Craig M. Wood Online

Directed by

Mick Lowenstein

Musical Direction and Original Music by

Craig M. Wood

Bookings are now open for the 2011 Uni Revue!

Book now at the Theatre Royal for the Hobart season.

Call 03 6233 2299, or book online here!

Book now at Theatre North for the Launceston season.

Call 03 6323 3666, or book online here!

Don’t be surprised if you think you are strolling around the English countryside this summer at the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens.  Big Monkey’s adaptation of ‘The Wind in the Willows’ is being performed from January 5th to 30th 2011, every Wednesday to Sunday.

Join in the fun on the Riverbank as the loveable Mole and her new best friend Ratty get mixed up in Toad’s latest crazes. Come and help stop the impetuous Toad being carted off to gaol and join Badger and Otter as they try to save Toad Hall from being overrun by the Wild Wood Weasels.

Book now for this fast-moving, up to date adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame classic, starring Ryk Goddard as Toad, Jeff Michel as Ratty and Craig Wood as Badger, and introducing Tanya Langdon as Mole and Nichole Smith as Otter.

Public Season Dates:

January 5th to 30th 2011

Wednesday to Friday at 11am, Saturday at 2pm & 5pm, Sunday at 2pm

No performances on Mondays or Tuesdays

Tickets on sale now at Centertainment

Phone: 03 6234 5998

Website: http://www.centertainment.com.au

Bijou Creative & Directions Theatre Present:

The Boy Friend: A Musical Comedy

The Playhouse Theatre

23 September – 2 October 8pm

Matinee 26th Sept. & 2nd Oct. 2pm

Tickets: (Available Now!)

$37/$32

Book Here

Early Bird Discount:

Two tickets to any of the first 5 shows (Sept 23 - 29) for only $55 ($27.50 per ticket) saving $19 on both full price tickets.

Available till 4 September.

Director:                 Karen Kluss

Musical Director:    Craig M. Wood

Choreographer:      Charlea Edwards

The irresistible musical comedy The Boy Friend is set in the 1920’s at Madame Dubonnet’s fashionable finishing school in Nice on the sun-kissed French Riviera, where young ladies are schooled in the finer arts of ‘marrying well’.

But these young ladies dream only of boyfriends and parties. English heiress Polly falls in love with Tony the delivery boy, but recalling her father’s warning to beware fortune seekers, poses as Madame Dubonnet’s secretary. However, Tony has a secret of his own… he is hiding from his wealthy parents Lord and Lady Brockhurst.

Things get hilariously complicated when Polly’s father Percival arrives in Nice only to discover that Madame Dubonnet is his former flame, and Tony’s parents unexpectedly arrive in Nice.

Could a happy ending be only a Charleston away?

The Boy Friend by Sandy Wilson first appeared on Broadway in 1954. The role of Polly was performed by the then-newcomer, Julie Andrews and set her path to stardom. Featuring 17 musical numbers including the memorable ‘Won’t you Charleston with me? and ‘I Could Be Happy With You’, with an on stage three-piece jazz band and an all female scat trio.

So, Sex, Death And A Cup Of Tea rehearsal is underway at the Backspace theatre with Tas Theatre Company.This will be an exciting show, I gaurantee!

Find out more on the production weblog here!

For more details of tickets etc. head here.

New projects starting this week! First: Sex, Death And A Cup Of Tea

In 2008, four internationally regarded playwrights spent a week infour widely separated Tasmanian towns, drawing on those communities andtheir people for inspiration for new stories.

The result of these community immersions is Sex, Death and a Cup of Tea – an eclectic offering of keenly observed perspectives on the Tasmanian experience.

Linked by journeys across beautiful landscapes and between emotional states, Sex, Death and a Cup of Tea is warm, funny, poignant and provocative theatre.

These four short plays are unique and at the same time universalstories, reminding us how our own sense of place can connect us tothose miles away.

Come on the journey.

LAUNCESTON

Earl Arts Centre, Earl Street, Launceston

August 25-28

Wed, Thurs & Fri at 8.00 pm, sat at 2.00 & 8.00 pm

HOBART

Theatre Royal Backspace, Sackville Street, Hobart

September 2 – 25

SUBSCRIPTIONS: Tickets for Sex, Death and a Cup of Tea can be included in a 2010 Subscription, available now.

LAUNCESTON Tickets now available via the Princess Theatre Box Office. Phone 03 6323 3666 or book online today at www.theatrenorth.com.au

HOBART Available now via the Theatre Royal Box Office. Phone (03) 62 33 22 99

WRITERS: Adam Grossetti, Finegan Kruckemeyer, Debra Oswald, Sue Smith

DIRECTOR: Robert Jarman

CAST: Scott Farrow, Jemma Gates, Guy Hooper, Joan Murray

DESIGNER: Robert Jarman

LIGHTING DESIGNER: Andrew “Ghost” MacDonald

SOUND DESIGNER: Craig M Wood

STAGE MANAGER: Jill Munro

ASMs: Hannah Cowle, Mattie Swanson

Rehearsals are also commencing for The Boy Friend with newly formed Bijou Productions, more info to come!

My most current project. For something completely different.

Directed by Ben Paine, Musical Direction by Craig M Wood

7 & 8, 10–15, 17–22 May 2010, 8pm @ The Theatre Royal, Hobart

25 - 29 May, 8p, @ The Princess Theatre Launceston

The Old Nick Theatre Company has been presenting live theatre in Tasmania since 1948. Its most infamous show is the annual Uni Revue. Political satire, satirical songs, parody and private parts are just some of the ingredients that keep it a hot ticket item every year. Nothing and no one is safe! With six decades of Uni Revues under the belt, the Company is looking forward to the challenges of making world events, the media, Canberra and Tasmania’s politics and issues more engaging and hilarious than our politicians have so far managed.

If you’ve never seen a Uni Revue before, you need to get out more!

If you have, we know you’ll be part of the 2010 stampede.

And if you think you have the gag to end all gags, why not visit

www.oldnick.org.au and submit a joke for consideration for the

2010 Uni Revue!