Performance - March 2008
Date: 20-Mar-08
Author: Valley Artists
Coming in April 2008
At Laguna Hall
Valley Artists present
The much loved 'Australian Classic' by Michael Gow
AWAY
In 1967 - The Beatles produce "Sergeant Pepper",The Vietnam War is in full swing,The Concorde is unveiled and (closer to home) Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt disappears.
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.
Away opens with a school performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream and the great Shakespearean themes of suffering, regeneration and reconciliation persist.The characters and families of this play must confront and come to terms with loss, betrayal, love, anger, resentment, redemption, jealousy.......in short, all the good stuff that makes an audience feel that it has experienced real 'drama'.
This is a superbly written and popular play that captures the Australian spirit, makes us laugh at ourselves and tugs at our hearts.
Away will be directed by Bob Philippe (Come to Bits,The Removalists, Hotel Sorrento,Aladdin, Honour,The Importance of Being Earnest and Summer of the Seventeenth Doll.)
Janine Marsh
SPONSORSHIPS FOR 2008 ARE NOW DUE.
VALLEY ARTISTS INC's PRIMARY SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR OUR PRODUCTIONS COMES FROM THE WONDERFUL GENEROSITY OF OUR SPONSORS.
THE VALLEY IS FAMOUS AND PROUD OF ITS THEATRE PRODUCTIONS.
AND YOUR SPONSORSHIP IS IMPORTANT TO US.
The benefits to you as a sponsor are:
- Tickets to all productions
- Tickets to the unique, popular and exclusive Sponsors' Night
- Advertising space in programs
- Tax Deductibility
We feel that you as a sponsor are part of the dynamic Valley Artists Community Theatre Production Group. Sponsorship enables us to bring you a level of performance which has been said many times 'rivals the top theatre companies in Australia if not the world'. Sponsorship allows us to send our youth and others on performing arts scholarships to NIDA or ATYP. It allows us to run educational workshops throughout the year for many locals.We also help by supplying lighting/sound gear and technicians for other community events.
We at Valley Artists benefit by being able to stage our productions with an adequate budget, purchase much needed equipment and having the knowledge that our endeavours are supported by so many in our local community.We are a not-for-profit organisation where all funds from whatever source are committed to the administration of the organisation and the staging of productions. None of us is paid for our labour. Please consider sponsoring YOUR local community theatre group and join us as we begin our 2008 Season.
