Fish Out of Water - KTW
Mon, 12 July 2004, 10:34 amGeorge1 post in thread
Fish Out of Water - KTW
Mon, 12 July 2004, 10:34 amA FISH OUT OF WATER
What a fabulous afternoon we had on Saturday July 10th, 2004
I had never been to the Kwinana Theatre Complex before or seen their Drama Club in action . The venue was superb, a wonderful little theatre with a very wide stage and seating about 80 in the audience. The complex incorporated a movie theatre, and a cafe with computers (cyber cafe style). We had a delicious lunch there after a 40 minute drive from Kalamunda on the new freeway through to Kwinana before the show started at 2 p.m. We were also able to buy ice creams and/or coffee and cakes in the interval at this little cafe too.
The set for the play was very bright in Mediterranean yellow with a balcony with white balustrade looking out to the bright blue sea and sky with palm and pine trees for effect. The furnishings were white cane sofas and chairs and tables with navy blue cushions and there were a couple of pictures on the side walls, it all looked very Continental!. Had I dressed the set I would have put something on the back yellow wall to break the plainness, possible the name of the hotel or even further pictures or a mural.
The action of the play takes place in Italy at the seaside and the story involves the various characters of the guests and their interaction. The two leads were brilliant and carried the play throughout with professional aplomb, the one lady called Agatha was very common, coarse and comic and her sister who in turn was the complete opposite, whining, misery Fiona.. Agatha of course was a large buxom lady and Fiona tall and thin, complementing each other to the full. The other cast members were suitably attired and played their parts extremely well. There were a couple of minor hiccups, one to do with the late entrance of someone and the other a technical fault but their script needed no prompting at all.
Considering this play was a "fill in" and only had 4 weeks to rehearse the cast and crew did an exemplary job of making a two hour afternoon filled with laughter and fun. The cast enjoyed themselves totally and it showed through to the audience.
I was impressed with their front of house staff and the way we were made to feel so very welcome. We will be delighted to visit again and have marked August 14 at 2 p.m. in our diary to see a musical concert given by Sue Hicks and a supporting cast. Can't wait! Apparently there are two versions of this play and we at KADS did the other one - the one with Mario in it, the sexy Italian porter. This version and his part were missed out of the Kwinana play but the segments we remembered so well, the postcards, the cricket bat, the Home Guard search party instructions, were all included and were positively hysterical and brilliantly done.
Dee Howells
July 12 2004
What a fabulous afternoon we had on Saturday July 10th, 2004
I had never been to the Kwinana Theatre Complex before or seen their Drama Club in action . The venue was superb, a wonderful little theatre with a very wide stage and seating about 80 in the audience. The complex incorporated a movie theatre, and a cafe with computers (cyber cafe style). We had a delicious lunch there after a 40 minute drive from Kalamunda on the new freeway through to Kwinana before the show started at 2 p.m. We were also able to buy ice creams and/or coffee and cakes in the interval at this little cafe too.
The set for the play was very bright in Mediterranean yellow with a balcony with white balustrade looking out to the bright blue sea and sky with palm and pine trees for effect. The furnishings were white cane sofas and chairs and tables with navy blue cushions and there were a couple of pictures on the side walls, it all looked very Continental!. Had I dressed the set I would have put something on the back yellow wall to break the plainness, possible the name of the hotel or even further pictures or a mural.
The action of the play takes place in Italy at the seaside and the story involves the various characters of the guests and their interaction. The two leads were brilliant and carried the play throughout with professional aplomb, the one lady called Agatha was very common, coarse and comic and her sister who in turn was the complete opposite, whining, misery Fiona.. Agatha of course was a large buxom lady and Fiona tall and thin, complementing each other to the full. The other cast members were suitably attired and played their parts extremely well. There were a couple of minor hiccups, one to do with the late entrance of someone and the other a technical fault but their script needed no prompting at all.
Considering this play was a "fill in" and only had 4 weeks to rehearse the cast and crew did an exemplary job of making a two hour afternoon filled with laughter and fun. The cast enjoyed themselves totally and it showed through to the audience.
I was impressed with their front of house staff and the way we were made to feel so very welcome. We will be delighted to visit again and have marked August 14 at 2 p.m. in our diary to see a musical concert given by Sue Hicks and a supporting cast. Can't wait! Apparently there are two versions of this play and we at KADS did the other one - the one with Mario in it, the sexy Italian porter. This version and his part were missed out of the Kwinana play but the segments we remembered so well, the postcards, the cricket bat, the Home Guard search party instructions, were all included and were positively hysterical and brilliantly done.
Dee Howells
July 12 2004