Premiere of 'Stimulus Package The Musical' coming to stimulate you, August 2011

Stimulus Package The Musical, coming to stimulate theatre audiences of Launceston, from 17th - 20th August, at The Earl Arts Centre. Tickets are now available through the Theatre North web site: www.theatrenorth.com.au, and at the Princess Theatre box office. For five shows only. Cast includes a great mix of local professional musicians, Proforming Arts graduates from UTAS, and familiar faces of the local theatre scene. Including: Duane Bye, Matthew Hyde, Tash McCullock, Fran Suitor, Rachael Williams, Shani Saint Aulbins, Cayden Richards, Mark Horner, Susie Fisher, Liz Corrick and Beau Mahoney. SYNOPSIS: Our story begins a long, long time ago...the year 2008! The Global Fincial Crisis has just hit the Land of Oz, and five residents of The Shady Towers Residential Village are particularly down on their luck. We meet them collecting their mail in the afternoon, unaware of the increbible, life changing, eventful day that is about to transpire. For these five eccentric characters, are the chosen ones. They each receive a "golden ticket" for stimulus! Just as soon as the officious Housing Inspector is done with his routine "examinations", they band together and set out on a fantistic, magical journey to Spender-Link, along The Amber Brick Road. With this money, they plan to put on a show and make it out of Shady Towers for good. Along the way, they bump into a delightful transvestite, and a nasty junkie. They meet Miss Percy's pets, and all of Gav's very strange family. They stop off at the "Shell Out" servo, and a "Stash Convertors" store. Finally, they arrive at Spender-Link, where Shirley, the front desk supervisor, is waiting to stimulate them! Two weeks later, the Housing Inspector returns for another "examination", and gets more than he bargained for when he is roped into the residents musical production. The residents stage their show, and although it completely falls of the rails, it ends up being a huge success - proving that with just a little bit of "stimulus", dreams can come true!