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Gemco Players Community Theatre

Hull Roamer

Hull roamer – A rehearsed Play Reading with songs and movement sequences.

An epic dark comedy about robot zombies in space, but also rich and deep meditation on freedom and meaning in the “human” condition.

On a deep space colonisation mission, an iconoclastic robot trying to escape reformation volunteers for a dangerous mission – when inadvertently bring a zombie virus back on board with them, they find themselves fighting to salvage anything of their crumbling society before it is top late.

Will Mithen, a local writer and his brother Tom Mithen, a musician, have created this musical masterpiece.

Gemco will present the script as a rehearsed/performed reading on stage to assist Will and Tom in the writing/revising/editing process and for audience’s ad potential promotors to get a glimpse and give feedback.

Season opens 27 September.

Burrinja Theatre

Velveteen Rabbit – Born in a Taxi.

A must see for families and anyone who has ever cherished a beloved toy.

Lights, Camera, Action Set within a film shoot, layered with live projections.

Melbourne theatre company Born in a Taxi thoughtfully and hilariously reimagines this 100 year old children’s story by Margery Willams.

Please bring your own favourite snuggly toy to the show.

This is a show where the toys are in charge on stage and your own special guest toy is a VIP.

One of those rare stories that dares to ease out complex themes of loss and love in a way that allows children to connect with them, The Velveteen Rabbit is about a toy rabbit who becomes real… but how did it happen.

In the hands of Born in a Taxi, the story is infused with dynamic audience participation, music, livestream video and projections layered into the work that play with multiple scales and give the audience the perspective of a child.

Playful, visual and poetic.

Season: Tuesday 1 October. At 11am

CPP Community Theatre

Hello Dolly

As the 19th century becomes the 20th century.

All of New York City is excited because the brash widow Dolly Gallagher Levi is in town.

Dolly makes a living through what she calls ”meddling” – matchmaking and numerous sidelines .

She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder, the well-known half a millionaire.

But irt soon becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry him herself.

“Horace explains to his two clerks that he is going to be married because it takes a woman to cheerfully do all the household chores.

The wo clerks decide that they needed to get out of Yonkers.

They go to New York and see the sights.

Then they meet up with two shop assistants at the upscale Harmonia Restaurant in New York city.

Season: Friday 11 October – Saturday 19 October.

REMEMBER: 1812 THEATRE The Laramie Project 3 – 20 October. Bookings 9758 3964

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