Have A Nice Life charts the arrival of new girl Amy to a run-down therapy group in a nameless place. The hapless therapist Patrick, struggles to integrate the newcomer to seven strangers and so begins an hilarious attempt to examine the group’s dark secrets. This new musical comedy, explores the emotional walls we sometimes erect and the consequences of being honest.
Conor Mitchell is o¬ne of Britain's hottest young composers, and Have A Nice Life is one of his most performed musicals, having been produced first in Ireland then Berlin, Edinburgh, London and New York. It won Best Score at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2006. The characters take us on their journeys with tears and laughter throughout. Show stopping numbers and heart breaking ballads are the building blocks of this unique musical.

Oh, good grief! Imagine the Peanuts gang grown up and in high school with their share of high school problems. DOG SEES GOD imagines the Charles Schultz characters Charlie Brown, Pigpen, Lucy and Linus situated ten years from their innocent childhood, grappling with teen angst, life, death, sex, drugs, identity and the origins of the spork. Royal turns Schulz's pleasant comic-book world into a scathingly-funny psychological disaster area.

For the first time, Newcastle has full time, tertiary training in acting and production.
Hunter TAFE is the only institute in NSW to offer the Advanced Diploma in Arts (Acting) – an intensive and employment-driven course over 2.5 years offering contemporary techniques in theatre acting, screen acting, singing, dance, voice, directing and writing. Students also gain valuable performance experience in high quality, professional productions.
The first round of auditions will be held soon.
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