ANNE OF GREEN GABLES the Musical

Fridays 8pm – May 20 & 27, June 3 Saturdays 2pm & 8pm – May 21 & 28, June 4 Book by Donald Harron, adapted from the well-loved children's classic by L.M. Montgomery, and music by Norman Campbell - Canada's longest-running musical, rarely performed in Australia, will be brought to life on the EUCMS stage in May, 2011. In the small, conservative town of Avonlea, where everyone is interested in everyone else's business, ageing brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert decide to adopt a boy to help with the farm. A mix-up brings Anne Shirley to them instead – a talkative girl with an imagination that has seen her through the many hardships of her young life. Matthew and Marilla's slow, quiet lives will be irrevocably changed by the spirited, creative Anne – while they, and the whole town, will provide her with her first chance for a real family and community. The sometimes bittersweet delights of growing up, summer holidays, your first taste of ice cream, loving and losing people, and making a place for yourself in the lives of others – welcome to Avonlea at the start of the 20th century.