Tag: "Theatre Works"

Palace Of The End
0 Comments. 199 Views. Posted 5 Jun 2013 @ 8:19am.
Recently we marked the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by Australia and a coalition of other nations. In recognition of this milestone, Theatre Works is presenting the Australian premiere of Judith Thompson’s Palace of the End, a trio of monologues spoken by non-fictional characters who were deeply impacted by the war and its repercussions. Hannah Norris plays an American... Read More
Penelope
0 Comments. 506 Views. Posted 20 Mar 2013 @ 3:44pm.
In Homer’s Odyssey, Penelope is the faithful wife of Odysseus, waiting for her husband to return as she fends off the attention of numerous suitors. In his own work, Penelope, Irish playwright Enda Walsh puts a twisted, modern spin on the story. Penelope sits in a pool house, watching a group of men parade beneath her as they compete for her affection, observing for the safe distance of... Read More
Theatre Works Hosts Flame Trees
0 Comments. 449 Views. Posted 15 Feb 2013 @ 9:11am.
Flame Trees, the new production by acclaimed playwright Wayne Tunks, will premerie at Theatre Works this March. Inspired by the respective Cold Chisel song, Flame Trees details the story of Tess, an arsonist who murdered her best friend in a bushfire she lit. After serving her sentence, Tess returns to her hometown. But things are not the way they were before.   Her ex-boyfriend is now... Read More
Margaret Fulton Comes To Theatre Works
0 Comments. 798 Views. Posted 20 Sep 2012 @ 2:03pm.
Present Tense in association with Theatre Works presents the culinary musical spectacular; Margaret Fulton: Queen Of The Dessert. Long before Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson, Margaret Fulton was teaching Australians how to cook. From crispy potatoes with capsicum to her legendary pavlova, Margaret Fulton: Queen Of The Dessert will be a culinary food experience full of all the right ingredients... Read More
Hello My Name Is
0 Comments. 1,166 Views. Posted 13 Sep 2012 @ 7:30am.
“So this is a community centre.” I’m in the same studio space I was in last October, playing table tennis and drinking wine, my thumb on a hand held buzzer that I was to press every time anyone either talked about anything personal or heavy, or made an inappropriate comment. “This is no longer [tapping the tennis table] over there, it’s over here.” Nicola Gunn is a dazzling theatre maker,... Read More
A Fistful Of Scripts
0 Comments. 605 Views. Posted 1 Aug 2012 @ 12:12pm.
You know when you watched The Shire for the first time, and you desperately wanted to come face to face with the production team and just ask them “Why?” Well, A Fistful of Scripts is the perfect avenue for just that. Only The Shire has nothing to do with it.  Thrilled at the response to Lounge Theatre, Wise Words Media are pleased to announce that next month with see the return of A... Read More
This Is A Door
0 Comments. 1,097 Views. Posted 25 Jul 2012 @ 6:52am.
“Games are just agreed sets of temporary behaviour out of which sequences of individual choices and lived experience emerge and become stories of tragic loss and heroic triumph,” says Robert Reid, co-founder of Pop Up Playground. Together with Theatre Works, Pop Up Playground is staging a “social, reactive and immersive” new production this coming weekend – one that harnesses the power of games... Read More
Theatre Works 2012 Season Two
0 Comments. 929 Views. Posted 25 Jul 2012 @ 5:30am.
Starting this week, Theatre Works will begin the celebration for their July - December season of this year, kicking off with a creative development showing of The Rabble’s new work, Room of Regret. But that’s just the beginning!  The season itself will see numerous events including This Is a Door, Hello My Name Is and Margaret Fulton: Queen of the Dessert. Yep, there’s... Read More
Call Out For Theatre Submissions
0 Comments. 730 Views. Posted 20 Jan 2011 @ 11:23am.
Theatre Works 2011 is currently accepting submissions for their Musical Works season.   Since 2004, Theatre Works has been an important part of the independent Arts Community, providing support through successful events like Selected Works and In The Works.   We all enjoy the big shows like Mary Poppins, but sadly, independent musical theatre struggles to get off the ground in... Read More
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