Garrick Gazette INSIDE THIS ISSUE. Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that you ve got it made. George Burns

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1 Garrick Gazette Garrick Theatre Club Inc. 16 Meadow Street, Guildford, Western Australia 6055 PO Box 122, Guildford WA EDITOR & COMPILER: LYNNE DEVENISH. PRINTED BY DOCUPRINT ISSUE NO. 536 APRIL 2016 Important Changes to the Garrick Theatre Newsletter delivery. From July 2016, the Garrick monthly newsletter, will be only be available on the Club website unless you specifically request a printed copy to be sent to your postal address by mail. A reminder with a link, will be sent to your nominated address when a new edition is available on the website. The current and back issues will be kept permanently on the website. Please request the continuation of a printed newsletter by telephoning or texting the President Lynne Devenish on , the website co-ordinator Geoff Holt on , by ing: web.garricktheatre@gmail.com or by informing any of your committee members. Please confirm your address for our records by ing: web.garricktheatre@gmail.com to ensure that an reminder can be sent when a new edition of the newsletter is available. The committee has decided to make this change due to the increasing costs and work required to send a printed newsletter monthly to every member, and the popularity and convenience of online services. (Not to mention the significant saving on using paper). INSIDE THIS ISSUE DESK JOTTINGS COMMITTEE DIRECTORY AUDITION NOTICE SEASON 4 WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS BIRTHDAYS IN APRIL WARDROBE TEAM TIME TO BOOK SEATS FOR YOU RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN GHOSTLY VISITS...ARCHIVE REQUEST OPEN DAY REMINDER SEASONS 4 & 5 SUBSCRIPTIONS OVER DUE Acting is all about honesty. If you can fake that you ve got it made. George Burns

2 Desk jottings Another month has come and gone and our second season is underway. An Agatha Christie murder mystery that has proved extremely popular over the decades. And Then There Were None directed by Susan Vincent is already pretty well booked out. It is certainly worth the visit if only to see the magnificent set designed by Robert Vincent. I am awestruck. I am putting on my big girl panties and fessing up to a huge senior moment. Shame on me. At last month s committee meeting I suggested that I cook breakfast for the Busy Bee, but everyone said no. What I didn t remember was that it was decided that I do lunch instead. I spent the Busy Bee sorting keys, answering questions, having little meetings as you do etc. At the end of the Busy Bee people started departing and I followed suit. Here I have to apologise to everyone, especially some lovely new ladies who have joined the Wardrobe team, who were expecting lunch. My humble apologies. Please forgive me, I had no idea until the next meeting. Red face. There s always a silver lining...i am now odds on favourite for the coveted Golden Gazzunder Award for The walk of shame is bitter sweet. We are pleased to announce that the 2 vacant seasons have been filled with Fred Petersen and I stepping in. For those who have been hanging out for the final Tomb play, I ll be directing Prepare to Meet Thy Tomb by Norman Robbins in the July/August slot, and Fred has been dragged out of retirement and brought another thriller with a twist to the table with Shock by Brian Clemens in the September/October slot. The audition notice for Prepare to Meet Thy Tomb is in this newsletter. COMMITTEE & HELP DIRECTORY PRESIDENT Lynne Devenish garrickarchives@hotmail.com VICE PRESIDENT Ken Harris kvharris@iinet.net.au TREASURER Terry Brown tbrown@trinity.uwa.edu.au SECRETARY Elaine Gilberthorpe bookings@garricktheatre.asn.au MINUTE SECRETARY Barbara Brown barb.brown@optusnet.com.au NEWSLETTER/ARCHIVIST Lynne Devenish garrickarchives@hotmail.com WEBSITE MANAGERS Geoff & Marsha Holt web.garricktheatre@gmail.com PROPS/SHED MANAGER Clayton Reichert preichert@bigpond.com STAGE/SET SUPERVISOR TECHNICAL SUPERVISOR Geoff Holt grholt@iinet.net.au BAR MANAGER/Supplies Fred Petersen fredjean1@bigpond.com FRONT OF HOUSE Kerry Goode kerrygoode@iinet.net & FOH/BAR Rosters SOCIAL CONVENOR Yvonne Starr yvonnes.45@bigpond.com WARDROBE SUPERVISOR Susan Vincent suzyq@live.com.au TAG LIAISON Celeste Underhill celesteunderhill@hotmail.com BOOKINGS Elaine Gilberthorpe bookings@garricktheatre.asn.au

3 AUDITION NOTICE PREPARE TO MEET THY TOMB Written by Norman Robbins, directed by Lynne Devenish. This completes the trilogy of plays about the family that slays together...the murderous Tombs, direct descendants of the Borgias. Monument House is now the Monument House Hotel & Alternative Spa. As night falls and fog descends a series of unexpected guests descend on the hotel, some wanting revenge, some seeking refuge from the Norfolk Strangler, others just lost in the fog. The uninvited guests are soon snooping around the secret passages and asking too many questions. An irresistible combination of spoof and baffling murder mystery, a cast of ten is required...6 females & 4 males. The Tomb plays are such fun for all concerned, so do yourself a favour and come to auditions. DATE: Saturday 21st 2.00pm PERFORMANCE DATES JULY 28 to AUGUST 13th. Cast required: Drusilla Tomb Hecuba Tomb Sir Beverley Comstock Pale faced young girl, 19 + years Venue: Garrick Theatre A small fussy woman in her 60 s, dresses a bit like Widow Twankey. Aggressive, well dressed north countryman. Phillipa Collins Bossy, gushing, dresses flamboyantly, 40 s Daphne Summers Small, plain, short sighted, nervous disposition, late 50 s Anthony Strickland Quentin Danesworth Timid, late 20 s. Sir Beverley s PA Effeminate man, TV celebrity, Portly? 60 s. Flamboyant in dress and gestures. Robert Sandbrooke Honeymooner, designer clothes, late 30 s Miranda Torrence Cicely Venner Honeymooner, pneumatic figure, bottle blonde maybe, early forties, wears skin tight clothing, questionable IQ Striking but hard-faced woman in late 30 s, well dressed. Please note that all ages are stage ages and can be varied if need be, depending on actors auditioning. Physical descriptions can also be changed or adapted. No need to prepare anything as it will be cold readings. For further information please call Lynne or garrickarchives@hotmail.com or check our website and facebook page for updates. From the Director- Any actors who have been Tombies in the previous productions of A Tomb With A View or Tiptoe Through The Tombstones are very welcome to audition. At this point in time I am still to confirm a Stage Manager, but I do welcome all enquiries for backstage, technical design and operating, and assistance with set design, building and décor.

4 WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING NEW & RETURNING MEMBERS Fran and Damien Bourke, Brenda Pullan, Claire Lenson, Ashlea Langsford, Tiana Langley, Ross Stone, Benjamin Butler, Mason Shephard, Ariannah Tilli, Jesse Crouch, Aleisha Crouch HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR APRIL Fran Bourke, Ronald Dayman, Val Dreyer,, Jonathan Hoey, Jan Bruechle, Nieve Hope, Jennifer Jobe, Bob Johnstone, Sylvia Kural, Ashlea Langsford, Claire Lenson, John Lobb, Anna Pilkington, Clayton Reichert, Margaret Robinson, & Susan Welbourne. WARDROBE Susan Vincent is our cur rent war drobe Super visor and she is seeking to establish a team of wardrobe assistants to help with Wardrobe and costuming of plays. We have already had a couple of lovely talented ladies join the team but Susan says the more the merrier. Do you love fashion from all eras Do you love sewing Do you want to be involved Are you good at organising and cataloguing?????? If you said yes to even one of these then you are the person/people we are looking for. Give Susan a call Or her on suzyq@live.com.au

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6 AUDITIONS FOR SEASONS 4 & 5 Thankfully we have managed to fill the 2 vacant slots that occurred this year. So look out for Auditions for Prepare to Meet Thy Tomb (see page 3) and Fred Petersen has flagged 10 am Sunday 26th June for his play Shock. There will be more details in the next newsletter. CALLING FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR 2017 SEASONS 2017 will be an important year for us as we ll be celebrating our 85 th Anniversary. We are looking for experienced directors to submit scripts of all genre for We need to see scripts as soon as possible. Two copies of each script if possible, and we suggest that you submit two plays to choose from. The scripts can be sent via or hard copy. Please note...if you haven t directed at Garrick before then you will also need to send your resume. The cut off is the end of June in order to give the reading panel time to study scripts and submit their recommendations to the Committee. Please contact Lynne Devenish... garrickarchives@hotmail.com or Elaine Gilberthorpe... bookings@garricktheatre.asn.au GARRICK S FRIENDLY GHOSTS Once again we have had reported sightings and I implore anyone who has had the privilege of seeing George or one of his mates then please do document it and send to me for archiving. No matter how trivial you think it might be, I need as many anecdotes as possible for the sequel to Garrick s Golden Years. OPEN DAY 1st of MAY am to 3.00 pm We still need volunteers to man certain areas of the theatre as guides, guards and goodwill girls & guys. Let me know as soon as possible so we can put up a roster.

7 WELL OUR TREASURER MUST BE FEELING GENEROUS BECAUSE HE HAS GIVEN YOU A LAST CHANCE TO BECOME FINANCIAL FOR THIS YEAR. IF YOU HAVE AN ASTERISK NEAR YOUR NAME ON THE ADDRESS LABEL THEN THIS WILL BE YOUR LAST NEWSLETTER. If you wish be active at Garrick, receive discount seating, be eligible to vote, be eligible for nomination for awards etc. then you need to complete the below form and cough up your subs. Cheap at the price.

8 GARRICK GAZETTE P O Box 122 GUILDFORD WESTERN AUSTRALIA PRINT POST APPROVED POST PRINT PP485 POSTAGE PAID AUSTRALIA YOU RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN By Gesner, Mayer & Lippa Directed by Celeste Underhill PERFORMANCE DATES 2,3,4*,5*,9,10,11*,12*,15,16,17, & 18 June 2016 Curtain up 8pm except where *indicates matinee 2pm BOOKINGS bookings@garricktheatre.asn.au QUICK VIEW CALENDAR FOR 2016 SEASON TWO April 7 to 23 AND THEN THERE WERE NONE Susan Vincent SOLD OUT OPEN DAY Sunday 1st May 10:00 am 3:00 pm SEASON THREE June 2 to 18 YOU RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN Celeste Underhill SEASON FOUR July 28 to August 13 PREPARE TO MEET THY TOMB Lynne Devenish ONE ACT SEASON August 18 to 21 TAG DREAMJOBS Caitlyn Roberts & Gail Lusted THE SNOW QUEEN Jordan Tabb & Becky Barton assisted by Gail Lusted SEASON FIVE Sept 29 to Oct 15 SHOCK Fred Petersen