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BUTTS Fund Raiser 
If you are a Playhouse regular, you'll know how much we need more comfortable, wider seats for our auditorium. By making a donation you'll set us up for new seats as part of our major theatre refurbishment. 
Click here to find out more! Sponsor Letter Media Release - Jan 2025
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FOR SALE - THEATRE SEATING
We are upgrading our theatre seating and are selling our exisiting theatre seats.
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FOR SALE - PROPS & COSTUMES
After a very successful production we have decided to sell a number of props and costumes specifically made for 'GREASE The Musical', so that other companies may benefit from our many hours of work.
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge that the land that we gather and perform on is the traditional country and homelands of the Taribelang Bunda, Gooreng Gooreng, Gurang, and Bailai Peoples of the Bundaberg region. We acknowledge they have walked, cared for, sung, told stories and danced on this land for thousands of years. We acknowledge and respect their spiritual relationship, cultural heritage, beliefs and connection to this land, and it is still important to their descendants of today. We acknowledge the Elders, those here today and those who have passed back into the great dreaming.
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Photo Gallery - "Stepping Out" (1999) |
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STEPPING OUT 1999 | | |  | |
Directed by Gail Ross, Nigel Dick
"It was a very big decision" said Gail explaining the choice between auditioning or taking on the roles of co-director and choreographer. "I'm glad I chose the other side of the footlights this time as it's been a valuable learning experience seeing how the various departments within Players function and work together." (this red-haired dancing dynamo sadly left us much too soon, and is pictured here at auditions, putting the would-be tappers through their paces)
It follows the lives of vastly different people at their weekly dance class; the difficult process of moulding them into a slick troupe (the Mavis Turner Tappers) before their daunting challenge of a public performance. Nigel said auditions were "an absolute hoot" with heaps of talent among the 27 hopefuls for the 10 roles. "We ran several tap classes before auditions to familiarise people with the routines." Cast included Lynne Metz (Mavis) Gail Spinaze (pianist) with Mary Dudman, Penny Green, Lyn Greer and Ken Peterson as Geoffrey, the only male character learning to dance, with News Mail reviewer saying " it's hard to imagine anyone else in the role"....."Gail Ross as choreographer also deserves special mention as once the characters mastered the final scene it must have been extremely difficult to "unteach" them for the earlier clumsy routines" "Her co-director is theatre mainstay Nigel Dick and this slick production has his involvement written all over it."
| | | | Lynne Metz instructing Ken Peterson and the rest of the tappers | |
| | | |  | |  | | | | Back Row: Heather West, Catriona James-McGovern, Penny Green, Lynne Greer & Mary Dudman Front Row: Shannon Kunst, Ken Peterson & Candice Story-Blow | | Director, Gail Ross, taking the cast through their steps | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 27 February 2020 )
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