Performances: April 2022 – Wednesday 27 to Saturday 30 nightly @ 7.00pm
Performance
Venue: St Margaret Mary’s theatrette
Disabled access, air-conditioned
Tickets: Adults $25
Concessions (e.g. aged
pensioners) & Tertiary Students $20
TLT Members (a member’s ticket
is for the sole use of the member, except where a family membership has been
paid, naming the family members to be included) & High School Students
$15
Bookings https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?embed&eid=884883
Lockdown in Little Grimly
Written
by: David Tristram Directed
by: Alan Cooke
Synopsis: They’re back! This is the fifth
of the hugely popular Little Grimley series, which follows the antics of a
hapless Amateur Dramatic Society desperate for audiences. In a time of lockdown, Chairman Gordon calls
for an emergency meeting, complete with social distancing, to discuss his ideas
for their next production when restrictions ease – a touching love story set in
a hospital, will all profits destined for the local hospital. But based on their previous efforts, will the
hospital actually end up worse off??
Written
by: Susan Mattocks Directed by: Iain McDougall
Synopsis: When a group of ladies, in an outback
branch of the CWA, realise they are losing their only
hairdresser, there is nothing they won’t do to keep her!
Blood,
Guts and… Questions?
Written by: Teri Galea-Thorne Directed by: Teri
Galea-Thorne
Synopsis: Mike and Colin
are two soldiers on patrol… well, lost on patrol… well, they have lost their
patrol. Mike is a senior officer who is
a ‘by the book’ type of guy… but the grunts call him Major Prat. Poor little Colin Stewart, a rookie, is about
to find out why Major Mike Prantis is such a pain in
the… proverbial.
10
Minute Plays:
It Started with a Parcel
Written by: Teri Galea-Thorne Directed by: Stephen
Duffy
Synopsis: Bob is a middle-aged man who works hard at what
he believes is a dead end job. The last
thing Bob wants is an argument as he has been arguing with clients and his
foreman all day at his warehouse job. It is Friday, it is 5:30pm, the footy is
about the start and the beer is getting warm. Bob is not going to enjoy
anything because Sophie wants questions answered and is threatening with a
shotgun… all because of a parcel delivery.
The Grave Yard Shift
Written by: Catherine McKernan Doris Directed by: Christine Scott
Synopsis: Thrust together during Covid, a husband and
wife are out of their comfort zones. Who
will crack first?
A Certain Age
Written by: Julie Johnston Directed
by: Sonia Zabala
Synopsis: On the eve of her birthday, a woman is assessing
her appearance and challenging society’s opinion.
Our Little Theatre
Townsville Little Theatre is a dynamic, local community theatre group that has been operating in the city for 50 years. Over that period we have become an integral part of the community, offering not just family entertainment, but a starting point for many young people interested in a career in the arts. We pride ourselves on the professional standard of our work.
As a community theatre group, we have a commitment to encourage our members to become involved at all levels of the theatre. We like to do the things that challenge us and those around us for the betterment of amateur theatre. We encourage all our members to become involved either in directing or learning to direct, being a member of the cast of a production, being in the stage crew and/or lighting/sound team, and not to forget the all-important front of house crew.
Objects and Aims of the Townsville Little Theatre:
Our stated aim is to promote live theatre in North Queensland and to provide members with the opportunity for recreation and artistic expression.
How we achieve our Aims
A Full and Varied Programme. Each year the artistic committee reviews a number of play scripts and produces a planned programme and invites producers and directors to take up the challenge of putting on the selected plays.
Four Major Productions. We aim for four major productions each year, together with one or two entries into the North Qld Festival of One-Act Plays and our own Short Season of Short Plays and a Family Play.