CRECHE AND BURN

Diary Dates for you

to note:

Monthly General Meeting - Wednesday 16 March, 2011, at M’Side TAFE

Management Committee Meetings and Casting Com-mittee Meetings are monthly.

Opening Night of Creche and Burn - Friday 25 March 2011—8pm

Creche and Burn Newsflash!

1

From our President Leo Bradley

2

2011 Productions Monthly General Meeting

2

February Meeting Funny Fliers

3

Calling all Actors Working Bee

4

What’s on in Theatres 4

Office Bearers 2011

4

Inside this issue:

March 2011

Volume 50 Issue 3

PROSCENIUM Villanova Players

NEWSLETTER

The

The opening of our great play No.1 for the 2011 season opens next week. The cast and crew have been working hard to bring this play to the stage. Audiences are going to be surprised and thoroughly entertained by this wonderful play set in a childcare centre and featuring Sarah, the newly trained childcare worker on the first day of her job encountering all sorts of problems and situations. Director Fiona Kennedy is more than happy with the progress of the play and commends the cast for bringing such com-plex characters to life so vividly. The play opens on Friday 25th March in the TAFE theatre at Morningside and has been described as a great evening’s enter-tainment. Be sure to book early on 3899 9962 to secure your seat. Come along and bring some friends. You’ll be sorry if you miss out on this great play.

CAST AND CREW EMAIL US CAST—CRECHE AND BURN

Sarah ........................ Ali Kerr Felicity/Sergeant Julie .............. Carissa Zygis Damask Rose/Di ................... Jane Sizer Toni/Kim ........................ Catherine Blake Ruth/Rebecca ..................... Mary St Ledger Violet ........................ Jill Cross Robert ...................... Nick Morrissey Policeman ................... Andrew Heron

DIRECTOR Fiona Kennedy

PRODUCTION LIAISON Andrew Heron

SOUND DESIGN Gregg Goriss

TECHNICAL OPERATION Dan Knudson

NEWSFLASH!! With today’s technology there’s always

room for improvement. We know many of our members have computers and email,

so if you would like to receive your Proscenium faster, to get all the latest VPs news and in

brilliant living colour, could you please send an email to

villanovaplayers@gmail.com and starting from next issue, enjoy all the benefits that modern technology brings

THE HAPPY CAST AND CREW

SARAH AND ROBERT SHARE A MOMENT IN THE CRECHE

JANE SIZER GIVES A CRECHE ‘CHILD’ SOME ADVICE

Our first production for the year is entering the final weeks of rehearsal. This will be another hilarious comedy written by local playwright Elise Greig. We’ve been hunting out all the best kiddies furniture and getting in touch with our inner-child doing elaborate finger painting to make the Theatre resemble a child care centre. Fiona Kennedy and the team have been working long and hard on this fabulous production. Along with some familiar faces, we welcome Catherine Blake to our stage, and new member Dan Knudsen who is designing the lighting. Big thank yous to David Watermeyer for doing the cos-tume design and making some fantastic smocks and Ali Kerr for knocking up a score of kiddies (of the calico variety) who will be the children at ‘Little Acorn’. Can I put in a big plea for volunteers for Front of House. We expect some large crowds along and we are desperately short of names. It really is fun to server the audience and hear their comments when the show is as wonderful as this

one. There are enough members so that you would only need to help out one night in the whole year, so please pick a performance that would suit you and book yourself in. Even better if you bring along a couple of friends. Please contact myself on 3891 5769 (the usual message bank) Also a reminder to encourage friends and family to be-come subscribers. Remember that they can subscribe even after seeing the show. Rod and Maria will be happy to con-vert a single ticket into a subscribers book at interval. It’s the best value for their entertainment dollar! We have been very fortunate to be approached by a few local groups to share the use of the Theatre. This will help to defray our costs, but also will mean more members will need to take an ac-tive hand in the running of the Theatre. Particularly cleaning, tidying up and op-erating lights and sound. Cheers Leo

2011 FORTHCOMING PRODUCTIONS

Play No.1 - CRECHE AND BURN by Elise Greig

Directed by Fiona Kennedy The first day on a new job can be overwhelm-

ing especially at a child-care centre. 25th March to 9th April

Play No.2 - MARVIN’S ROOM by Scott McPherson

Directed by Brian Cannon The close juxtaposition of humour and tragedy

is just one of the strengths of this play. 3rd June to 18th June

Play No.3 - LADY WINDERMERE’S FAN by Oscar Wilde

Directed by Jill Cross A biting satire on the hypocrisy of

Victorian society's attitudes, particularly towards marriage.

26th August to 10th September

Play No.4 - SUMMER WONDERLAND by Matthew Ryan

Directed by Leo Bradley A true blue parody of life's trials and

tribulations faced by an eccentric group of neighbours in suburban Australia. 18th November to 3rd December

FROM OUR PRESIDENT—LEO BRADLEY

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

AT THE TAFE THEATRE

WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2011 8:00pm

ENTERTAINMENT

In March, the monthly meeting falls on the Eve of St. Patrick's Day, and that suggests an Irish theme. So come "wearing o' the green" and you'll be welcome in the parlour. We'll be trolling the treasure trove of prose, poetry and plays, and members new and not so new will bring you treats from the Emerald Isle.

ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR PLAYS FOR 2012 MUST BE IN THE HANDS OF THE CASTING COMMITTEE BY

APRIL 2011

[If anyone is interested in presenting an item at our Monthly Meetings, contact a Member of the Casting Committee - phone

numbers are on the back page of The Proscenium]

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SOME FUNNY FLIERS COURTESY OF SANDRA HOGAN

FEBRUARY MONTHLY MEETING

February Monthly Meeting featured a Devel-opment Workshop: Leo Bradley directed Samantha Yeates (who was so impressive in small roles in "An Italian Straw Hat") in excerpts from "Talking Heads" by Alan Bennett. Sam delighted us with her comic playing, not missing a nuance. A young and am-bitious actor has been cast in a film and will do anything the Director requires - because it is ‘her art’ - even when things look seriously suspect - to us, the audience, anyway. Sam showed us alter-nately the innocence and worldliness of the young actor, and we saw only too clearly the per-ils of life upon the wicked stage - or, in this case, the tarnished silver screen. We members learn so much from these stimu-lating exercises - directors and performers, as well as members and intending members, espe-cially because the discussions following are so thought provoking If anyone is interested in presenting an item at our Monthly Meetings, contact a Member of the Casting Committee. These presentations are very much enjoyed by the members.

Sam as

Clotilde in

AN ITALIAN STRAW HAT [left]

Sam as

Virginia in

AN ITALIAN STRAW HAT

[right]

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The Hut: Phone: - 3395 5168 Bookings: Phone: - 3899 9962

2011 MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE President: Leo Bradley 3891 5769 Vice Pres: Jane Hamer [Binstead] 0417 072 512 Treasurer: Rod Thompson 3391 7180 Secretary: Meagan Lawson 0401 001 391 Casting Liaison: Maria Thompson 3391 7180 Members: Trevor Bond 3393 6521 Andrew Heron 0417 793 133 Michael McNish 0427 353 639 Neil Goodwin 0402 064 487

2011 CASTING COMMITTEE Samantha Tierney 0449 861 812 Rod Thompson 3391 7180 Michael Byrnes 3849 4521 Maria Thompson 3391 7180 Jenny Brunner 3398 9592

WHAT’S ON IN THEATRE

ST LUKE’S THEATRE SOCIETY presents BREATH OF SCANDAL directed by Trevor Bond - 11th to 19th March - Bookings - 3844 7257

BEENLEIGH THEATRE GROUP presents DON’T STOP BELIEVING [in aid of Qld Floods] - 2nd April 2pm & 7.30pm - Bookings - 3287 1377 ARTS THEATRE presents COSI directed by Susan O’Toole-Cridland - 12th March to 16th April - Bookings - 3369 2344 CENTENARY THEATRE GROUP presents VISITING MR GREEN directed by Gary O’Neill with Brian Cannon - 5th to 26th March - Bookings - 3379 3937 SUNNYBANK THEATRE GROUP presents TRAP FOR A LONELY MAN directed by Chris Guyler - 13th to 28th May - Bookings - 3345 3964

MOUNT COTTON DRAMA GROUP presents MY HUSBAND’S WILD DE-SIRES directed by Lyn and Andy Mathers - 29th April to 14th May - Bookings - online at their website SANDGATE THEATRE GROUP presents CAFE ONE ACTS directed by Chris Packman, Christine Linning and Susannah Holmes - 11th to 26th March - Bookings - 3869 2099 NASH THEATRE presents THE 39 STEPS by John Buchan - 5th to 26th March - Bookings - 3379 4775 TOOWOOMBA REPERTORY THEATRE presents MOTHERS AND FATHERS by Joseph Musaphia - April 2nd to 16th - Bookings 4632 8058

SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS

CALLING ALL ACTORS! St Luke’s Theatre Society has a need for ac-tors, [males especially] for their next production of Pardon Me, Prime Minister. If you are inter-ested, could you please contact President Barry Kratzke on 3398 9032. Also, the Iona Passion Play needs actors—especially men for performances on Friday 8th April at Iona College and Good Friday, 22nd April at Stanthorpe. Please contact Leo Bradley on 3891 5769 if you can help.

WORKING BEE! Our next Working Bee will be the Sunday Bump Out for Creche and Burn on Sunday, 10th April at the TAFE theatre from 1.00pm to 5.00pm. We thank you in anticipation of your efforts.

Come and have some fun and fellowship.