Merrigong Theatre Company

Merrigong Season 2010

Theatre Season			Buy Season Tickets
	Soft Tread Production's Lying Cheating Bastard An entertaining, gripping thriller starring Australia’s top magician.		03 Aug 10 - 07 Aug 10
	HotHouse Theatre's AUSTRALIA! The Show! A comedy with a heart as big as the nation.		17 Aug 10 - 22 Aug 10
	Ensemble Theatre's Rain Man The much-loved film comes to life on stage.		21 Sep 10 - 26 Sep 10
	Red Stitch Actors Theatre's Red Sky Morning A chilling portrait of a family’s life in a remote Australian town.		02 Nov 10 - 06 Nov 10
	Merrigong Theatre Company's Death in Bowengabbie One of the top 970 love stories of all time!		12 Nov 10 - 23 Nov 10

Merrigong Moves			Buy Season Tickets
	The Royal New Zealand Ballet's Romeo & Juliet This isn’t just any love story. It’s THE love story.		17 Aug 10 - 22 Aug 10
	Bangarra - Of Earth and Sky ‘Riley’ from Daniel Riley McKinley and ‘Artefacts’ from Frances Rings.		16 Sep 10 - 18 Sep 10

Merrigong Mix
	Merrigong Theatre Company's RUFF! New Works in Progress New work in development.		07 Aug 10 - 14 Aug 10
	Merrigong Theatre Company's The Vault Cabaret - Sept 2010 The infamous showcase of local artists & musicians - a fun-filled night of pure debauchery!		18 Sep 10 - 18 Sep 10
	Merrigong Theatre Company Presents Treasures from the Vault 2010 The annual celebration of the infamous Vault Cabarets!		27 Nov 10 - 27 Nov 10

Kids Stuff			Buy Season Tickets
	Patch Theatre Company's Special Delivery A comic fable about a busy deliveryman.		07 Sep 10 - 07 Sep 10
	Imaginary Theatre's Tashi - Two New Stories Tashi returns to Wollongong with two brand new tales! Based on the books of Anna and Barbara Fienberg.		01 Oct 10 - 03 Oct 10
	Monkey Baa's Fox Monkey Baa's extraordinary stage adaptation of the award-winning picture book.		01 Oct 10 - 02 Oct 10
	erth's Dinosaur Petting Zoo It's a petting zoo, but not as you know it!		03 Oct 10 - 03 Oct 10

Add-on Shows			Buy Season Tickets
	Verdi's La Traviata Oz Opera returns with a stunning new production of one of the world's favourite operas.		09 Sep 10 - 11 Sep 10
	Peace Train: The Cat Stevens Story Darren Coggan relives the highs and lows of Cat Stevens' career with 23 of his best-loved songs.		04 Oct 10 - 06 Oct 10

Message from Simon Hinton
Merrigong's Artistic Director / CEO:

Magic...

The theatre is often filled with magic. Here in the darkness we are transported by the trickery of theatrical illusion - created with lights, sets and costumes - or seduced by the magic of an actor's skill, a singer's voice, a dancer's movement.

This year's season is all about magic. Some of it literal, like the extraordinary sleight of- hand of master magician James Galea, as he demonstrates the hoaxes of a conman in the gripping thriller, Lying Cheating Bastard. Or the other card-counting tricks of the autistic savant Raymond Babbitt in the wonderful stage adaptation of the classic film, Rain Man.

Then there's the brilliant vocal trickery of Canadian actor Rick Miller as he conjures up more than 50 characters from TV's The Simpsons performing their version of "the Scottish play" in MacHomer. And those other magical mimics from the Wharf Revue team return to lampoon and poke fun at politicians, celebrities and society itself in Pennies from Kevin.

Playwright Caleb Lewis weaves some magic of his own, creating a quirky world filled with endearing characters in his comedy, Death in Bowengabbie, which I am delighted will be Merrigong's major in-house production for the year.

You could say the Merrigong team has had to perform a bit of a magic trick ourselves to be able to bring a few really big shows to Wollongong in 2010, like the luminous, luscious musical, The Sapphires. And we've certainly pulled a rabbit out of a hat securing seasons of two acclaimed international companies, with the famed Irish company Druid Theatre's The Walworth Farce, and Royal New Zealand Ballet's exquisite production of Romeo & Juliet.

That's just a few of the great shows we have in store for you this year. Find out the rest by browsing our website or order a season brochure from our box office.

Of course the real magic that takes place in the theatre involves you, the audience. Even more than what happens on stage, it is the magic that takes place in your imagination that makes theatre the unique, powerful experience that it is. So to really let our magic do its work, buy a ticket, take your seat and...

believe.

Simon Hinton Artistic Director / CEO

Download the Merrigong 2010 Season Brochure here [PDF, 5.3MB]