In November, the Glen Street Theatre announced its 2007 season with a presentation so lively and exciting that it was tantamount to a tease.
The theatre will be fully renovated in January, ready for the opening production of the Bangarra Dance Theatre’s ‘Clan’ in February. Judging by the audio-visual presentation, this will be an experience not to be missed.
The Queensland Theatre Company will follow with Alan Ayckbourn’s ‘Private Fears in Public Places’, another of Sir Alan’s inimitable comedies with a twist.
In April, Erik, a remote-controlled terrier with a wicked sense of humour, tries to outshine Joel Salom, ex-Circus Oz performer, in ‘Gadgets’. Also that month, ‘Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen’ will be showing.
Madcap British comedy, ‘The Messiah’, will be presented by Albury Wodonga’s HotHouse Theatre in May. Two incompetent actors attempt to play all the roles, including the donkey, surrounding the nativity of Jesus.
In July, a sophisticated tribute to Sammy Davis Jr., ‘Candy Man’, will be performed by Wayne Scott Kermond and his wonderfully talented team of musicians and dancers.
Jonathan Biggins plays Peter Sellers, Geoff Kelso plays Spike Milligan, and David James is Harry Secombe in the Sydney Theatre Company’s (STC) production of ‘Ying Tong, a Walk with the Goons’ in August. Naturally, this promises to be loads of fun.
The national touring company, Bell Shakespeare, includes Glen Street in its itinerary in the second half of August with ‘Macbeth’. Directed by John Bell, the cast includes Linda Cropper and Sean O’Shea. In September, Max Cullen and Paula Arundell will star in Don DeLillo’s ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, another STC production. It is a dramatic debate about the quality of life and maintenance of a life without quality.
The final production for the year will be Darlinghurst Theatre’s ‘The Memory of Water’ written by Shelagh Stephenson and winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Comedy.
As a special add-on offer specifically for subscribers, Andrew McKinnon will bring ‘Dickens’ Women’ to Glen Street Theatre. The superb Miriam Margolyes will bring to life twenty-three characters to tell the Charles Dickens’ story.