PAST SHOWS

PAST PRODUCTIONS

2008

CARNIVAL OF FOOLS - Saturday, 13th December

Music, dance, parade, circus, puppets large and small, masks, mumming, flags, banners and general shenanigans from the youth theatre members as well as a jumping castle, face painting, fairy-floss, fake tattoo parlour, sausage sizzle, a cake stall, homemade lemonade stand, other youth groups, local dance and circus groups and bands.

The Dress Up Box' - June, August
A play specifically devised for pre-school aged children. The two local actors involved in this production toured to local and regional pre-schools. The young audiences were delighted with this play which is about a young girl looking for her wet weather clothes in her dress up box. Before she finds them she is taken on various imaginary journeys inspired by what she finds in the dress up box. Each character the girl meets asks for assistance from children in the audience.
'At The Beach', 30th August
Performed by Bathurst Women's Circus: a four minute acrobalance spectacular! performed at 'Cabaret Kite', Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre.
'BLOKE'S don't TALK' - 11th September
A series of men's monologues written by local playwright Vince Melton, directed by Michelle Bolt and performed at St Patrick's Sporting Club, Gilmour St, Kelso. These captivating monologues were specifically written to be performed where bloke's hang out.

'The Creatures in the Trees' a co-production with Stuck in the Mud Productions
This play for children and families was devised by Sarah Parsons and Ashleigh Seggie, inspired by the stories of Maurice Sendak, including “Where the Wild Things are”.
'ASPARAGUS' - 23, 24, 25 October
This play, written by Ray Harding, researched by local historian Rob McLachlan and directed by Bill Blaikie, is based on events and characters in Bathurst in 1940. The play examines the dreams and aspirations of Bathurst through three generations of a Bathurst family and the impact on their lives of war, politics, economic growth and the vision of three significant Australian writers: Dymphna Cusack, Miles Franklin and Xavier Herbert. Included in the list of characters are Robert Gordon Edgell and Ben Chifley.

Productions from 2003 to 2007

Adult

'Salome' by Oscar Wilde - Park Hotel

'Show Day' by Robert Hewett - Park Hotel

'The Censor' by Anthony Neilsen - Park Hotel

'Murder in the Cathedral' by TS Eliot - All Saints Cathedral

'Inheritance' by Hannie Rayson - Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre (BMEC)

'Holy Day' by Andrew Bovell - BMEC

'Blokes don't Talk' by Vince Melton - Park Hotel

'The Vagina Monologues' by Eve Ensler - BMEC

'Show Day' by Robert Hewett - Local villages tour

'A Woman's Prerogative' - group devised - Park Hotel