1996
1st – 22nd June 1996
GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
By David Mamet
Directed by James Wallace
A morality play filled with obscenity and comic banter of real estate salesman and their attempts to sell under-developed land.
31st August – 21st September 1996
ALL MY HUSBANDS
By George Feydeau
Directed by Vera Kasals-Anderson
A frivolous French farce about the bride and groom, the mother and the lover! Who is married to whom – if anybody!
16th November – 7th December 1996
BAZAAR AND RUMMAGE
By Sue Townsend
Directed by Trevor Love
1997
15TH February – 8th March 1997
ON GOLDEN POND
By Ernest Thompson
Directed by Brett Edwards
A gentle comedy about family and friendships
19th April – 11th May 1997
EDUCATING RITA
By Willy Russell
Directed by James Wallace
This hilarious and moving comedy is about Rita, a hairdresser desperately looking for life throughout learning and Frank, her tutor, who is looking for the life that has slipped him by.
21st June – 13th July 1997
CHILDREN OF THE WOLF
By John Peacock
Directed by Pat Aldam
An edge of your seat thrilled right up until the last line.
23rd August – 14th September 1997
STRAIGHT AND NARROW
By Jimmie Chin
Directed by Anne Coombe
A hysterical comedy in the best English tradition. Sharing an apartment is more than being able to get along with others, sometimes its all-out war!
1st November – 30th November 1997
CHORUS LINE
Music by Marvin Hamlach
One of the world’s most popular and best loved musicals.
1998
14th February – 7th March 1998
RUMOURS
Written by Neil Simon
Directed by James
Several affluent couples gather for an anniversary dinner party. However, they discover there are no servants, the hostess is missing and the host has shot himself through the earlobe.
18th April – 9th May 1998
WHO SAW HIM DIE?
Written by Tudor Gates
Directed by Joan Stalker-Brown
This thriller sees former Police Superintendent Pratt driven by desire to track down the criminal who has eluded him for so long.
20th June – 11th July 1998
BEYOND THERAPY
By Christopher Durang
Directed by Sue McGrath
This farcical comedy focuses on Prudence and Bruce, two Manhattanites who are seeking stable romantic relationships with the help of their psychiatrists, each of whom suggest the patient place a personal ad.
29th August – 19th September 1998
TIME TO KILL
Written by Leslie Darbon
Directed by Pat Aldam
Four bored housewives decide to take justice into their own hands by shackling a man to their living room chair who they accuse of causing their neighbours suicide.
31st October – 28th November 1998
TWO WEEKS WITH THE QUEEN
By Mary Morris and Morris Gleitzman
Directed by Brett Edwards
When Colin’s brother is diagnosed with cancer, the boys are sent to London to visit relatives. Colin decides the Queen is the one person who can help them which begins the crazy adventure to save his brother’s life.
1999
13th February – 6th March 1999
THE MATILDA WOMEN
By Sue Rider
Directed by Di Francis
17th April – 8th May 1999
DEADLINE
By Geoff Bateman and Emily Pritchard
Directed by Trevor Love
19th June – 10th July 1999
COSI
By Louis Nowra
Directed by Brett Edwards
28th August – 18th September 1999
THE WOMAN IN BLACK
By Stephen Mallatratt
Directed by Dolores Clifford and Alistair Beer
30th October – 20th November 1999
THE CEMETERY CLUB
By Ivan Menchell
Directed by Julie Moran
2000
12th February – 4th March 2000
A LETTER FROM THE GENERAL
By Maurice McLoughlin
Directed by Jim Dickson
This gripping tale from the Far East is set in a convent during a revolution. Wonderful characters, from the impressionable young Irish novice to the dying nun, as well as some unexpected visitors.
Who can save them all?
15th April – 6th May 2000
MURDER ON THE NILE
By Agatha Christie
Directed by Terry Callaghan
24th June – 15th July 2000
AWAY
By Michael Gow
Directed by Di Francis
1968 – a watershed year for Australia, still at war in Vietnam. AWAY shows how change affected the lives of three families, as it did for us all, with laughter and sadness.
19th August – 9th September 2000
THE CARETAKER
By Harold Pinter
Directed by James Wallace
English – certainly, but the themes are universal. Add to this an all-female cast and you have a not-to-be missed, thought-provoking piece of theatre.
28th October – 18th November 2000
CLEVER DICK
By Charles Marowitz
Directed by Barry Gibson
A comedy send-up of the British aristocracy. It’s not politically correct but it’s hilarious! Start the millennium with laughter!
2001
22nd February – 10th March 2001
SECRET BRIDESMAIDS BUSINESS
By Elizabeth Coleman
Directed by Julie Moran
It’s the night before Meg’s wedding, but as her bridesmaids begin to celebrate, scandal threatens to ruin the whole affair!
26th April – 12th May 2001
HOUSE GUEST
By Francis Durbridge
Directed by Terry Callaghan
This play bears all the hallmarks of suspense, mystery, murder, shock and surprise. In this fast paced plot, Robert and Stella are horrified to learn that their young son has been kidnapped, but twist follows twist until the ingenious ending.
12th July – 28th July 2001
ALL MY SONS
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Brett Edwards
Powerful, passionate and frightening relevant, this play was Millers first major success. His merciless expose of wartime profiteering and the capitalistic ethic is told through a compelling father and son conflict. A magnificent human drama.
6th September – 22nd September 2001
FAMILY PLANNING
By Frank Vickery
Directed by Joan Stalker-Brown
When Tracey discovers she is pregnant, she doesn’t know how to tell her family. Gran, who sees all and knows all, helps to pave the way for her announcement. Unfortunately, hypochondriac father jumps to the wrong conclusion and mishaps and misunderstanding abound!
1st November – 17th November 2001
CARAVAN
By Donald McDonald
Directed by Barry Gibson
How well do you know your friends? There’s nothing like spending a holiday with them to find out!
2002
15th February – 9th March 2002
BLACK ROCK
By Nick Enright
Directed by Brett Edwards
The raw edge of life. Acclaimed Australian playwright, Nick Enright, captures in this gripping play the events that occurred in NSW ten years ago when a wild teenage party led to rape and death. Very course language and adult themes.
26th April – 11th May 2002
NATURAL CAUSES
By Eric Chappell
Directed by Terry Callaghan
A bumbling inventor of an undetectable poison, three scheming victims, a naïve social worker and a rubber plant. Who will receive the poison? Be careful – you too might die (of laughter) at this black comedy!
5th July – 20th July 2002
UNDER MILKWOOD
By Dylan Thomas
Directed by Marion Parry
Dylan Thomas’ classical work of the lives and loves of eccentric characters in a Welsh seaside town. A unique production by Marion Parry, or as she would be known in Wales, Parry the Play.
13th September – 28th September 2002
ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS
By Michael Frayn
Directed by Joan Stalker-Brown
Our lives are full of minor calamities. Nobody observes them better than Michael Frayn. His sense of the ridiculous makes us see the funny side of life in this uproarious evening of sketches and playlets.
15th November – 30th November 2002
LETTICE AND LOVAGE
By Peter Schaffer
Directed by Jim Dickson
One of the sharpest, wittiest, most passionate and elegant plays of the year.
2003
15th February – 8th March 2003
LONG GONE LONESOME COWGIRLS
By Philip Dean
Directed by Jocelyn Moore-Carter
2nd May – 24th May 2003
A FEW GOOD MEN
By Aaron Sorkin
Directed by Brett Edwards
11th July – 26th July 2003
AND SO SAY ALL OF US
By Ian Austin
Directed by Pat Aldam
19th September – 4th October 2003
WAIT UNTIL DARK
By Frederick Knott
Directed by Shane Caddaye
21st November – 6th December 2003
CHRISTMAS AT TURKEY BEACH
By Michael Richards
Directed by Dolores Clifford
2004
13th February – 28th February 2004
THE CRUCIBLE
By Arthur Miller
Directed by Brett Edwards
23rd April – 8th May 2004
THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR
By Alan Seymour
Directed by Eric James
2nd July – 17th July 2004
LADIES NIGHT
By Anthony McCarten and Stephen Sinclair
Directed by Jim Dickson
10th September – 25th September 2004
TAPE
By Stephen Belber
Directed by James Wallace
19th November – 4th December 2004
AFTER JANUARY
By Phillip Dean
Directed by Amy-Louise Anderson
2005
27th – 29th January 2005
XSTACY
By Margaret Forde
Directed by Priscilla Scott
18th March – 9th April 2005
LAYING THE GHOST
By Simon Williams
Directed by Pat Aldam
20th May – 4th June 2005
A STING IN THE TALE
By Brian Clemens and Dennis Spooner
Directed by Terry Callaghan
22nd June – 25th June 2005
JINX
By Margaret Wild
Directed by Carol Nash Paterson
22nd July – 6th August 2005
SILLY COW
By Ben Elton
Directed by Trevor Love
23 September – 2 October 2005
THE BEAUTY QUEEN OF LEENANE
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Jim Dickson
24th November – 10th December 2005
MACK AND MABEL
By Jerry Herman
Directed by Joan Stalker-Brown
2006
26th – 28th January 2006
SPURBOARD
By Nick Enright
Directed by Carol Nash Paterson
17th March – 1st April 2006
ONE FOR THE ROAD
By Willy Russell
Directed by Pat Aldam
19th May – 3rd June 2006
NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY
By Douglas J Cohen
Directed by Gillian Crow
21st July – 5th August 2006
BUTCHERBIRDS CRY AT MIDNIGHT
By David Scott
Directed by Trevor Love
22nd September – 7th October 2006
ART
By Yasmin Reza
Directed by Andrew Trump
24th November – 9th December 2006
BERMUDA AVENUE TRIANGLE
By Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna
Directed by Jim Dickson
2007
18th – 20th January 2007
48 SHADES OF BROWN
By Philip Dean
Directed by Kylie Scott
2nd – 17th March 2007
FORGET ME KNOT
By David Tristam
Directed by Pat Aldam
27th April – 12th May 2007
TRIBUTE
By Bernard Slade
Directed by Jim Dickson
24th – 26th May 2007
ONE ACT SEASON:
- ECHOES IN THE MIST by David Scott. Directed by David Scott.
- THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR by Jean Watson. Directed by Graham Simpson.
21st September – 6th October 2007
AGNES OF GOD
By John Pielmeier
Directed by Barry Gibson
23rd November – 8th December 2007
ME AND MY GIRL
By Noel and Rose Gay
Directed by Joan Stalker-Brown
2008
25th January 2008
THE YEAR NICK MCGOWN CAME TO STAY
By Rebecca Sparrow
Directed by Priscilla Scott
7th March 2008
ONE-ACT SEASON:
GATHERING SHADOWS
Written by David Scott
Directed by David Scott
IT’S A CRUST
Written by by Len Randall
Directed by John Mullan
2nd May 2008
MASKERADE
By Stephen Briggs; book by Terry Pratchett
Directed by Gillian Crow
10th July 2008
THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE
By Richard Morris and Dick Scanlan
Directed by Joan Stalker-Brown
19th September 2008
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
By Robert Harling
Directed by Barry Gibson
2009
23rd January – 7th February 2009
ORPHANS
By Lyle Kessler
Directed by James Wallace
27th March – 11th April
THE WINSLOW BOY
By Terence Rattigan
Directed by Eric Summers
5th June – 4th July 2009
CATS
By Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed by Kim Reynolds
24th July – 1st August 2009
ONE-ACT SEASON:
EFFIE’s BURNING
By Valerie Windsor
Directed by Gillian Crow
LEVEL 12
By Kate Beck
Directed by Barry Gibson
18th September – 3rd October 2009
UP’N’UNDER
By John Godber
Directed by Ralph Lenton
20th November – 5th December 2009
THE FEMALE OF THE SPECIES
By Joanna Murray-Smith
Directed by Jim Dickson
