From January 7:
Mother Goose
By Bob Heather and Roger Lamb
Director: Yvie Somerville
Assistant Director and Choregrapher: Susan Dearnley
December 14, 2011:
Being born and bred in England, my parents always took me to the traditional Pantomime every year!!!
It always started on Boxing Day and we would be found at the wonderful old Theatre on the Green in Richmond Surrey sitting high in the "gods"
Thus was my love of theatre born, and when I got the chance to direct a Panto, I jumped at the opportunity.
I fell in love with the script for Mother Goose as soon as I read it, it has everything! Great fun, and song and dance for the children, a wonderful baddy in the shape of Squire Snyde, portrayed to perfection by newcomer Roger Shaw, good and bad fairies, and small quite adorable fairies and opportunities for lots of participation from the audience "Oh, No, He Isn't!!" Etc. In short it has everything a good Panto should.
Children from 4 years up will love it, as will their parents and grandparents; there is lots in it for them to enjoy also.
I have been very lucky to have an amazing team behind me, my assistant Susan is completely invaluable, and knows what I want before I do quite often!!!!
The cast we have, are professional in the extreme, always willing to listen and work hard at making this, one of the best Pantomimes Noosa Arts has ever produced!!!
We hope lots families, and their friends will come and see us, we can assure them a fun filled time.
Yvie Somerville
If you are looking for some great holiday entertainment for your children, mark 7/8, 14/15 and 21/22 January in your diaries.
On those weekends Noosa Arts Theatre will be staging Mother Goose at 11am and 2pm on both Saturday and Sunday at the Tewantin Primary School Hall.
Mother Goose is a traditional English Pantomime with fun frolicing, singing, dancing, and lots of audience interaction.
The story is an age old favourite with a fabulous line up of interesting characters, including the Goose that lays the golden egg. There are good and bad characters giving plenty of opportunities for cheering and booing from an involved audience.
Director, Yvie Somerville and Assistant Director, Susan Dearnley were both brought up in the UK with its strong pantomime tradition and aim to bring the same joy to children that they experienced growing up. Both also have the acting and performing credentials to deliver a first rate pantomime.
They have chosen a strong and talented cast with Geoffrey Peckitt as Mother Goose and Roger Shaw as Sidney Snyde. The cast also includes some talented young performers. Callum Hamacek, who plays Billy Goose, and Chelsea Wallis, who plays Virtue have both recently starred in major roles in A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Return to the Forbidden Planet at Noosa Arts Theatre. Other young experienced talent includes Phoebe Evans (Jill Goose), Lizzie Schluter (Jack) and Emily Potts (Fairy). The gifted Halverson Family are well represented with Sarah playing Bodjit and Meghan playing one of the villagers. They previously starred in Fiddler on the Roof and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Tania Nash, the wonderfully funny Wall in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, plays Pretty Mother Goose and is joined by her children Bodhi and Virgo Nash.
Family members are enjoying acting together in this show and it is a show that will bring laughter and entertainment to many hundreds of families who see it.
The story goes: Mother Goose and her family become very rich, thanks to Candy the magic goose; but Mother Goose is old and ugly, and would give anything to become young and beautiful again. Vanity, the bad fairy, makes a pact with her to turn her ugliness into beauty in exchange for the magic goose. Mother Gosse's son, Billy , with help from his sister, Jill, her fiance Jack, and Virtue, the fairy Queen, set out to get Candy back and put things right. All ends happily ever after in the best panto tradition!
Venue:
- Tewantin State School - Goodwin Street, Tewantin
Performances:
- JANUARY 2012:
- SATURDAYS 7, 14, 12 at 11am and 2pm
- SUNDAYS 8, 15, 22 at 11am and 2pm
Ticket Prices:
Bookings:
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