2021 Productions
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The Butler Did It
WRITTEN BY Walter & Peter Marks
DIRECTED BY Rianna Hartney-SmithCAST Dave Fraser, Noel Thompson, Oliver Childs, Samantha McClurg, Jennifer Barker, & Lachlan Mitcherson
The scene is the set where Anthony J Lefcourt writer and director, is rehearsing his new play, a classic whodunit with which he hopes to regain the success that has eluded him in recent seasons. Desperately eager to stimulate his cast to their best efforts, he has deliberately withheld the final scene of the play from them, but his patience is worn thin by the petty jealousies and romantic rivalries that detract from their concentration.
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The Kidnap Game
WRITTEN BY Tudor Gates
DIRECTED BY Lachlan MitchersonCAST Luke Jones, Graham Scott, Tracy Carroll, Jim Fury, & Alyssa Burnett
Paul Kendon is a highly-successful international businessman whos world is turned upside down when a man claims to have kidnapped his daughter. Although Kendon is prepared to quietly pay the ransom, his security officer calls in the police in the form of the cool, intelligent Inspector Joy Hart. Kendon must take a back seat as Hart engages the kidnapper in a battle of wits, leading to the exciting climax with unexpected twists.
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Cosi
WRITTEN BY Loius Nowra
DIRECTED BY Kate McNairCAST Elliot Hawkins, Chris Hawkins, Sam Young, Amy Louise Anderson, Stephen Nash, Tracy Carroll, Jenna Baker, Charlie Graham, Jon Turley, Samantha McClurg, & Flynn Anderson
Set in a burnt-out old theatre adjoining a mental hospital in 1970s Australia. Corralled by the manic depressive Roy and encouraged by social worker Justin, an eccentric group of patients is attempting to stage a production of Mozart’s opera, Cosi fan Tutte. Fresh out of university, Lewis has agreed to direct the amateur production, but between elaborate artistic visions, obsessive compulsions, escapist tendencies, no one being able to sing. Lewis has his work cut out for him.