The Lieder Theatre Company - Goulburn NSW Australia

Lieder Theatre Company

Newsletter

January 2011 No. 79

Presenting
Secret Bridesmaids' Business

a seriously funny Australian comedy

written by Elizabeth Coleman

directed by Chrisjohn Hancock

Wednesday, Friday, Saturday

9-26 February 2011 at 8pm

2pm matinee on Saturday 19 February

This play contains adult themes

Tickets

Full price $25 Seniors $20 Members and groups $15 Children under 12yrs $10

Purchase tickets online at www.liedertheatre.com

or in person at Michael Connolly Chemist 312 Auburn St Goulburn

or phone the Lieder Theatre in Goldsmith St Goulburn on (02) 4821 5066

The charity night will be hosted by The Soroptimist International Goulburn on Wednesday 9 February. For bookings phone Sue on (02) 4821 1033 or email her at sigoulburn@siswp.org

The cast of Secret Bridesmaid's Business in rehearsal at the theatre

Secret Bridesmaids’ Business is set in a hotel suite on the night before Meg’s wedding, where she has gathered together her mum and bridesmaids for one last night of good old-fashioned girlie fun…. Well, that’s the plan, anyway, but plans have a way of going awry…

The Lieder cast features a great line up of popular local performers - Anne Gaul, Heather Edwards, Erin Williams, Anthea Foley, Amanda Aitken and Gosh Waters. This is a comedy not to be missed and a great way to celebrate the beginning of 120 years of top entertainment at the Lieder.

SPECIAL DEAL - current Lieder members and U3A members can purchase $10 tickets for the first Friday and Saturday performances of Secret Bridesmaids’ Business!

Other news...

Lieder Theatre Ticket Vouchers

Available to Members only

6 ticket vouchers for any future Lieder show – just exchange your voucher for a ticket when booking. ONLY $75 per book of six vouchers (valued at $90).

That's 6 tickets for the price of 5! Give them as a wonderful gift, or bring your friends and family along to the Lieder for a fantastic night out!

Become a member

Become a member of the Lieder Theatre TODAY and enjoy the many benefits of membership!

Buy CHEAPER TICKETS for every show, purchase our special ticket voucher books, receive regular newsletters and updates, attend special functions and workshops, and become involved in our many wonderful productions.

Membership forms can be downloaded from the Lieder website, www.liedertheatre.com or just drop into the theatre to pick up a form.

Classes and workshops

After school classes will begin again in week two of term one!

Clowning on Tuesdays between 4.30 – 5.30pm with Linden

Stilt walking on Wednesdays at 4pm with John

Acrobatics on Thursdays (4.30–5.30 beginners / 5.30-6.30pm intermediates) AND
Drama on Fridays (4–5pm 8-12yr olds/ 5-6pm high schoolers) with Chrisjohn and Gosh

These classes are a fantastic way to become involved in the Lieder Youth Theatre's very busy schedule of community events, and learn some fantastic skills for Lieder productions. We're looking forward to seeing you there!

All classes are $5 per session. Contact the Lieder Theatre for more information and to register to attend.

New ticket prices

PLEASE NOTE our new ticket prices

$25 Full Price / $20 Seniors / $15 Lieder Members / $15 Groups of ten Adults or Seniors/ $15 Concession Card holders (pensioner, unemployed, student) / $10 Children 12yrs and under.

These new prices still represent fantastic value for money for our high quality productions. Lieder Theatre members make great savings, so become a member today!

New newsletter

If you receive our newsletter by email then you've probably already noticed that it looks a little different! In 2011 we're sending our newsletters and other news out with a snazzy new HTML editing program. We hope you like it!

If you're not receiving our email version of the newsletter, visit the Lieder Theatre website to subscribe!

The Lieder Theatre newsletter also has a new editor this year. We welcome Erin Williams to the role, and pass on a huge thank you to Greg Seckold for all his hard work editing the newsletter over the last 5 years.

If you would like to contribute stories, photos, articles or other news items to the Lieder Theatre newsletter, Erin would love to hear from you! Email your news to erinlee@iinet.net.au

The Year Ahead...

2011 marks 120 years of the Goulburn Liedertafel and the year is shaping up to be a big one for the company.

The year got off to a flying start with members of the Lieder Youth Theatre Company organising a working bee at the theatre on Wednesday 5th - they cleaned up parts of the Lieder scene dock especially the Youth Theatre corner and packed away decorations from our Christmas party. Thank you to all who helped out!

On 9^th January Chrisjohn represented Australia at the IATA Asian Region meeting of Community Theatre coordinators in Singapore, presenting a paper on the state of community theatre in Australia today and speaking about Australia’s hosting of the 12^th World Children’s Theatre Festival to be held on Cockatoo Island in 2012.

Local volunteers and young people are already lining up to be part of this once in a lifetime event - performing and assisting behind the scenes, acting as ambassadors for Australia and the Lieder Theatre, and ensuring smooth running and exciting entertainment for the hundreds of young people attending from around the world.

We are already well into rehearsals for Secret Bridesmaids’ Business and have begun work on the next three productions Talking Heads, Captain Rossi and the Bishop of Goulburn, and Stepping Out.

Circus workshops for young people have been a raging success during January with participants showing off their talents on Australia Day in Victoria Park.

Members of the Lieder Youth Theatre on their way to Victoria Park on Australia Day.

Also, a small but very appreciative group of adults attended January's playreading of Louis Nowra's The Golden Age, followed with a workshop on "How to study a script when preparing for a role on stage" with guest tutor Annabel Scholes. We welcome Annabel back to the Lieder Theatre and look forward to more creative partnerships.

The year's program of shows has been pencilled into place, leaving room for a guest company from Holland, plenty of youth theatre activities, and even a few surprise foyer productions.

2011

Lieder Theatre Company

9-26 February

Secret Bridesmaids’Business

a comedy by Elizabeth Coleman

directed by Chrisjohn Hancock

4-12 March

Talking Heads 2

by Alan Bennett

touring with Doreen Mullen and Pauline J Mullen

18 – 26 March

Captain Rossi and the Bishop of Goulburn

a World Premiere by John Spicer

directed by Chrisjohn Hancock

11 – 28 May

Stepping Out

a comedy by Richard Harris

directed by Judith Boyd

31 August – 17 September

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

by William Shakespeare

directed by Chrisjohn Hancock

23 November – 10 December

Sinbad the Sailor

a Christmas pantomime

directed by Chrisjohn Hancock

From the President...

Position vacant

Owing to the recent resignation of our Vice President, Suzanne Hockey, we have a vacant position on our Board of Management.

Even though this is an office bearing role the position of Vice President may be filled by an existing committee member or a returning member to the Board of Management, thereby freeing up a position for an ordinary committee member.

No experience is necessary just a keen interest to participate and have your say in the day to day running of the Lieder Theatre Company and the Lieder Youth Company.

We would love to hear from you, young or old!

Please feel free to discuss or register your interest by contacting Pauline J. Mullen @ the Lieder Theatre 4821 5066 or emailing the Lieder on lieder@goulburn.net.au

Be involved!

Being incorporated, our company is owned by it’s members…that is you.

So however you wish to participate any involvement is welcome. It may be that you just wish to pay membership thereby supporting us financially and receiving some benefits in return, or volunteer on or off stage.

By supporting Chrisjohn Hancock our Artistic Director we contribute to his wellbeing and the theatre’s wellbeing. One cannot survive without the other.

If there is anything you feel capable of contributing towards the wellbeing of this vital community asset please feel free to walk through our doors and become involved. All are welcome!

A reminder that we are on the Register of Cultural Organisations and any cash donations of $2.00 or more made to the Lieder Theatre Inc are tax deductible.

Pauline J. Mullen

President

Getting to know you...

Member profiles

In each newsletter this year we'll be profiling one of our active Lieder Theatre members. Get to know your fellow members better - find out why they love being involved with the Lieder Theatre, and what they do outside the theatre. It's better than a gossip column!

We would love to get to know you better too! Help make our strong community even stronger by answering the questions below and sending your profile off to Erin at erinlee@iinet.net.au. Who knows, you might feature in our next newsletter!

Let's get the ball rolling by finding out some more about active Lieder Theatre member and new newsletter editor, Erin Williams...

Erin Williams??????

Age, hometown, occupation?

Age - nearly 32 (blurgh!)

Hometown - I was born and bred in Goulburn. I lived in

Canberra for 11 years, but have recently moved back to

Goulburn to be closer to the Lieder, friends and family.

I'm still working in Canberra, as a manager and reference

librarian at the National Library of Australia.

How long have you been involved at the Lieder Theatre?

Some days it feels like forever! I first joined the theatre in

1993, and haven't really stopped since.

That's nearly 20 years!

On tour in the United States

How did you become involved at the Lieder Theatre?

I first participated in some holiday youth theatre workshops in the summer of 1993. Later that year I was stage crew for Steel Magnolias.

I was first on stage in 1994's foyer production of The Lesson and then on the main stage in Dinkum Assorted in the same year.

What's your favourite Lieder production?

There are so many it's hard to remember them all! Lots of shows have been special to me for different reasons, I guess. Some of my favourites have been Dinkum Assorted (gold lame dresses and a real goat), Blackrock (amazing story, and an amazing group of youth theatre people), Under Milk Wood (amazing ensemble experience), The Ballad of Mary Ann Brownlow (amazing local true story).

I've also been lucky enough to tour overseas with the Lieder on several different occasions, and I feel incredibly fortunate to have those experiences. 1998 - Czech Republic and England, 2009 -Monaco and Spain, 2010 - United States.

At the moment my favourite production is SECRET BRIDESMAIDS' BUSINESS!!

Favourite memorable Lieder moment?

The first one that springs to mind is when I was stage managing Hotel Sorrento and I forgot to set the forks! The poor actors had to eat a hot meal with their fingers and some very stale bread - sorry guys!

In terms of amazing theatre moments though - I think I would have to say that Ladies Night is certainly up there, along with watching Matt Kay playing the role of Fish in Cloudstreet and watching Pauline Mullen playing the role of Lady Macbeth.

What does the Lieder mean to you?

The Lieder is my haven and the people in it are my family. When I'm not there I'm wondering when I can go back.

What plays would you most like to see on the Lieder stage?

The Crucible -I've been asking for this for YEARS!

Fire in the Basement

More absurdism, more shows in the foyer

Do you have a dream part you'd like to play?

Not really, I think I've been lucky to play lots of different roles over the years.

What do you do when you're not at the Lieder?

Sleep!