Send us a text Grandpa VanderHof and his wacky family, the Mallees, have been happily living their zany lives in his house in Perth for many years. This family (and their friends) are a madcap group of eccentrics, marching to the beat of their own drum, with pride and joy. Their hobbies include playing the xylophone, building fireworks in the cellar, writing a myriad of plays that never get published, and taking ballet lessons. Things like stress, jobs, and paying taxes to the government are ...
Send us a text The story of a Bake-Off competition to select a bride for a Prince and how goodness (and some magic) succeeds against greed and corruption. The cast are: · Annie as Announcer . Helen C. as Verita · Scarlett as Cindy and Amaretti · Fiona W. as Esme Goodfairy · Ron as Gareth Rella · Fiona M. as Saccharine Cole · Isabelle as...
Send us a text The story of a Bake-Off competition to select a bride for a Prince and how goodness (and some magic) succeeds against greed and corruption. [SOUNDBITE] The cast are: · Helen C. as Verita (and narrator) · Scarlett as Cindy and Amaretti · Fiona W. as Esme Goodfairy · Ron as Gareth Rella · Fiona M. as Saccharine Cole · Isabelle as Drizella ·&nb...
Send us a text LOST HORIZON - a story of hope in a confused world. Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul, his deputy, a missionary and an American financier, find themselves stranded in the enigmatic snow covered mountains of Tibet. They are rescued and taken to a hidden valley and the monastic community known as Shangri-La.
Send us a text The Feral newspaper is owned by Kerry King and run by Terrance Weirdly the editor and his team of Shredder and Stefano Grunt. They are a middle-aged white male clique who ignore the efforts of other workers, Titania and Cindy. Gabrielle volunteers at St Pat's Soup Kitchen with Cindy. Cindy saves her when a soup cauldron falls over. Gabrielle reveals she was hit on the head while rescuing injured orphans from a fire on Christmas Island. The accident left her with amnesia about w...
Send us a text LOST HORIZON - a story of hope in a confused world. Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul, his deputy, a missionary and an American financier, find themselves in the enigmatic snow covered mountains of Tibet. Here they discover a seemingly perfect hidden community where they are welcomed with gracious hospitality. Intrigued by its mystery, the travellers set about discovering the hidden secret at the shimmering heart of Shangri-La. Act Three: Conway realises h...
Send us a text LOST HORIZON - a story of hope in a confused world. Following a plane crash, Conway, a British consul, his deputy, a missionary and an American financier, find themselves in the enigmatic snow covered mountains of Tibet. Here they discover a seemingly perfect hidden community where they are welcomed with gracious hospitality. Intrigued by its mystery, the travellers set about discovering the hidden secret at the shimmering heart of Shangri-La. Act Two: Conway continues his stor...
Send us a text The story of a journey from kitchen to bin as experienced by a recyclable HDPE bottle (called Hope). Hope’s vision is that all Synthetic polymers achieve their true destiny:- to be recycled. A Christmas Pantomime (video available at https://youtu.be/z7vhJdfi5k4) Written and Directed by Tim McGrath Cast of Characters Narrator: FIONA MCVEY · Hope – HDPE bottle (optimist) HELEN PEERLESS · Polly – Polypropylene food conta...
Send us a text The story of a property dispute related to the building at end of South Terrace. Scrooge is intent on redeveloping the cafe into a parking lot. Three visions make her realise that it is better to be part of a community and that money is not everything. Told through the timeless format of pantomime. CAST: Narrator .... Fiona McVey Scrooge – Property developer .... Stephen McVey Bob Cratchit – Café owner .... Kim Petersen Tiny Tim – Café...
Send us a text The story of a property dispute related to the building at end of South Terrace. Scrooge is intent on redeveloping the cafe into a parking lot. Three visions make her realise that it is better to be part of a community and that money is not everything. Told through the timeless format of pantomime. CAST: Narrator .... Fiona Wheeler Scrooge – Property developer .... Peter Hocking Bob Cratchit – Café owner .... Fiona McVey Tiny Tim – Café Patron .... Helen Pee...
Send us a text A young shelf stacker from the Perth suburbs is met at the Australia Day fireworks by a university sociology professor who specialises in the phonetics of the English language. The professor teases her about her ambition to be sociably acceptable given her accent and coarse language. He suggests an experiment. Over 9 months she is intensively taught to speak Cultivated Australian English and behave like a socialite. She is exhibited and tested at the Melbourne...
Send us a text "Pig Melon" is an Australian adaptation of the play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw (which was also adapted as the musical "My Fair Lady") The Cast: Eliza Doolittle (bogan) | : | Helen Peerless Professor Henry Higgins (sociology professor) | : | Stephen McVey Doctor Pickering (friend and conscience of Higgins) | : | Peter Hocking Alfred Doolittle (philosophical father of Eliza) | : | Ron Potiphar Mrs. Higgins (mother of Henry) | : | Fiona McVey...
Send us a text A young shelf stacker from the Perth suburbs is met at the Australia Day fireworks by a university sociology professor who specialises in the phonetics of the English language. The professor teases her about her ambition to be sociably acceptable given her accent and coarse language. He suggests an experiment. Over 9 months she is intensively taught to speak Cultivated Australian English and behave like a socialite. She is exhibited and tested at the Melbourne...
Send us a text A young shelf stacker from the Perth suburbs is met at the Australia Day fireworks by a university sociology professor who specialises in the phonetics of the English language. The professor teases her about her ambition to be sociably acceptable given her accent and coarse language. He suggests an experiment. Over 9 months she is intensively taught to speak Cultivated Australian English and behave like a socialite. She is exhibited and tested at the Melbourne...
Send us a text A young shelf stacker from the Perth suburbs is met at the Australia Day fireworks by a university sociology professor who specialises in the phonetics of the English language. The professor teases her about her ambition to be sociably acceptable given her accent and coarse language. He suggests an experiment. Over 9 months she is intensively taught to speak Cultivated Australian English and behave like a socialite. She is exhibited and tested at the Melbourne...
Send us a text A young shelf stacker from the Perth suburbs is met at the Australia Day fireworks by a university sociology professor who specialises in the phonetics of the English language. The professor teases her about her ambition to be sociably acceptable given her accent and coarse language. He suggests an experiment. Over 9 months she is intensively taught to speak Cultivated Australian English and behave like a socialite. She is exhibited and tested at the Melbourne...
Send us a text Cast: Daniel McGrath | : | Jonathan Brewster | - | surgically scarred criminal on the run (brother to Mortimer and Douglas) Helen Peerless | : | Mortimer Brewster | - | effete theatre critic for a Perth paper (brother to Jonathon and Douglas) Isabelle McGrath | : | Abby Brewster | - | scatty elderly spinster (sister of Martha) Fiona McVey | : | Martha Brewster | - | resolute elderly spinster (sister of Abby) Tim McGrath | : | Douglas Brewster | - | eccentric fantasi...
Send us a text COMING SOON: The play revolves around the Brewster family, composed mainly of maniacs, some of them homicidal. The hero, Mortimer Brewster, is a drama critic who must deal with his crazy, murderous family and local police in Fremantle, Western Australia as he debates whether to go through with his recent promise to marry the woman he loves. His family includes two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them with a glass of home-made elderberry w...