Written by John Tobias
Directed by Libby Wilson

Performances:

• Thursday 8th August 2019 7:30pm.
• Friday 9th August 2019 7:30pm.
• Saturday 10th August 2019 7:30pm.
• Thursday 15th August 2019 7:30pm.
• Friday 16th August 2019 7:30pm.
• Saturday 17th August 2019 7:30pm.

Prices:

• $25 Waged.
• $22 Unwaged.
  

Cast:

• Honey - Sophie Noreen
  
• Harold - Pete Bucher
  
• Henry - Noam Wegner
  
• Gloria - Ellissa Roch
  

Performances:

• Wednesday April 17 7:30 pm
• Thursday April 18 7:30 pm
• Friday April 19 7:30 pm
• Saturday April 20 2:00 pm
• Saturday April 20 7:30 pm
• Sunday April 21 2:00 pm
• Wednesday April 24 7:30 pm
• Thursday April 25 7:30 pm
• Friday April 26 7:30 pm
  
• Saturday April 27 7:30 pm
  

Prices:

• $25 Waged
  
• $22 Unwaged
  

The "Calendar Girls" cast has been announced.

Watch our gorgeous Calendar Girls talk about why they're OK stripping off for this poignant, funny, heart warming production.

"Breath of Spring"
​by Peter Coke

Director: Steve Millar
Prdn Mgr: Garry Thomas
Stage Manager: Sonya Cameron
Technical: TBA
Properties: Sonya Cameron
Costumes: TBA

On stage 3rd – 6th and 10th – 13th October

Dame Beatrice houses a collection of middle-aged 'guests', plus Lily her maid. To repay Dame Beatrice for giving her a job despite her criminal past, Lily presents her with a mink stole stolen from the next flat. The Brigadier deploys his 'troops' to return the fur. The whole campaign is so invigorating that they decide to retain this excitement in their lives by pinching furs and giving the proceeds to charities.

~ A jolly good show indeed ~
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~ A laugh out loud English comedy ~

​Cast:
Nan - Melanie Turner
Brigadier - Ian Lester
Lilly - Libby Wilson
Alice - Jane Rollings
Dame Bee - Joanna Browne
Hattie - Leeann Apps
Det Sgt Pape - Scott Morrow
PC Kemp - Ray Mainprize

Cast confirmed
Kari - Stella Cheersmith
Deedra - Vicky Hunwick
Monette - Marcella Herrera
Libby Ruth - Amanda Shields
Charlie - Helen Fahy
Sedalia - Sally Willcox

Elmwood Players are excited to present the NZ Premiere of “Always A Bridesmaid” this April. Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten, collectively known as Jones Hope Wooten, enjoy the reputation of being three of the most popular and widely-produced playwrights in the United States. They specialize in writing laugh-out-loud comedies and creating vivid strong roles for women. Between them, they've written classic television, hit movies, Off Broadway comedy and plays such as “Dearly Beloved”, “The Red Velvet Cake War” and “Always A Bridesmaid”.

​By Tim Hambleton
Dir: Phil Dean

In the waiting room of Heaven, Angela is filling in for St Peter. She is responsible for selecting those who enter, and unfortunately she has made a few mistakes lately.

A group of eclectic characters gather there and vie for entry through the Pearly Gates whilst also trying to outwit God’s nasty CEO.
Cast...

Angela ... Sheree Hawker
Simone ... Jodine Hardwicke
Charles ... Steve Millar
Trevor ... Marty Ashby
Dorothy ... Clare Hamilton
Natasha ... Grace Prodanov

"All This Intimacy"By Rajiv Joseph

Dir: Douglas Clarke QSM

Elmwood Players,
Aikmans Road

19-29 APRIL

The situation: TY has three women pregnant simultaneously - his ex-girlfriend, JEN, his married next door neighbour, MAUREEN, and his 18 year old student, BECCA. 

ALL THIS INTIMACY  illuminates the trials, triumphs, failures of TY’s life and all hell breaks loose when the three women converge and confront ... and are there just the three……..?

Cast:​
TY : Darren Sundborn
JEN : Briana VinZant
MAUREEN : Andi Arby
BECCA : Bex Manning
FRANNY : Katie Duthie
SETH : Thad Hadaway

“Jumpy”
By April de Angelis
Dir: Garry Thomas


Performance Dates

Wed 20th April-Sat 23rd April,
Wed 27 April-30 April.


“I don’t look 50. I don’t act 50. I could get away with … 43?”


Hilary, an anguished north London heroine, has made it to 50 with not nearly enough to show for it: her ever-texting teenage daughter is in a state of perpetual, highly sexed rebellion,her marriage has sagged into severe disrepair and her worthy job on a local ‘reading support’ unit is falling prey to the cuts.
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Cast:
Hilary
Anna Willows

Mark
Rob Smith

Tilly
Stella Cheersmith

Frances
Amanda Shields

Lyndsey
Jordan Knight

Bea
Ursula Cheer

Roland
Barry Tomkinson

Josh
Brett McPhail

Cam
Sam Primrose

“It’s funny, deliciously rude and at times piercingly moving…” The Guardian

By Anna Longaretti
Dir: Marilyn Ollett

In a busy call centre, the four female employees of Aphrodite, a sex toy manufacturer, take telephone orders for Teasey Maids, Titivators and rotating pearl g-strings. Beneath the cheerful customer service and easy banter, however, these very different women nurse their own desires and disappointments.

Sylvie is desperate to have a baby, but her single-minded approach is taking its toll on her marriage and causing friction with her co-workers.

With five children, Janice rarely finds time for herself or her husband. Tiffany is young and single, looking for ‘the one’, but wary of sacrificing her independence.

Star employee Lily, meanwhile, is stuck in a loveless marriage and estranged from her son, but buries her pain in wisecracks and work.

Their gentle and innocent manager Mr Causeway attempts to diffuse the tension between his staff while suppressing a longstanding crush on the oblivious Lily. Sex Cells is a very funny, poignant play about motherhood, friendship, love and loss

Cast

Lily ... Amanda Shields
Sylvie ... Sam McKinnon
Tiffany ... Shani Annand-Baron
Janice ... Jamie Lee
Mr Causeway ... John Boyce

“GYM AND TONIC”(Season has now concluded)


by John Godber
Director: Steve Millar
Weds to Sat, 7:30pm
October 1-4 and 8-11
About the play:
In the middle of a mid-life crisis and a stagnant marriage, where’s the best place to go?


Well according to playwrite John Godber it would be the Scardale Hall Health Farm, and that’s just where Don and Shirley Weston have come to relax, pamper themselves and just possibly rescue their ailing marriage.


Known for his innovative work in Theatre (“Bouncers”, “Shakers” et al), John Godber is one of the most widely performed writers in the English language. Elmwood Players are excited to bring this production to the Christchurch stage this October.

Cast:
Don Weston – Geoff Kendall
Shirley Weston – Anna Willows
Gertrude Tate/Maggie Weston – Marilyn Ollett
Ken Blake – Scott Morrow
Zoe – Whitney Greene
Chloe –Shanice Adair
Shona/Sam Weston/Bellboy – Libby Wilson


Production:
Director - Steve Millar
Production Mgr - Samantha Creed and Garry Thomas
Stage Manager - Barry Mackenzie
Technical - Phil Dean
Properties - TBA
Wardrobe - TBA
FOH – Peter Clark

Season has concluded
By Tim Hambleton

Dir: Phil Dean


Two small town criminals must get their hands on some drugs. Their search takes them to the surgery of an off the wall doctor in financial difficulties.


What was meant to be a simple robbery becomes a complicated affair and the crooks find themselves barricaded in the doctor’s office with a number of his wacky patients as hostages, including a simple minded farming couple who mysteriously cannot get pregnant; and an eccentric hypochondriac who develops an affection for her captors.
CAST

DR MARCUS ROBINSON (M)
Sam Primrose

MISS CLAIRE HEWITT (F)
Sharon Nossiter

DYLAN (M)
Scott Morrow

DWAYNE (M)
Marty Ashby

LISA (F)
Libby Wilson

MRS VAN ROONEY (F)
Susan Cameron

GERALD SCRIMEGOUR (M)
TBA

RUSS WHITTIKER (M)
Geoff Kendall

SHARON WHITTIKER (F)
Rebecca Sandys