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SEXY, FUNNY, DANGEROUS
By Jeff Cox
And it was! This was one of our best attempts at bringing people, young and old, together to perform for your enjoyment.
With almost faultless performances from the enthusiastic Cast, to the stunning lighting effects and music, this show attracted great audiences who showed their appreciation at the end of each performance.
It`s quite amazing how our Artistic Director Gordon Gribbin, Directors Paul Harris and Leigh Piper, Choreographer Fiona Brake, and the entire Cast and Technical Team transformed the good old Hastings Hall into our version of a period of time written about by Shakespeare in 1591, but set in Verona in the year 2120.
This is what we do, and we love doing it.
And of course, we greatly appreciate our many sponsors for their generosity.
Romeo and Juliet once again proved that Pelican Theatre Company Inc. is catering for the need in the local community for the expression of talented individuals, and the need for there to be entertainment for the general public other than watching the telly.
To those who attended one of our performances, we thank you very much. We hope to see you at the next one, to be performed in October 2009.
VENUE
Hastings Hall ... opposite the Westernport Hotel
We hope you did not miss...
WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED
MSL GROUP
WESTERNPORT MARINA
TANKMASTA
Cellarbrations
Julie Harminson
Kyley Scown
Darren Chave
Jeremy West
Gail Smith
Jeff Cox
Special Thanks To ...
Owen Scown
Peter Chave
And our young follow-spot operators. Great work guys!
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Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, Pelican Theatre, June, 2009.
By Gordon Gribbin,
It might not be right for an actor in a play to write the review. But what the hell! All I did in Pelican`s Romeo & Juliet was stagger around the stage with a walking stick, bellowing occasionally. So I was able to watch the main action through a lazy glass of Shiraz and take a dispassionate view.
We had a handsome Romeo who threw himself into the part with conviction and let Fate and Love rule Reason, we had alternating beautiful Juliets who brought two different interpretation to the same part and who both made this love-obsessed bimbo into a real person.
We had the Nurse, played by my wife, Cynthia (I`ve got to say she was good, but she was anyway), who brought rich and robust comedy to the play and portrayed the complexity of the master-servant relationship perfectly. We had a robust, ribald and riotous Mercutio, a loyal Benvolio, a sweet and loving Lady Capulet, a stormy, brooding Tybalt and a wise, kind, interfering Friar. Plus other Lords, Ladies, wenches and knaves who were convincing and decorative. The Hastings Hall was transformed by beautiful and imaginative lighting, the dancing was a great addition to the play and Tchaikowsky`s music was magnificent and emotionally spot-on.
Hastings and Westernport should be proud that they had a good quality Shakespeare production in the heart of their town and that there was the enterprise and talent in the town to put it there.
Pelican Theatre may not put on the blockbuster shows that other companies make a fist of on the Peninsula, but we pack an intense punch and Romeo & Juliet was a knock-out production.
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Classes in Drama and Dancing will continue next term.
For details, ring Gordon on 5979 4824.
A Youth Musical by Leigh Piper and Tom Lawrence.
This will be FUN. Aaaaarrrrr, Jim Lad, shiver me timbers and a yo-ho-ho and a moderate amount of rum.
THE PIRATE MUSICAL
SHOW DATES
Friday November 6 at 7.30 PM
Saturday November 7 at 2 PM
Saturday November 7 at 7.30 PM
Friday November 13 at 7.30 PM
Saturday November 14 at 2 PM
Saturday November 14 at 7.30 PM
Thank you, Wayne Smith
Seven years ago, Ed Creely and I sat in the Hastings Hall running our first auditions for our first play for Pelican Theatre. It was a musical and feminist version of `The Man From Snowy River`. We had plenty of women and girls to choose from for the cast, but we were short of one very important man. We didn`t have anyone to play The Man himself.
And then a deep voice said `I didn`t have my name down, but is it OK for me to audition?`
It was Wayne Smith. All 6`7 of him, with a broad smile and a hand the size of a well-built bullock stretched out for a tough shake. Ed and I looked at each other and said `The Man!!`
From that moment on, Wayne Smith became The Man. As he did with everything in life, he threw himself into the part with gusto, dedication and tunnel vision. He set to work finding the ideal costume, the perfect hat, the white boots, the spurs. He pestered everyone within earshot about his lines, he offered to build the sets, paint the hall, round up the council and make them come to performances, and he very nearly did all those things.
Anyone who saw `The Man From Snowy River` at the Hastings Hall will remember Wayne. He was big, handsome, funny and memorable. He was The Man and he made the show work.
Well, Wayne died on 13th August, at the age of fifty. He was an extraordinary man who touched everybody who worked with him, and entertained everyone who saw him on stage. He was fiercely loyal to the company, fiercely enthusiastic about Pelican`s contribution to the community, and proudly supportive of everything we did.
He was a friend to all of us in Pelican, and he will be missed by the entire flock down at the Hastings Hall.
Gordon Gribbin
Wayne Smith
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