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Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival Programme
Date: Tue 29-Sep-09
Author: Peter Firminger
The programme for this Saturday night has been released... judging will be done on the night. Good luck to all the entrants!
Performance - October 2009
Date: Sat 26-Sep-09
Author: Peter McCloy
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.
Performance - September 2009
Date: Sun 20-Sep-09
Author: 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.
Valley Artists Newsletter - September 2009
Date: Fri 11-Sep-09
Author: 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...
Performance - August 2009
Date: Thu 20-Aug-09
Author: 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.
Call for Actors from Valley Artists
Date: Tue 28-Jul-09
Author: Bob Philippe
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
Valley Artists Newsletter - July 2009
Date: Sat 25-Jul-09
Author: Peter McCloy
Not the Programme Notes: Being sundry items of interest about our upcoming productions and the arts in general - July 2009
Performance - July 2009
Date: Mon 20-Jul-09
Author: 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.
Performance - June 2009
Date: Sat 20-Jun-09
Author: Janine Oliver
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'.
Performance - May 2009
Date: Wed 20-May-09
Author: Louise Clarke
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.
Performance - April 2009
Date: Mon 20-Apr-09
Author: Valley Artists
The Cast of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice - who are they?
Valley Artists Newsletter - April (2) 2009
Date: Sun 19-Apr-09
Author: Peter McCloy
The morning after: Notes from the first weekend of "Little Voice". Tickets selling fast!
Valley Artists Newsletter - March 2009
Date: Fri 27-Mar-09
Author: Peter McCloy
Not the Programme Notes: Being sundry items of interest about our upcoming productions and the arts in general - March 2009
Performance - March 2009
Date: Fri 20-Mar-09
Author: Louise Clarke
We are pleased to announce Peter McCloy will be returning to the VA fold taking up the Marketing role.
Valley Artists Newsletter - February 2009
Date: Mon 09-Mar-09
Author: Peter McCloy
Not the Programme Notes: Being sundry items of interest about our upcoming productions and the arts in general - February 2009
Performance - February 2009
Date: Fri 20-Feb-09
Author: Louise Clarke
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.
Performance - January 2009
Date: Tue 20-Jan-09
Author: Valley Artists
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.
Performance - November 2008
Date: Thu 20-Nov-08
Author: Valley Artists
Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival was a huge success this year.
Performance - October 2008
Date: Mon 20-Oct-08
Author: Janine Oliver
Make sure you're at the Film Festival.
Your host for the evening: Bob Philippe.
Performance - September 2008
Date: Sat 20-Sep-08
Author: 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'.
Performance - August 2008
Date: Wed 20-Aug-08
Author: 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.
Performance - July 2008
Date: Sun 20-Jul-08
Author: Janine Marsh
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.
Performance - June 2008
Date: Fri 20-Jun-08
Author: 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!
Performance - May 2008
Date: Tue 20-May-08
Author: 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
Performance - April 2008
Date: Sun 20-Apr-08
Author: Janine Marsh
Performance - March 2008
Date: Thu 20-Mar-08
Author: Valley Artists
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.
Performance - January 2008
Date: Sun 20-Jan-08
Author: 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.
2007 President's Message
Date: Mon 31-Dec-07
Author: Bob Philippe
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.
Performance - December 2007
Date: Thu 20-Dec-07
Author: Valley Artists
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.
Performance - November 2007
Date: Tue 20-Nov-07
Author: 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.
Performance - October 2007
Date: Sat 20-Oct-07
Author: 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').
Performance - September 2007
Date: Thu 20-Sep-07
Author: Valley Artists
Wollombi Valley Short Film Festival is here again folks on 21st September, 2007, 7.00pm Laguna Hall.
Performance - August 2007
Date: Mon 20-Aug-07
Author: Valley Artists
SPONSORS NIGHT REVIEW - Congratulations to Valley Artists on a wonderful sponsors evening.
Performance - July 2007
Date: Fri 20-Jul-07
Author: Valley Artists
Performance - June 2007
Date: Wed 20-Jun-07
Author: 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.
Performance - April 2007
Date: Fri 20-Apr-07
Author: Valley Artists
No play has been more important to the history of Australian theatre than Ray Lawler's Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.
Valley Artists Newsletter - March 2007
Date: Tue 20-Mar-07
Author: Default
Newsletter from March 2007
Report of 2006
Date: Sun 31-Dec-06
Author: Tim Williams
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...
Report of 2005
Date: Sat 31-Dec-05
Author: Valley Artists
The Valley Artists Presidents report
Events of 2005
Date: Thu 22-Dec-05
Author: Bob Philippe
Report of 2004
Date: Fri 31-Dec-04
Author: Tim Williams
2004 saw Valley Artists produce The Anniversary, Snow White - The Pantomime and Wollombi High School Reunion.
Report of 2003
Date: Wed 31-Dec-03
Author: Janine Oliver
We ran another successful sponsorship drive enabling the company to have sufficient funds for productions/workshops & scholarships.