Theatre Fest 2016

Congratulations to all cast and directors of the three Elmwood Players one act plays entered in to this year’s NZTF Play Festival:

• “A Night Out”,

• “Cosmic Fruit Bowl” and

• “The Dumb Waiter”.

“The Dumb Waiter” directed by Sonya Cameron,represented Elmwood Players at the National Finals in Invercargill.

“The Dumb Waiter”

“Cosmic Fruit Bowl”

“A Night Out”

Winners of 2015 Woodies

… and a big thank you to all who graced the Elmwood stage, and behind the scenes in 2015.

2016 Membership Subscriptions

Note: Full year Subs are now due (see Half Year details below).

2016 membership is now due (Membership runs 1 January 2016 to 31 Decembery 2016). Forms are available from our website, and can be completed on line or by post (a pdf file can be downloaded from this link).

https://www.elmwood-players.org.nz/Membership-Form-2016.pdf

And don’t forget the Opening Night 2-for-1 Deal (One click on your card gains two free tickets on opening night). On joining Elmwood Players, you become a member of Christchurch's friendliest amateur theatre society.

Membership is required for participation in a production. There are 2 subscription modes (Full year/Half year) and a third membership option available for each production only.

February 2017

Auditions: "All This Intimacy"

19 February

AGM (TBC)

8 April

Auditions:"The Thrill Of Love"

19 April

"All This Intimacy" (Dir: Douglas Clarke QSM) Opens

8 June

“The Thrill Of Love” (Dir: Garry Thomas) Opens

August

“Mix ‘n Match – a season of one act plays” Opens

October

"Heaven Help Us!" (Dir: Phil Dean) Opens

"All This Intimacy"

By Rajiv Joseph

Dir: Douglas Clarke QSM

April 19 2017

A comedy about friendship and lust and how the two don't mix.

Ty Greene is a normal guy with three very big problems. In an unprecedented (for him) run of promiscuity, Ty has managed to impregnate three women in the span of one week: His ex-girlfriend, his 40-something married next-door neighbour, and his 18 year-old student. In this edgy comedy Ty's problems illuminate every triumph and failure of his life, and as the women in his world converge and figure out what's happened, Ty realizes that his life is adrift, and that he only has a limited time to try to piece it back together.

"The Thrill Of Love"

by Amanda Whittington

Dir: Garry Thomas

June 8 2017

Fame comes but not in the way she imagines.
The facts are not in dispute. On 11 April 1955, Ruth Ellis shot and murdered her lover. Ellis was found guilty and became the last woman to be hanged in Britain. But why was she so keen to admit her guilt, and so loth to offer any defence, even refusing to name – until too late – the person who gave her the loaded gun? Amanda (“Be My Baby”, “Amateur Girl”) Whittington's play starts with a siren image of Ellis in satin underwear looking like Marilyn Monroe. But like much in this work, the surface image is a mere deception.

"Mix & Match"

August 2017

Another season of short one act plays.

"Heaven Help Us!"

by Tim Hambleton

Dir: Phil Dean

October 2017

In the waiting room of Heaven, Angela is filling in for St Peter. She is responsible for selecting those who enter, and unfortunately she has made a few mistakes lately.

A group of eclectic characters gather there and vie for entry through the Pearly Gates whilst also trying to outwit God’s nasty CEO.