MERRY CHRISTMAS 2020

Malanda Theatre Company would like to wish all our Patrons and Volunteers a very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year.

It’s time to buy your tickets for ‘Sorting out Rachel’.

David Williamson, Australia’s best-known playwright has once again written a tale that tackles social issues that we are all familiar with. Put together a teenager, Rachel, who hates her family and lives on social media, her grandfather, Bruce, who earned his millions by bending the rules and Rachel’s parents, the long-suffering Julie and lazy, money-grabbing Craig and the scene is set for conflict. To this mix is added Tess, Bruce’s illegitimate daughter, who the family had no knowledge of. The conflict now has the potential to become a war. The cast is a mixture of familiar and new faces. Rachel is played by Kaitlen Adams, Bruce by Mark Kerwin, Tess by Lioni Wilkinson, Julie by Catriona Arnold-Nott and Craig by Bill Tranter The cast and crew have been rehearsing and are almost ready for an audience.

Performance dates are

16th October – 7.30pm

17th October – 7.30pm

18th October – 2.30pm

23rd October – 7.30pm

24th October – 7.30pm

25th October – 2.30pm

Tickets will be available from Monday 14th September with reduced seating to allow for social distancing

Cant wait to see you all at the Majestic

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COVID SAFE TICKETING PLAN

PURCHASING TICKETS:

‘Book together to sit together’  You may only sit together as a group if you book together. At the time of booking you will need to provide the name of each person in the group.

You will not be able to book specific seats at this stage. Seats will be allocated to groups and individuals when you arrive at the theatre.

The doors will open one hour before the start of the performance.  

Friday and Saturday – 6.30pm   Sunday – 1.30pm

Have your ticket ready to present to the person at the ticket desk.

You will be allocated seats to ensure social distancing.  You must stay in the seat allocated to you.  It is not possible for you to change seats. You will be issued with a ticket indicating your seat number.

You will be required to provide name, phone number and address of each person. This data will be kept by the Malanda Theatre Company for 56 days. This is a requirement of the Queensland Government.

The bar will be open for patrons and raffle tickets and programs will be   available.

Sanitisers will be provided at the entry to the theatre, all service areas and toilets.

People who are sick or have been overseas recently should not attend.

Spamalot

Malanda Theatre Company’s final production for 2019 will be the zany musical comedy (with the emphasis on comedy) Spamalot.

Based on the movie ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’ the musical contains many characters and sketches familiar to Python lovers, and lots of lively,  toe tapping songs.  With a cast of 36 people ranging in age from 11 to 80+ colour, movement  and fun will be the hallmark of this production.

SPAMALOT re-tells the legend of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. Guided by the The Lady of the Lake, the knights battle their way past various cows, killer rabbits, and French people in pursuit of claiming the legendary Grail.

The cast includes Jake Skukan as King Arthur, Marg Procter as his loyal servant and horse Patsy, Dani Riding as the Lady of the Lake and Damien Cavanagh, Howard Smith, Niilo Gobius, Matthew English and Biku Adams Hume as Arthur’s intrepid Knights. The cast play several parts each so action behind the scenes is going to be as frenetic as on stage with actors changing costume in minutes or in some cases seconds. Lesley Hoare, Jan Hannam, Frances Langtree and a team of helpers have been madly sewing to produce the more than 100 costumes required.

Spamalot is directed by Gill Harrington, Ro Mountney and Karen Mahoney. They are supported by Kirsten Adams as Choreographer, Tyson Manley as Musical Director,  Felicity Stoetzel as Singing Coach and Mark Kerwin as Set Designer and Stage Manager.

Performance dates:  November 29th, 30th and December 1st, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th.

TICKETS ON SALE FROM THE 21st OCTOBER 8am

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THE 39 STEPS

Adapted from John Buchan’s famous novel, but turned into a riotous farce by Patrick Barlow

The Malanda Theatre CO production is co-directed by GILL and GRAHAM HARRINGTON with Assistant Director Louisa Crossle.

The Harrington’s were enthralled by the London production but felt it was too technically difficult  for mTc. But then they saw an amateur version in Torquay, England and were convinced that it was a goer.

Based on the spy thriller of the same name by John Buchan, it is a spoof. Richard Hannay is a gentleman of means living in London. He inadvertently gets involved with a woman, who is on the run from a foreign spy network. They murder her and pin the blame on Hannay. Only it is difficult to work out who are the real police and who are imposters. Hannay is chased to Scotland, where he is trying to deliver warning of an unexplained tragedy. No one is interested except the foreign oglers. He is arrested by the “police” but their car is stopped by a flock of sheep (it IS Scotland!). Whilst they are trying to remove the sheep, they handcuff Hannay to a hostile, female witness. Hannay escapes none the less and spends the rest of the play trying to present an honest, reliable citizen whilst joined irrevocably to the woman. “And then with a single bound he is free”.

Performance dates :

Friday 26th, Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th July

Friday 2nd,  Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th August

Please note:  Sunday performances will start at 3pm to allow our patrons to drive home in daylight. Other nights start a 7.30pm.

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The Malanda Theatre company are proud to present, COSI, a classic Australian play (& film) set in a Melbourne mental hospital in 1971. A twenty-something Australian man has trouble holding down a job, and his latest venture is to direct a play, an effort that is encouraged by the social worker Justine, and his best friend Nick and his lover Lucy. Only he’s not a very good director, and this isn’t an ordinary production. His task is to helm an offbeat adaptation of the Mozart opera, `Cosi Fan Tutte’, that will be performed by the patients at a psychiatric hospital.

Performance Dates –

Friday 22nd March 7.30pm

Saturday 23rd March  7.30pm

Sunday 24th March 3.30pm

Friday 29th March 7.30pm

Saturday 30th March 7.30pm

Sunday 31st March 3.30pm

Directed

by Jean Newman

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Malanda Theatre Company would like to wish all our Patrons and Volunteers a very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year.

An Amateur Production BY ARRANGEMENT WITH ORiGiN™ THEATRICAL, ON BEHALF OF SAMUEL FRENCH, INC. 

Butterflies Are Free is a play by Leonard Gershe.

This famous comedy was made into a film starring Goldie Hawn in the 1960-s.  It deals with a handicapped young man who has set up on his own in New York and falls in love with the girl in the flat next door. His Mother disapproves and the action stems from that.

This production is directed by MTC veteran Graham Harrington, with assistance from Louisa Crosslé. The cast of four, Buckley Weirman, Catriona Arnold-Nott, Damien Cavanagh and Jake Skukan, are well into rehearsals, supported by an experienced production team and backstage crew. TICKETS ON SALE 26/10/18

Performance dates – 23rd, 24th, 25th, 30th of November and the 1^st and 2nd December. Tickets will be available the end of October

 

Blithe Spirit is a comic play by Noël Coward. The play concerns the socialite and novelist Charles Condomine, who invites the eccentric medium and clairvoyant, Madame Arcati, to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather material for his next book. The scheme backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his annoying and temperamental first wife, Elvira, after the séance. Elvira makes continual attempts to disrupt Charles’s marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost.

Mervena Watson as Madame Arcati

Jo-Anne Dittman as Ruth Condomine 

Jim Hill as Charles Condomine

Mikayla Dilena as Mrs Bradman

 Jake Skukan as Dr Bradman

Lioni Wilkinson as the maid Edith

Director – Jim Hill

Opening Night….Friday 27th July at 7.30pm – Saturday 28th, 7.30pm – Sunday 29th 4.00pm.

Friday 3rd Augusts – Saturday 4th ,7.30pm – Sunday 5th 4.00pm

The Outlets are…..Elders, ECHO Malanda and Tableland Books, Atherton or book online on the button below.

 

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MALANDA YOUTH THEATRE PROUDLY PRESENTS

Production of

Music and Lyrics by

Sammy Cahn, Sammy Fain, Michelle Tumes, Xavier Atencio, George Bruns, Jack Lawrence, Frank Churchill, Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Oliver Wallace and Ray Kelley

Music Adapted & Arranged and Additional Lyrics by Eric Svejcar

Book adapted and Additional Lyrics by David Zellnik

Based on the screenplay by Ted Sears, Erdman Penner, Bill Peet, Winston Hibler, Joe Rinaldi, Milt Banta, Ralph Wright and William Cottrell

Based on the play by J.M. Barrie 

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).
All performance materials supplied by Hal Leonard Australia.

The classic story of Peter Pan, Peter Pan was written by J. M. Barrie in 1911, this is the Disney junior adaption of the play. Peter lives on Neverland, a magical island, with the fairies and the Lost Boys, his band of followers. The story details his adventures with the Darling family of England: Mr. and Mrs. Darling and their three children Wendy, John, and Michael.

Performance Dates and Times

Friday June 22.  7.00pm

Saturday June 23. 7.00pm

Sunday June 24.  11.00am and 3.00pm

TICKET COSTS

Adults $10

Students $5

TICKETS ON SALE MONDAY 14TH MAY 9AM