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Skitch Tease (MA15+) - Liz Skitch Wearing nothing but heels, fishnets and a strategically placed accordion, no one is safe in this tell-all tale of Liz’s extraordinary life. Dripping with double entendre Skitch Tease has a rollicking old vaudeville feel; it’s naughty but nice – Marilyn Monroe meets Judith Lucy with a pinch of Jerry Lewis. A fast-paced accordion accompanied blend of songs, stories and sensational punch lines. ‘Hilarious songs, involving comedy and a cabaret turn to die for, make Liz Skitch’s hour pass in a flash. Her burlesque-style routine is the big selling point, but she has depth in both delivery and material.’ – The Stage, Edinburgh Skitch Tease has wowed audiences at The Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, and in the UK at Brighton Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Glastonbury Festival. LIZ SKITCH has been entertaining audiences with her helium-injected comedy for the past 20 years. She has performed in festivals, parks, pubs, clubs, tents, marquees, bars, in a bus, cabaret, comedy & RSL clubs across Australia & the United Kingdom. Liz graduated Ecole Philippe Gaulier in London in 2001. Since then she has amassed over 15 years experience as a clown. Liz has established herself as one of Australia’s leading comic vaudevillians. Skitch has a unique style of entertaining, engaging and endearing comedy. Armed with an accordion, her trademark curly locks and a smile, her take on the mundane and the serious will have you in stitches. |
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Almost Face To Face - Stephen House Written during an Australia Council Irish Literature Residency, Almost Face To Face takes a risky & touching journey into a hidden Dublin world… Stephen House has won two Awgie Awards from The Australian Writers Guild, the Rhonda Jancovic Poetry Award for Social Justice & an Adelaide Fringe Award. He has been shortlisted for the Patrick White & Queensland Premier Drama Awards, Tom Collins Poetry Prize, Overland’s Fair Australia Fiction Prize & a Greenroom 'Best Independent Actor Award'. He’s received Australia Council Canada, USA & Ireland literature residencies, an Asia-link in India & an Island Of Residencies to Tasmania. In 2017, Stephen was shortlisted for the Fair Australia Prize. Auslan Stage Left is committed to providing the highest quality theatre interpreting to the deaf community around Australia. Every production works closely with both Auslan interpreters and a specially assigned deaf consultant to deliver an immersive, engaging and accessible theatre experience. Review |
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Presenter - Elysium Theatre Hypnolicious - Matt Hale, Comedy Hypnotist No two shows are ever the same! A sell out Fringe World season, filming, and touring internationally, Matt presents his modern brand of hypno wonder with hilarious (but tasteful!) consequences as imaginations work overtime. Turning the traditional hypnosis show on it's head, Matt has zero interest in embarrassing anyone, and truly wants the volunteers to have as much fun as the audience whilst amazing themselves with what their imagination is capable of. Winner of three national comedy awards, Matt Hale is a professional stage hypnotist, born in the UK, but now based in Perth, Australia. “I’m a cliché buster… no shows feature swinging watches or turning people into chickens! I like to take the mystery out of hypnosis and show people how and why it works, and even let them experience it themselves,” says Matt. “I also design every show around the premise that I want anyone watching to be thinking ‘That was amazing, I wish I was up there’ rather than ‘That was amazing, but I’m glad it’s not me up there!’,” he says. To do this Matt utilises the power of suggestion to unlock the hidden talents of the audience and display the fascinating art of hypnotism. |
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The Wine Bluffs - Damian Callinan & Paul Calleja Ever wondered what wine goes best with Fairy Bread? Why hasn’t the ‘Champagne Spider’ caught on? These questions and many more will be inadequately answered by the self-styled sommeliers of comedy, Damian Callinan & Paul Calleja. After intoxicating sold out audiences across the country, The Wine Bluffs are here to do what they do best: bullshit about wine. Laying spurious claim to a reputation as renowned wine consultants, the duo, fresh from judging the Fruit Wine Section at The Rockhampton Show, will take you through the cellar door experience with a comedic twist. They’ll help you match wine to Chiko Rolls, translate over-written bottle blurbs and identify the biggest Wine Wanker in the room: if you have a wine fridge set on two temperatures... It’s probably you. The union of Callinan [Melbourne Fringe Comedy winner & 3 time Barry Award Nominee] & Calleja [stand up & writer on Before The Game & countless other TV shows] has everyone’s palate salivating as they prepare to uncork their latest vintage and let the comedy breathe. |
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Trichotomy of Jest (MA15+) - Toby Chittenden From the maniacal madcap Jimmy Mckleish, through the narcissistic megalomania of Nigel Furlong-Fencehurdler, to the morally challenging Julian Cockburn... and back again; this is a show for the strong of heart... and stomach... and sensibilities. Bring your sense of humour; primed to laugh loud, hard and long - for this adult themed show aims to amuse, engage and intrigue in equal measure. From the horse's mouth, 'It's fantastic to have the opportunity to expose myself on stage again to my adoring public - and with such a great team too!'... although of course he may have been quite drunk at the time? Sandgate local Toby is a keen stage character actor and occasional stand-up funny guy. Toby has performed previously for Elysium Theatre, including the 'Alan Bennett Evening' production, performing the monologue 'A Chip in the Sugar'. He enjoys transforming himself into a number of quirky characters, recounting his self-penned stories and comedy sketches. He is a regular at the Sandgate Community Centre Unplugged Cafe evenings. |
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Presenter - Elysium Theatre Banging On The Door (MA15+) - Roz Pappalardo A ballsy, irreverent, tear-jerking, stupidly funny, Spumante flavoured, folk musi-comedy romp through a story of modern fertility for anyone who has a uterus or knows someone with a uterus. No fancy sets, no tricks of the light, no costume changes – just Roz, her voice, her guitar, three tables and a script. Join her while she asks the question - ‘have I f&^cked it?’ Best known as one half of Queensland’s favourite songwriting duo, Women in Docs, Roz shows us another side to what she does best – telling the truth, crying, laughing and singing her god-damned guts out. A raw and crazy romp through modern fertility issues at its funniest … and saddest |
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Eleanor’s Story - Ingrid Garner grew up hearing her grandmother Eleanor’s stories, and as a teen she read Eleanor’s award-winning Autobiography of her years spent as a 9 to 16 year-old American girl living in Germany during the entirety of World War II: surviving both Nazi oppression and the Russian Occupation in Berlin. So it was a natural choice, as Ingrid received her Bachelor’s Degree in Drama from Cal State Fullerton, to choose Eleanor’s Story to be her first foray into playwriting and world-touring a one-woman show. Ingrid spent hours conversing with Eleanor, who still lives in Southern California, to gain further insight into the events from the book, and to get a deeper understanding of Eleanor’s emotions at the time, including the culture-shock and post-traumatic stress of returning to the U.S. after the war ended. Ingrid Garner has created a vivid and riveting hour-long journey, to give us a glimpse of a unique perspective of the Second World War. |
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Marianne Mettes is an artist, performer and puppeteer and teaching artist and artistic director of PuppetOOdle (founded 2011). She has travelled, trained and worked throughout Europe, USA and Australia and has been professionally trained by master puppeteers and puppet builders from across the globe. Her unique set of skills, creativity, outlook on life and ability to connect with people has led her to a successful and inspiring self-made career as a full-time artist, performer and teaching artist. In 2013, Marianne took up the position of Head of Department of Puppetry in Connecticut, USA, to set up a puppetry workshop completely from scratch, to create the curriculum and to teach hundreds of teenagers the magic, craft and art of puppetry and storytelling. Marianne has become renowned for her inspirational work for students, teachers and parents. |
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Presenter - Elysium Theatre The Lost WWW1 Diary was nominated for Best Comedy at Perth Fringe and earned a planetarium of 5 star reviews. It has just been added to the Victorian VCE Playlist for 2017. Renowned stand-up & character comedian, Damian Callinan examines the horror of war through the lens of a larrikin sense of humour. Obsessed by the Anzac legend, the three-time Barry Award nominee brings the pages of a diary to life as he sets out on a quest to put names to the faces of two diggers from a family photo that have been surrounded by mystery & intrigue. Meet Paddy Callinan & his ‘push’ as they set off for ‘The Big Show.’ This black comedy has been wowing critics & audiences across Australia. |
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Elysium Theatre WHO ARE WE? WE ARE! - The ten-week workshop Brown Paper Puppetry, allows a group of participants to explore different styles of brown paper puppetry, apply any or all of those styles to a narrative, develop a theme or storyline, workshop and ultimately showcase in a performance. Workshops are guided and each participant is provided with the tools to begin developing a new narrative or theme OR extend their own narrative OR a combination thereof. In this production, storytellers and their mentors of the Narratives of Hope group, http://narrativesofhope.weebly.com came together as the Narratives of Hope Ensemble (NOHE). Participants used the puppetry medium to develop a shared story of what it means to be young and Australian within the diverse cultural backdrop and experiences that are now part of the Australian experience including the joy and horror, opportunities and exploitation, loss and ultimately hope. The Ensemble workshopped the narrative into a performance piece, WHO ARE WE? WE ARE was showcased at Sandgate Town Hall, Wednesday 23rd August, 2017, presented by Elysium Theatre. The production was a culmination of stories within stories, within stories; Indigenous stories, people with disabilities, disease, stories of homelessness, refugees, migrants, courage, dreams and hopes. There are stories of mentors who have been confronted and humbled by their experience and finally, stories of how we consolidate as a community and ultimately, as a society. This process was difficult for some participants so it was most uplifting to see so many locals, including local Councillor Jared Cassidy, come out to support the event. Doing so encouraged and endorsed the efforts of the participants to self advocate and those who advocate on their behalf. |
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Producer/Presenter - Elysium Theatre Celluloid Heroes + No Rats or Fleas: Brisbane’s First Cremorne Theatre A talk by Dr. Delyse Ryan GradCertEd, PhD, MA, BA (Hons) Director of Creative Arts, Bachelor of Teaching/Bachelor of Arts Course Coordinator (Qld), Senior Lecturer in Drama | National School Arts (Qld) Australian Catholic University Dr Delyse Ryan is a Senior Lecturer in Drama at the Brisbane campus of Australian Catholic University. Her research interests include Brisbane theatre history and contemporary theories of Higher Education as they apply to Drama students. She is a recipient of an ACU Excellence in Teaching Award. In a theatre directing career spanning 20 years, she has director over 100 productions. She is currently working with ACU Drama students on a vaudeville production which showcases what life on the Cremorne Theatre’s stage might have been like in the 1940s. "No Rats or Fleas": Brisbane’s First Cremorne Theatre presentation will examine the theatrical activities of Brisbane’s original Cremorne Theatre from 1911 until its destruction in 1954. This was socially an important theatre in Brisbane because it was one of the few places that offered a live theatrical product at a time when cinema was forcing the industry into decline. The talk is supported by three films screened at intervals during the day: Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, Miranda & Come Up Smiling |
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A PRUDENT MAN - Written & directed by Katy Warner, performed by Lyall Brooks. A well-groomed, confident-looking man enters the room, sits on an expensive-looking leather chair. A bright light shines on him. There’s water & a glass on a table. Perhaps this is an investigation. What has he done wrong? A Prudent Man takes an unapologetic look at a man both in control & on the edge. **** Profound and gripping viewing for all - Theatre People **** Theatre at the very top of its game - The Music Secondary 16-17 and 18+ |
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MUSINGS ON 'LOVE' IN THEATRE A talk by: Dr. Tracey Sanders Senior Lecturer in Drama and Sociology. BA & BAH Coordinator, BCA Coordinator, Cert. Lib. Studs. & Dip. Lib. Studs. Coordinator, School of Arts (QLD) | Faculty of Education and Arts Australian Catholic University Experienced drama educator and theatre practitioner including directing and playwriting with her passion lying in performance ethnography & community drama narratives, Tracey has been a Drama and English educator for thirty-seven years. She is the recipient of a number of awards including: ACU Excellence in Teaching Award –ACU 2010 Australian Learning and Teaching Council Award – ALTC 2011 ACU Community Engagement Award – ACU 2010 Playwright of Mary, a woman for all people, about the life and times of Australia's first saint Mary MacKillop. Performed in Rome to over 2000 Australians for the canonisation of Mary MacKillop in 2010. Tracey presented musings about her love in, through & about drama captured by personal reflections & beloved excerpts from some of her favourite theatre pieces. It is a talk about the organic essence of love exploring why theatre is so powerful for her personally & how theatre evokes and provokes love on many levels. Local professionals, Loretta Henry, June Tretheway, Toby Chittenden and Anthony Walsh presented rehearsed readings AND fabulous, alternative interpretations of a 'Love' text. |
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Mother - Christie (Noni Hazlehurst), has found herself at the fringe of the world. Homeless, aging, living on the outskirts of suburbia, she attracts the curiosity of the locals with the story of her colourful, troubled life. Christie’s story is part truth, part fiction, & even she is no longer sure which is which. Beneath her wild exaggerations & fantastic tales of loves lost & struggles overcome there are haunting truths that that she would rather forget; a fictional story inspired in part by the writings of Dorothy Hewett & the ancient Greek play Medea. The play is acclaimed, award winning actor Noni Hazlehurst’s first one woman show written especially for her; the newest work from Daniel Keene & directed by his long-time collaborator Matt Scholten. It is challenging brilliant. Mother has a uniquely Australian voice tackling poignant issues surrounding motherhood, isolation & alcohol addiction. Received SOLD OUT houses & standing ovation for its premiere season in 2015! Mother features strong coarse language & adult themes. Suitable for people 15+ Only Brisbane show plus Q & A |
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Director, Actor, Producer, Presenter - 2016. A LADY OF LETTERS & A CHIP IN THE SUGAR Jubilee Community Hall (Bardon) 8th July - 7:30pm Sandgate Town Hall 22nd/23rd - 7:30pm Sandgate Town Hall 24th - 2pm Alexandra Hall (Toogoolawah) 29th - 7:30pm Boonah Cultural Centre 30th - 7:30pm Woombye School of Arts Hall 13th August - 7:30pm Cooran Memorial School of Arts 17th September - 7:30pm |
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Elysium Theatre Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell, 2015 Language and content make this show unsuitable for young people under 15. April 15th - Jubilee Hall, Bardon April 16th - Petrie School of Arts April 17th - Latvian Hall, Woolloongabba April 22nd - Alexandra Hall, Toogooloowah April 23rd - Teviot Room, Boonah Cultural Centre, Boonah |
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Project Manager - Elysium Theatre Giant Steps - Outdoor Art Installation by Viliam Mauritz Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th, October, 2015 www.thegiantsteps.org |
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Australia's own "TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD" THE UNTOUCHABLE JULI adapted and directed by award winning Brenna Lee-Cooney (Matilda Awards for 'Outstanding Contribution to Qld Theatre' and 'Directorial Excellence'). Elysium Theatre is proud to present a new Australian work by Fractal Theatre; A dynamic adaptation of the classic novel by award winning author James Aldridge. Set in 1930 regional Australia, a young musical prodigy confronts the forces of provincial bigotry and conformity. This is a forthright story of home truths and unexpected consequences. A quality cast boasts two highly experienced veterans - Sandro Colarelli and Lisa Hickey as well as young and emerging actor/musicians who perform live, original Australian Swing music of the 1920's and 30's. Fractal’s reputation for edgy, innovative and entertaining theatre is well served in this one act ensemble piece. |
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Entertainment Co-ordinator - Loretta Henry Bluewater Festival - 2015 The annual Bluewater Festival attracts thousands of people to Bramble Bay, Shorncliffe during a week of festivities. On Good Friday of each year visitors take advantage of the best waterfront views for the start of one of Australia’s top three Yacht Races; The QantasLink - Brisbane to Gladstone. www.bluewaterfestival.org.au |
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Director, Producer, Presenter - Elysium Theatre A Chip In The Sugar by Alan Bennett - 2015 |
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Director - Loretta Henry Opera Buffa - La Serva Padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710 – 1736). 2014 for Music By The Sea www.musicbythesea.com.au |
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Director & co-producer - Music By The Sea & Elysium Theatre Velvet Cellar Cabaret 2010 as part of the Music By The Sea Festival |
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Director & co-producer - Music By The Sea & Elysium Theatre Velvet Cellar Cabaret 2009 as part of the Music By The Sea Festival |
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