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Popcorn

3/7/2025

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By Ben Elton
Directed by Garry Thomas

​Season: 3 - 12 July 2025
Set in the Beverly Hills home of Oscar winning movie director Bruce Delamitri, Popcorn is a satirical comedy thriller with the firepower of a hit squad. When notorious killers Wayne and Scout interrupt Bruce's passionate introduction to Brooke Daniels, a nude model and actress, they want more than an autograph from their cinematic idol. Wayne intends to use Bruce's "art" as justification for murder. Events are disrupted by the arrival of Bruce's soon-to-be ex-wife and spoiled teenager daughter and his producer. However, Wayne means to succeed whatever the cost.
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Cast:
Jamie Billings as Bruce Delamitri
Graeme Randle as Karl Brezner
Emma Cawood as Velvet Delamitri
Sarah Coursey as Farrah Delamitri
Tim Guy as Wayne Hudson
Louisa Clarkson as Scout
Libby Wilson as Brooke Daniels
Scott Morrow as Bill
​Lesley Hamel as Kirsten
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Hold The Arsenic

17/4/2025

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By Marilyn Ollett
Directed by Matt Holland

Season: 17th - 26th April 2025
​Hold the Arsenic is a sharp and witty comedy about friendship, resilience, and daring to embrace the unexpected. Four middle-aged women—Angela, Brenda, Carole, and Diane—find themselves navigating life’s challenges and decide to take matters into their own hands. Their book club becomes the unlikely catalyst for a bold and unconventional plan. Set in Angela’s kitchen, the play explores themes of reinvention, loyalty, and the power of camaraderie as the women face fears, push boundaries, and find creative ways to reshape their futures.
This play offers dynamic roles filled with humour, heart, and a touch of mischief, perfect for actors who enjoy layered characters and quick-witted dialogue.

Cast:
Annie Roach as Angela
Jo Browne as Brenda
Sylvia Barnes as Carole
Sarah Bohan-Ashton as Diane
Scott Morrow as Matt
Russell Haigh as Geoff

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The Sweet Delilah Swim Club

3/10/2024

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By Jones, Hope Wooten
Directed by Sonya Cameron

Season: 3 - 12 October 2024

​Five Southern women, whose friendships began many years ago on their college swim team, set aside a long weekend every August to recharge those relationships. Free from husbands, kids, and jobs, they meet at the same beach cottage, the “Sweet Delilah” on North Carolina’s Outer Banks to catch up, laugh, and meddle in each other’s lives. THE SWEET DELILAH SWIM CLUB focuses on four of those weekends and spans a period of thirty-three years. Sheree, the spunky team captain, desperately tries to maintain her organised and "perfect" life, and continues to be the group’s leader. Dinah, the wisecracking overachiever, is a career dynamo. But her victories in the courtroom are in stark contrast to the frustrations of her personal life. Lexie, pampered and outspoken, is determined to hold on to her looks and youth as long as possible. She enjoys being married—over and over and over again. The self-deprecating and acerbic Vernadette, acutely aware of the dark cloud that hovers over her life, has decided to just give in and embrace the chaos. And sweet, eager-to-please Jeri Neal experiences a late entry into motherhood that takes them all by surprise. As their lives unfold and the years pass, these women increasingly rely on one another, through advice and raucous repartee, to get through the challenges (men, sex, marriage, parenting, divorce, aging) that life flings at them. And when fate throws a wrench into one of their lives in the second act, these friends, proving the enduring power of "teamwork" rally ’round their own with the strength and love that takes this comedy in a poignant and surprising direction. THE SWEET DELILAH SWIM CLUB is the story of these five unforgettable women—a hilarious and touching comedy about friendships that last forever…
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Cast:
Sheree - Amanda Shields
Lexie – Victoria Clare
Dinah – Lesley Hamel
Vernadette – Debbie Hattan
​Jeri-Neal – Donna Palmer
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The Pink Hammer

11/7/2024

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By Michele Amas
Directed by Garry Thomas and Steve Millar

Season: 11 - 20 July 2024

The inaugural Pink Hammer Workshop is an absolute disaster. Annabel, Helen, Louise and Siobhan turn up, looking forward to learning carpentry skills from a pioneering, female furniture maker… but instead they find Woody, an out-of-work, disgruntled builder who’s less than impressed to find four sheilas amongst his claw hammers.  Not the sort of women to back down from a challenge, the group convince Woody to teach them the tricks of the trade in this hilarious and heart-warming Kiwi comedy that’ll have you doubled over in laughter.

Cast:
Annabel - Donna Bilas
Louise - Lesley Hamel
Helen - Sylvia Barnes
Siobhan - Kat Forrester
Woody - Steve Millar ​
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D A T E L I N E

17/4/2024

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Written and Directed by Barry Grant

Season: 17 - 27 April 2024

When sociology PhD student Carrie needs a thesis topic, she convinces her flatmates to take part in a replication study which practically guarantees them compatible partners.  However, she didn’t anticipate those flatmates “improving” her $10 text voucher participant reward.  No wonder so many people respond to her advertisement …  ​

Cast:
Carri - Rhiannon Greer
Abbey - Joni Brand
Becky - Georgia Dann
Man - Liam Gilmore
Jerry & Davy - Jacob Coxhill
Ken & Ralph - Sam Bowden Cooke
John & Zane - Seamus Burgess
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Keeping Up Appearances

12/4/2023

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By Roy Clarke
Directed by Matt Holland

Season: 12 - 22 April 2023

Everyone’s favourite Lady of the House, Hyacinth Bucket (“It’s Boo-kay!), is at it again.  While setting up her entry in the local art festival, Hyacinth learns that Emmet needs a leading lady for the murder mystery that he is directing for the local theatre group, but is shocked to discover her relatives, Daisy, Rose and Onslow are also in the play, and Daisy is playing the Duchess. Hyacinth is further horrified to discover one of her own roles in the play is the Cook, and she is expecting Councillor Mrs Debden at any moment, whom she thinks is going to appoint her to a high position in society.  Desperate to hide the fact she’s playing a servant, a classic Hyacinth farce follows.​

Cast:
Hyacinth - Fi Mills
Emmet - Martin Bouse
Liz - Sarah Bohan
Onslow - John Ashton
Daisy - Leeann Apps
Rose - Louisa Clarkson
Milly - Mark Reid
Mrs Debden - Pat Hannah
Artist - Teneka Lamont
Daddy - Russell Haigh
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Ladies' Day

5/10/2022

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Written by Amanda Whittington
Directed by Marilyn Ollett

​Season: 5 - 15 Octobder 2022

Work, love, and life are just one long, hard slog for the fish-filleting foursome Pearl, Jan, Shelley, and Linda. But their fortunes are set to change when Linda finds tickets to Ladies’ Day at Royal Ascot.

​Out go the hairnets and overalls as the four ditch work, do themselves up, and head off for a drink, a flirt, and a flutter.


Cast:
Claire Bruce as Pearl
Lesley Long as Jan
June Pfister as Linda
Ashlyn Morriss as Shelley
Mark Reid as Joe/Jim
Scott Morrow as Fred/Kevin/Barry
Brock Cottrell as Patrick
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God of Carnage

14/7/2022

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Written by Yasmina Reza
​Directed by Garry Thomas

​Season: 14 - 23 July 2022

Winner of the 2009 Tony Award for Best Play, God of Carnage tells of two married couples who meet for the first time shortly after their respective sons have a schoolyard fight. Michael and Veronica, whose son’s teeth were knocked out, invite Alan and Annette, whose son did the knocking, to their home to settle matters such as who will pay for new teeth. But any attempt at having a civilised discussion as to whose child is responsible for the fight, and how the parents may have influenced such destructive behaviour, quickly devolves into finger-pointing, name-calling, stomping around and throwing things. And that’s before they break out the alcohol! 
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Cast:
Wesley van Gelderen as Michael Novak
Sarah Coursey as Veronice Novak
Caroline Baker as Annette Raleigh
Paul Johnson as Alan Raleigh
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Silly Cow

28/4/2022

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Written by Ben Elton
Directed by Jon Amesbury

​Season: 28 April - 7 May 2022

Doris Wallace, bitchy queen of the tabloid press, is on the verge of a glorious venture in TV. She's not going to let anything get in her way, not even the silly cow suing her for libel. Any skeletons she may have in her cupboard are, like her bondage gear, firmly locked up - or so she thinks.

Cast:
Nikki Conyers as Doris
Helen Fahy as Peggy
John Ashton as Sidney
Ian Lester as Douglas
Wesley Van Gelderen as Eduardo
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Bugsy Malone

20/1/2022

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