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1988

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Mary Hickson

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Geoff Hooke (October on)

ADMINISTRATOR: Sylvia Langford

ADMIN ASSISTANT: Jane Carpenter

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Tom Lewis

PATRON: Mrs Joan Johnston

COMMITTEE: Cathy Baily (President), Terry Kenwrick (Senior Vice President), Tina Stubbs (Junior Vice President), Stephen Seymour (Treasurer), Alistair Wyvill (Assistant Treasurer), Chris Brown (Secretary), Kay Brown, Louise Finch (Members)

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Membership: $25.00/$15.00
  • Big move to Sports House
  • DTC paraded in Bougainvillea Festival Parade with huge Gecko created by Tim Newth, and won Special Award
  • DTC participated, again with gecko, in Fire On The Water, Thursday June 17 at Mindil Beach as part of the Bougainvillea Festival
  • DTC actors Jose Casimiro and Rebecca Riggs participated in Police Department domestic violence re-enactments

WORKSHOPS:

  • What’s Funny About Farce? with Graham Pitts, Harry Chan Arcade, April, Free
  • I Think, Therefore I’m Farcical with Graham Pitts, Harry Chan Arcade, May, Free
  • Music Theatre with Geoff Hooke
  • Lighting Basics with Tom Lewis, June
  • Shakesperian Verse, Analysis, Voice, Performance and Stage-
  • Fighting with Mary Hickson

 

Launch ‘88

Holtze Cottage, Botanic Gardens

Valentine’s Day Champagne Brunch, February 14 1988

Patron Joan Johnson opened Launch ‘88

Tickets: $20.00

 

Away by Michael Gow

“Three families on holidays in the late ‘60’s.”

Winner of Best Australian Play Award 1986.

Brown’s Mart, March, 10 Performances

Tickets: $5.00 Preview/$14.00 Opening Night/$11.00 Other Nights/$7.00 Concession

DIRECTOR: Mary Hickson

SET DESIGN: Mary Hickson, Tom Lewis

COSTUME DESIGN: Mary Hickson

LIGHTING/SOUND DESIGN: Tom Lewis

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Tom Lewis

LIGHTING OPERATOR: Tony Suttor

STAGE MANAGER (rehearsals): Bernadette Cochrane

ASST STAGE MANAGER: Elisabeth Abbott

STAGE MANAGER (performances): Christine Osborne

SOUND OPERATOR: Phil Fraser

COSTUMES: Jenny Armour, Terry Foster, Shirley Knight, Margaret Park, Tessa Pauling

PROPS: Jane Carpenter, Trish Webster

STAGE CREW: Nadia Biagioni, Jane Carpenter, Bev Jefferson

LIGHTING CREW: Kevin Coghlan, Teegan Lindsay, robyn McMee, Daniel Shaw

CAST: John Etty (Tom) Terry Kenwrick (Roy, Camper, MC) Veronica Neave (May) Tina Stubbs (Gwen) Ken Conway (Jim) Gael Morris (Coral) Malcolm Moore (Harry, Camper) Kay Brown (Vic, Camper) Tessa Pauling (Leonie, Camper) Cameron Thompson (Ric) Trish Webster (Miss Latrobe) Amy Biggs, Elizabeth Edwards, Birgit Hallenstein, NadiaBiagioni, Elisabeth Abbott (Fairies)

749 Attendances/95 Capacity/75% Capacity

 

Territory Times Fundraiser Show to Celebrate Heritage Week

“Title and theme from the Northern Territory Times and Gazette, the local newspaper first published in 1873.”

54 Temira Crescent, Myilly Point, April, 1 Performance

$5.00 including supper

DIRECTOR: Jane Carpenter

MUSIC: Tropical Ear and Two Up

CAST: Chris Brown, Kay Brown, Ken Conway, Ted Henningham, Bev Jefferson, Matthew Kealy, Rita MacGregor, Tina Stubbs

File

 

Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare

Town Hall Ruins, July/August, 17 Performances

“Bring A Cushion”

Special Sunset Performance 14 August

DIRECTOR: Mary Hickson

DESIGNER: Tim Newth

COSTUMES: Rai and Terry Foster

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Marianne Piercey

CHOREOGRAPHER: Maggi Phillips

LIGHTING DESIGN: Tom Lewis

ASST DIRECTORS: Elisabeth, Abbott, Aqua Robbins

VOCAL COACH: Rita MacGregor

FENCING SEQUENCES: Tom Lewis

GRAPHICS: Terry Kenwrick

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Tom Lewis

PRODUCTION ASST: Leanne Gunnulson

STAGE MANAGER: Bev Jefferson

ASST STAGE MGR: Fiona Seccombe

STAGE CREW: Rebecca Adams, Darren Kwong, John Sarev

SOUND OPERATORS: Rori Presnell, Fred Van Sant

COSTUMES: Rai, Terri Foster

SCAFFOLD RIGGING: Perry Burnett, Peter Hackney

HOUSE MANAGEMENT: Jane Carpenter, Terry Foster, Sylvia Langford, Susanne Stewart, Mavis Welsh

LIGHTING CREW: Rebecca Adams, Val Witt

LIGHTING OPERATOR: Warren Poole

MUSICIANS: Peter Bate, Louise Watson, Tony suttor, Simon Wells, Lorraine Connell, Hugh Bekkers

CAST: Matthew Kealy (Orsino) Catriona MacGregor (Olivia) Rebecca Riggs (Viola/Cesario) Terry Kenwrick (Malvolio) Cameron Thomson (Sebastian) Gordon Williams (Feste) Michael Downey, Paul Ogilvie-Mitchell, Rita MacGregor, Gillian Schwab, Xavier Minniecon, John Jenkins, Les Shaw, John Gibb

1619 Attendances/135 Capacity/77.7% Capacity

 

Death At Balibo by Graham Pitts

(Formerly known as The Balibo Five)

“Based on the controversial death of five Australian journalists in Balibo, East Timor, in 1975.”

Joint DTG/LAFAEK (Timorese Association N.T.) Cultural Association Production

World Premiere!

Brown’s Mart, May, 10 performances

Tickets: $11.00/$7.00/$40.00 Groups of Six

DIRECTORS: Mary Hickson, Terry Kenwrick, Jose Monteiro, Graham Pitts

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Maria Alice Casimiro Branco

DESIGNERS: Derrick Cox, David Grey

LIGHTING/SOUND DESIGN: Tom Lewis

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Tom Lewis

STAGE MANAGERS: Elisabeth Abbott, Louise Finch

ASST STAGE MANS: Bev Jefferson, Sarah Lacey

LIGHTING OPERATORS: Terry Foster, Daniel Shaw

SOUND OPERATOR: Bev Jefferson

STAGE/RIGGING CREW: Terry Foster, Ron Lewis, Johnny Pavlov, Rose-Anne Perkins, Daniel Shaw

SET CONSTRUCTION: Cameron Thompson

SET CONSTRUCT CREW: Jose Branco, Antonio Casimiro, Jose Camiriro, Sylvia Casimiro, Domingas Da Costa, John Etty, Terry Foster, Carlos Garra, Ana Gil, Antonio Gil, Paula Gil, mau Meta, John Monteiro, Jose M Monteiro, Dulcie Munn, Chris Rex, Peter Stone, Mremaine Wicks, Vaughan Williams

PROPS: Cameron Thompson, Elisabeth Abbott

PUBLICITY: Jose Branco, Sylvia Casimiro, Jane Carpenter, Sylvia Langford, Barbara Pitman

PHOTOGRAPHER: Brenda Yee

CAST: Ines Casimiro Branco, Jose Branco, Ines Casimiro, Joanne De Menezes, Jose Gusmao, Leonardo Gil, Paula Gil, Ted Hinningham, Rita Lytter, Carlos Martins, Mau Meta, Jose Monteiro, Milu Monteiro, Steven O’Reilly, Beatriz Soares, Peter Stone, Martinho Soares, Fred Vant Sand, Terry Kenwrick, Maria Alice Casimiro Branco, Antonio Casimiro, Sylvia Casimiro, Carlos Garra, Ana Gil, Antonio Gil, Fatima Gusmao, Dulcie Munn, Francisco Pires

1 Poster/Program on File/File

 

Travesties by Tom Stoppard

Playreading - Theatreworks At The Gallery

Esplanade Gallery, June , 11.30am 1 Performance

Tickets: $20.00

DIRECTOR: Paul Ogilvie-Mitchell

CAST: Rebecca Riggs, Terry Kenwrick, David Clendinning, Rita MacGregor

 

Europe by Michael Gow

“Looking at Australia’s continuing identity crisis.”

Playreading - Theatreworks 2

Brown’s Mart, July, 6pm

Tickets: $5.00 including Light Supper

DIRECTOR: Bernadette Cochrane

CAST: Gael Morris, Stephen O’Reilly

File

 

Something For Everyone by The Dingo Glee Club

“A show devised in celebration of the Launch of “Brown’s Mart: A History” by Jenny Rich.”

World Premiere!

Playreading - Theatreworks 3

Brown’s Mart, September, Saturday, 1 Performance

DIRECTOR: Tessa Pauling

STAGE MANAGER: Fiona Seccombe

SCRIPT DEVISED BY: Liz Abbott, Anna Gibson, Barbara James, Tessa Pauling, Rebecca Riggs, Trish Webster

MUSIC: Alan Davidson, Alistair Wyvill

CAST: Jane Carpenter, Terry Kenwrick, Liz Abbott, Chris Bond, Ken Conway, Mark Crossin, Leanne Gunnulson, Frank Loveridge, Fred Pauling, Zoe Pauling, Stephen O’Reilly, Rebecca Riggs, Aqua Robbins, Peter Stretton, Trish Webster, Gordon Williams, Roger Woods, Alistair Wyvill

SPECIAL APPEARANCE: Heather Harris

 

Dust Off Vietnam

'Staged reading’

“Four sketches about personal views of the Vietnam war from both soldier and civilian perspectives.”

The Conscript Who Asked No Questions by John Jenkins

The Protestor Who Thought She Was Right by Tina Stubbs

The Veteran Who Couldn’t Forget by Gordon Williams

The Woman Who Didn’t Want To Know by Elisabeth Abbott

Theatreworks 4

World Premiere!

East Point Gun Turrett at War Museum, Sunday October 9 1988, 7pm

PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR: Gordon Williams

DIRECTORS: Ken Conway, Suzanne Spunner, Rebecca Riggs

LIGHTING: Tom Lewis

LIGHTING OPERATION: Val Witt

DESIGN/STAGING: Suzanne Spunner

DRAMATURG: Suzanne Spunner

WRITING GROUP MEMBERS: Elisabeth Abbott, John Jenkins, Tina Stubbs

WORKSHOP ACTORS: Ken Conway, Terry Kenwrick, Tessa Pauling, Rebecca Riggs, Christine Wyatt

CAST: Rebecca Riggs, Terry Kenwrick, Ken Conway, Tessa Pauling, Gordon Williams, Christine Wyatt

2 Programs on File/File

 

State of Shock by Tony Strachan ???

 

Flexitime by Roger Hall ???

 

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