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2025 One Act Play Festival - Hosted by Galleon Theatre Group Review - Spoilers sorta included

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8 out of 10 stars Tickets are still available:  https://marion.online.red61.com.au/event/318:776/318:1112/ St. Jude’s Players, Deadset Theatre Company and Galleon Theatre Company unite to present a One Act Play Festival in the Domain Theatre at the Marion Cultural Centre. Throughout the 3 very different plays, each approximately 40 minutes, the audience is thoroughly entertained. St Jude's Players presents "See If I Care" Opening the Festival is St Jude’s Players with “ See If I Care ”, written by Cherry Vooght and Directed by Norm Caddick. This play takes a gentle but sentimental glimpse into the lives of two elderly people. In the narrow confines of the lives they now find themselves living, they are bound together in a unique friendship that is sometimes callous and kind, proud and pitiful, bitter and understanding. They reveal an interdependence that is both comical and poignant. Set in a UK setting, Deborah Walsh and Rhonda Grill portray these elderly ladies very wel...

Bonnie and Clyde - Spoiler Free Review

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Photography: Daniel Salmond 9.5 out of 10 stars! - DON'T MISS IT! Tickets available here:  https://events.humanitix.com/bonnie-and-clyde MCMT’s production of Bonnie & Clyde is so close to perfect, Mary Poppins would be impressed! With music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Don Black and book by Ivan Menchell, Bonnie & Clyde is a thrilling and sexy musical with a non-traditional score, combining blues, gospel and rockabilly music. Fearless, shameless and alluring, it is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country, and through the vision of Lucy Trewin, Serena Cann and Deborah Joy Proeve, Adelaide has another masterpiece in town! Director Lucy Trewin’s vision is evident in every aspect of the production. The relationships between characters—Bonnie & Emma, Clyde & Buck, Bonnie & Blanche, and more—are thoughtfully developed, lending authenticity and emotional resonance to the story. Trewin’s attention to deta...

Querencia Calling - Spoiler Free Review

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8 stars out of 10 - shows this weekend, and next! Tickets: https://www.trybooking.com/DAVIB Querencia: A place where one feels safe, at home, and draws strength—a place where you can be your most authentic self. – A beautiful word to describe the second home of every thespian. Everyone carries an invisible backpack. Filled with past experiences, emotions, dreams, pain, challenges and successes. Some days it feels too heavy to bear. On those days, who will you ask to help carry the load?”  Querencia Calling  explores the role of friendship in shaping not only who we are, but who we want to be. Relationships inevitably change over time, and this play introduces us to 5 friends whose connection spans from their university days to their current “mid-life” and examines the bonds that can remain strong even after life and distance get in the way.  Querencia Calling  marks Sharyn Henderson’s first venture into writing a full-length play. While the script is strong, there ar...