Inside this issue:

Cabaret Update 2

Snow White and the Pirate Adventure Update

2

The Committee 2

May/June Calendars 3

Don‟s Word 4

Response Form 4

Working Bee 5

Royal Easter Show 5

BIG NEWS 5

Show details and Sponsors 6

WHAT’S THE BUZZ?

Shire Music Theatre presents

CABARET

by Kander And Ebb

Dir: Lauren Kate Butler MD: Bec Gordon

Chor: Simone Salle

Evening Performances Fri 13 May, Sat 14 May,

Wed 18 May, Fri 20 May,

Sat 21 May at 8pm

Matinee Performances Sun 15 May, Sat 21 May

and Sun 22 May at 2pm Sutherland Memorial Arts

Theatre - East Parade,

Sutherland

Tickets $29 / $24 conc. Family passes (2+2) $85 Gala Opening Night all

tickets $25

Bookings: Call

8230 0668

or online at

www.shiremusictheatre.org.au

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Wednesday 4 May 2011

SMT NEWSletter

COME TO THE CABARET!

Katie Headrick as Sally Bowles

Brendan Hay as Emcee with Sam Larielle, Tyler Hoggard, Ebony Black, Kerstyn Walsh and Claire

Janes as Bobby, Victor, Texas, Rosie and Frenchie

Joel Duffy as Cliff Bradshaw

LEAVE YOUR TROUBLES OUTSIDE! Dubber, Ross Howie, Bridget Keating, Bec

Bec Gordon, Chae Rogan and Sam Larielle

spent a full day until 2am working on our

Kit Kat Club veneer. She looks pretty - in a

filthy kind of way. The team out-nerded

themselves with colour samples and

techniques (Chae in particular...)

FOH volunteers are still required for the

show. Anyone who gives up their time to

help out for three shows will be given a

refund of their ticket as a thank you. :)

This week we are off to purchase all our

new equipment that will benefit our Work

Experience Students from Sutherland

BEN. These items include a comms set,

data projector, hazer and fogger. Woo-

hoo! ALL before bump in this weekend!!

See you at the show!

The Production Team, Cast, Crew and

Committee are pushing hard now in

the lead up to our highly anticipated

SMT production of Kander and Ebb‟s

CABARET. And why wouldn‟t we with

the terrific line up we have for our

audiences? After witnessing rehearsals

of numbers like “Don‟t Tell Mama”,

“Money”, “Mein Herr”, “Two Ladies”, “It

Couldn‟t Please Me More”, “Tomorrow

Belongs to Me”, “Kick Line”, and

“Cabaret” it‟s hard for us not to get

excited!

We are now in our final two weeks of

preparation and the pressure is on! We

cannot wait for you to meet our Emcee,

Sally, Cliff, Schneider, Schultz, Ernst, Kost

and Kit Kat Club Girls and Boys. Lolly,

Bec and Simone are continuing to

shape the show and we wish the entire

group all the very best for the exciting

time ahead.

TVS‟ “The Theatre Show” will be coming

in to interview the cast and production

team and will start screening our

“Spotlight on..” section multiple times

from our opening day. Please support

this cool little program. Check out their

website of the same name.

Vice President, Dan Nicholls has been

working hard to organise our VIP Guest

List for Opening Night with; Graham

Annesley MP, Lee Evans MP, Clr Melanie

Gibbons MP, Clr Carol Provan and Clr

Steve Simpson all RSVP‟d to attend!

Over the past week, the paint crew for

Cabaret have outdone themselves. Ray

V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 5 P A G E 2

Bridget Keating will be taking the details for

auditionees from Tuesday 17th May. Roles

include; Snow White, The Hairy Fairy, The

Fairy Godmother, Fairy Godmothers in

Training, The Pirates, Bluebeard and various

other roles. This

production is sure to

be a lot of fun and we

are looking for

children as well as

adults to fill the roles.

Production dates are

held only on week-

ends with two shows

a day at 10am and

2pm on 8th, 9th, 15th

and 16th October.

Rehearsals will be

held at Box Rd on

Tuesday, Thursday

evenings from 7:30

and Sunday rehearsals

from 10am.

Writer and Director of Snow White and the

Pirate Adventure, Sally Redman has agreed

to a two day audition process to take place

on Saturday and Sunday 11th and 12th of

June. Audition Pack details on website TBA.

Children’s pantomime

audition notice

The cast of SMT‟s 2010 Tiara‟s in Trouble, A Fairytale Fiasco written by Sally Redman

Katie Headrick as Sally Bowles

Joel duffy as Cliff Bradshaw Brad Facey as Ernst Kerstyn Walsh as Fraulien Kost

Sh ire mus ic theatre

Committee

President/Publicity Bridget Keating

Vice President Daniel Nicholls

Treasurer Andrew Howie

Secretary Ebony Black

Social Coordinator Sally Redman

General Members Philip McIntosh

Kylie Loveday

Public Officer Don Lang

P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 5

Schedule of Events

Wed-Sat 27 April—7 May “Other People’s Problems” Seymour Centre @ 6:30pm

Thu 5-7 May “Shout!: the Legend of the Wild One” Canterbury Theatre Guild

Casula $30 9824 1121

Fri 6 May - TBA “Mary Poppins” The Capitol Theatre opens!

Wed 11 May “The Idea of North” a cappella group St George Auditorium @6pm $20 flat 9330 9400 or at door

13-22 MAY - SMT presents….

CABARET Sutherland

Memorial School of Arts @8pm & 2pm 8230 0668 or online shiremusictheatre.org.au

Fri 20 - 29 May EMS “Seussical The Musical” Engadine Community Centre @ 8pm & 2pm $30/$25

1300 616 063

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

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2 3 4

Other People’s

Problems

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Other People’s

Problems

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NORMAL

Melbourne!

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Other People’s

Problems

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9 10 11 The Idea of

North

12 13 OPENING

NIGHT

CABARET

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CABARET 15

CABARET

16 17 18

CABARET 19 20

CABARET 21

CABARET 22

CABARET

23 24 25

Seussical

26 27

Seussical

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Seussical

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Seussical

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May 20 1 1

=Cabaret rehearsals

Please note that any shows or dates that clash with Shire Music Theatre projects will not be published

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

1 2 3 4

JACKSON

EATHER

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6 7 8

JOEL

LEFFLER

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AUDITIONS

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AUDITIONS

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AUDITIONS

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UGL Y DAY!

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June 20 1 1 Schedule of Events

All MAY/JUNE “Mary Poppins” The

Capitol Theatre opens!

Fri 27 May - 11 June BTS “The Goodbye Girl” Bankstown Arts Cen-

tre Theatre 9676 1191

Sat 4 June “ Jackson Eather’s Going Away Concert Shindig” Loftus Com-

munity Hall

Wed 8 June “Joel Leffler Band” The Brass Monkey Cronulla

www.brassmonkey.com.au

Auditions for Snow White and

the Pirate Adventure at 308-338 Box Rd Sylvania. Call Bridget after business hours on 0419 555 276 to book an audition time after

Tuesday 17 May :)

UGLY DAY for Facebook. Get involved… Change your Display Pic

for one day!!

P A G E 4 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 5

Memories of ssloc/smt with don lang -

footlights and feedback

Name

Address

If you were given the opportunity to create your own 20 minute Cabaret what would your

opening song and closing song be??

Please complete the following and post to Newsletter Issue 5, PO Box 382, GYMEA, NSW 2227 for your chance to win!

They ad libbed a bit until one got a bit impatient and announced "I think I hear some horses with people coming to interrupt us." The audience

approved.

The audience in Return to The Forbidden Planet seemed more concerned with crazy action of any kind than the actual crazy sequence. Those on stage noticed when the Captain omitted the sequence of preparations for take-off and started the lift-off. I think the effect was just a shorter performance. That was not incorporated either thereafter either.

Don Lang

There is a street scene in half of sixpence with lots of people out front murmuring inaudible sweet nothings , as you do. Many will share my experience when someone with a different track on stage arrived by my ear and murmured." Your shoelace is

untied. Do not trip over it."

In the performance of the Mikado the Gentlemen of Japan informed the world of their state, in strict tempo among other things. A message arrived in the dressing room. "Somebody tell John he is not wearing his choir shoes. He can be seen

keeping time with his big toe. "

Audience members can occasionally join in. In the Sunday matinee of "The King and I" a number of people from a nursing home were given a concession that brought them right next to the orchestra. The role of the King demands bit of autocracy, and we were hearing it in full measure. One of the little old ladies just opposite him remembered that gentlemen did not speak to ladies, like that. She also recognised him as being of the younger generation. She started correcting him. From memory he speeded up his autocracy until it turned into the next musical number Audience members do join in on

occasion with less excuse.

Jim was in a villainous role in The Gypsy Baron and came on stage to outline some of his nefarious plans. He finished, and the audience was properly aghast. So was he, as it turned out. There was a good guy ready to burst onto the scene and explain that he was taking steps to thwart evil Jim. Jim was of course not looking to see his nemesis behind him. He finished his line, as he should not have been able to do. He waited. He glanced. He looked in horror. He announced portentously that he must make further investigation. He left and an audience voice bade him to learn his lines as part of his investigation. Down in the dressing room a certain elderly role player had got engrossed in a book. Action and tempo picked up rather hesitantly. The variation was not

incorporated in later performances.

There is a moral, but not one you expect when it turns out to be necessary. It worked out well for two young ruffians, I think in the same show. They finished a bit of business at the front of the stage, and nothing that was supposed to happen did.

Editor‟s Note - Don Lang is our Public Officer here

at SMT. He is an advisor and mentor in many

ways and is always a source of information and

humour. I look forward to hearing more about

the Sutherland Shire Light Opera Company/Shire

Music Theatre history in this column. xx

MEMBER/NON MEMBER RESPONSE FORM

Email

What productions do you want to see Shire Music Theatre produce in the coming years?

Fill out your form and post it back to us before 23/09/11 for your chance to win

2x FREE tickets to SNOW WHITE AND THE PIRATE ADVENTURE

our 8th, 9th, 15th & 16th October Children‟s Production

What type of involvement would you like to have with Shire Music Theatre in the future?

Congratulations to our winner of 2 x CABARET tickets up for grabs

over the past two issues; Jessica Knight! Thanks for entering!

On Easter Saturday, our Box Road

Rehearsal Space got some hard-core

loving from some well meaning and

equally hard-core volunteers. The

space was given a great clean about a

year ago but since then she really

needed another spruce up.

Andrea Munn, props and stage manager

extraordinare, took one look at our props

room and walked out… Kidding, she

grabbed Kira Nelson and itemised, stylised

and catagorised the entire room and even

posed for a photo! I know!

Mama Don (aka Donna Wainohu) took

charge of the Costume Rooms over a

period of two days with the help of Kira

Nelson, Ebony Black and Bec Bec June

Gordon, Bridget Keating and Phil McIntosh.

Sally Redman—as you will read later, made

the kitchen her special little place this year.

Sally‟s room makeovers are always a treat,

complete with the literal complimentary

signage and glitter. Up until last year, those

who visited the „facility‟ downstairs in the

dungeon were greeted with “If you do a

little tinkle, and leave a little sprinkle, please

want them back because they always seem

to save the day when we are painting, clean-

ing or building which is A LOT!

We finished with mopping the floor of the

entire hall which made the place look even

more awesome—if only until it dried.

Unfortunately our reward trip to Audley had

to be cancelled due to the weather. Boo!

Sincere thanks to; Andrea, Donna, Kira, Bec,

Sally, Ebony, Phil, Howie, Dan and Bridget

and then Ross for the tip trip.

The hall

looks great

because of

your

contribution.

Thank you!!

P A G E 5

be a sweetie and wipe around the seatie”.

None of us realized how lovely and cute it

was until Phil took down the lovingly

created sign and replaced it with his own…

Details of which cannot be printed here…

But thank you for the straight-forward

sign! :)

The day was long but spirits were

surprisingly high as we tore the place apart

room by room. We came across some

“Party Mix” CD‟s which I am sure belong to

Charisse Graber. I really hope she doesn‟t

Shiny Hall with shiny faces of left to right, Phil, Sally, Ebony, Bec Bec, Howie and Kira. Right is Andrea & props room

eating dinosaur thing… It was a pretty awe-

some day so...

This year the Good Friday group was a little

bigger and more focused on carnie food,

carnie rides and scaring themselves as much

as humanly possible… Jaz, Howie, Sally,

Bridget, Chae, Sam and Bec Bec, and in there

we met our favourite Banana in Pajamas, Joel

Duffy, (Also Cliff Bradshaw in CABARET) and

Jacinta and Janelle O‟Connell and later,

Taylor Thomson and Katie Farina.

Uncle Phil dropped us off in TWO car loads,

bless his cotton socks and off we went!

While many things were seen and a full day

of fun was had.. Only tiny moments can be

recalled; the tears in Jaz‟ frightened eyes as

he went up in the kiddies chair swing; the

1min 15sec ride on the Crazy Coaster after

the 50 min queue; watching Bec Bec‟s face

light up at animal nursery farm cattle dog

pups; Sam‟s introduction to the excitement

and wonder of the fruit display Taylor, Katie,

Chae, Jaz Bridget, Howie and Sam screaming

(sometimes with obscenities) their way

through “Hollywood Horrors” hotly pursued

by a real man with a chainsaw; and Sally‟s

incredible Tiger Hat. It was exhausting but

awesome! You should come next year!

Xxx SMT Team

Last year Lolly, Leffler, Sally, Bridget and Jaz—

stormed the Royal Easter Show complete with

ridiculous chicken hats and a need to be in-

volved in EVERYTHING. Particularly the Kung Fu

Panda kids show… Sorry kids but we were better

dancers… We saw pretty much every animal at

the show including the Pied Piper Ducks and

stayed around for the tragedy that was the car

N E W S L E T T E R T I T L E

attention. You know you‟ve done a great job

when people walk past and go…

“Wow!!!‟ (That was Jenny Barker by the by,

our Fraulein Schneider in CABARET!)

As expected of our dear Sally you will also

notice some words of encouragement here

and there regarding the cleaning and use of

organic

sugar…

Thanks for

the hard

work and

“Maria”,

Sally

Redman!

How on earth could the biggest news to hit

our Box Road Rehearsal Space be relegated

to this page?? Well… It all started with a gen-

erous loan to the space. Yes. I‟m talking about

Sally‟s Microwave.

I hear you all cheering from here…! Now, you

can bring your pre-cooked meals to the space

while you are rehearsing! I know. You are

about to head down there now just to give

“Maria” a burl… Don‟t rush, we don‟t want

another Crazy Coaster queue on our hands.

While you are in the kitchen you will see that

Sally has also given the place a complete

overhaul. It really needed some love and

Biggest news to hit box road

Shire music theatre vs the royal Easter show!

Working bee wrap up

It this pic is… front to back left to right, Bridget, Jaz, Sally, Katie, Taylor, Howie (behind Jaz), Jacinta, Sam, Janelle, Bec and Chae’s hair (behind Sam). Joel had given us the slip by this point. A bit rude really considering how much he says he likes us but hey, he had been in a Banana suit all day and we didn’t even get to see his show so… Stop writing…

Last issue we promised you our

next season’s announcement but

it isn’t quite ready yet! :)

P A G E 6 S M T N E W S L E T T E R

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Post: PO Box 382, GYMEA NSW 2227 Reh Space: 308-338 Box Rd, SYLVANIA NSW

Perf Space: Sutherland Memorial School of Arts, East Parade, SUTHERLAND NSW 2232 Online: www.shiremusictheatre.org.au

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We would like to sincerely thank...

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Also, a great big thank you to Jaz Haynes and his Dad, Brendan Haynes who came along to test

and tag all of our electrical gear. Unfortunately, many of the mini fans we used to own are now in

„fan heaven‟ Thank you for the memories!