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With such a long, rich history starting long before the digital age, our records are incomplete! Please find a summary of TLT productions below.
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TLT productions in recent years...
Let's Murder Marsha by Monk Ferris
Performed at: Pimlico Performing Arts Centre, 3-6 July 2024
Directed by: David Walpole Sinnamon
Cosi by Louis Nowra
Nov-Dec 2023
Performed at: Pimlico Performing Arts Centre, 29 Nov-2 Dec 2023
Directed by: Katherine and Glenn Shield
Synopsis: Set in a mental institution in 1970, Cosi is Louis Nowra’s second semi-autobiographical play.
Lewis has recently left university and takes up a job directing Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte. Lewis, the non-participant, becomes emotionally involved with his actor’s lives as his operatic production lurches forward and the anti-Vietnam protests take place on the streets outside.
Men at Arms
Adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs (based on the Disc World novel by Sir Terry Pratchett).
September 2023
Performed at: Pimlico Performing Arts Centre, 27-30 Sep 2023
Directed by: Aamina Khan & Michael Ruhl
Synopsis: On the Discworld, where million-to-one chances work nine times out of ten and narrative causality is a force as strong as physics, the Ankh-Morpork City Night Watch muddles through the day-to-day (or, er, night-to-night) business of policing under the jaded eye of Captain Sam Vimes. An unusual murder - and a baffling murder weapon - has the Watch chasing leads into every corner of the city, including the mysterious Assassins’ Guild. But all is not as it seems, and Sam and his men (and, er, one woman - for diversity reasons, you understand) will be forced to go toe-to-toe with some of the most powerful forces in the city to get to the truth. Good thing the long-lost King of Ankh-Morpork is on the Watch’s side…
Play On by Rick Abbott
July 2023
Performed at: Pimlico Performing Arts Centre, 5-8 July 2023
Directed by: Alan Cooke
Synopsis: Witness a plucky community theatre about to produce Murder Most Foul, a new 'murder mystery play' with the same title as an Agatha Christie novel but with no relation whatsoever.
Director & Theatre manager, Gerry, thought producing the play was a good idea since the inexperienced playwright agreed to let the company perform the show free of charge. Gerry had no idea what disasters awaited her: the show is hilariously amateur, the 'murder mystery' plot doesn't have a murder, and to top it off the playwright keeps changing the story and script only two days from the premiere!
With a disgruntled cast, a missing sound effects board, watch all of these disasters come to fruition when the company performs the actual show!
With ridiculous mishaps as every turn, Play On! is an hilarious love letter to community theatre.
Spider's Web by Agatha Christie
Performed at: Pimlico Performing Arts Centre, 29 June-2 July 2022
Directed by: Katherine Shield
Perfect Murder by Mike Johnson
Performed at: Pimlico Performing Arts Centre, 20-23 August 2008
Directed by: Alan Cooke
TLT productions in decades gone by...
Early 2020s
2022
The Philadelphia Story
Trust Me I'm An Actor
2010s
2010
April:
Dinkum Assorted – Venue: PIMPAC – Directors: Karen Vane
April/May:
In Cold Light ; Garbage ; The Shed – Venue: St Margaret Mary’s and the Civic Theatre
Comments: One Act Play season and NQ Festival of One Act Plays
June:
Influence – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Anne Coombe
September:
Competitive Tenderness – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Alan Cooke
November:
Away – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Pam Lythgo
2011
February:
Woman in Black – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Anne Coombe
April/May:
Love Seen in Laundromat ; Euology ; No Chocolates by Request ; Children of the Black Skirt
Venue: St Margaret Mary’s and the Civic Theatre – Comments: One Act Play season and NQ Festival of One Act Plays
June:
Chilling & Killing My Annabel Lee – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Marc Weston
September:
Kiss of Death – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Alan Cooke
October:
An Inspector Calls – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Barbara Nielsen
2012
April:
Flying Feathers – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Pamela Garrick
After Godot; Love and Other Flushes – Venue: St Margaret Marys – Comments: One Act Play season.
June:
After Godot; Love and Other Flushes; The Lover – Venue: Civic Theatre – Comments: NQ Festival of One Act Plays
July:
Arsenic & Old Lace – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Marc Weston
September:
Out of Order – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Alan Cooke
November:
Amigos – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Iain McDougall
December:
The Princess & the Enchanter – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Christine Scott
2013
March:
The Fifth Elephant – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Katrina Anderson-Dreisig
April/May:
Ash; A Human Write; Rumpole of the Sydenham Line; The Boat
Venue: St Margaret Marys and Civic Theatre – Comments: One Act Play Season and NQ Festival of One Act Plays
July:
Witness for the Prosecution – Venue: PIMPAC – Directors: Glenn & Catherine Shield
August:
Secret Bridesmaids’ Business – Venue: PIMPAC -Director: Barbara Nielsen
October:
Toys in Pieces – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Christine Scott
November:
Chase me up Farndale Avenue S’il Vous Plait – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Alan Cooke
2014
April/May:
The Bench; Enough to Wake the Dead; She’ll be Dancing at My Wedding; Fluff; Eating Mangoes on the Moon; The Night of the Missing Bridegroom; Text Messages Hurt More When You’re Sitting at the Airport; A World of Pleasure.
Venue: St Margaret Marys and Civic Theatre
Comments: One Act Play Season and NQ Festival of One Act Plays
August:
…And then there were none! – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Glenn Shield
September:
Our Town – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Alan Cooke
October:
Butterfly Shoes – Venue: Castle Hill PCYC – Director: Christine Scott
November:
Brilliant Lies – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Anne Coombe
The Bystander Effect – Director Alan Cooke – Short and Sweet
2000s
2000
February:
Robin The Hood – Venue: Choral Society Hall – Director: Zoe Neal
Money & Friends – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Kevin Hawke
April:
Jigsaws – Venue: St Margaret Mary’s – Director: Pam Lythgo
November:
Sir Jasper’s Revenge – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Barbara White
December:
It’s My Party and I’ll Die if I Want To Cowshed – Venue: JCU – Director: Ros Johnson
2001
March:
Harvey – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Glenn Shield
April:
Dolores ; Altered Egos – Venue: St Margaret Mary’s – Comments: One Act Play Evening
May:
Dolores ; Altered Egos – Venue: Civic Theatre – Comments: NQ Festival of One Act Plays
July:
Shoppers ; Dancers ; Early Blight – Comments: One Act Play Evening with the Outback Players
August:
Trivia Night
November:
The Legend of King O’Malley – Venue: Castle Hill PCYC – Director: Pam Lythgo
2002
April:
Daylight Saving – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Ray Dickson
May:
Dolores ; Elizabeth the Third – Venue: Civic Theatre – Comments: NQ Festival of One Act Plays
July:
Dolores Mackay – Comments: Festival of One Act Plays
August:
Eleven & Twelve – Venue: St Margaret Mary’s – Director: Rachel Whalley
November:
Big Hair in America – Venue: Dance North – Director: Ros Johnson
2003
March:
Don’t Dress for Dinner – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Alan Cooke
May:
Early Blight – Venue: Civic Theatre – Comments: NQ Festival of One Act Plays
July:
The Children’s Hour – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Ros Johnson
October:
The Proposal ; Snow Angel – Venue: St Margaret Mary’s – Comments: One Act Play Evening
2004
March:
Cash On Delivery – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Alan Cooke
April:
Snow Angel – Venue: St Margaret Mary’s – Comments: One Act Play Evening with Ryan College
May:
Snow Angel – Venue: Civic Theatre – Comments: NQ Festival of One Act Plays
July:
Wyrd Sisters – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Karen Vane
Dilemma of Diedre Dearheart – Venue: German Australian Club – Director: Zoe Neal
August:
Murder at the Music Hall – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Barbara White
October:
Business of Murder – Venue: St Margaret Mary’s -Director: Pam Lythgo
November:
Who’s for Armageddon – Venue: German Australian Club – Director: Zoe Neal
2005
March:
Maskerade – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Karen Vane
Up Ubu – Venue: Castle Hill PCYC – Director: Todd Barty – Comments: Rehearsed Play Reading
May:
Flame ; Up Ubu – Venue: Civic Theatre – Comments: NQ Festival of One Act Plays
Up Ubu – Venue: German Australian Club – Director: Todd Barty
June:
Love Begins at Fifty – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Zoe Neal
July:
Last Tango in Little Grimley – Venue: German Australian Club – Director: Amee Porter
August:
Psycho Beach Party – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Todd Barty
September:
Last Panto in Little Grimley – Venue: German Australian Club – Director: Amee Porter
Also played at the Magnetic Island Golf Club
November:
Ma Baker’s Tonic – Venue: PIMPAC – Director: Barbara White
The Fat Lady Sings in Little Grimley – Venue: German Australian Club – Director: Amee Porter
Also played at the Magnetic Island Golf Club
1990s
1990
February:
Orpheus
March:
Some of my Best Friends are Smiths and A marriage Proposal – Comments: One Act Play Evening
June:
The Jury – Venue: Hill Top Play House
August:
Vocations – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: Pam Lythgo
Wait Until Dark
November:
Women of the North – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: June Aylward
December:
Farewell Brisbane Ladies – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: David Fenton
1991
March:
L’Amante Anglais – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: Jack Aranda
May:
The Colonial Dudes and The Great Mogadon – Venue: Upstairs Theatre
June:
An Evening of Shakespeare – Venue: Basement Theatre and in the Civic Theatre
July:
King UBU
September:
A Taste of Honey
December:
Banana Bender – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: Catherine Soper
1992
March:
A Departure from the Visit – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: Jack Aranda
May:
Our Country’s Good Hill – Venue: Top Play House- Director: Colin Campbell
August:
Wednesday to Come – Venue: Upstairs Theatre
November:
Froggie – Venue: Railway Estate Community Hall
December:
Butterflies are Free – Venue: Upstairs Theatre
1993
February:
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama’s Hung you in the Closet ; Riders of the Sea ; One of Natures Gentlemen
Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Comments: One Act Play Evening
May:
Riders to the Sea – Venue: Civic Theatre – Comments: NQ Festival of One Act Plays
Whose Life is it Anyway?
July/August:
End Game ; Lady Aoi – Comments: One Act Play Evening
September:
Europe ; Mountain Language – Comments: One Act Play Evening
1994
February:
Come Back to the Five and Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean Townsville Sound Shell John Hearne
April:
Our Lady of the Massacre and Misterio Buffo – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: Malcolm Berry
The Inquiry – Venue: Civic Theatre – Director: David Walker – Comments: NQ Festival of One Act Plays
May:
The Dumb Waiter and The Inquiry – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Comments: One Act Play Evening
June/July:
Bell, Book and Candle – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: John Hearne
July:
Moving Frames – Venue: Civic Theatre – Director: Daphne Cazalet
August:
The Old Lady, The Vicars Wife and the Actress – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: Brian Unkles – : Last performance at the Upstairs Theatre
October:
Sleuth – Venue: Hill Top Playhouse – Director: John Hearne – Comments: First performance at the Hill Top Playhouse
1995
March:
The Lion in Winter
April:
Mother Weigel – Venue: Hill Top Playhouse
The Bear ; The Chapter on Frankenstein – Venue: Civic Theatre – Comments: NQ Festival of One Act Plays
May:
The Chapter on Frankenstein ; My Prison Days – Venue: Hill Top Playhouse – Comments: One Act Play Evening
July:
Hotel Sorrento – Venue: Hill Top Playhouse – Director: Karen Vane
August:
The Bear ; Dock Brief – Venue: Hill Top Play House – Comments: One Act Play Evening
Alice’s Birthday ; The Bear – Comments: One Act Play Evening
1980s
1980
January:
Goldilocks and the Bears
March:
Dames at Sea – Venue: Civic Theatre
April:
The Roy Murphy Show
The Farce of the Devil’s Bridge : One Act Play Festival
May:
Notes on a Love Affair – Venue: Civic Theatre
June:
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: Barbara Chandler
August:
Fallen Angels – Venue: Civic Theatre – Director: Bill Munro
November:
Medea
1981
March:
Table Manners – Venue: Civic Theatre – Director: Chris van Rooy
June:
The Marriage Proposal
Return Journey
Endgame : One Act Plays
July:
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf
November:
Cowardy Custard – Director: Bill Munro
1982
March:
A Man For all Seasons
Friday Night at the Schrammers
Laundry Girl
Sunday Costs Five Pesos : One Act Plays
May:
The Apple Cart : Rehearsed Play Reading
June:
The Drunkard or Down with Demon Drink
August:
The Sentimental Bloke – Venue: Civic Theatre – Director: Bill Munro
September:
Waiting for Godot – Venue: Upstairs Theatre
November:
This Old Man Came Rolling Home
1983
March:
Night of January 16 D Gorring
May/June:
A Stretch of the Imagination
September:
Bushranger
Miss Julie
The Mayot of Torontal – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Comments: One Act Play Evening
1984
Mar/April:
Dial M for Murder – Venue: Upstairs Theatre – Director: Pam Lythgo
May:
Dock Brief Rehearsed Play Reading
July:
Importance of being Earnest June van Rooy
August:
Butterflies are free – Director: Dennis Gallagher
October:
Hay Fever
December:
Anything
1970s
1970
August:
The Zoo Story
La Musica – NQ Drama Festival
December:
An Evening of One Act Plays
1971
February:
Waltz of the Toreadors – Venue: Theatre Royal
April:
Woman in a Dressing Gown
May:
And This was Odd
June:
The Master of Two Servants – NQ Drama Festival
Trap for a Lonely Man
Lola Montez
October:
Private Lives – Venue: Theatre Royal
Nov Dead on Nine
1972
March:
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
April:
The Party – Venue: Theatre Royal
June:
The Sentimental Bloke – Venue: Lavarack Barracks Theatre – Director: Barbara Chandler
The Loves of Cass Maguire
The Birthday Party
1973
March:
Tom Jones – Theatre Royal
April:
For His Brother’s Crime – Venue: Theatre Royal – Comments: Closure of the Theatre Royal
May:
The Loves of Cass Maguire – Venue: Upstairs Theatre
July:
The Birthday Party
October:
The Lion in Winter
November:
Old Time Music Hall Lowth’s Hotel
Nov/December:
The Tender Trap
1974
February:
The Merry-go-round Went Round
April:
The Reluctant Pioneer – Venue: Upstairs Theatre
May:
Look Back in Anger
June:
Sweeny Todd
The Lady’s Not For Burning
November:
The One Day of the Year
1975
January:
Brer Rabbit & Brer Fox Bush Children’s Home
March:
Happy Birthday Wanda Jane
April:
The Knack – Venue: Upstairs Theatre
August:
Dimboola Lowth’s Hotel
October:
Killing of Sister George
An assortment of photos over the years!
Production Programmes & Posters (a varied assortment!)
TOWNSVILLE LITTLE THEATRE ACKNOWLEDGES THE WULGURUKABA OF GURAMBILBARRA AND YUNBENUN, BINDAL, GUGU BADHAN AND NYWAIGI AS THE TRADITIONAL OWNERS OF THE LAND ON WHICH WE LIVE, CREATE AND PERFORM. WE PAY OUR RESPECTS TO THEIR CULTURES, THEIR ANCESTORS AND THEIR ELDERS, PAST, PRESENT AND EMERGING.
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