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‘The Magic Hour’ is an adult, musical black comedy, written by one of Australia’s most original contemporary, NIDA trained playwrights Vanessa Bates. She has had several monologue / solo performance plays produced. She received a 6-month residency at the Cite des Arts in Paris, was short-listed for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, the Griffin Award, the Patrick White Playwrights’ Award and the ANPC/New Dramatists Award. In 2006, she won a Theatrelab Playwrights Award which was work shopped with Edward Albee.
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‘Parramatta Girls’ is by the multi-award winning, Redfern playwright, Alana Valentine. This poignant play, with wonderful dialogue, is regularly on the High School Drama Syllabus. Her work earned around a dozen awards, including a 1999 AWGIE Award, a nomination for a 2007 Helpmann Award for Best New Australian Work and Best Play and a 2011 Queensland Premier's Literary Award.
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This post may place me in grumpy old man territory, however, having failed miserably in my quest to stop people using the self-serve checkouts at the supermarkets, I shall turn my attention to the dreaded community theatre raffles. I'd like to find out if anyone in (Perth) theatre land feels as I do, that the customary community theatre raffle is somewhat nauseating and outdated. I think I've said before, that the raffle is but a relic of days gone by, that we, as a community, insist on hanging onto. Recent conversations alerted me to the fact that our audiences seem to be dwindling, due in part to the fact our audiences are gradually leaving this earth in search of fluffy cloud territory. My only wish is that one of the dearly departed would take the raffle instruction booklet with them on their way out the door. Seriously guys, if we have to hold a raffle to keep the doors open, then we're in a bad way? Do correct me if I'm wrong. Secondly; we the people are bombarded by raffles day and night, by phone, by door knockers, by shopping centre trestles. Wouldn't it be nice to find respite from the same, even to find said respite, one must turn to the land of make belief. Of course, people will argue that the raffles raise funds, and yes they do, because our patrons are too polite not to buy the bloody things...trust me, I've been selling them. It's hard to escape eye contact in a matchbox sized foyer....my final word honest...I wonder if anyone else has a thought on the matter..
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Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Trial by Jury’ accompanied by two comedies, ‘How to Make Your Theatre Pay’ and ‘Dinner for One’. Three shows for the price of one at Phoenix Theatre, within the Hamilton Hill Memorial Hall, corner of Rockingham Road and Carrington Street, Hamilton Hill. The evening performances are at 8.00 pm until the 19th May, with matinees on the 12th and 20th May at 2.00 pm.
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