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stinger · 8 July 2008
A little over a week left before the grand WA premiere of 'Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book For Boys' opens at Harbour Theatre (next to Clancy's Fish Pub) in Fremantle. Everything is proceeding…
Read more →stinger · 30 May 2008
Just a quick update on our progress with EFGBABFB - Sharon Thomas has had to withdraw due to other commitments (paid work I believe) so Sherrilee Walsh (not 'Wash' as I last wrote) has taken on multip…
Read more →stinger · 22 May 2008
Well, we now have a full cast and have had our first rehearsal. Once the 'heights' have finished 'wuthering' at Harbour, we'll be setting full sail for adventure. On board we have skipper Errol (Tony…
Read more →stinger · 29 April 2008
Tomorrow night (01/05/08) is audition night for 'Errol Flynn's Great Big Adventure Book for Boys' at Harbour Theatre in Fremantle. I have had a few phone calls, mainly from blokes, but I am hoping for…
Read more →stinger · 3 April 2008
Hello friends, I have to tell you about my new directorial challenge, for which I am hoping to garner your invaluable support. Fremantle’s Harbour Theatre Inc has engaged my services to direct the c…
Read more →stinger · 20 November 2007
It all seems so long ago now, doesn't it? I've been busy sorting out what I am going to direct for Harbour next year, since my first choice ('If They Send Me Three And Fourpence') was knocked back for…
Read more →stinger · 16 October 2007
Time flies when you're in production, so I feel I have been neglecting everything else including this blog. Sorry. The season has proceeded relatively incident-free and audiences have been most respon…
Read more →stinger · 4 October 2007
Hello again, friends and colleagues. Our groundbreaking production of this seminal Katherine Thomson play is virtually ready for you, the discerning theatre-going public. At the risk of coming across…
Read more →stinger · 17 September 2007
After losing another cast member overboard, this time Maureen Barnett for health reasons, we have managed to press-gang Rosemary Longhurst into picking up the part of Pam Shaw with the season bearing…
Read more →stinger · 31 August 2007
After the recent untimely departure from our cast of Martin Hammond due to personal issues, we have been most fortunate to have recruited award-winning character actor, Tim Prosser, to play the part o…
Read more →stinger · 14 August 2007
Auditions were held last evening and I am pleased to announce that our play has been fully cast and is now ready to begin rehearsal. The following roles have been allocated: BEA - Val Riches ISOLA - J…
Read more →stinger · 7 August 2007
Navigating By Katherine Thomson SYNOPSIS 35 years ago, the small Australian seaside town of Dunbar was rocked when a picnic party aboard chartered fishing boat 'Harmony' came to grief with the loss of…
Read more →stinger · 12 June 2007
Hello friends, Well, I'm still plugging away at the Swan Yacht Club. The comedy cabaret didn't get off the ground for various reasons (mainly lack of advance bookings) so it has been decided to give t…
Read more →stinger · 22 March 2007
Hello folks, This is to tell you about my latest theatrical enterprise. It is a one-man narrative play entitled "Harry Power and the Boy Bushranger". Set in the wilds of north-eastern Victoria in 1870…
Read more →stinger · 9 February 2007
Hello everyone, I have to let you know about my latest directorial venture - it's an original comedy cabaret or theatre restaurant or dinner-and-show or something - I'm not quite sure what exactly. I…
Read more →stinger · 28 November 2006
From time to time, I am tempted to comment on the amenity of bar facilities around the theatres, which may lead some to ask "what do you go to the theatre for - the entertainment or the grog?" To whic…
Read more →stinger · 9 November 2006
Unlike the salubrious bars at Melville, Garrick, Marloo and Roleystone Theatres, the one at the Dolphin usually closes post-interval, leaving the after-show hangers-on (usually consisting of cast, cre…
Read more →stinger · 20 October 2006
My recent first outing as a non-performing director ('The Last Dance of the Plum Sisters' for Phoenix Theatre, Hamilton Hill WA) met with moderate success. Our Tim Prosser won the best character actor…
Read more →stinger · 21 September 2006
At last, I have changed my appearance. Not greatly, but at least I now look more like Uncle Fester than Shrek. I did have a portrait taken back in June but the photographic studio wants a couple of gr…
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