STAGtheatre Playbill - 2012

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Subscribers pre-book tickets for two, three or four plays at the beginning of the season and receive a 25% discount. Subscriber rates:

Two plays $30.00 ($22.50 concession)
Three plays $45.00 ($33.75 concession)
Four plays $60.00 ($45.00 concession)

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STAG Ticket Secretary
PO Box 454
Essendon Vic. 3040

Normal admission rates per play:

2008 Season: Adult $17.00 ($13.00 concession/child)

2009 Season: Adult $20.00 ($15.00 concession/child)

Groups of ten adults and more (for the same performance) will also receive a discount of $2.00 per ticket.

The Mousetrap Agatha Christie Directed by Drew Mason by special arrangement with Dominie Pty, Ltd Season: 1-Mar-12 to 10-Mar-12 Theatre: Strathmore Community Hall Loeman Street Strathmore Melway map 16 H10 Performances: 8:00pm / 2:00pm matinee Prices: Adult $20.00 ($15.00 concession/child) Bookings: 9382 6284 Synopsis: **PLEASE NOTE: WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS PRODUCTION IS NOW SOLD OUT. THERE ARE NO MORE SEATS AVAILABLE** Three Blind Mice….See How They Die! The longest running ‘whodunit’ in the world, The Mousetrap, is now about to be presented in Strathmore. STAG is thrilled to present this Agatha Christie classic to Melbourne audiences. Trapped in a blizzard, phone lines down, roads blocked, the unlucky occupants of a suitable isolated guesthouse are unsure of their fate – but sure of one thing: someone has murder on their mind! What dark secrets do they share? What has brought them together in this place? Who will survive? Someone will die! Make sure you don’t ever tell ‘whodunit’. Other Information: Cast: Mollie Ralston: Kellie Tweeddale Giles Ralston: Luke Smith Christopher Wren: Andrew Scarborough Mrs Boyle: Veronica Hannebery Major Metcalf: Roderick Chappel Miss Casewell: Clare Hayes Mr Paravicini: Dennis Hine St. Clair Sgt Trotter: Matthew Martin Assistant Director: Claire Watt Stage Manager: Jayna Patel *The Mousetrap is STAG’s entry in the 2012 Victorian Drama League Awards. Ticket Reservations

Scrubbers Cenarth Fox Directed by Cenarth Fox by arrangement with the author Season: 31-May-12 to 9-Jun-12 Theatre: Strathmore Community Hall Loeman Street Strathmore Melway map 16 H10 Performances: 8:00pm / 2:00pm matinee Prices: Adult $20.00 ($15.00 concession/child) Bookings: 9382 6284 Synopsis: Five women clean a large multi-storey office building and every night before work chat in their tea-room. Each woman has some sadness in her life which ‘disappears’ thanks to an amazing activity. Money troubles, lousy relationships, career failure and a difficult family history are replaced with a great bond of friendship. The scrubbers sing, dance and laugh their way into people’s hearts. Oh and they throw in two other surprising and delightful ingredients with their unique form of entertainment. Other Information: STAG's production follows several highly successful productions in North America and the United Kingdom. CAST: Helen Wentworth (Dee) Francesca Ferra (Helly) Theresa Brancatisano (Chrissie) Michelle Tanner (Liz) Margaret Rawlinson (Mo) Ticket Reservations

Doubt John Patrick Shanley Directed by Mel DeBono By Special Arrangement with Creative Artists Agency – New York Season: 30-Aug-12 to 8-Sep-12 Theatre: Strathmore Community Hall Loeman Street Strathmore Melway map 16 H10 Performances: 8:00pm / 2:00pm matinee Prices: Adult $20.00 ($15.00 concession/child) Bookings: 9382 6284 Synopsis: The plot involves a Catholic grammar school and the possible misbehaviours of Father Flynn – a popular priest in the parish who coaches boys’ basketball and befriends its troubled students. The school principal, Sister Aloysius, having her doubts about the moral character of the priest, recruits the young naïve Sister James to keep her ear close to the ground. When Sister James comes to her over a strange occurrence involving Father Flynn and a student with alcohol on his breath, the school principal has all the confirmation she needs for her suspicions. What follows is an explosive cat-and-mouse game between Sister Aloysius and Father Flynn. Other Information: Cast: Father Flynn: Matthew Martin Sister Aloysius Beauvier: Michelle Tanner Sister James: Jess Maitland Mrs. Muller: Asha Sebastian Ticket Reservations

Hay Fever Noel Coward Directed by Kris Weber by special arrangement with Dominie Pty Ltd Season: 22-Nov-12 to 1-Dec-12 Theatre: Strathmore Community Hall Loeman Street Strathmore Melway map 16 H10 Performances: 8:00pm / 2:00pm matinee Prices: Adult $20.00 ($15.00 concession/child) Bookings: 9382 6284 Synopsis: No-one in modern English comedy boasts a more seductively comic or escapist approach to life than the self-absorbed family in Noel Coward’s Hay Fever. This is a comedy of bad manners, in which a family of insufferably self-regarding bohemians treat their more conventional guests with abominable rudeness at a weekend house party. There is a splendid clipped precision about Coward’s dialogue, and the constant realisation that the characters are actually thinking very different things from the banal platitudes they actually utter. Other Information: Cast: Judith Bliss: Jeanne Snider David Bliss: James Carlon Simon Bliss: Xavier Ryan Sandy Tyrell: Brett Hyland Sorel Bliss: Clare Hayes Myra Rundell: Samantha- Ellen Bound Richard Greatham: Ben Mitchell Jackie Coryton: Jackie Fraser Clara: Tamsin Steele Ticket Reservations