Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire, passionately pursues the elusive Daisy Buchanan.

Nick Carraway, a young newcomer to Long Island, is drawn into their world of obsession, greed and danger. The breathtaking glamour and decadent excess of the Jazz Age come to the stage in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel, and in Simon Levy’s adaptation.

Showing in The Lowe Auditorium – 16th May – 8th June, 2024

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Fires are becoming something of a problem. But Biedermann has it all under control. A respected member of the community with a loving wife and a flourishing business; surely nothing can get to him. The great philanthrope, he is happy to meet his civic duty and give shelter to two new houseguests, and when they start filling the attic with petrol drums, he’ll help them wire the fuse.

Frisch’s parable shows us the dangers of accommodating the very thing that can destroy you.

Showing in the bakery@1812 – 4th April – 27th April, 2024

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Pip Le Blond who bought to us classic TV adaptions such as Till Death Do Us Part and The Last Of The Summer Wine, has gathered a talented cast for this much loved iconic sitcom, Mother And Son.

Written by the original writer Geoffrey Atherden. This adaptation, takes the story into modern day with the use of mobile phones, skype calls to the Grandchildren and other contemporary references with the same well drawn characters and their familiar similarities.

The storyline follows Arthur as he tries to plan for a special (and much deserved) vacation away with his new girlfriend. But Maggie and Arthur’s scheming brother throw all sorts of obstacles into his path.

Showing in The Lowe Auditorium – 22nd February – 16th March, 2024

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Serge buys an expensive painting – white lines on a white canvas.

To Marc, the painting is a joke. Yvan is on the fence. Battle lines are drawn, and the trio use the ‘‘art’’ to settle scores and push their 15 year old friendship to the limit.

A Tony Award winner for Best Play and an Olivier Award winner for Best Comedy.

Showing in The Lowe Auditorium – 16th November to 9th December, 2023

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This is a rags-to-riches tale, which begins with a séance attended by an unsuspecting group of very amateur spiritualists and one very sceptic and unwilling participant.

Imagine receiving horseracing tips from “the other side” which actually prove to be on the money.
This is an entertaining and very funny romp, which perhaps uncovers a different side to each of their personalities.
More importantly how does a “hair artiste” have inside information about the Sydney race industry and will it affect life as we know it?

Showing in the bakery@1812 – 5th October – 28th October, 2023

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In Tom Wright’s chilling adaptation of Joan Lindsay’s classic novel, five performers struggle to solve the mystery of the missing girls and their teacher.

Euphoria and terror reverberate throughout the community, as the potential for history to repeat itself becomes nightmarishly real.

Showing in The Lowe Auditorium – 3rd August – 26th August, 2023

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All your favourite characters from the original series are reimagined for the stage, facing the challenges that come with growing old disgracefully in the era of the silver surfer.

At Bayview Retirement Village, battle-axe extraordinaire Diana Trent conspires with new resident Tom Ballard to give the conniving manager his comeuppance through an hilarious plot with unexpectedly heart-warming results.

Showing in The Lowe Auditorium – 18th May – 10th June, 2023

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In 1945 Sheila and Bridie were freed from a Japanese POW camp.

Now after a half-century separation, the filming of a TV documentary forces them to relive the past. Woven into their fifty years of separation are a shoe-horn and the threads of loyalty and love which form their ‘uncommon bond’.

The Victorian Drama League – https://www.vdl.org.au

This production of ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ makes me delighted to be a reviewer. It’s refreshing and a little uncommon to have absolutely nothing but praise for a show. It deserves to have overflowing houses, which unfairly, was not the case the night I went.
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Do your best to see this production. You’ll be very glad you did.
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Theatre Matters – https://theatrematters.com.au

The Shoehorn Sonata tells the extraordinary story of two women whose lives were forever changed by the atrocities of war. It’s confronting, thought-provoking, educational and, at times, entertaining – beautifully balanced with some laughs, poignant tear-jerking moments and facts that elicit an audible gasp.
Definitely worth checking out.
Read the review here.

Showing in the bakery@1812 – 23rd March – 22nd April, 2023

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Confusions consists of a series of five interconnected one-act plays; ‘Mother Figure’, ‘Drinking Companion’, ‘Between Mouthfuls’, ‘Gosforth’s Fete’ and ‘A Talk in the Park’. First staged in 1976, the scenes are all loosely linked by characters or locations, but more subtly through the common underlying themes of obsession, isolation and human desire for companionship.

Ayckbourn shows his comedic genius with five stories that runs the gamut of comic technique from situation comedy to outright farce.

Showing in The Lowe Auditorium – 9th February- 4th March, 2023

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