The Castle
Sun, 1 July 2007, 12:05 amMelz1 post in thread
The Castle
Sun, 1 July 2007, 12:05 am"This one's going straight to the pool room."
I have just returned from Kalgoorlie in one of my quickest visits ever due to various commitments. However, I was truly tempted to extend my stay so that I could watch "The Castle" again.
Yes, this was the stage version of Working Dog Productions hit Aussie film that we all love... with those loveable sayings from the Kerrigan family... 'tell him he's dreaming', 'you're an ideas girl', 'what a cutie, darl', and so on....
Congratulations firstly to my dear friend and Director, Lisa van Oyen for an outstanding production with an incredibly talented cast, and brilliant crew.
I would love to sit here and review all the performers and their brilliance, but time is never on my side... however I must make a special mention of Year 12 students, Zach Hawke who played Dale Kerrigan and Julian Canny who played Steve Kerrigan - these two boys have a BIG future ahead of them if they choose to follow that path. Rod Wilson was terrific as Darryl Kerrigan... everyone was fabulous (I think there may even end up being a 'Farouk' fan club as a result of the show - hehe)
Congratulations also to Nerida Glanfield (Manager of the Goldfields Arts Centre) for producing high quality local productions and your support of the Kalgoorlie community and their rich talent.
Thank you to Rob Sitch and Working Dog Productions for entrusting Lisa with your show... you would have been extremely impressed and proud. Within the program was a lovely message of support from Rob Sitch, which concluded: "... This production is the furthest it's ever been done from the place it was shot but I might say, Darryl Kerrigan would have loved Kalgoorlie-Boulder. He would have stood on the side of the "Superpit" with a look of true wonder and amazement, turned to his wife, Sal, and said, "Now THAT...Is a really big hole".
Congratulations to all again and your full houses... the GAC auditorium holds 700. To those people who live in Perth and beyond, you really should consider a trip to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the near future to experience the wealth of talent, outstanding productions, community spirit and comraderie... it is so worth the travel!!
One of the other brilliant things to see is that all monies raised from programs sold goes to the Royal Flying Doctor Service - a community production showing their desire to support and doing whatever they can to give back - and to such a wonderful cause... The only sad thing to see is that the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder itself (in my opinion) seems to have lost its community spirit as I believe they have withdrawn their funding support for the Goldfields Arts Centre - a sad shame!!
Melz
:-)
(ps... I don't often write reviews... as they do my head in... but I just wanted to say to all - what a FABULOUS SHOW!!)
"This one's going straight to the pool room."
I have just returned from Kalgoorlie in one of my quickest visits ever due to various commitments. However, I was truly tempted to extend my stay so that I could watch "The Castle" again.
Yes, this was the stage version of Working Dog Productions hit Aussie film that we all love... with those loveable sayings from the Kerrigan family... 'tell him he's dreaming', 'you're an ideas girl', 'what a cutie, darl', and so on....
Congratulations firstly to my dear friend and Director, Lisa van Oyen for an outstanding production with an incredibly talented cast, and brilliant crew.
I would love to sit here and review all the performers and their brilliance, but time is never on my side... however I must make a special mention of Year 12 students, Zach Hawke who played Dale Kerrigan and Julian Canny who played Steve Kerrigan - these two boys have a BIG future ahead of them if they choose to follow that path. Rod Wilson was terrific as Darryl Kerrigan... everyone was fabulous (I think there may even end up being a 'Farouk' fan club as a result of the show - hehe)
Congratulations also to Nerida Glanfield (Manager of the Goldfields Arts Centre) for producing high quality local productions and your support of the Kalgoorlie community and their rich talent.
Thank you to Rob Sitch and Working Dog Productions for entrusting Lisa with your show... you would have been extremely impressed and proud. Within the program was a lovely message of support from Rob Sitch, which concluded: "... This production is the furthest it's ever been done from the place it was shot but I might say, Darryl Kerrigan would have loved Kalgoorlie-Boulder. He would have stood on the side of the "Superpit" with a look of true wonder and amazement, turned to his wife, Sal, and said, "Now THAT...Is a really big hole".
Congratulations to all again and your full houses... the GAC auditorium holds 700. To those people who live in Perth and beyond, you really should consider a trip to the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the near future to experience the wealth of talent, outstanding productions, community spirit and comraderie... it is so worth the travel!!
One of the other brilliant things to see is that all monies raised from programs sold goes to the Royal Flying Doctor Service - a community production showing their desire to support and doing whatever they can to give back - and to such a wonderful cause... The only sad thing to see is that the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder itself (in my opinion) seems to have lost its community spirit as I believe they have withdrawn their funding support for the Goldfields Arts Centre - a sad shame!!
Melz
:-)
(ps... I don't often write reviews... as they do my head in... but I just wanted to say to all - what a FABULOUS SHOW!!)