ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: Patrick Mitchell

ADMINISTRATOR: June Jenkins

OFFICE MANAGER: Trish Latham

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Vanessa Hutchins

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: Allyson Mills

PUBLICIST: Hania Radvan

FRONT OF HOUSE: Chrissie Fraser

DTC BOARD: Janet Crews (President), Althea (Ralph) Bannister (Secretary), Kay Brown, Mark Bunnet, Jeremy Noble, Peter Stretton, Stephen Taaffe

SPONSORS: Imparja Television, Top FM, Ansett Australia, Santos Ltd., Quickprint, Ernst and Young, Southcorp Wines, Lock Signs, NT Government Office of the Arts, Australia Council

Highlights:

• Program launch - Cornucopia Restaurant, March 30, 12.30pm

No Strings Attached by Hilary Beaton

“If you can jump out of an aircraft at 12,000 feet you can do anything. A comedy about friendship, revenge and sky diving.”

Brown’s Mart Theatre, May, 14 Performances

DIRECTOR: Patrick Mitchell

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Vanessa Hutchins

STAGE MANAGERS: Erika Niemann, Natalie Bail

LIGHTING OPERATOR: Tony Suttor

ASST STAGE MANAGERS: Kerry Lush, Shaun Brewer, Kayt Douglas

DESIGN ASST: Sam Missina

LX DESIGNER: Vanessa Hutchins

SOUND DESIGN: Andrew Boys

LX ASSISTANTS: Harry Harris, Adam Lesler, Jacque Carden

DESIGNER: Penny Wilson

PUBLICIST: Hania Radvan

CHOREOGRAPHER: Berenice Franklin

RIG AND FOCUS CREW: Neil Macknight, Damien Snell, Clarissa Arndt, Andy Lowe, Brett Grimster, Anne Taylor

SOUND OPERATORS: Margaret Johnson, Lisa Beilby, Bronwyn Kelly

BUMP IN: Kayt Douglas, Shaun Brewer, Elizabeth Bell, Dev Govindasamy, Sam Messina, Brett Grimster, Ann Lam

CAST: Kellie Bray (Joycie) Tessa Pauling (Max) Merrilee Mills (Clare)

Inday Mail Order Bride by Betchay Mondragon

“Inday is a tenacious, witty and vivacious young Filipino bride, newly arrived in Darwin with her australian husband Bill and a few, quite a few, pairs of shoes.”

World Premiere!

Darwin Entertainment Centre, Studio Theatre, June, 7 Performances

Tickets: $21.50/$16.00/$16.00 Groups 10+/$10.00 School Groups 10+/$10.00 Preview

DIRECTORS: Patrick Mitchell, Betchay Mondragon

STAGE MANAGER: Althea ‘Ralph’ Bannister

PUBLICITY: Annie Hanlon

ASST STAGE MANAGER: Lisa Beilby, Nim

DESIGNER: Clarissa Arndt

DESIGN ASSISTANT: Sam Messino

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Vanessa Hutchins

CONSTRUCTION HEAD: Michael White

ELECTRICS: Tony Suttor

LIGHTING OPERATOR: Kerry Lush, Neil Macknight

FOLLOW SPOT/ASM: Gordon Wong

SOUND OPERATOR: Jane Tonkin, Gill Hutchinson

LIGHTING DESIGN: Vanessa Hutchins

SLIDE OPERATOR: Kayt Douglas, Brett Grimster

SEWERS: Judith Ventic, Susan Dizon, Norma Vickery, Rosanna Caught, Vivian Rajala, Linda Thompson

CAST: Betchay Mondragon, Allyson Mills

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Don’s Party by David Williamson

“It’s election night 1969 and Don’s invited his mates over for a party.”

Playreading

Darwin Entertainment Centre, Gallery, June, 1 Performance

DIRECTOR: Peter Stretton

CAST: Tina Holland (Kath) Trish Latham (Susan) Peter Howe (Cooley) Natalia Godbold (Kerry) Dev Govindasamy (Simon) Beryl Brugmans (Jenny) Paolo Zora (Mal) Harry Harris (Mack) Michael Kilgariff (Evan) Jane Polley (Jody) Jeremy Noble (Don)

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Morning Sacrifice by Dymphna Cusack

“Tensions in ths staffroom of a girls high school in 1935.”

Playreading

Darwin Entertainment Centre, Studio Theatre, July, 1 Performance

DIRECTOR: Tina Holland

CAST: June Jenkins (Miss Rose Hammond) Di Cheesman (Miss Dora Pearl) Beryl Brugmans (Miss Gwyn Carwithen) Deborah Hadmen (Miss Margaret Sole) Danielle Spruyt (Miss Sheila Ray) Audrey Gorring (Miss Woods) Fiona Duncan (Miss Charlotte Bates) Kate Smith (Miss Portia Kingsbury) Catherine West (Mrs Macneil)

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The Man From Mukinupin by Dorothy Hewett

“A musical celebration of country life in Australia, set in a West Australian wheat-belt at the time of the Great War.”

Playreading

Darwin Entertainment Centre, Mainstage, July, 1 Performance

DIRECTOR: Merrilee Mills

CAST: Rosamund Cox (Mercy Montebello) Tina Holland (Miss Clemmy Hummer) John Jenkins (Eek Perkins, Zeek Perkins) June Jenkins (Edie Perkins) John Pavlov (Max Montebello, Cecil Bruner, The Flasher) Jenny Fitzgibbon (Polly Perkins, Lily Perkins) Fiona Duncan (Miss Clarry Hummer, Widow Tuesday) Yoris Wilson (Jack Tuesday, Harry Tuesday)

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On Our Selection by Steele Rudd

“Bert Bailey’s adaptation of Steele Rudd’s famous Dad and Dave stories.”

Playreading

Darwin Entertainment Centre, Studio Theatre, July, 1 Performance

DIRECTOR: Tessa Pauling

CAST: Dave Parry (Maloney) Brian Bailey (Joe Rudd) Stephen Carleton (Jim Carey) Neil Macknight (Cranky Jack) Kellie Bray (Sarah Rudd) Trish Latham (Kate Rudd) John Pavlov (Sandy Taylor) Ken Purvis (Dad) Peter Stretton (Dave) John Jenkins (Rev McPherson, Uncle Rudd) Harry Harris (Billy Bearup) Kay Brown (Mrs Rudd) Dot Evans (Mrs White) Sally Rush (Lily White) Mike Evans (John Carey)

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As You Like It by William Shakespeare

Museum and Art Gallery Amphitheatre, August, 13 Performances

DIRECTOR: Tom Pauling

STAGE MANAGERS: Jacqui Carden, Kerry Lush

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Vida Goodvack

DESIGNER: Joanna Barrkman

ASST STAGE MANAGERS: June Jenkins, Anne Taylor, Kay Brown, Kellie Bray, Tessa Pauling, Fiona Duncan, Dot Evans

LIGHTING DESIGN: Matthew James

CARPENTER: Jim Schofield

LX OPERATOR: BrentCaldwell, Vida Goodvach

MILLINERY: Sam Messino

PROPS: Ann Lamb, Johnson Carruthers, Vanessa Hutchins

HEAD SEAMSTRESSES: Susan Dizon, Jenny Armour, Trudy Latham

WARDROBE ASSISTANTS: Tessa Pauling, Paia Ingram, Fiona Duncan, Maria Franklin, Debbie Brown, Amy Brown, Anne Taylor

TRAINEE WARDROBE ASSISTANT: Anthony Johnson

PRODUCTION MANAGER: Vanessa Hutchins

BANNERS SEWN BY: Dorothy Evans

FOH: Chrissie Fraser

PUBLICIST: Kellie Bray

ASM AND DRESSERS: Dot Evans, Tessa Pauling, June Jenkins, Kay Brown, Kellie Bray, Anne Taylor, Riona Duncan

CAST: Peter Hughes (Duke Senior) Tiffany Carter (Rosalind/Ganymede) Tony Colbatch (Jacques) Jane MacAllister (Celia) Mike Evans (Duke Frederik/Sir Oliver Matext) Mark Bunnett (Oliver) Johnson Carruthers (Touchstone) Tim Sinclair (Orlando) Andrew Pitt (Adam) Noodle E String (Corin) Kate Monger (Phoebe) Jane Bathgate (Audrey/Le Beau) Cyndia Hilliger (Lord) Evelyn Loh (Hyman/Lord) Lizzy Edwards (Lord) Nicole Ryan (Lord) Dean Franklin (Lord) Will Tinapple (Sylvius/Lord) Zoe Pauling (Page) Dominic Giblin (Page)

Sanctuary by David Williamson

“What happens when journalist Bob King is confronted by a biographer with some unknown facts from his past.”

Brown’s Mart Theatre, October, 8 Performances

Tickets: $17.50/$14.00/$12.00 Groups 10+/$10.00 Preview/$8.00 Schools

DIRECTOR: Merrilee Mills

DESIGNER: Clarissa Arndt

MAKE-UP: Anne-Maree Garcia

DESIGN ASSISTANTS: Lisa Ecker, Amy Brown

LIGHTING DESIGN: Vanessa Hutchins

CAST: Patrick Mitchell (Bob King) Stephen Carleton (John Alderson)

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Sweet Phoebe by Michael Gow

“Frazer and Helen have agreed to look after their friends’ dog. When it goes missing their relationship is threatened. Who said a dog was man’s best friend?”

Darwin Entertainment Centre, Studio Theatre, 5 Performances

DIRECTOR: Patrick Mitchell

DESIGNER: Clarissa Arndt

DESIGN ASSISTANTS: Lisa Ecker, Amy Brown

LIGHTING DESIGN: Vanessa Hutchins

CAST: Jane Polley (Helen) Michael Mackenzie (Frazer)

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Sanctuary and Sweet Phoebe

Tour

November/December

Katherine High School, 2 Performances

Tennant Creek Civic Hall, 2 Performances

Alice Springs, Araluen Arts Centre, 4 Performances

McMinns Lagoon, Howard Springs, Linga Longa Gallery, 2 Performances

TOUR MANAGER: Vanessa Hutchins

The Shoe-Horn Sonata by John Misto

“Set during the 50th Anniversary of the fall of Japan, two women prisoners are reunited to make a television documentary.”

Playreading

Myilly Point Gallery and Coffee Gardens, November, 1 Performance

DIRECTOR: Carmel Young

STAGE MANAGER: Jacqui Carden

CAST: June Jenkins (Shiela) Kay Brown (Bridie) Dev Govindasamy (Voice-Over)

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Blackrock by Nick Enright

“Addressing mateship, peer pressure and violence against women, Blackrock originates from the factual event of the assault and murder of a teenager in Stockton in 1989.”

Playreading

Myilly Point Gallery and Coffee Gardens, November, 1 Performance

DIRECTOR: Kellie Bray

STAGE MANAGER: Jacqui Carden

CAST: Pat Amies (Dianne Kirby) Tim Sinclair (Ricko) Kerrie Whitton (Cherie) John Kyriakakis (Jared Kirby) Sylvia Langford (Glenys) Andrew Rodd (Toby Ackland, Policeman) Lizzy Edwards (Rachel Ackland, Shana) Veronica Flynn (Marian Ackland, Policewoman) Jane Macallister (Tiffany) Neil Macknight (Craig ‘Davo’ Davidson, Danny) Dave Parry (Stewart Ackland, Len Kirby, Detective, Roy) Brent Caldwell (Scott ‘Scabby’ Abbey, George)

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Sister Midnight by Harry Harris

“A comedy about the Bentley’s, your average Australian family surviving a typical Saturday night.”

Playreading

Myilly Point Gallery and Coffee Gardens, December, 1 Performance

DIRECTOR: Ken Conway

STAGE MANAGER: Jacqui Carden

CAST: Peter Stretton (Bill) Tina Holland (Kate) Trish Latham (Lucy) Nick English (Dave) Fiona Duncan (Maggie)

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Miss Bosnia by Louis Nowra

“The unlikely story of a beauty contest that took place during the seige.”

Playreading

Myilly Point Gallery and Coffee Gardens, December, 1 Performance

DIRECTOR: Tina Holland

STAGE MANAGER: Jacqui Carden

CAST: Katharine Philp (Mariana) Evelyn Loh (Selma) Christine Brown (Alma) Claudia Giblin (Klea) Paolo Zora (Lidija) Jonathan Carapetis (General Jez) Merrilee Mills (Mira) Andrea Brittan (Yasminka)

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