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25
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Night Watch - Auditions

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NIGHT WATCH
by TERRY PRATCHETT

Directed by Ben Zagami

Performed by Gemco Players Community Theatre

Night Watch, set in the city of Ankh-Morpork on the Discworld, follows grizzled commander and career copper Sam Vimes. Vimes is flung back in time 30 years in a magical accident while pursuing the murderous Carcer, and now has to apprehend the bad guy, teach his younger self how to be a Good Copper, and find his way back home to be a father to his newborn son. Of course, all of this would likely be easier if Ankh-Morpork weren’t in the middle of a full-on revolution.

Performances

Friday July 12th – Sunday July 28th

The Gem Theatre

19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald VIC 3782

 

Rehearsal commitment

One weeknight, and one weekend afternoon, per week, beginning May 4th

Will be discussed around cast availability

The Gem Theatre

19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald VIC 3782

 

Auditions

April 13 - 12:00pm - 4:00pm

April 16 - 7:45pm - 9:45pm

The Gem Theatre

19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald VIC 3782

 

For your audition please prepare a short monologue of your choice. There will also be a group audition portion using sections of the Night Watch script. If you register for an audition, we will provide you with some of this material before the audition date. This will give you the chance to consider how you might perform characters, but you should not feel the need to memorise these scenes.

 

Character Brief

Sam Vimes

Commander of the City Watch in the present, and the protagonist of the story. A grizzled and cynical, but ultimately honest and upright copper, Vimes is dedicated to justice and has a general dislike for inegalitarian ideas like “authority”.

Young Sam Vimes

An impressionable youth just joined the watch and taking guidance from his fellow coppers. What kind of man he will become will depend on the kind of mentors he has in the days to come.

Sergeant Fred Colon/Young Colon

A sixty-something/thirty-something year old career copper who, whilst not really approaching anything like true competence, has a lifetime of experience in the watch and a knack knowing which way the wind is blowing and can even occasionally read the writing on the wall.

Carcer

A murderous psychopath who thoroughly enjoys his work. Carcer always wears a smile and laughs as if he’s privy to a joke you simply haven’t gotten yet. Viciously cunning, and willing to lie, cheat and gods-know what else if it means he gets the chance to indulge his love of violence.

Reg Shoe

A zombie and member of the City Watch in the present. In the past he is a fervent revolutionary who believes in the Common Good, and hates The Fascist Oppressors. He  still occasionally plays protest songs on his guitar.

Billy Wiglet

A member of the City Watch in the past. He joined for a regular salary and the relaxed working conditions of the day. He has no plan to actually protect and serve though.

Cecil 'Snouty' Clapman

The jailor at the Treacle Mine Road Watch House in the past. His nickname comes from the fact that his nose was once broken and never set properly, leaving it half the length and twice the width of a normal nose. He has a tendency to interject a nasal inhalation ("hnah!") during his speech.

Rosie Palm

A seamstress in Ank-Morpork, she lives is a big house with a lot of younger ladies, whose occupations are generally understood. She and her ‘seamstresses’ are also at the centre of the rebellion to oust the tyrannical Lord Winder.

Young Nobby

At this stage of his life, Nobby is an odd-looking little street urchin. He has a near-compulsive urge to steal anything that isn’t nailed down, a knack for sneaking around unnoticed, and an undeniable talent for snooping.

Lady Meserole

A noblewoman who at least claims to be from Genua. She is currently conspiring to have Lord Winder ‘removed.’ Very clever and supremely confident, she is a mysterious character who prefers to pull strings in the background.

Sergeant Knock

A crooked watchman in the past, Knock is a nasty little man who despises anyone better than him (which is most people) and has a vindictive streak a mile wide.

Lu-Tze/Lord Winder

●       Lu-Tze is one of the History Monks, an order of mystics who make sure History proceeds as it is meant to. He is the play’s narrator and helps Vimes make his way back to the future.

●       Lord Winder is Patrician of Ankh Morpork in the past. The very model of the paranoid tyrant, he has his own ‘secret police force’ to root out malcontents and thinks nothing of torturing and ‘disappearing’ those he perceives as his enemies.

Ned Coates/CMOT Dibbler/Mr Rutherford

●       Ned is a watchman, who moved to Ankh-Morpork for the better pay. He’s also secretly a revolutionary, plotting to remove Lord Winder from power.

●       CMOT Dibbler is an entrepreneur, willing to try and sell people anything. And truly, his pies and sausages might just contain anything.

●       Mr Rutherford is a middle-aged middle-class man. Certainly not one of the proletariat, thank you very much.

Young Vetinari/Leggie/Henry the Hamster

●       Vetinari in the past is an assassin-in-training who has recently failed his Stealth class due to inattendance: after all, nobody ever saw turn up. He lives with his aunt Lady Roberta Meserole, who has given him the task of assassinating Lord Winder.

●       Leggie (short for Legitimate) works at the Ankh-Morpork cemetery in the present day. Fancies himself as the Comic Gravedigger ala Hamlet, though it’s rare anyone lets him do it.

●       Henry the Hamster is one of the Cable Street Particulars, Winder’s secret policemen. Almost certainly not his real name.

Doctor Lawn/Lord Snapcase

●       Doctor Lawn is quiet, if a little sarcastic, and quite possibly the only doctor in Ankh-Morpork actually capable of healing people. He has lots of funny ideas  like “washing your hands” and “keeping patients alive even after they’ve had the chance to pay you.”

●       Lord Snapcase is considered by those trying to depose Lord Winder as ‘a man of the people’ and his ideal replacement. In actual fact, he’s every bit the tyrant that Winder ever was.

Vetinari/Captain Swing

●       Vetinari is Patrician of Ankh Morpork in the present. Heard of Machiavelli? A Moron. Vetinari genuinely cares for the city and wants it to function at its best. He rules Ankh-Morpork using a sharp mind and even sharper cunning.

●       Captain Swing leads the Cable Street Particulars, Winder’s secret police. He has a strangely modulating pace to his walk and his speech, and believes strongly in craniometrics, where a person's character traits and propensity for law-breaking can be ascertained by the measuring of the features of their head.

Willikins/Joss Gappy/Sergeant Dickins

●       Willikins is Sam Vimes’ dutiful butler in the present day.

●       Joss Gappy is a drunk Aknh-Morporkian who is out to cause trouble with the watchmen of Treacle Mine Road.

●       Dickins is every pop-culture drill-sergeant. A member of the city watch and second-in-command once the Glorious Revolution begins, he whips the watchmen into shape, and even teaches them their marching song “All the little angels.”

Young Dibbler/Captain Rust/Doctor Follet

●       Dibbler in the past has all the lofty entrepreneurial ambitions of his later life, he just hasn’t quite sorted out his sales pitch yet. He’s also secretly a revolutionary trying to depose Lord Winder.

●       Captain Rust is a supercilious snob, utterly assured of his own superiority and competence, and also utterly stupid. At least his moustache is very curly.

●       Doctor Follet is head of the Assassin’s Guild in the past, and a conspirator in the plot to remove Winder.

Young Sybil/Waddy/Lady Selachii/Mrs Soupson

●       Young Sybil is a forthright noble girl of sixteen.

●       Waddy is a member of the City Watch.

●       Lady Selachii is a noble lady of Ankh-Morpork, involved in the plot to kill Lord Winder. She despises Lady Venturi.

●       Mrs Soupson is a citizen of Ankh-Morpork, who finds herself in the right wool shop at the wrong time.

Sadie/Heppelwhite/Captain Wrangle/Mr. Slant

●       Sadie is one of the Agony Aunts, who protect the Seamstresses of Ankh-Morpork when nobody else will. Despite her ‘kindly-little-old-lady’ façade, she is deadly with her parrot-topped umbrella.

●       Heppelwhite is a Trooper in one of Ankh-Morpork’s many armies.

●       Captain Wrangle is an officer in one of Ankh-Morpork’s many armies, and is helping lead the effort to suppress the Glorious Revolution

●       Mr. Slant is a lawyer who just happens to be a zombie. He know Ankh-Morpork’s laws front-to-back and was likely involved in setting much of the judiciary precedent of the city’s legal system.

Drumknott/Dotsie/Mrs Rutherford/Lady Venturi/Corporal Quirke

●       Drumknott is Vetinari’s personal secretary, and is loyal, efficient and studious.

●       Dotsie is the other Agony Aunt, who protect the Seamstresses of Ankh-Morpork when nobody else will. While she might appear as sweet as sugar, in reality she’s mastered every way to hurt a man with a weighted handbag.

●       Mrs Rutherford is a middle-aged middle-class woman. A proud member of the Bourgeoisie if you don’t mind.

●       Lady Venturi is a noble lady of Ankh-Morpork, involved in the plot to kill Lord Winder. She despises Lady Selachii.

●       Corporal Quirke is a crooked watchman at Treacle Mine Road. A typical bullying copper of the sort that makes small businesses pay him protection to make sure that they don't have any trouble, and who never pays for meals at city restaurants because otherwise he would make trouble for them.

Nobby Nobbs/Captain Tilden/Gabbitass/Major Mountjoy-Standfast/Carrot

●       Nobby is a member of the Watch and… umm… human, I think? It’s hard to tell. Nobby is a street wise copper who has a habit of petty theft.

●       Captain Tilden is spending his autumn years as head of the Night Watch in the past. An ex-soldier, he puts a lot of stock in shiny breastplates and well-fitted uniforms but is ultimately a pretty rubbish copper.

●       Gabbitass is a Trooper in one of Ankh-Morpork’s many armies.

●       Major Mountjoy-Standfast is an officer in one of Ankh-Morpork’s many armies, and is helping lead the effort to suppress the Glorious Revolution

●       Carrot is a member of the City Watch. Decent, honourable, good-natured, and honest to a fault, Carrot is an exemplary copper and an eternal optimist.

Assorted Citizenry of Ankh-Morpork, including malcontents, soldiery, seamstresses and sundries

To book an audition, please complete this form — https://forms.gle/cC2HXmKt7PYHMDuo8

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Nov
6
2:00 PM14:00
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Much Ado About Nothing - AUDITIONS

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Sharon Maine

A Gemco in the Park production

Details about the Auditions will be posted soon

Play Summary

William Shakespeare probably wrote ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ in the middle of his career in 1598 or 1599. It is one of Shakespeare’s most widely performed plays, and certainly one of his most popular. The themes of love, mistaken identity, sexual jealousy, honour, betrayal and friendship all play out against the background of the Sicilian countryside.

The war is over. Everyone is out for fun; drinking, dancing, flirting and singing are the order of the day as Don Pedro and his entourage come to the estate of Leonato, Governor of Messina. We meet Beatrice, a clever, quick witted woman, who is engaged in an endless battle of wits with the noble Benedick. We also meet the young and inexperienced Hero and Claudio. Hero is Leonato’s daughter. Claudio and Benedick are courtiers in the service of Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, a powerful nobleman.

Don Pedro has a half-brother, the illegitimate Don John. In Don John’s service are the drunken Borachio and the clever Conrade. Don John has recently rebelled against his half-brother, but has been defeated and forgiven. Everyone thinks Don John has been put back in his place, but Don John has different ideas. If he can’t openly rebel then he will cause trouble by other, less obvious means. He and his men set out to disturb the happiness of Don Pedro and his entourage.

The play examines the character arcs of Benedick and Beatrice, as they move from apparently detesting one another and disdaining love, to finally admitting their feelings for one another with the help of their friends. Both are tricked into admitting their feelings by the end of the play. The play also deals with Hero and Claudio as they fall in love, only to be nearly thwarted by the villainous Don John.

We also meet the Watch, Messina’s police force, headed up by the self-important but comically idiotic Dogberry. He is assisted by Verges, and they head up a fine (well, sort of …) body of constables who save the day, in spite of themselves.

Rehearsals:

November-March [break over Christmas period until mid-late January

Production dates:

March 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 2023

Roles to be cast/Audition requirements:

We will be performing an abridged version of the script. We are actively committed to casting an inclusive show that reflects the community - all roles are open to all ethnicities, genders and abilities. The cast will be comprised of a minimum of 12 actors. We aim to produce this classic work with a buzz. Most actors will play multiple roles. All roles are available.

Requirements:

Please prepare a Shakespeare monologue of your choice (does not have to be from Much Ado.) This allows every auditionee the opportunity to prepare a piece of Shakespeare that they can practice beforehand as we acknowledge that cold reading Shakespeare can be a challenge. All auditionees will be able to cold read from a short scene from Much Ado About Nothing during the audition.

Audition Dates:

Sunday 6th November between 2pm and 6pm; Thursday 10th November between 7pm and 10pm.

Information Session

Thursday 13th October 7.30-8.30pm:

Come along and meet the director and learn more about the play, the characters and the ideas for this production.

Audition Location:

The Gem Community Arts Centre, 19 Kilvington Road, Emerald, VIC

To Book an Audition time or to get more information: Please send an email to the director Sharon at sharonjmaine@gmail.com

Roles to be cast

We invite people to express interest in ANY role they would like to be considered for, regardless of the gender/ethnic/age identity that is historically associated with that character

Beatrice: Proud, witty, independent, with a deep sense of integrity. Possibly has been burned by love in the past.

Benedick: An aristocratic soldier who has recently been fighting under Don Pedro, and a friend of Don Pedro and Claudio. Proud, witty, independent, with a deep sense of integrity. Possibly has been burned by love in the past.

Hero: The daughter of Leonato and the cousin of Beatrice; a lovely, kind soul, she falls in love with Claudio when he falls for her, but when Don John slanders her and Claudio; rashly takes revenge, she suffers terribly. Smart and with a confidence beyond her years.

Claudio: A soldier who has won great acclaim fighting under Don Pedro during the recent wars; he falls in love with Hero upon his return, but his suspicious nature makes him quick to believe evil rumours and hasty to despair and take revenge.

Don Pedro: An important nobleman from Aragon, long-time friend of Leonato, Hero’s father, and friend to his soldiers, Benedick and Claudio; Don Pedro is wealthy, gracious, generous, courteous, intelligent, and loving to his friends and, also, really enjoys a good practical joke, but he is also quick to believe evil of others and hasty to take revenge; he is the most politically and socially powerful character in the play.

Don John: Illegitimate and therefore overlooked younger sibling to Don Pedro, and sometimes called “the Bastard”; Don John is melancholy and sullen by nature, and he creates a dark scheme to ruin the happiness of Hero and Claudio; his evil actions are motivated by his envy of his brother’s social authority.

Leonato: Parent to Hero, also delights in a good practical joke.  Has a strong sense of right and wrong and does not hold back when that is challenged. A respected, well-to-do, noble at whose home, in Messina, Italy, the action is set; As governor of Messina, he is second in social power only to Don Pedro.

Borachio: Don John's associate and Margaret's lover; conspires with Don John to trick Claudio and Don Pedro into thinking that Hero is unfaithful to Claudio; name means “drunkard” in Italian.

Margaret: Works in Hero’s household, witty and fun, has a fling with Borachio. She unwittingly helps Borachio, and Don John deceive Claudio into thinking that Hero is unfaithful; Margaret loves to break decorum, especially with bawdy jokes and teases.

Dogberry: The constable in charge of the Watch, of Messina; Dogberry is very sincere and takes his job seriously, but has a habit of using exactly the wrong word to convey his meaning; Dogberry is one of the few “middling sort,” or middle-class characters, in the play, though his desire to speak formally and elaborately like the noblemen becomes an occasion for parody.

Friar: Spiritual advisor, suggests a unique solution to the sabotaged wedding.

Conrad: One of Don John’s more intimate associates, entirely devoted to Don John.

Verges: The deputy to Dogberry, chief policeman of Messina.

Antonio: Leonato’s elderly brother and Hero's uncle; he is Beatrice’s father.

Balthasar: A waiting man in Leonato’s household and a musician; Balthasar flirts with Margaret at the masked party and helps Leonato, Claudio, and Don Pedro trick Benedick into falling in love with Beatrice.

Ursula: One of Hero’s waiting women.

Sexton: A judge and an important official, the Sexton examines Borachio and Conrade when they are captured by the Watch, and has to endure Dogberry’s attempts to question the two scoundrels.

Hugo Oatcake – First Watchman

-and George Seacoal – Second Watchman Long-suffering Watch officers. Completely confused by Dogberry, but they try to do their duty as best they can. Overhear Borachio and Conrade reveal details of their role in Hero’s downfall, and arrest them.

Messenger Arrives at the beginning of the play – kicks things off and helps to establish Beatrice’s character. May also double up as the Lord in a later scene in front of Hero’s tomb.

Extras – other Watch members, Lords and Ladies, Attendants

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Dec
1
to Dec 3
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Auditions - Women of Troy by Euripides

Audition Sunday 1 December from 7pm or Tuesday 3 December from 7pm

Email Sharon to book your space - see below for audition details

Performance dates: 6- 21 March 2020

Adapted by Don Taylor

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Directed by Sharon Maine

Synopsis

An industrial port of a war-torn city. Women survivors wait to be shipped abroad. Officials come and go. A grandmother, once Queen, watches as her remaining family are taken from her one by one. The city burns around them.

The Women of Troy, Euripides’ timeless indictment of the cruelties of war as seen through the eyes of the women and children who are its innocent victims and is frighteningly relevant in our modern world

Auditions:

When:

Sunday 1st December from 7pm and Tuesday 3rd December from 7pm

What to prepare:

A 1-minute monologue for those auditioning for lead roles (Classical is preferred not mandatory);

All auditionees to be prepared for cold reads.

For chorus roles, please prepare a short acapella singing piece.

Where:

The Gem Community Theatre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald

Director:

Sharon Maine (sharonjmaine@gmail.com)

About the Show:

The Trojan Women follows the fates of Hecuba, Andromache, Cassandra and the other women of Troy after their city has been sacked, their husbands killed, and their remaining families about to be taken away as slaves. It is often considered one of Euripides’ greatest works, and among the best anti-war plays ever written.

Run of the show is 6 March – 21 March 2020

Characters:

Athena:

Goddess of War and Wisdom – Female, age range 18 – 60.

Poseidon (Lead):

The Greek god of the ocean, earthquakes, and horses. Poseidon built the city of Troy together with the god Apollo and therefore remained on the Trojans’ side in their fight against the Greeks.

Hecuba (Lead):

Female, 50-60, The former Queen of Troy. She is arguably the play’s protagonist. Widow to Priam, King of Troy. Mother to 14 children, including Cassandra, Hector, and Polyxena. Very few of her children remain after the Trojan War. Leader to the remaining women of Troy.

Andromache (Lead):

Female, age range late 20’s to late 30’s: A Trojan woman, the widowed wife of Hector, mother of Astyanax, and daughter-in-law of Hecuba.

Cassandra (Lead):

A Trojan woman, the daughter of Hecuba and Priam.

Helen of Troy (Lead):

Female, age range early to late 20’s: Formerly of Sparta and wife of the warrior King Menelaus. Helen was stolen from Sparta by the prince of Troy.

Talthybius (Lead):

A Greek soldier, who acts as a herald and a messenger. He is one of only two mortal men in the play.

Menelaus (Lead):

The King of Sparta and the former husband of Helen, who he has fought the Trojan War for.

Astyanax:

The young son of Andromache and Hector. He is murdered by the Greeks for fear that he could grow up to become their enemy.

Odune:

leader of the Chorus – Female, age range late 30’s to early 60’s

Female Chorus (11 roles) – all age ranges (over 18)

For an audition booking please email Sharon at sharonjmaine@gmail.com

If you are interested in crew, primarily stage management & set and costume design and construction, please come to the play reading or email the director, Sharon Maine.

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Dec
9
4:00 PM16:00
Theatre Show, Theatre Shows, Auditions

Audition (1) - Extinction by Hannie Rayson

Director: Sharon Maine

At The Theatre, The Gem,
19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald VIC 3782

Auditions

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Sunday 9 December 4-7pm and
Monday 10 December 7.30-10.30pm

Booking essential with the director Sharon Maine at sharonjmaine@gmail.com.

Characters

Dr Piper Ross (30), she is a conservation biologist on secondment from the San Diego Zoo

Harry Jewell (45), CEO of Powerhouse

Professor Heather Dixon-Brown (50), director of the CAPE Institute

Andy Dixon (35), a vet, brother of Heather

Synopsis

Extinction is set on the windswept coast of southern Australia, where the dense temperate rainforest sweeps down to the blue wilderness of the Great Southern Ocean. One wild winter night, Harry Jewell is driving along the Great Ocean Road, when he hits an animal. He stops and discovers that the creature is still alive. He picks it up and drives through the storm to a wildlife shelter, where an American zoologist, Dr Piper Ross, is on duty as a volunteer. Harry Jewell recognizes that the animal is a tiger quoll, once common in these parts, but now on the verge of extinction. The quoll dies, but the two of them are bonded by their attempt to save its life. A week after the quoll incident, Harry Jewell shows up at the CAPE Institute, where he meets with the director, Heather Dixon-Brown. He slaps two million dollars on the table and says that he wants to fund a research project to save the tiger quoll. However, there is a complication. Harry is the Managing Director of Powerhouse Mining. He has a license to explore the Otways for brown coal. Meanwhile Heather Dixon-Brown’s brother, Andy is facing his own crisis of mortality. Getting into bed with Big Coal and letting Powerhouse mine the forest, will happen over his dead body. This is a play about passion, ethics and what it means to live with the shadow of death (our own and other species). Does it matter if the tiger quoll’s days are numbered? Perhaps extinction is just part of the cycle of life or is human intervention necessary? No one in this play is wicked. No one is entirely virtuous. What unites them all is the one urgent question, in the age of global warming, how are we to live?

Presented by Gemco Players

Performance rights for EXTINCTION exclusivley licensed by HLA Management Pty Ltd, PO Box 1536, Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 (hla@hlamgt.com.au)

 

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Oct
5
to Oct 20
Theatre Show, Theatre Shows, Auditions

Season 2 - Love and Information by Caryl Churchill

Opening Night fundraiser

Gemco Players will donate profits from the opening night to disaster relief for the people of Sulawesi through Lions Club International. Throughout the run there will be a donations box on the bar for additional contributions.

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Director: David Lawson-Smith

Synopsis

A child cannot feel pain. A man has a secret. A woman wants an affair.
A scientist dissects a brain. Someone tells the police. Another puts an elephant on the stairs. In a series of tantalising vignettes, over 100 vibrant characters search for meaning in their lives. Through sex, death, feeling, thinking, they discover each other. Within their intimate whispers, philosophical exchanges and life-changing revelations, we see ourselves and the people we love.

Show dates:

Friday 5 at 8pm
Saturday 6 at 8pm
Sunday 7 at 6pm (twilight)
Friday 12 at 8pm
Saturday 13 at 8pm
Sunday 14 at 2pm (matinee)
Friday 19 at 8pm
Saturday 20 at 8pm

Ticket prices:

$25; $22 (Children of 15 and under, Students, and concession card holders.); groups of 4 $80 (this ticket has a plus 1 option)

At The Gem Theatre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald VIC 3782

Presented by Gemco Players

An Amateur Production by Arrangement with ORiGiN (TM) Theatrical,
on behalf of Samuel French, Ltd.

 

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Mar
3
to Mar 25
Off-site Shows, Special Events, Auditions

Day Out with Thomas Cast Expression of Interest

Volunteers Expression of Interest

Here is an opportunity to spend a day around Thomas, socialising with parents and children from all over the world and helping them to have a very memorable day with
Sir Topham Hat, Shunter Charlie and Driver Sam.

Dates for March 2018 are: Saturdays 3, 17, 24 and Sundays 4, 18,25

and then the following November.

If you are interested in being part of this event please email Carmela Pezzimenti at gemcoplayers@gmail.com


Tickets for the Day Out can be purchased from Puffing Billy

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Jul
3
7:00 PM19:00
Auditions

Murder on the Puffing Billy Cast Auditions

Monday 3 July 2017
7pm
Nobelius Packing Shed,
1 Crichton Road,
Emerald Vic 3782

We are looking for enthusiastic people who enjoy improv theatre to join our wonderful cast in performing a murder mystery dinner show aboard Puffing Billy. Please RSVP as attending so we have an idea of numbers.
Time commitments for this show are as follows:
Rehearsals Monday nights in Emerald from 7:00pm til 10:00pm
Performances once or twice a month on Thursday, Friday or Saturday evenings from 6:30pm. If you have any questions, feel free to post them here and we will do our best to answer them. Oh, and don't forget to share the event with your friends!
The auditions will run as a workshop where you will take part in improv activities, so jump in and don't be shy!

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May
22
5:00 PM17:00
Auditions

Gemco Players One Act Season Auditions

Sunday 22nd May
5pm for WOW! and Last Bread Pudding
7pm for Peace of Angels

Season Co-ordinator: Claudia Witts. If you have any questions please click here to send her an email.

All plays will be auditioned by a cold reading.

Season: Friday July 15; Saturday July 16; Sunday July 17

Wow!

By Marc T Williams
Directors: Ross Housham and Marc Williams

Synopsis: A True Story. ( ...sort of.)
A sci-fi comedy based in Australia that's a cross between " The Dish" and "Big Bang Theory".
What happens when the most boring thing suddenly becomes the most important thing in the history of humanity....EVER!?

Characters: 
Paul Scobie - CSIRO Astronomer: 40-50yo, Cool, calm. been stationed at Parkes a long time, remembers the “good old days”
Charles “Chuck” Fontaine -NASA Liaison: 30-40yo, American, wants to be back home working with all his colleagues, not stuck in some ancient relic in a sheep paddock on the other side of the world
Jess Nash - SETI Astronomer: 19-26yo female, young, idealistic. Firmly believes in extraterrestrial life and wants to be the person to find it.
Harold Kelly- Maintenance: 60-75yo, old local country bloke. Used for general maintenance around the place. Good for fixing fuses, fences and pumps.
Narrator

Last Bread Pudding

By Nick Warburton
Directors: Terri Williams assisted by Evie Housham

Synopsis: Comedy - The committee of an amateur drama group is meeting to discuss a new play. We notice that, strangely, the presentation of the meeting to us is reflecting the ideas put forward by the committee, making the play a demonstration as well as a discussion of those ideas.

Characters:
Kev Mills - neat, dapper, organised, bossy - 30-40s
Denise Boon - straight-talking, bossy - 30 -40s
Fleur Florian - an "actor", artistic, flamboyant, - 50-70s
Jan Cooke - eager, young - 20s
Jack Handy - dogged, practical, old enough to be Jan's father - 40-50s
Phyllis Little / Phil Little - quiet - male or female - 40-60
Tramp - symbolic - male or female - any age.

Peace of Angels

Director Richard Kewon

Synopsis:
It's about two friends from country Victoria who are bothAustralian nurses serving in Vietnam during the war, and through a series of monologues give us an insight into a time when both have to make choices .

Characters: 
Elizabeth and Suzie - Female actors 19 – 35 years

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