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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Stephen Clark

ADMINISTRATOR: Sylvia Langford

PRODUCTION MANAGER: David McCrudden/Shane Weaver

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Sue Kroh/Andrea Raddatz

COMPANY MEMBERS: Bronwyn Calcutt, Aku Kadogo, Maggie Miles, Lucinda Shaw-Lamont

PATRONS: James and Margaret Muirhead

COMMITTEE: Janet Crews (President), Gavin Ronebert (Senior Vice President), Sally Kift (Junior Vice President), Mavis Welsh (Secretary), Kerrie Nairn (Treasurer), June Jenkins (Assistant Treasurer), Elisabeth Abbott, Tony Suttor (Committee).

CONSTITUTIONAL SUB-COMMITTEE: Sylvia Langford, June Jenkins, Sally Kift, Janet Crews

CORPORATE CLUB SPONSORS: Bond Brewing, BHP Petroleum, Diamond Beach Hotel Casino, Ernst and Young, Image Offset, Lock Signs, Pannell Kerr Forster, Paspaley Pearling Company, Peter Isaacson Publications, Philip and Mitaros, Power Brewing, Santos Ltd, Skilled Engineering, State Bank, Telecom Australia, Territory Insurance Office, The Beaufort Hotel, Top End Sounds, Tropicana Apartments, Wolf Blass Wine, NT Government Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Australia Council, Federal Government’s Arts Funding and Advisory Body

HIGHLIGHTS/CHANGES:

  • Annual Cricket Match against Cavenagh Theatre, Monday 6th August (DTC lost).
  • DTC moves to ‘the other side of the kitchen’ at Brown’s Mart.
  • Streetwise and Surf City Stingers performances at May Day Celebrations and Government House and the Teddy Bear’s Picnic.

WORKSHOPS:

  • Winter Summer School - Two Week Intensive Workshop Program - Voice and Movement for Actors, Group Singing, Singing, Dance Drama, Approach to Text, Design, Directing, Technical and Stage Management, Sound and Lighting, Set Construction. TUTORS: Annette Downs, Lucinda Shaw-Lamont, Annie Gastin, David McCrudden, Jenny Vuletic, Stephen Clark
  • Streetwise with Michael Golledge and Ionn Gun, April/May, Harry Chan Arcade
  • Commedia and Clowning with Bill Rough
  • Writers Forum with Suzanne Spunner, Beth Quindara, Steve Capelin, Stephen Clark, October, $10.00/$7.00
  • Build Up Your Skills (for Experienced Actors), October, $50/$40
  • Master Classes in People’s Theatre, Brown’s Mart

 

Smoking - Who Needs It?

Commissioned by Health Promotion Unit and The Drug Offensive

Schools Show

World Premiere!

March, 14 Performances

VENUES: Royal Darwin Hospital Staff Caffeteria, Darwin Mall Display, Casuarina Shopping Square Display, Darwin Mail Centre at Winnellie Post Office, Telecom at Hooker House, NTU Students Union at Casuarina Campus, Palmerston Shopping Centre Display, Hibiscus Shopping Centre Display, Commwealth Bank Smith Street, NTU Students Untion at Myilly Point Campus, Driver High School

CAST: Jenny Vuletic, Maggie Miles, Terry Kenwrick, Stephen Clark

File/Austrailan

 

Aussie Shorts

“Contemporary Australian comedy in Cabaret.”

Brown’s Mart 14-24 March

Tickets: $13.50/$8.50

DIRECTOR: Stephen Clark

 

The Margarine Conspiracy

“A witty look at a love triangle.”

CAST: Bronwyn Calcutt (Barbara)

Terry Kenwrick (Tom) Maggie Miles (Helen)

 

Perfect Mismatch by Cathy Lette

CAST: Kerrie Laizans (Zoe), Michael Downie (Stuart)

SURF CITY STINGERS: Terry Balle, Alex Bridge, Bronwyn Calcutt, Stephen Clark, Jane Carpenter, Daniel Doherty, Jenny Fitzgibbon, Kate Harrison, Terry Kenwrick, Maggie Miles, Merrilee Mills, Jenny Vuletic

 

A Fortunate Life Clem Gorman’s Stage Adaption of A B Facey’s Novel

Playreading

Town Hall Ruins, April, 1 Performance

Free

DIRECTOR: Stephen Clark

 

A Great Brunch

“Fundraiser.”

Shades of Ochre Cafe, Sunday, May

Tickets: $20.00/$14.00

 

Streetwise Troupe - The Crumble Family Circus

For Bougainvillea Festival, May Day Parade and Mardi Gras, Fringe Club

CAST: Felicity Hall (Bert) Sue Kroh (Ma) Jonathan Kenna (Gran) John Etty (Crunch) Lynette Moss (Violet) Pia Panaretos (Christopher) Leigh Gooder (Apricot) Warwick Armstrong (Moffy) Sam Jenkins (Jock) Sam Gooder (Brownie)

 

As You Like It by William Shakespeare

Terry Kenwrick’s 50th Production with Darwin Theatre Group/Company?

Performance

Town Hall Ruins, June, 15 Performances

Tickets: Preview $6.00/$13.50/$11.00/$8.50/$6.00

BYO Cushion

DIRECTOR: Stephen Clark

DESIGNER: Bronwyn Calcutt

MUSICIANS: Annie Gastin, Andrew Atwill, Brett Spilsbury

CAST: Jenny Vuletic (Rosalind) Peter Marshall (Orlando) Terry Kenwrick (Jacques) Matthew Keeley (Duke Frederick) Graeme Cooper (Lord 1) David Shannon (Lord 2) Terry Balle (Le Beau) Peter Stretton (Charles) Paul Costigan (Adam) Matt Maurer (Dennis) Joe O’Donnell (Oliver) Kerry Laizans (Celia) Touchstone (Trish McEniery) Sue Bartoll (Lord 1) Alicia Jamieson (Phoebe) Georgia Krohn (Audrey)

1921 Attendances

 

Hello And Goodbye by Athol Fugard

“Examines apartheid. A reversal, the effect of the repressive Boer society on a poor white section of the community.”

Presented with Territory North

Brown’s Mart, 3 Performances

Tickets: $13.50/$11.00 Members/$8.50 Concession/$6.00 Members Concession

 

Teatro Al Fresco

“Music, performance and a dash of madness.”

Fundraising Event, $5316.46 Raised!

Gardens of Government House, Friday 3 August

Tickets: $25.00/$20.00 Members

CAST: Annie Gastin and Jelly Fish Roll, Jenny Vuletic, Bronwyn Calcutt, Terry Kenwrick, Streewise Troupe

 

Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca

“A universal fable of birth, life and death. A celebration of the Lifecycle.”

Brown’s Mart, September, 9 Performances

Northern Territory University, September 3 Performances

Tickets $13.50/$8.50$6.00 Students

DIRECTOR: Stephen Clark

ASST DIRECTOR/CHOREO: Aku Kadogo

MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Bronwyn Calcutt

PROD MAN/LX DESIGN: David McCrudden

DESIGNER: Lucinda Shaw-Lamont

STAGE MANAGER: Robert Stoll

ASST STAGE MANAGERS: Meg Davis, Mavis Welsh, Joanne Guivarra

WARDROBE SUPERVISOR: Meg Davis

REH STAGE MANAGERS: Jane Roneberg, Robert Stoll

MASK SUPERVISOR: Robert Stoll

PROPS SUPERVISOR: Brendan Williams

SCENERY SUPERVISOR: Mavis Welsh

PUPPETS: Omar Pumar

LIGHTING OPERATORS: Khiara Frazer-Allen, Jenny Norris, Brendan Williams

PROD SUPPORT CREW: Elisabeth Abbott, Sixtine Crutchfield, Grace Mano, Stacey McCrohon, Jane Middleton, Merrilee Mills, David Threlfall, Nan Welsh

CHARACTERS: Maggie Miles, Paul Bourchier, Stephen Clark, Nik Salter, Dani Bowles, Christine Brown, Aqua Robbins

PLAYERS: Jenny Fitzgibbon, Merrilee Mills, Tina Stubbs, Kate Harrison, Kerry Laizans, Kay Brown

MUSICIANS: Alex Bridge, Richenda Bridge, Bronwyn Calcutt, Daniel Doherty, Marianne Piercy, Lucinda Shaw-Lamont, Alistair Wyvill

DANCERS: Steven Gration, Fille Dusseljee

1 Program on File/File/519 Attendances/120 Capacity/48%Capacity

 

Mandala Play devised by Jane Carpenter and Jenny Vuletic, Concept by Bronwyn Calcutt

“An imaginative mask and movement adventure for Primary School children.”

World Premiere!

Schools Show

September, Various Schools, The Mall, Soundshell Mindil Markets

TICKETS: $2.00 per student, Maximum 60 per performance

DIRECTOR: Jane Carpenter

DESIGNER: Lucinda Shaw-Lamont

CAST: Jenny Vuletic

File

 

Kakadu The M.U.S.I.C.A.L. by Jenny Valetic, Bronwyn Calcutt, Terry Kenwrick, Milton Andres, Steve Capelin, Sheryl Anderson, George Washingmachine

“Set in Kakadu in the not too distant future, a miner, a tour operator, a park ranger and a public servant have hit upon a way of keeping the tourist dollars rolling in!”

World Premiere!

Diamond Beach Hotel Casino, Cabaret Room, November, 13 Performances

Dinner/Show: $40.00

DIRECTOR: Steve Capelin

DESIGN: Jacqui Brown

DRAMATURG: Sheryl Anderson

PRODUCTION MANAGER: David McCrudden

PRODUCTION CREW: Jenny Armour, Rob Arnol, Sixteen Crutchfield, Meg Davis, Jenny Fitzgibbon, Khiara Fraser- Allen, Joanne Buivarra, Ian Hawkes, Dave Lennon, Merrilee Mills, Chris Osborne, Lil Smith, Tony Suttor, Robyn Toomey, Tom Williams, Val Witt

STAGE MANAGER: Jane Roneberg

ORIGINAL MUSIC: George Washingmachine

CAST: Brownyn Calcutt (Dora Daintree - Park Ranger) Milton Andrews (Warwick Shaft - Miner)

Jenny Vuletic (Gladys Starkey - Tourist)

 

Program 2007

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