanuts" by Charles M. Schulz, "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown" follows the adventures of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, and the rest of the Peanuts gang as they navigate the ups and downs of life. From Charlie Brown's quest for acceptance to Snoopy's imaginative escapades, this production brings Schulz's iconic characters to life in a way that will delight audiences of all ages.

DATES

Friday 10 May 2024 - Saturday 18 May 2024

LOCATION

Tailem Bend Town Hall

51 Railway Terrace, Tailem Bend SA

BOOKINGS

https://mbplayersandsingers.com.au/

The Murray Bridge Players and Singers Inc always welcome new members from as young as 8 to join in the fun and experience what it’s like to be on stage and off stage as we continually produce high quality theatre productions. Want to be involved – Get in Touch!

Email: bridgeplayersandsingers@live.com.au

Episode Six - Living Together

Written by Alan Ayckbourn

Directed by Les Zetlein

Living Together is the second play in Alan Ackybourn's comedy trilogy The Norman Conquests, each about the same traumatic family weekend in a country vicarage. Set in Southern England in the mid-1970s, Living Together covers the action in the living room.

Unmarried Annie lives in a Victorian house with her (unseen) bed-ridden widowed mother. So that Annie can go away for the weekend for some respite from her caring tasks, her brother and his wife have come to hold the fort. They believe Annie should pair off with the rather dim local veterinarian, but Annie has other ideas. She has made an assignation…but not with the vet.

When truth of Annie's assignation is discovered, other family members get involved and the result is mayhem.

SEASON May 2-11 2024

Telephone: 0436 262 628

Email: bookings@stjudesplayers.asn.au

Performances are held at ST JUDE'S HALL

444 Brighton Road, Brighton.

Evening Performances 7.30pm

Saturday Matinees 2pm

Episode Five - Of Good Stock

Written by Melissa Ross

Directed by Kym Clayton

Produced by Galleon Theatre Group

Synopsis

The three Stockton sisters (Jess, Amy and Celia) are witty, brilliant, beautiful, and dysfunctional. When their father, legendary novelist Mick Stockton died, he left his three daughters a house in Cape Cod, control over his books, and a whole lot of issues. He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who had many affairs, and their mother died young, and it's left them all pretty messed up. It's Jess's 41st birthday and she and her husband Fred have invited her younger sisters to their house on Cape Cod to celebrate. It's an important milestone for Jess: she's surpassing the age of her mother, who died from cancer years ago. Amy is joined by her fiancé, Josh. Celia, the youngest, brings Hunter, her boyfriend. Their reunion ignites passions, humour, and wildly unanticipated upheavals. The men struggle to be a part of this elusive family's legacy. Of Good Stock is a raw, poignant, and hilarious look at the fun and dysfunction of that thing we call family.

Performance Dates - at Domain Theatre, Marion Cultural Centre

287 Diagonal Road, OAKLANDS PARK SA 5046

Fri 3 May 2024 @ 7.30pm

Sat 4 May 2024 @ 7.30pm

Sun 5 May 2024 @ 2:00pm

Thurs 9 May 2024 @ 7.30pm

Fri 10 May 2024 @ 7.30pm

Sat 11 May 2024 @ 2:00pm

Sat 11 May 2024 @ 7:30pm

BOOKINGS

Call 0476160682 (Tues-Fri 9.30am-5pm)

Online anytime at www.galleon.org.au

*Payment by card or online only.

Episode Four - Angels in America [Pt1 & Pt2]

A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

Part One: Millennium Approaches & Part Two: Perestroika

Written by Tony Kushner & Directed by Hayley Horton

SEASON: LITTLE THEATRE, near Gate 10 Victoria Drive, The Cloisters at the University of Adeladie from the 2nd-25th May 2024.

This episode features Music Composed by Phil Short (exclusively for this production), Interviews with the Director, Hayley Horton, Cast Members, (Casmira Lorie, Matthew Houston, Lee Cook, Kate Anolak & Rachel Dalton) and Theatre Administrator of the University of Adelaide Theatre Guild, Annabel Whitford.

OVERVIEW

Angels in America, an exciting, epic production in two parts, delves into the complexities of sexuality in America during the 1980s. This masterpiece by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-Winning playwright Tony Kushner is celebrated for its metaphorical and symbolic depth.

Following its acclaimed West End revival, which won the Olivier Award for Best Revival in 2018 and a successful transfer to Broadway with eleven Tony Award nominations, this production is a spectacle of both grandeur and intimacy

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SYNOPSIS

Part 1, Millennium Approaches, follows Prior Walter, an HIV-positive man abandoned by his Jewish boyfriend for a straight Mormon. An angel visits him in the hospital, declaring him the savior of humanity.

In Part 2, Perestroika, a convergence of characters in New York, including Prior's ex-boyfriend, his Mormon lover, and a host of others, set the stage for a dramatic unfolding where Prior holds the future of the world in his hands.

CAST FEATURES

Kate Anolak, Lee Cook, Rachel Dalton, Brant Eustice, Matt Houston,

Casmira Lorien, Eric McDowell, Lindsay Prodea.

NOTABLE

Angels in America is presented over two separate performances,each with a duration of approximately 3 hours.

CONTENT WARNING

Frequent strong language, adult themes,

sexual references, and nudity.

BOOKINGS ONLINE

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/theatreguild/whats-on

This episode of For the Love of Theatre Podcast showcases the Therry Dramatic Society and their current production, A Shortcut to Happiness, with a sneaky peek behind the scenes. There are interviews with the President of Therry, Jill Bartlet, Actors Shelley Crooks & Lindsay Dunn, who is also the President of T.A.S.A, The Theatre Association of South Australia.

You won't want to miss this one!

Another Therry and S.A. premiere. From the pen of Roger Hall who brought you our very successful production of Four Flat Whites in Italy, comes another of his trademark comedies.

A SHORTCUT TO HAPPINESS.

For Hall, the play was inspired by author Vicki Baum’s quote, “There are a few shortcuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them”, and an international folk dancing class that Hall joined. He soon realised the beginnings of a play might be in the works!

SUMMARY

Russian migrant Natasha starts a folk-dance class to supplement her earnings as a cleaner while she perfects her English and studies to become a music teacher. Unlike the locals, Natasha is blunt, tactless and doesn’t see her new country through rose-tinted glasses. The dance class attracts a group of senior misfits, two widows desperate to find an eligible man, a couple who fill their days with classes, and a recent widower!

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SEASON

The Arts Theatre | April 10-20.

Therry website bookings:

www.therry.org.au

Episode Two - The Explorers Club

The episode features an Interview with the Director, Emily Currie, the FULL Ensemble Cast, Music Composed by Phil Short (for this production) & along with insights from one of Stirling Players' Volunteers, Costume Designer, Gilian Cordell.

Summary of the play, written by Nell Benjamin:

The prestigious Explorers Club in London 1879 is in crisis. The Acting President wants to admit a woman and the bartender is terrible. True, this female candidate is brilliant, beautiful and has discovered a legendary Lost City, but the decision to let in a woman could shake the very foundations of the British Empire, and how do you make such a decision without a decent drink?

A fast-paced farce about science, ego, passion and romance, the Explorers Club is quick witted, vibrant and energetic. The writing channels elements of ‘Blackadder’, twisting historic realism with absolute fantasy. This play has a beating, silly heart that audiences are sure to love.