Company Theatre Newsletter March 2014

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	Company Theatre School Road Belmont North Shore Auckland New Zealand Company Theatre is a community-run theatre organisation which is based in The Rose Centre, Auckland, New Zealand. www.companytheatre.co.nz

MARCH 2014 NEWS

An Ideal Husband

SHOW STARTING

PLUS our August

SHOW AUDITIONS

SEE SHOW PHOTOS and

DETAILS below.

AUDITIONS   AUDITIONS    AUDITIONS

Auditions for our August production will be

SUNDAY 4 May at 2pm

in The Rose Theatre, School Road, Belmont

for

A SHORTCUT TO HAPPINESS

by ROGER HALL Directed by Sian Davis

Performance Dates 9 - 23 August 2014

CHARACTERS: 3 Men and 5 Women (All Middle aged.)

Please go to the website for character description.

You can request an email copy of the script from sherryede@hotmail.com

You can contact the Director with any other queries on pigflopper@clear.net.nz

We look forward to seeing you at the auditions. Company Theatre auditions are open to everyone and we love to see new faces in our productions. If you're new to Auckland and looking for a theatre club to join, come and see us. If you can’t make the audition date, let us know and we will try to accommodate you on another day.

THE PLAY:

This play to quote ATC is about "discovering the ways of a new country, accepting differences, finding love and dancing your way to happiness.

A group of laid back North Shore retirees confront the strict discipline of a Russian folk dancing class.

This is classic Hall - incisive, funny and full of compassion."

Read more on the Company News page of our website.


	REMINDER: An Ideal Husband opens on March 29th 2014 Lara Simo, in a magnificent costume, created by Cathie Sandy is seated on a spectacular floor designed by Caroline Parker, next to props found by Doreen and Fred Gould, against a backdrop and set designed by Anne Rimmer, with lights by Sam Mence, in a pose directed by Steven Arnold. Oh what Oscar Wilde tales these three can tell... from left to right....Peter Dodds, Paul Roukchan and Reuben Turner. A bit about the play: The play is set in 1895, London, but has relevance today. After ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, this is Wilde’s second most popular play. ‘An Ideal Husband’ poses questions around political power. What drives politicians to make the decisions they do? What happens when politicians fall from grace? Are they ever forgiven? Sooner or later," Wilde says, "we shall all have to pay for what we do”. There are current examples in New Zealand of politicians who lead a public life, and become responsible to a media driven public curiosity. What has changed – if anything – since late Victorian times? Back Row: Peter Dodds, Amelia Noble. Front: Rueben Turner, Lara Simo, Paul Roukchan Right: Alice Allfree This is classic theatre with wonderful, eloquent, dialogue; witty expressions, humorous jibes on society and morality, detailed plots and sub plots - and all from the acclaimed writing of Oscar Wilde. The production is a feast for the ears and also the eyes. Performances Wed - Saturday at 8pm. 29 March - 12th April Sunday Matinees 30th March and 6th April @ 2.00pm NB This production starts at 8.00pm.There is one interval at 9.30 and finishes around 11pm. Company Theatre AGM At the recent AGM, Company voted to make Membership for 2014 free. If you are happy to just receive our news, and updates on shows, in the form of this newsletter - you need do nothing more! You are registered for that. But if you'd like to be a MEMBER of Company theatre, and the benefits that bestows, we ask that you simply register on line - SEE MEMBERSHIP Page on the website. The benefits of Membership are explained on the Membership page. If you are interested in directing for us in 2015, now is the time to email us. We welcome your inquiry. If you'd like to attend our VOLUNTEER'S night and learn a bit about front of house work for Company Theatre, -it is this Wednesday 26th March - email sherryede@hotmail.com Read more on the Current Productions page of our website.