Interactive theatre for children

Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a town called Hamelin.   The town was suffering from a rat infestation when a man dressed in ‘pied’ appeared, claiming to be a rat-catcher and promising the townspeople a solution to their rat infestation problem.  The Mayor, in turn promised to pay him for the removal of the rats. The Pied Piper played a musical pipe to lure the rats out of the village and demanded a large sum of money for his services. The Mayor refused and the Piper left the village, very upset and seeking revenge....... Of course we can’t give away too much but in Jally Production’s modern version of the traditional story the children are in for a great fun day with the Pied Piper. 

A colourful cast of characters includes: Mayor Hoffman, a totally incompetent, but well meaning official, Veronica, the delightful school teacher of Hamelin and her daughter, Gretel plus of course The Pied Piper and his very clever assistant, Trudy, who has a few tricks of her own to share. In this delightful participation play, children become villagers, school children and those pesky rats. 

Jally Productions have once again assembled a fine cast of Sunshine Coast actors for this favourite children's classic including Tim Page, Alli Pope and Matt Dunstan. 

Make sure you hang around after the show to meet your favourite characters and don’t forget to bring your camera …!! 

The magic created is incredible!

Beauty and the Beast as performed by students of Burnside High School

Adventures In Neverland will be performed by students of the Lea-Anne Grevett School Of Dancing

The St John’s 2009 production vividly brings to life Charles Dickens’ timeless characters.  With a cast and orchestra of nearly 100 students, this will be an energy filled night of music, dance and theatre.  Come along and join in with Lionel Bart’s famous songs including Food Glorious Food, Consider Yourself and Oom Pah Pah!

Tickets are now on sale on Monday, 22 June at 9am so start saving now so you won’t have to pick a pocket or two to get in!

Australia’s Premier Theatre Touring Company, HIT Productions is pleased to announce the 2008 – 2009 national 63 week tour of Jeanie Linders’ Menopause the Musical.  

Inspired by ‘a hot flush and a bottle of wine,’ Jeanie Linders created the hilarious musical as a celebration of a life passage that launches women into an exciting new phase of their lives.  Do you think that 500,000 Australian women could be wrong?  We don’t think so.  After all, that is the number who have seen this hilarious show over the last two and a half years – and they love it!  So much so, many of the audience members have come back time and time again to join with their sisters in this 90 minute, one act laugh-a-thon.  Maybe the attraction is the songs that everyone grew up with – The Great Pretender, Only You, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, Stand by Your Man, I Will Survive and twenty more – all sung with gusto and all with their ‘new’ lyrics.  Or maybe it is the realisation that there is a wonderful life waiting after ‘The Change’.  Come and see for yourself. We guarantee that you will leave the theatre uplifted and joyous.

Jeanie Linders’ Menopause the Musical boasts the accomplished talents of Director Gary Young. 

“It’s impossible not to laugh.”
The New York Times

Jeanie Linders’ Menopause the Musical is presented by HIT’s Founder and CEO, Christine Harris; award winning actress (Amy Carson in Carson’s Law) and recipient of the 1997 Victorian Entrepreneur of the Year Award and 1999 Businesswomen’s Hall of Fame inductee.  Menopause the Musical is part national touring to be undertaken this year by this prolific company, HIT Productions, which has produced, as part of its 37 touring productions since 1999 such successes as Hotel Sorrento, Last of the Red Hot Lovers, Love Child, Educating Rita, The Club and many more. 

“Most women know intuitively that every other woman is experiencing memory loss, night sweats, or hot flushes but when they are in a theatre with hundreds of women – not just a few sympathetic friends - and all are laughing and shouting ‘that’s me’ then they know what they are experiencing is normal.  They aren’t crazy.  It becomes a sisterhood.”
Jeanie Linders, Playwright

 

A tribute to the Australian prisoners of war 1942 - 45. A story of ingenuity, humour, mateship and a sheer will to survive.

A Bright & Crimson Flower celebrates the triumph of the Australian and the human spirit.  A Bright & Crimson Flower is written from memoirs, broadcast and personal interviews, published books and unpublished diaries and personal records.  It is an extraordinary celebration of an extraordinary event in the history of Australia

“Without a doubt it is the bet play I have ever experienced …. Haunting and touching… I was left breathless and aching inside”
Melita Chen

Six Aussie blokes, young and not so young - Doug, Blue, Wag, Ray, Snow and Spud - held prisoner by the army of a people whose language and customs they know almost nothing about: their world has vanished. To survive they have to re-invent themselves! They take classes in everything from advertising to vitamins, they scrounge, pilfer, improvise, build and conceal radios, and quite apart from building the Burma Railway under horrendous conditions, they organize sports carnivals, mount theatrical productions and create everything from false teeth to surgical instruments - and end the war by playing a cricket match!

National tour for Legacy

The smash hit television show seen in over 21 countries around the world has now been brought to the theatre stage! Children worldwide have been engaged, enchanted and entertained by Dorothy the Dinosaur, Wags the Dog, Henry the Octopus, Captain Feathersword, Fairy Clare and Fairy Larissa’s adventures and songs.

The new Dorothy the Dinosaur Show has been written by Blue Wiggle, Anthony Field, who also produced the music.   ‘My three children adore Dorothy the Dinosaur, so I wanted to put together a concert that reflected the high quality of the TV show that they love’, said Anthony Field. 

Children will enjoy meeting old friends and making new ones as they sing, dance, watch, listen and learn.

If you think you’ve seen Dorothy the Dinosaur, then think again! To quote the star of the show, ‘The dancing is delightful and the music is really rosalicious. I know children around Australia will have so much fun when they come to my brand new show!’

 

 

From the creators of The Wiggles comes a brand new live show to entertain children of all ages.   Bringing back the magic of pantomime, The Kingdom of Paramithi Presents Cinderella is based on the hit television series seen on Channel 9 and Nick Jr. and will be performed LIVE ON STAGE.

A delightful tale of Cinderella who, against all odds, finally meets her handsome prince! For the first time ever, you can delight in the songs, dances and stories from ‘The Kingdom of Paramithi’. You’ll love the antics of King John, Queen Isabella, James and Genevieve who along with other colourful characters add the Paramithi touch to the magical tale Cinderella.

Created by Blue Wiggle Anthony Field and Paul Field and developed by the experience of The Wiggles production team, the new live show, which features many of the original television cast members, incorporates musical performance, dance, comedy, colourful characters and costumes.

“The show promises to be full of fun, colour, music and laughs!.... The children who come to see Cinderella, can expect to laugh out loud, sing out loud and of course participate in all the traditional pantomime elements that children have loved forever!”  said Anthony Field