News from Valley Artists http://valleyartists.org/news/ Valley Artists Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:02 +1100 en President's Message Report of the past year New Committee Money and Friends http://valleyartists.org/news/display/786 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:32 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/786 Peter McCloy There is no story more classic than the tale of the two lovers, from two opposed families, who meet a tragic end. No story which demonstrates such passion, naivety and hope. This is a tale written about youth, for youth and best performed by youth. Therefore it is the pleasure of the Mad Cow Theatre Company to present this modern adaptation of the Bard's work featuring a full youth cast. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/734 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:31 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/734 Mad Cow A Bright Future A Holiday Treat Review of The Ugly Duckling The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Other dates for your Diary Competition http://valleyartists.org/news/display/671 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:56 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/671 Peter McCloy Romeo & Juliet AGM - 7 February 2010 Money & Friends http://valleyartists.org/news/display/667 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:00 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/667 Peter McCloy Review of The Ugly Duckling What's next for Valley Artists http://valleyartists.org/news/display/636 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:09 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/636 Valley Artists Special edition of the Valley Artists Newsletter http://valleyartists.org/news/display/610 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:33 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/610 Peter McCloy The Ugly Duckling Plus... Arriverderci Ross Fletcher Film Festival report And the winner is... Winnie the Swan? Country Fair http://valleyartists.org/news/display/593 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:44 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/593 Peter McCloy Valley Artists end of year production is something for the whole family - A.A. Milne's play The Ugly Duckling. Opening at Laguna Hall on October 30, with further performances on October 31 and November 1, 5, 6,& 7. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/594 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 09:00 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/594 Peter McCloy 1st Prize - $1,000: Mankind Is No Island - Jason Van Genderen & Shane Emmett 2nd Prize - $750: Return - Jason Van Genderen & Shane Emmett 3rd Prize - $500: A Break In The Monotony - Damien Slevin Peoples Choice - $250: The Man From Snowy River - Wollombi Valley Pony Club http://valleyartists.org/film-festival/ Sat, 03 Oct 2009 23:00 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/583 Peter Firminger The programme for this Saturday night has been released... judging will be done on the night. Good luck to all the entrants! http://valleyartists.org/film-festival/ Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:53 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/580 Peter Firminger A A Milne's play The Ugly Duckling will open October 30 at Laguna Hall, with performances on October 31, and November 1, 5, 6, 7. Directed by Cordelia Howell, this gives some of our younger artists a chance to strut their stuff. All the cast are aged 16 or under. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/575 Sat, 26 Sep 2009 00:01 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/575 Peter McCloy It's FILM FESTIVAL TIME! And there's still time to get your film finished and submitted for the world famous Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival, as entries close 12 September. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/573 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:25 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/573 Peter McCloy A. A. Milne's The Ugly Duckling The Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival David Williamson's Money and Friends and other sundry items of interest... http://valleyartists.org/news/display/544 Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:48 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/544 Peter McCloy Casting is well under way for our end of year production, A A Milne's The Ugly Duckling, but there are still opportunities to get involved. We need a few more members for the cast, some stage crew, a singer for a barber shop quartet, and a co-producer. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/571 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:16 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/571 Peter McCloy Valley Artists are calling for EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST from anyone in the community who would like to be involved in our first production for 2010 - David Williamson's hit comedy MONEY AND FRIENDS http://valleyartists.org/news/display/545 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:23 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/545 Bob Philippe Not the Programme Notes: Being sundry items of interest about our upcoming productions and the arts in general - July 2009 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/546 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:48 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/546 Peter McCloy Recently a panel of tourism experts listed Wollombi as one of the 100 Best Towns to Visit in Australia. That wouldn't have happened if we did not have a strong community - which, of course, we have. More than 600 people saw our recent production of Little Voice, so we feel that we're doing our bit towards attracting people to this valley, and making it a great place to live. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/569 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:04 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/569 Peter McCloy The Rise and Rise of Valley Artists - Valley Artists Inc., now in its 12th year of delivering top shelf community theatre, recently staged a show that has raised the bar through the recent production of Jim Cartwright's 'The Rise and Fall of Little Voice'. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/567 Sat, 20 Jun 2009 18:53 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/567 Janine Oliver With our first production for 2009, "The Rise and Fall of Little Voice" at the end of its run, Valley Artists is already in planning for upcoming events and productions for the rest of the year. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/565 Wed, 20 May 2009 18:41 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/565 Louise Clarke The Cast of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice - who are they? http://valleyartists.org/news/display/563 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:30 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/563 Valley Artists The morning after: Notes from the first weekend of "Little Voice". Tickets selling fast! http://valleyartists.org/news/display/386 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 23:29 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/386 Peter McCloy Not the Programme Notes: Being sundry items of interest about our upcoming productions and the arts in general - March 2009 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/345 Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:25 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/345 Peter McCloy We are pleased to announce Peter McCloy will be returning to the VA fold taking up the Marketing role. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/560 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:18 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/560 Louise Clarke Not the Programme Notes: Being sundry items of interest about our upcoming productions and the arts in general - February 2009 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/344 Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:03 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/344 Peter McCloy The Valley Artists AGM took place on Saturday 20th December 2008 at the Dairy, "The Grange", Wollombi. The incoming Committee was nominated and the following individuals are announced as office bearers for VA activities to be held over 2009. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/558 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:40 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/558 Louise Clarke After three months of work by fifty eight members culminating in seven public performances to a total of 430 people, 'eclecticA' cleared out of Laguna Hall on November 30th. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/557 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:21 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/557 Valley Artists Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival was a huge success this year. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/576 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:41 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/576 Valley Artists Make sure you're at the Film Festival. Your host for the evening: Bob Philippe. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/574 Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:31 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/574 Janine Oliver Bob Philippe's Directors Workshop was a huge success with a total of 12 directors completing the course. Some of these will go on to direct a piece in the end of year production 'ECLECTICA'. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/572 Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:22 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/572 Janine Oliver Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival hits the 10 year mark The Wollombi Valley short film festival is celebrating 10 years of showcasing the work of Hunter filmmakers. From its humble beginnings in the dance hall and various other locations in the town, the festival has a permanent home at Laguna Hall which is transformed into a charming village cinema reminiscent of a bygone era. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/570 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:12 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/570 Janine Oliver The Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival committee is proud to announce 10 years of the Festival, held annually in the picturesque Wollombi Valley, and one that makes an important contribution to ongoing success of the many film makers in the region. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/568 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:01 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/568 Janine Marsh The happy cast of 'AWAY' - And some of them were castaways, stranded at Laguna Hall due to the rising flood waters. You see folks, we at Valley Artists believe that the show must go on! http://valleyartists.org/news/display/566 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:47 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/566 Janine Marsh Valley Artists is excited to announce the company's end of year production: "ECLECTICA" - A confection of new theatre. Directed by Alan Glover http://valleyartists.org/news/display/564 Tue, 20 May 2008 18:34 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/564 Janine Marsh http://valleyartists.org/news/display/562 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:26 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/562 Janine Marsh At times very funny, magical and yet painfully truthful, Away exposes the comedy and tragedy of three Australian families thrown together by a storm during the summer holidays of 1967/68. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/559 Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:09 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/559 Valley Artists Valley Artists Xmas party will be at 4pm on 22 December 2007 at the Wollombi Cultural Centre. We would love you to come along and join us. Please bring a plate of nibblies and some grog of course.We have had a great year and we thank you for your ongoing support. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/556 Sun, 20 Jan 2008 15:14 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/556 Valley Artists 2007 sees Valley Artists entering its tenth year of productions. The company has performed at The Antique Barn, Wollombi, both Laguna and Wollombi Halls, on the banks of the Wollombi Brook, at the Common Ground, in Wollombi Village, at the Wollombi Festival and on the Village Green at Laguna. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/370 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:00 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/370 Bob Philippe Like most of my wife's sterling efforts to involve me in activities that do not involve my couch and the teev, attending the play initially met with some resistance. I was not immediately swayed either by her insistence that she couldn't do a review of the play (being the OON Coordinator) or that the deadline was too close for her to engage one of the 87 MILLION creative talents dwelling behind every rock, bush and tree in the valley. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/550 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:29 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/550 Valley Artists Until the set has been built, a great number of rehearsals happen in an empty room with rudimentary props in imagined spaces. Director Fiona Burless deftly manoeuvres her cast into gymnastic positions where, when you see the play there will be a stove, a light bulb or a sink, but in all cases some part of someone's kitchen. Kitchens are central to Absurd Person Singular, the three act play Valley Artists presents for the end of 2007. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/549 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:20 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/549 Valley Artists The cast is in place and rehearsals are underway for the Valley Artists end of year production 'Absurd Person Singular', by English playwright Alan Ayckbourn, to be directed by Fiona Burless ('The Anniversary'). http://valleyartists.org/news/display/551 Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:50 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/551 Valley Artists Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival is here again folks on 21st September, 2007, 7.00pm Laguna Hall. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/552 Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:51 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/552 Valley Artists SPONSORS NIGHT REVIEW - Congratulations to Valley Artists on a wonderful sponsors evening. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/553 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:55 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/553 Valley Artists http://valleyartists.org/news/display/554 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:02 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/554 Valley Artists The 2007 Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival has opened for business and already entries are coming in.The festival, presented by Valley Artists Inc., is held in September each year, and has been a superb showcase of local talent from the Hunter region and beyond. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/555 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:05 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/555 Valley Artists No play has been more important to the history of Australian theatre than Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/561 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:19 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/561 Valley Artists Newsletter from March 2007 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/547 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 12:37 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/547 Default The Circus Of Life brought together so many skills developed through dedicated workshops and courses sponsored by the Company. In particular John Campbell's circus skills workshops were invaluable - try trapeze or juggling at home... http://valleyartists.org/news/display/369 Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:00 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/369 Tim Williams The Valley Artists Presidents report http://valleyartists.org/news/display/366 Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:00 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/366 Valley Artists http://valleyartists.org/news/display/548 Thu, 22 Dec 2005 12:38 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/548 Bob Philippe 2004 saw Valley Artists produce The Anniversary, Snow White - The Pantomime and Wollombi High School Reunion. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/368 Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:00 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/368 Tim Williams We ran another successful sponsorship drive enabling the company to have sufficient funds for productions/workshops & scholarships. http://valleyartists.org/news/display/367 Wed, 31 Dec 2003 10:00 +1000 http://valleyartists.org/news/display/367 Janine Oliver