talbot tattler - Beaumaris Theatre

May 2012
TALBOT TATTLER
INSIDE:
Sll Life and The Bowmans
Take a Seat With Eddie Perfect
And so much more...

B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R P A G E 2
The Prez Sez
Janine Chugg
As menoned in the first edion of the Talbot Taler for 2012, this
year has very big shows to fill aer 2011. With half the year almost
gone (and where on earth did it go??) we can confidently say that
those shoes are being filled most adequately, thank you! We opened
with To Kill A Mockingbird. We chose this play because it is a great
play from a brilliant book, but also because it is on the syllabus for
schools this year, so we hoped to aract students and teachers by
bringing alive what they were studying. This is just what happened.
Large school pares and many students with their parents came to
see the show, with very posive feedback. It is always difficult to do
a play with which so many people are familiar – the Gregory Peck
movie is so well known. However Robyn Morris and her cast and
crew did a fantasc job with Mockingbird. Within minutes of the
story unfolding the audience became engaged with what they were
seeing on stage and forgot about the movie version. Brian Uniacke’s
interpretaon of Acus Finch was his own, but just as true to how
Harper Lee had wrien the character. Every cast member gave terrific
performances—for some it was their first me on stage, but they
showed what they could do, and now I suspect it will be difficult to
keep them off! Besides being a theatrical success, the show was
financially very successful, being booked out nearly every night. Congratulaons
to all involved—a wonderful start to the year.
Our on-going efforts to raise enough money to purchase our own
retractable raked seang received a terrific boost with our Take a
Seat with Eddie Perfect extravaganza, held in late April. We had
hoped to stage this in February (as hinted in the last edion of the
Taler) but other events, such as the imminent arrival of Eddie Perfect’s
second baby and his extremely busy work schedule, meant we
postponed to the later date. It was worth the wait! Elsewhere in this
edion is a rundown of the process that led to this event, and some
photos of a few of the sell-out audience who came to see the show.
However I would just like to take this opportunity to again sincerely
thank Eddie, a wonderful performer and a lovely man, for giving up
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his evening to help us the way he did. It was just aer that weekend
that it was announced Eddie will be performing in South Pacific at the
Princess Theatre from September —this will be a show not to be
missed! I also thank Bek Chapman and her band The Corner Street
Society, , Michael Young the MC, and all who helped make this fantasc
night possible. It was just an incredible evening, and such a
thrill for our lile theatre to be able to organise this. We raised over
$8,000—a brilliant achievement.
So yes, we are much closer to our goal of purchasing the seang.
Just in the last stages of negoang with the Beaumaris Branch of
the Bendigo Bank, with some fascinang experiences of having to
deal with and communicate between the Bank AND Bayside City
Council to organise a loan….. We were hoping to have the seats installed
for Mockingbird, but because of the me taken for the fundraising
and now for the construcon of the seang, it will not be
installed for our next producon either. Fingers crossed for Joseph!
We have also been busy with fundraising for Cancer research.
Last weekend we hosted a Trivia night and this weekend our
Biggest Morning Tea kicked off at 10am with a huge spread of
donated goodies, followed by terrific entertainment, and an
exhibition of some fabulous puppets made by Jenny Wilson,
(Juliet Charles’ sister) who unfortunately lost her life to Cancer a
few years ago, HUGE thanks to Debbie Keyt who is the main
organiser of these events. They always run like clockwork!
And now to our second season for the year. Still Life and The
Bowmans are two very different plays, the former a poignant
drama and the latter a very funny comedy, but we think they
will work very well together. Pages 4 & 5 will tell you more, but
these plays are not to be missed. Still Life will be entered in four
One Act Play Festivals this year after it’s Beaumaris season, but if
you cannot make it to Ballarat or Mt Macedon, and as The Bowmans
will only be seen at Beaumaris Theatre, you should book
your tickets NOW to ensure you do not miss out.
See you at the theatre!
Ticket Prices for
Still Life and
and
The Bowmans
Adults $25, students, subscribers, concessions and
children $22. Family ticket $80 for 2 adults and 2
children 16 and under.
NB: Gala supper night June 29th $2 extra per ticket.
Tickets must be paid for at the time of booking by
credit card or within 7 days by cheque or postal order,
or tickets will be released for resale.
Season’s Tickets. Pre-purchase tickets to all our
shows for the whole year at the discounted price of
$85 (conditions may apply)

P A G E 3
Beaumaris Theatre Producons 2012
B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R
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IN THIS ISSUE...
Features
Forthcoming Producons —
Sll Life 4
The Bowmans 5
A Queson of Friendship—East Timor
Fundraiser 11
Talbot Adjudicator 2012 Danny Forward 5
Mockingbird—Theatrecra review 6
To Kill A Mockingbird Revisited 7
Take A Seat With Eddie Perfect—What a Night! 9
Live Below the Line—The Oaktree Foundaon 10
Definions of an Actor 10
Commiee Sickies 11
Jenny Wilson’s Puppets 11
Noces
Front of House Thanks 7
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat 7
Aucon Donaons—Thank You! 8
Play Reading Group 12
Vale Mies van der Rohe 13
No More Paint Mess Tip 13
Sll Life & The Bowmans fliers 16
Regulars
In the Spotlight - Krisna Doucouliagos 4
Polly’s Pantry 12
Dr Shakespeare 13
Taler Tale 13
As It Happened—Christmas Reviews & Jo Johnson 14
Booking Form — Sll Life & The Bowmans 15

B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R P A G E 4
OUR SECOND SEASON FOR 2012 IS COMPRISED OF TWO SHORT PLAYS, TO BE PERFORMED
AT BEAUMARIS THEATRE FOR FOUR NIGHTS ONLY. THE FIRST, STILL LIFE BY NOEL COWARD
WILL BE ENTERED IN THE VICTORIAN DRAMA LEAGUE’S ONE ACT PLAY FESTIVALS. DIRECTOR
KRISTINA DOUCOULIGOS TELLS US A LITTLE ABOUT THE PLAY.
Wrien by Noel Coward, Sll Life was first staged in 1936 as
part of a series of one-act plays performed over several nights
in what was entled Tonight at 8.30.
Set in the refreshment room of a railway staon during the
1930s, Sll Life tells the story of a chance encounter between
Laura Jesson and Alec Harvey, each of whom are married and
have separate lives. Another chance encounter leads to
another, this me an arranged meeng. Laura and Alec
connue to meet in secret and before long fall in love. However,
their romance is not without complicaons for both are
full of guilt and must make a decision as to their future. While
Laura and Alec’s romance is dramac and intense, the
refreshment room experiences love of a lighter nature
through the romances of Myrtle and Albert and Beryl and
Stanley.
The Cast:
Laura Jensson-Katharine Innes
Myrtle Bagot- Juliet Charles
Beryl Waters-Hannah-Claire Fortune
Stanley- Jacob Mohring
Albert Godby- Neil Barne
Alec Harvey- Stuart Duffield
Bill/ Young Man- Arthur Giamalidis
Johnnie- Greshem Worth
Dolly Messiters- Emily Davison
In the Spotlight
BEAUMARIS THEATRE’S KRISTINA DOUCOULIAGOS IS AN AWARD WINNING ACTRESS AND STAGE MANAGER. WITH
NOEL COWARD’S STILL LIFE SHE MAKES HER DEBUT AS A DIRECTOR. DEBBIE KEYT HAS COMPILED SOME QUES-
TIONS SO THAT WE CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS TALENTED YOUNG LADY.
My greatest hope is… To make my parents proud… and that I don’t succumb to corporate greed
My earliest theatrical memory…Playing an angel in a kindergarten Christmas play
My mother always told me…To dy my room
I would me travel to…Early 1960s New York
The website I visit most…Facebook… just like everyone else so don’t judge!
The best book I have read is…because…Most difficult decision of my life! Its a draw between
Simon Schama’s ‘The American Future’ because I am a massive history and polics nerd and
Lauren Bacall's biography ‘By Myself and Then Some’
I wish I had…Leant how to sing
I wish I hadn’t…Studied so much that I pinched a nerve in my neck- ouch!
My best theatrical memory…Playing Amy March in Lile Women
My most treasured possession…My MacBook Draco, he is such a good boy and keeps my crazy life in order!
The funniest thing that ever happened to me on stage…Slipping on fairy dust while playing Tinker Bell- only way that I could
go flying across the stage!
I would like to be remembered for….Making a difference in the world, however small that difference might be

P A G E 5
B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R
THE SECOND PLAY TO MAKE UP THE DUO FOR SEASON II AT BEAUMARIS THIS YEAR IS A
TONY HANCOCK COMEDY, FROM THE TV VERSION OF HIS FAMOUS HANCOCK’S HALF
HOUR. DIRECTOR JANINE CHUGG TELLS US ABOUT TONY AND THE BOWMANS.
Most people over the age of 50 will
have at least heard of Tony Hancock,
if not listened to or watched his comedy
program Hancock’s Half Hour.
He collaborated in many of these
shows with Syd James, Hae Jaques
and Kenneth Williams, and made the
transion from radio to television in
the early 1960’s. Tony was one the
leading Brish comedians in the
1950’s and 60’s. His work influenced other giants of
Brish comedy such as The Goons and Monty Python.
He was voted Britain’s best ever comic 35 years aer
his death, which occurred in Australia in 1968.
When it was decided to present Sll Life for four nights
at Beaumaris Theatre before taking it to the One Act
Play Fesvals, we realised that, because it was a short
play, we had the opportunity to stage something else
with it. While searching for the
perfect play, Neil Barne gave me
the script of The Bowmans to
read. I read no further. Tony
plays Old Joshua Merryweather in
the long running radio serial The
Bowmans. His over-acng and
connuous efforts to take the
lime light from the other actors
finally result in him being sacked.
He tries his hand at stage acng and adversements,
but to no avail. Fortunately for him the public are incensed
by his departure from the show.
This is a very funny comedy and we have a terrific cast
to bring it all to life. It will entertain no maer what
generaon you belong to. It will revive fond memories
for the older folks amongst us, and will introduce a
comedy icon to a new generaon.
TALBOT ADJUDICATORS 2012
OVER THE NEXT THREE EDITIONS OF THE TALBOT TATTLER, WE’LL BE INTRODUCING OUR
WONDERFULLY TALENTED AND EXCEPTIONALLY CREDENTIALED TALBOT AWARDS ADJUDI-
CATORS. THE FIRST ADJUDICATOR IN THE LIME LIGHT NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION TO OUR
BEAUMARIS THEATRE FAMILY, AND IN FACT WE PROUDLY CALL HIM OUR FAVOURITE SON!!
Danny Forward is no stranger to
The Talbot Awards, having served
on the management subcommiee
for and musically direcng
every ceremony since its
incepon unl 2010. He only relinquished
these commitments last
year to undertake the imparal
role of adjudicator. Danny is himself
the recipient of twelve Talbot
Awards, the last two for the highly
acclaimed 2010 producon of I
LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW
CHANGE, which also garnered him
a nominaon and two commendaons
from the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria.
As well as serving as a commiee
member for six years, Danny has
been involved with twelve produc-
ons at Beaumaris Theatre as director,
musical director, pianist and/or
composer. He has also worked with
most of Melbourne's music theatre
companies in various capacies which
was recognised by the MTGV in 2010
with him receiving the Musician's
Award. Danny has just completed a
highly successful season as musical
director of AVENUE Q with Fab Nobs
and will next be tackling the same
role for CLOC's ALL SHOOK UP.

B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R P A G E 6
OUR FIRST PRODUCTION FOR 2012, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, WAS A FANTASTIC
SUCCESS. ALMOST EVERY SESSION WAS SOLD OUT, AND THEATRICALLY IT WAS VERY
WELL DONE. WITH THANKS TO THE VDL’S THEATRECRAFT WE PROUDLY REPRINT THE
REVIEW THAT APPEARED IN THE MAY EDITION.

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B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD WAS THE THIRD PLAY ROBYN MORRIS HAS DIRECTED FOR BEAU-
MARIS THEATRE. ALTHOUGH SHE REALLY ENJOYED THE FIRST TWO , TO KILL A MOCKING-
BIRD WILL HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN HER HEART, NOT LEAST BECAUSE OF THE WONDER-
FUL CAST SHE HAD WHO BROUGHT THE STORY SO BEAUTIFULLY TO LIFE.
From a directors point of view, To Kill a Mockingbird was the
most excing and terrifying me…...during the rehearsal period
that is! I knew I had a wonderful cast, an amazing set, and
great behind the scenes support, superbly led by Lee Paerson.
The cast rose to the challenge when faced with an audience
and astounded me with their talent and courage to
bring this amazing play to life.
Brian Uniacke as ‘Acus’, Millie Hourigan, Jonah Gunn and
Luke Burgess as ‘Scout’, ‘Jem’ and ‘Dill’ respecvely, spent
nearly the whole producon on stage and each night brought
a new aspect to their characters. Every other performer exceeded
my expectaons but I need to menon the following:
Chris Churchward portrayed the evil and vindicve ‘Bob
Ewell’ with a finesse that even he didn’t know he had! Cory
Porter, as the gentle and maligned ‘Tom Robinson’, dominated
the court scene, along with Jody McCarthy as ‘Mayella
Ewell’ and Neil Barne as prosecutor ‘Mr Gilmer’. Monica
Greenwood as ‘Miss Maudie’, Jarrod Gunn as ‘Sheriff Heck
Tate’, Nicole Lockhart as ‘Miss Stephanie’ and Val Duthil as
‘Calpurnia’ were also stand out performers.
‘Walter Cunningham’, Mary Bryant as ‘Mrs Dubose’, Owen
Hourigan as the ‘Clerk of the Court’ and ‘Boo Radley’, and last
but not least, Ian Hodge as ‘Nathan Radley’ and ‘Link Deas’.
I thank each and every cast member who have become like
family to me and wish them well with their future theatrical
endeavours. Good luck to you all for the awards’ nights at
the end of the year.
I cannot say enough also about Steve Morris as the ‘Judge’,
Mohammed Noray as ‘Reverend Sykes’, Vince Vaughan as Atticus and Scout confront the mob who have come for Tom Robinson.
FRONT OF HOUSE THANKS
A trillion thanks to our wonderful front of house and box office Ephraums; Loreta Murphy; Lyn Laister; Andrea Bashfield; Lorraine
Ellis; Michelle Sinclair; Juliet Charles; Penny Meallin and
team who generously donated their precious time and welcoming
hospitality to our capacity audiences for To Kill A Mockingbird
: Jenni and Trevor Osburn; Emma Sproule; Kristina the fabulous treatment and service they received!!
Rita and Alan Crispin. Our audience benefited immensely from
Doucouliagos; Kevin Custerson; Pam Stephens; Sharon and
Peter Kostopoulos; Janine Chugg; Barb Mendleson; John
Spragg; Rhonda Vaughan; Kirsty Watkins; Colin Buckley; Grace
ALTHOUGH OUR THIRD SEASON FOR 2012 IS MONTHS AWAY FROM OPENING, PREPARATIONS
ARE WELL UNDERWAY. DIRECTOR DEBBIE KEYT WROTE THIS SNIPPET TO WET OUR APPE-
TITES FOR WHAT WILL BE A TERRIFIC PRODUCTION.
Any dream will do…
At the me of wring this arcle, we are literally on the eve of our audions,
which is a very excing me in the life of a producon. Our creave crew are
very excited about commencing our journey, which technically we already have,
quite some me ago, but now we need our performers to take along with us.
As yet of course we do not know exactly who they will be and that will all unveil
over the next week or so. We do know this - our ancipaon levels are very
high and we have assembled a magnificent team of experts in their field to
make this dream a reality. We can promise our audiences that Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat will be spectacular: bursng with colour and
vibrancy and with an energy that will mesmerise you and leave you breathless.
Please watch this space in the next edion of The Talbot Taler to find out
more details…. “Go, go, go Joseph”!!!

B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R P A G E 8
WE WERE SO THRILLED WITH THE SUPPORT OF LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THEATRE COMPANIES
TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE RAKED SEATING . THANK YOU TO ALL THOSE NAMED BELOW, AND TO
KRISTINA DOUCOULIAGOS FOR ALL HER HARD WORK IN SECURING THE DONATIONS.
A very special thanks to the following theatre companies and businesses for their generous donaons to the
Eddie Perfect aucon: Brighton Theatre Company, MLOC Theatre Company, CLOC Theatre Company, ASPECT
Musical Theatre Company, DK Producons, Pop Pet, Supplies, The Pendulum, The Front Room, Ruby Moon,
Cloud 9, Toy World, Masquerade Hair Studio, Peter G hairdressing, Diggers Bluff Winery, Beaumaris Cellars,
Malt.
And thank you to Vanessa Stewart of Stewart Designs for designing such an amazing flier.
RADIO STATION SOUTHERN FM 89.3 IS SITUATED IN BALCOMBE RD MENTONE. SEVERAL
BEAUMARIS THEATRE ACTORS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN RECORDING RADIO PLAYS AS
ACTORS, DIRECTORS OR EVEN PLAYWRIGHTS. NEIL BARNETT INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEIR
RANKS.
Do you love memorising lines?
Does the idea of spending your nights in a cold hall excite you?
Is a long running play in a crowded dressing room your idea of heaven?
If you answered NO to these but you sll love acng -
Southern FM 89.3 produces radio plays every two weeks.
Terri Adams Kaleidoscope is looking to add to her core troupe of actors.
Plays are rehearsed then recorded in a maer of hours, usually on a Saturday.
Although the plays are read, you get the scripts in advance so you can develop your character.
And what character????
You may have the body of John Cleese but you could speak like Johnny Depp.
You may always be cast as Marilyn Monroe on stage but have a chance to use your Maggie Smith voice for radio.
Somemes the best teenager for a role lurks in a seventy year old body.
If you are interested please email your name and contact phone number and an indicaon of your characterrange
to ngbarne@live.com (even if you have previously expressed interest…)
As new plays come up for recording Terri will contact/audion actors over the phone.
TAKE A SEAT WITH EDDIE PERFECT—A NIGHT ENJOYED BY ALL
WHO’S WHO ON PAGE 9
1. Eddie Perfect performing one of his brilliant songs
2. Eddie Perfect and Camilla Klesman, without whom none of this would have been possible.
3. Bek Chapman and her guitarist from The Corner Street Society warming up before the show.
4. Maggie Morrison was the lucky bidder for the rake autographed by Eddie and Bek.
5. Photo of (nearly) all who made the evening possible.
6. Bek Chapman and Kim Ryan catch up aer the show.
7. Mary and Ian Hodge enjoyed the supper.
8. Chris Churchward, Lee Paerson (who helped serve supper) and Ross Hand.
9. Krisna Doucouliagos in the cket office with Andrea Bashfield who coordinated the wonderful supper.
10. Anna Johnston, Jenni and Trevor Osburn, who all worked hard to ensure the supper was a huge success.

B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R
P A G E 9
AS PART OF OUR EFFORTS TO RAISE THE MONEY FOR PURCHASING OUR RETRACTABLE RAKED
SEATING, A SUB-COMMITTEE WAS FORMED TO ORGANSE A FUNCTION WE HOPED WOULD SUBSTAN-
TIALLY INCREASE THE KITTY. JANINE CHUGG REPORTS ON ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AND
ENTERTAINING EVENINGS BEAUMARIS THEATRE HAS RUN.
Friday April 27th was a date those of us lucky
enough to be at Beaumaris Theatre will remember
for a long me. It was an evening
that was the culminaon of a lot of planning,
hard work and “connecons ”. Aer months
of fundraising for the raked seang using a
variety of means, the amount of money we
had accumulated was growing, but needed a
big funcon to give it a kick along. What to
do?
A sub-commiee consisng of Jenni Osburn,
Trevor Osburn, Camilla Klesman, Janine
Chugg, Debbie Keyt and Krisna Doucouliagos
got together and tossed around a multude of
ideas. Taking into account advice we had
received from people such as MLA Murray
Thompson, we decided to use all the contacts
we could think of to put on a very special
night of entertainment. Fortunately for us,
Camilla was able to contact an old friend of
hers, the wonderful and talented Eddie Perfect,
and negoated for him to donate his
me for an evening! What a coup! As an
added bonus, our friend Bek Chapman and
her band The Corner Street Society agreed to
open the show, playing and singing some of
her terrific original material. To complete the
entertainment our friend Michael Young
agreed to MC, and did a terrific job.
Cocktails were to be available prior to the
show and at interval, with an aucon followed
by a gourmet supper aer the show. We felt
we had a wonderful evening that those who
aended would really enjoy, and which would
enable us to boost the coffers. And so it was.
The night was a complete sell-out, with some
people unfortunately missing out on seats,
such was the demand. Aer providing wonderful
entertainment, Eddie also
spent me aer the show talking to people,
and was so friendly and approachable.
As usual our wonderful Beaumaris Theatre
supporters rose to the occasion. We are so
fortunate to have members and friends prepared
to supply supper items, which resulted
in a fabulous spread. Especial thanks must go
to Krisna Doucouliagos, Andrea Bashfield,
Janine Chugg, Debbie Keyt, Rhonda Vaughan,
Alan Crispin, Chris Churchward, Brian Uniacke,
Jenni Osburn, Trevor Osburn, Lee Paerson
and anyone else I may have forgoen, for all
the work they put in beforehand and on the
night.
I think it is safe to say that all who aended
had a great evening. Sincere thanks to you all,
as you have made it so much more possible
for us to get the seang we require.
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P A G E 1 0
B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R
LIVE BELOW THE LINE
Could you live on less than $2 a day? From May 7th -11th, Krisna Doucouliagos, Elyse McInerney and Daniel
Lewis-Toakley did just that when they parcipated in the Live Below the Line campaign. These 3 members of the
Beaumaris Theatre community spent only $2 a day, which is the Australian equivalent of the poverty line, on all their
food expenses to experience what life is like for the 1.4 billion people in the world who live in extreme poverty every
day. Everyone who parcipated in Live Below the Line worked hard to fundraise money to support the work of The
Oaktree Foundaon, Australia’s largest youth run aid and development organisaon, in their fight against extreme
poverty. The funds raised will create educaon opportunies for thousands of young people living in extreme
poverty in East Timor, Cambodia, Papua New Guinea and South Africa.
To learn more about Live Below the Line and the amazing work
that the Oaktree Foundaon does visit hp://theoaktree.org/

P A G E 1 1
B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R
ONE OF BEAUMARIS THEATRE’S FAMILY IS AN ARDENT CAMPAIGNER FOR EAST TIMOR AS A
MEMBER OF THE BAYSIDE FRIENDS OF LALEIA. ANDREA BASHFIELD APPROACHED US
WITH THE REQUEST TO STAGE A THEATRICAL FUNDRAISER. HERE ARE THE DETAILS.
East Timor Fundraiser-in support of the East Timorese village of Laleia
Bayside Friends of Laleia invite you an afternoon of theatre and friendship
A QUESTION OF FRIENDSHIP
By Celeste Walters
Featuring Celeste Walters as ‘Marion’ and Eileen Nelson as ‘Isobel’
Sunday 29th July at 2pm followed by a delicious afternoon tea
Hosted by Beaumaris Theatre, 82 Wells Road, Beaumaris 3193
Synpsis:
At school, two little girls dreamed of what life would be like when they
grew up.
Marion was going to be an actress on the London stage. Isobel would
have a husband, many children and a cottage with a white picket fence.
Now seventy, the two meet by chance at Myer, and in the correspondence
that follows, the dreams of childhood are very much alive. That
is until, in a moment of confusion, the past collides with the present,
and both are forced to face the reality that is their lives . .
But one moment leads to another. And how could either of them have
envisaged what is about to happen next ....”
Tickets: $25 & $20 concession
To purchase phone Ian & Roslyn on 95985500
(Tickets will need to be picked up and paid for in advance)
**With thanks to Brighton Theatre for the beautiful images
Two of our very active Beaumaris Theatre
personalities are currently unfortunately
not as active as usual. Bernadette Kinsella
and Robyn Morris, both on the Theatre
Committee and regulars on our stage
(with Robyn just completing directing her
third show for us) are unfortunately on
the sick list at the moment. However we
can assure you that neither of them look
quite as decrepit as depicted in the photo
(left)! Bernie and Robyn appeared together
in both seasons of our very successful
Fawlty Towers as Miss Tibbs and
Miss Gatsby respectively. We are sure
this has nothing to do with their current
ailments. We wish both of them a
speedy recovery, especially as, in line
with the latest thoughts on recovery, they
need to get back to work— we need Bernie
back to take minutes at our meetings
and Robyn has to do the next Treasurer’s
Report. We are only thinking of them!
Get well soon girls—we miss you!
Those fortunate enough to come to The
Biggest Morning Tea at Beaumaris Theatre
on June 3rd were thoroughly entertained
by artists such as The Golden
Tappers, The Maxwell Sisters, the
“witches” from MLOC’s production of The
Witches of Eastwick, and many more.
Additionally there was a wonderful exhibition
in the foyer of puppets made by
the late Jenny Wilson. Each of the puppets
was so cleverly and carefully made
to represent a famous person or a painting,
and appeal to all from the very
young to the oldest. They generated a
lot of interest and we are very pleased to
have been able to have them on display.

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B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R
Polly’s Pantry
Sadly, we have left the warm southern breezes of Alabama after a sensational
season of To Kill A Mockingbird, (hearty congratulations to Robyn Morris
and all involved!), but why not let our taste buds linger a little longer?? This
Polly had the pleasure of spending a week in Savannah, Georgia earlier this
year and my mouth is still watering! Despite some of it’s dark history and
reputation for racism, the natural beauty, hospitality, friendliness, and
deliciously slow pace of life make the South a truly special place and one I
believe more Australian tourists would do well to visit. This dish, made
famous by the movie, is absolutely scrumptious! The sourness of the green
tomatoes is balanced perfectly by the rich crumb. Why not show some
Southern style hospitality and fry up a batch for friends? Now to go plant a
tomato tree…..
Fried Green Tomatoes
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
3 medium, firm green tomatoes
Salt
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup milk or buttermilk
1 egg
1/3 cup cornmeal (or polenta – available in health
food aisle at supermarket)
1/2 cup fine dry bread crumbs
1/4 cup vegetable oil (or bacon grease if you can get
your hands on it!)
Method
1 Cut unpeeled tomatoes into 1/2 inch slices. Sprinkle slices with salt. Let tomato slices stand for
5 minutes. Meanwhile, place in separate shallow bowls: the flour milk and egg, and bread crumbs
and cornmeal.
2 Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium heat. Beat the egg and the buttermilk together. Dip
tomato slices in the flour-seasoning mix, then buttermilk-egg mixture, then the cornmeal-bread
crumb mix. Fry half of the coated tomato slices at a time, for 3-5 minutes on each side or until
brown. Set the cooked tomatoes on paper towels to drain.
Source: simplyrecipes.com
Stay tuned as we venture next to England whose cuisine may not be smashing but whose playwrights
(Noel Coward) and comedians (Tony Hancock) certainly are!
PLAY READING GROUPS HAVE RESUMED IN 2012 . JANINE CHUGG INVITES ALL INTERESTED PEOPLE TO
COME ALONG AND “HAVE A GO”.
Play readings are being held once a
month at Beaumaris Theatre, usually on
a Wednesday night from 7.30pm. Krisna
Doucouliagos is the organiser for the
group. She selects a variety of genres
and styles of wring so that there is variety
and something that most people will
enjoy, if not this month, then next. The
group is held in the theatre foyer with
parcipants sing comfortable around
the table reading their allocated parts.
Krisna swaps characters around during
the evening so that all have a chance to
read a substanal amount. This is a
great way for you to become acquainted
with new plays, hone your “cold reading”
skills, experiment with accents if
that is what the play warrants, and just
have an enjoyable evening with people
who are interested in theatre as you are.
All are most welcome to aend—cost is
a gold coin and a light supper is provided.
An email reminding people of the
next group is sent out, usually a week
beforehand. It is appreciated if you
email
beaumaristheatre@optusnet.com.au
or phone 9583 6896 to confirm your
aendance, for catering purposes.

B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R P A G E 13
Dear Dr Shakespeare,
Long me reader, first me writer, I would like to seek your
sage-like advice on the following maer.
Our local theatre company has introduced a new method of Way, way, way too much time spent expressing your
purchasing ckets “on line”! Not only is one expected to ideas. Minimal time spent asking me what I think. AND
choose one’s own seat and viewing date, you are required to your question didn’t sound particularly sincere.
pay for your purchase at the me of the transacon, and to I wonder, have you ever considered putting in the time
add insult to injury you are then expected to print out your and the hard work and building a reputation and a then
own cket!
getting your own column?
I am sure someone with a very busy schedule such as yourself
must sympathise with me regarding the withdrawal of the
opportunity to change one’s mind regarding the me and
date one wishes to see a show, and the number of people
who will be accompanying you.
As an example, I recall one instance last season, prior to the
introducon of the new system, where I was required to
ring the booking secretary no less than eight mes due to
changes in mine and or my friends’ schedules (I have to say
we did actually build up quite a rapport and she came to
recognise my voice - although she hasn't acknowledged my
“friend request” on Facebook as yet…). As it turned out only
three of the twelve of us could actually aend on the evening
in queson.
I see this innovaon as a thinly disguised revenue raiser - under
this new regime I would have been out of pocket for the
nine ckets I didn't use. What are your thoughts here?
Regards
Busy Boy
Advice Column
Well known psychiatric and theatrical authority Dr. Shakespeare is a regular contributor to this magazine. He welcomes your queries
and will endeavour to provide you with the answers you seek. Write to Dr. Shakespeare, c/o PO Box 7230 Beaumaris 3193.
Dear Busy Boy
Really, that was not so much a question as an opinion
piece!
“Too hard” you say? I’m not surprised.
I really wonder if I should even dignify this “question”
with a response!
Seriously, this letter is just a weak pretext for you to
prance about on top of a soapbox.
Or worse yet, some attempt by an undesirable element
to seek a public voice to trump up support from primitive
technophobic hippy types (ok they make up only a small
proportion of my readership, but then a small proportion
of a huge number is still, shall we say, a big number).
Computers are GOOD Busy Boy. Computers help us.
Online is the path to the heart of the mighty nexus. It is
clean. It is hygienic. It is nicer than talking to strangers. T
hey don’t sneeze. They don’t judge. They don’t reject
you.
My advice – more reading, less opinion sharing.
Hope that helps.
Dr Shakespeare
Taler Tale
Did You Know…
…that the gorgeous team of Tara Kabalan and Jodie Symes,
who starred in our producons of Cinderella and I Love You,
You’re Perfect, Now Change, respecvely, have been cast as
mother and daughter team, ‘Amber’ and ‘Velma Von Tussle’
in PLOS’s Hairspray? This dynamic duo will be a force to be
reckoned with and will simply enchant their audiences. The
producon opens on the 27 th July and all details can be found
on the website – www.plos.asn.au
VALE Mies van der Rohe
Mies can der Rohe, who played ‘Basil the Rat’ in
our 2011 end of year producon of Fawlty Towers,
recently passed away in his sleep. He was a
real trouper, and an integral part of our produc-
on. Our sympathies go to Glenys and Graeme.
…that Talia Zucker who played ‘Dorothy’ in our family produc-
on of The Wizard of Oz in 2002, was recently spoed as Nina
in the episode “Murder on the Victoria Docks”, in the series
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries?
...that Glenys and Graeme Marrio from MLOC, who enjoyed
spending me back stage during Fawlty Towers looking aer
Mies and Albert, who shared the role of ‘Basil the Rat’, have
just celebrated their 30 th wedding anniversary in Las Vegas?
Happy Anniversary and congratulaons from all of us!!

P A G E 14
As It Happened
B E A U M A R I S T H E A T R E T A L B O T T A T T L E R
ONCE AGAIN WE ARE GRATEFUL TO LIFE MEMBER JOHN REES-OSBORNE FOR MEMORIES OF PRODUCTIONS PAST AT
BEAUMARIS THEATRE. HERE HE TALKS ABOUT THE LEGENDARY CHRISTMAS REVIEWS AND AN ACTRESS WHO APPEARED
IN MANY SHOWS AT BEAUMARIS IN THE 1980’S - JO JOHNSON.
This piece was really intended to be about the
series of Christmas Reviews we began in 1981,
but I have to preface it by another White Hat
anecdote because it leads, inexorably, to Jo
Johnson. Here’s a quick reminder of the criteria
for the award:
• At the end of a producon, at the aershow
party, the director shall announce the
winner of the White Hat. It is preferable,
though not obligatory, that the award be announced
while a majority of those present are
sll capable of understanding what is being
announced, and why.
The Hat is awarded for ‘an act of theatrical
grossness unsurpassed in the run of the producon’.
The director is the sole judge and,
though the decision may be protested vigorously,
it is final.
In 1982 Roy Baldwin and I were both in the
running for the Hat when we had small roles in
1982’s Once a Catholic, he as the music master
and I as the priest Father Mallarkey. With too
much me to kill in the Green Room we indulged
in a glass or three of cask white. I had a
long monologue scene, delivering the Easter
sermon to the nuns, and one night I dried completely.
With the confidence of the slightly
high, I delivered the words ‘Now, what was I
saying?’ in the same cod-Irish brogue I had
adopted for the role. The prompt came clearly
and I replied ‘Ah, yes, THAT’S what I was saying!’
and connued. At the award ceremony I
was named as a Hat contender, for ‘gross acceptance
of a prompt’, but was defeated by
the legendary Jo Johnson.
Despite the non-compeve convenon, the
Hat was somemes awarded for acts that were
deliberate, but which evoked admiraon
for their ingenuity and posive contribuon
to the scene. I don’t know how many mes
Jo Johnson won the Hat, but small roles
presented Jo with a challenge she could not
resist. Cast in a non-speaking role as one of
the Once a Catholic schoolgirls, Jo managed
to steal a classroom scene by nose-blowing
and stuffing the handkerchief up her knickers.
Fortunately the Christmas reviews allowed
Jo to indulge her comic genius to the
maximum, or she might have wrought havoc
in dramac producons.
The Christmas Reviews
For those readers who were there in the
Eighes, let me remind you of Jo as Snow
White, Jo as Princess Anne, Jo as Cinderella,
Jo as the drunken dancer in ‘Rum & Coca-
Cola’, Jo as the Air Fungus stewardess Deirdre
performing the safety demonstraon – the list
goes on.
The Christmas reviews started off in 1981 on a
pocket-handkerchief stage in the clubroom,
inially as a one or three night bit of fun for
members but audience demand rapidly escalated
to longer runs and in 1986, I think, they
became main stage events. It is far beyond my
powers of descripon to do jusce to the best
of the material for any reader who did not see
them, so I will content myself with some of my
favourite memories, knowing that at least
some of you will share them.
I have menoned Jo as Snow White. Her reac-
on to the Huntsman’s invitaon to go into the
woods was deeply salacious, matched only by
her disappointment when the he told her he
wasn’t going to obey the Queen’s instrucons
to ‘muck her up a bit’. Dorothy Chadburn was
the Queen, screaming for the ’Untsman; Barbara
Stewart and Stephen Mulholland were
the Three Dwarfs (yes, really), shuffling on
stage on their knees and muffled behind huge
beards. I was the Prince, who turned out to be
Inspector Prince.
Jo’s performance in ‘Rum & Coca-Cola’ was
inspired slapsck. Dorothy Chadburn and
Elaine Honise sashayed on stage in a roune
carefully choreographed to the famous Andrews
Sisters’ record, fingers clicking and
heads piled high with arficial fruit in the style
made famous by Carmen Miranda, followed a
few bars later by a clearly sloshed Jo. Her
headdress dangled over her face, she made
frequent frenec dashes to the stage le wing
where she had a glass stashed for emergencies,
and she managed to dance downstage
when the other two were progressing upstage,
then to catch them up with an inspired spinetwisng
manoeuvre that evoked roars of applause
every night.
John Rees-Osborne, Jo Jackson & Dorothy Chadburn
Ask your grandparents (a) what a record was, and (b) who the Andrews Sisters were.
In 1982’s It’ll Be All Right on the Night I partnered
Jo as Captain Mark Phillips to her Princess
Anne in a so-called Parkinson interview,
conducted by Geof Laurenson. Jo was superb
in riding cap (with ara) and lolly teeth, answering
quesons à la circus ‘talking horse’,
with two thumps of her foot for yes and one
for no. I fed her sugar lumps for correct answers
while I answered quesons in an incomprehensible
Hooray Henry drawl, supported by
vigorous arm-waving and miming gestures to
illustrate how we had met at a ball and what a
jolly good sort she was in the shrubbery. It was
very successful, so much so that it was repeated
the next year with Dorothy Chadburn as the
interviewer. It was also one of the few mes I
ever saw Jo get the giggles, when her lolly
teeth began to slip out of her mouth.
The material originally came from many
sources. Everyone seemed to have an old
script tucked away from their uni days and I
unashamedly stole a couple of scripts I halfremembered
from my Cambridge Footlights
days. One of these was ‘Turkish Delight’, a
lament by a mediaeval Turkish lady during the
Crusader invasions that ‘There’s not a man on
my Ooman’, deliciously performed by dear
Barbara Stewart.
Another was ‘The BBBC News’, dateline Jerusalem
69BC. It opened with ‘And we go first to
Jericho, where emergency workers are sll
digging through the rubble following the sensaonal
collapse of the walls of the city. Witnesses
say they just seemed to tumble down.
Authories say they fear for the safety of the
touring rock group, Joshua and the Jordanians,
who were last seen in the vicinity doing sound
checks for their open air concert’.
It also involved sport: ‘At the weigh-in this
even for tomorrow’s big fight, Goliath pped
the scales at 15 stone 3 pounds and David at
14 stone 3 pounds. David’s manager spake
unto our reporter and saith that the odd
stone could make all the difference.’;
And weather: ‘Down in the South-west,
well, Egypt’s been having a prey nasty
spell recently. Seventeen or eighteen days
ago it was frogs, followed by flies, lice and a
murrain on the beasts. Now, moving in from
the north-west, boils. So, the further outlook
for Egypt is 2 - 3 days of a great darkness
falling over the land, followed by death
of the first-born. Sorry about that, Egypt.’
Stephen Mulholland’s contribuon to the
reviews was huge, both as performer and
writer. For one of the clubroom shows he
wrote ‘Hotel Sound of Music’, set in a pub
where all dialogue was set to songs from
the musical and when we moved on to the
main stage he wrote a parody of ‘My Fair Lady’.
And if you want to know more about his
material, you’ll have to speak severely to him,
as he won’t reply to my emails!

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