Festival of Comedy

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Week 11 (7th, 8th, 9th October)
Three world premiere one act plays in repertoire:
5 pm, 7 pm and 8:30pm each evening.
Performed by Second Year students.
Bookings: 4221 4889 or e-mail
Admission: $15 / $9

Bring your own Picnic Supper ! May we suggest champagne, chicken and strawberries on the lawn?

Let's Hope - A tribute to the great comedian Bob Hope.

The year is 1970 and the place is Hollywood. Our six main characters; Mort, Fred, Jack. Martha, Gene and Sylvia are in the Writers Room at NBC's TV studios and their task is to write a 2-hour TV special documenting the career of Bob Hope. Conflict arises and 'Bob' intervenes.
Cowritten by Karen Mortimer and Tony Sheldon (previously in The Producers) and directed by Karen Mortimer. Karen's choreographic credits include ‘GREASE The Mega Musical’ ,The Opening Ceremony for the Commonwealth Heads Of Governement in 2002 and "TIN SYMPHONY" for the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Karen met the legendary Bob Hope while performing in A Chorus Line and is thrilled to see "Let’s Hope" finally take its first steps on stage here in Wollongong.
Let's Hope will feature at 5pm on the 7th October (Thursday), 7pm on 8th October (Friday) and 8:30pm on 9th October (Saturday).

Androcles - based very loosely on Aesop's Fable.

A musical romp by Greg Crease (music) and Rick Burchall (Book and lyrics). Directed by Ian McGrath. Androcles is in trouble - again! Caught between his ambitions, family and political bickering among Caesar's advisers, Androcles finds himself in the arena of the Coliseum struggling to create "good Theatre"! Will he succeed or will the lions have an easy meal?
Androcles will feature at 8:30pm on the 7th October (Thursday), 5pm on 8th October (Friday) and 7pm on 9th October (Saturday).

The Canterville Rubies - an adaptation of Oscar Wilde's story by Rick Burchall.

'The resident ghost of Canterville Chase, Sir Simon de Canterville, has his refined cultural world turned upside down with the arrival of the brash Australian family, the Westernholmes. What unravels is a humorous comedy of manners as the ghost struggles to uphold his reputation as a terrifing sceptre in the face of down-to-earth Australian know how. Canterville chase will never be the same again.' Director: Adam Bye.
The Canterville Rubies will feature at 7pm on the 7th October (Thursday), 8:30pm on 8th October (Friday) and 5pm on 9th October (Saturday).