Put Us In Our Place
Fri, 18 Mar 2005, 06:07 amNic5 posts in thread
Put Us In Our Place
Fri, 18 Mar 2005, 06:07 amMirror, Mirror on the wall and all that stuff... SOACT, the Wagga School of Arts Community Theatre is celebrating sixty years of continuous theatrical production this year.
We don't claim to be the oldest continuously operating company in the land , we know we're not but we started with a meeting in 1944 and our first production Home and Beauty was in April 1945. What sort of company are we in... who's having a sixtieth birthday this year?
We'd like to try to interest Radio National into a look back at the birth of the community theatre movement.
Nic
We don't claim to be the oldest continuously operating company in the land , we know we're not but we started with a meeting in 1944 and our first production Home and Beauty was in April 1945. What sort of company are we in... who's having a sixtieth birthday this year?
We'd like to try to interest Radio National into a look back at the birth of the community theatre movement.
Nic
Re: Put Us In Our Place
Fri, 18 Mar 2005, 09:39 amCongratulations!
I believe the Bridgetown Repertory Club WA, boast as being the oldest continually running theatre group, in the southern hemisphere. They apparently operated prior to & during the both world wars.
However there is a group in Adelaide South Australia, which has claims to have being operating just as long, except IÂ’m not sure if they actually closed down due to the war years or not?
I believe Bridgetown canÂ’t be that far off itÂ’s 100th anniversary!
They did have a certificate, that was hanging in the foyer, issued by the Bridgetown Roads Board, which preceded the town becoming an actual local Council!
I donÂ’t know anyone there anymore!
http://www.theatre.asn.au/companyResponse.php3?CID=465
You could check with Peter Francis photoart@westnet.com.au he should know all about it!
Chookas Nic
I believe the Bridgetown Repertory Club WA, boast as being the oldest continually running theatre group, in the southern hemisphere. They apparently operated prior to & during the both world wars.
However there is a group in Adelaide South Australia, which has claims to have being operating just as long, except IÂ’m not sure if they actually closed down due to the war years or not?
I believe Bridgetown canÂ’t be that far off itÂ’s 100th anniversary!
They did have a certificate, that was hanging in the foyer, issued by the Bridgetown Roads Board, which preceded the town becoming an actual local Council!
I donÂ’t know anyone there anymore!
http://www.theatre.asn.au/companyResponse.php3?CID=465
You could check with Peter Francis photoart@westnet.com.au he should know all about it!
Chookas Nic