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Ballarat National Theatre Inc

Locality: Ballarat, Victoria

Address: PO Box 324 3353 Ballarat, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.bnt.org.au

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24.01.2022 Cast announcement

23.01.2022 Your story can be part of our new online play! Our next online project is a play woven together from the stories of Victorians in lockdown. How will your story be part of it? Award-winning playwright Emma Wood Playwright and Performer will ask the group a question to prompt thoughts on your pandemic experience. She will weave the responses together into a script that will then be rehearsed and performed live on zoom by a collective of actors. ... This project is a combined production by Ballarat National Theatre and Warrandyte Theatre Company. Join us this Friday at 6.30pm on Facebook Live for an info session all about it. https://m.facebook.com/events/2456527531315608

22.01.2022 ACTORS WANTED FOR ONLINE PLAY READING Ballarat National Theatre member and local playwright Megan J Riedl is workshopping some of her new works and needs actors to take part. Find out more about the roles and apply here: https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSeQEBkkDfU3poQ0r/viewform

20.01.2022 This Thursday join us live on Facebook and ask your questions of #PrideAndPrejudicePodcast Co-Creators Olivia and Liana! Anything you’ve wanted to know about adapting the text for dramatisation, how the podcast is made an more! Find out more https://www.facebook.com/events/916266662214967. #LizzyInMyEars

20.01.2022 Tick, tock! Audition submissions for our upcoming audiobook adaptation of Peter Pan is Saturday 21 November at 12:00pm. If you would like to take part in this exciting new project, have a read through the Audition Information and make sure you don’t miss the deadline: https://bit.ly/32xAl9b

19.01.2022 VOTE FOR US! Are you a fan of our #PrideAndPrejudicePodcast? We'd love it if you would vote for us in the Australian Podcast Awards for the Listener's Choice Award. VOTING CLOSES 5pm WEDNESDAY... To vote, follow the link, find our podcast (we're the pink one in the picture) and cast your vote. Then go to your email and click the verification link. https://australianpodcastawards.com/vote Comment below if you vote so we can tell you how awesome and brilliant you are.

18.01.2022 Shannon Nicholls | Mr Collins Shannon is a graduate of Ballarat’s FedUni Arts Academy, with the graduating class of Actors, 2017. His final performance with that company was as Greville Todd in ‘Serious Money’. He performed as Mr Collins, Mr Gardiner, and Sir William Lucas in Ballarat National Theatre’s 2018 production of Pride and Prejudice, and worked again with BNT, as John, Neil and Pete in the 2019 production of ‘Speaking in Tongues’.... Shannon currently works as an actor and historical interpreter at Sovereign Hill, and looks forward to being able to return after the pandemic settles down! Over these months of lockdown, Shannon has also worked with local history podcast, Tales from Rat City, working as an actor, as well as sound designer, for their most recent episode. He also worked with that team on their live-streaming initiative, Love, Ballarat, to bring stories of history from the colony of Victoria to the community. More recently, Shannon was also cast as Narrator and Dr John Watson for Someone New Theatre Company’s adaptation of 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes', and has been hard at work rehearsing and recording for that project as well as this one. Looking to the future, Shannon has also been cast as Claude in Skin Of Our Teeth productions' 'Loves. Labours. Won'; a new adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'. The show will, all circumstances allowing, be performed in Geelong in early 2021. You can listen to Shannon as Mr Collins in our Pride and Prejudice podcast. https://ballaratnationaltheatre.buzzsprout.com/ #LizzyInMyEars #PrideAndPrejudicePodcast

18.01.2022 Alana Denham-Preston | Maria Lucas As a lover of tea and theatre, Alana is utterly delighted to re-imagine the role of Maria Lucas for Ballarat National Theatre's audio production of Pride and Prejudice. Alana has always adored the spontaneity of live theatre, having previously performed the roles of Amy Spettigue in Charley's Aunt (2018) and Ruth in Cosi (2016) with Frankston Theatre Group. Prior to completing her studies in Media and Communications and German at the Univer...sity of Melbourne, Alana delved into short courses in Theatre at the Victorian College of the Arts and trained with the Victorian Youth Theatre since she was a 10-year-old drama queen. When she is not busy brewing up a cuppa and planning her next creative endeavour, you can find Alana practicing yoga, mothering her plants, or probably meandering around op shops and the coastline of the Mornington Peninsula. You can listen to Alana as Maria in our podcast here: https://ballaratnationaltheatre.buzzsprout.com/ #LizzyInMyEars #PrideAndPrejudicePodcast

17.01.2022 Join the co-creators of the Pride and Prejudice Podcast, Olivia and Liana, and ask them any questions about how the podcast went from idea to reality. Maybe you want to know what it's like to narrate an entire novel? Or maybe you want to know what it's like to direct actors online? Perhaps you've been wondering exactly how they adapted the story for audio? Whatever your burning questions, come and ask them live!

17.01.2022 Avast ye! We are thrilled to announce auditions for our dramatised audiobook adaptation of James M. Barrie’s novel, Peter Pan. This production will be directed by Elizabeth Bradford and Marli van der Bijl with Olivia French. All stages of production will come together remotely, including actors attending rehearsals online and recording their dialogue from home. Take a look at the Audition Information here: https://bit.ly/32xAl9b As this is a community theatre company, please ...note that all of our production team and cast members will be volunteering their time for the project. It is, however, a wonderful opportunity for actors who want to get voice acting experience to add to their résumé. The submission deadline is Saturday 21 November at 12:00pm, so be sure to heave ho before the Jolly Roger sets sail without you!

16.01.2022 TRAILER FOR OUR LATEST SHOW: A 2020 Vision In the midst of Victoria’s second lockdown, award-winning playwright Emma Wood asked Victorians questions about their experiences of 2020. These are the stories of those Victorians performed by 9 actors. Join us this November 27 or 28 to hear it in full.... https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing

15.01.2022 This painting titled ‘Sweet Solitude’ by Edmund Blair Leighton make us think of our darling Lizzy and her fondness for walking. Catch up on #PrideAndPrejudicePodcast and hear every moment of Lizzy meandering outside with the ambience of beautiful countryside behind her. Listen via https://ballaratnationaltheatre.buzzsprout.com/

15.01.2022 9 actors, hundreds of stories. Join us for A 2020 Vision! Earlier this year during lockdown 2.0, playwright Emma Wood asked Victorian’s about their experiences during 2020. These are their words brought to life in a online performance collaboration between Ballarat National Theatre and Warrandyte Theatre Company, Fri Nov 27 and Sat Nov 28. Tickets via https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=667145&

11.01.2022 If one could but go to Brighton!'' observed Mrs. Bennet. Oh, yes! -- if one could but go to Brighton! But papa is so disagreeable.'' A little sea-bathing would set me up for ever.'' And my aunt Philips is sure it would do me a great deal of good,'' added Kitty. Listen to Kitty, Mrs Bennet and Lydia complain in their bitterness of woe in Episode 19 of #PrideAndPrejudicePodcast. Check out yesterday’s post to hear a sample or listen here. Pic from our Podcast Director Liana ...( Finding Femme ) https://ballaratnationaltheatre.buzzsprout.com/ See more

08.01.2022 Missing #PrideAndPrejudicePodcast? We’re not hiding from you! Our production team is on a well-earned two-week break. We’ll be featuring some of the 17 episodes of the story so far on social media to encourage you to refresh on the plot and remember how much we’ve covered in the last five months. ... This adventure started for our production team at the start of April and they’ve been working tirelessly since. They’ll be back with a new episode on Oct 5! Until then, you can return to our live episodes anytime here. https://ballaratnationaltheatre.buzzsprout.com/ #LizzyInMyEars

08.01.2022 Missed the info session yesterday? Don't worry. You can watch the whole thing here!

06.01.2022 #ThrowbackThursday to one of our live theatre performances. This was back stage at our production of The Best Man by Gore Vidal (directed by Peter Nethercote in 2016) with a story and setting like House of Cards crossed with Mad Men. Pictured here waiting in the green room are: Mary-Rose McLaren... Josh Lloyd Mark Courneyea Janelle Johnson See more

05.01.2022 Join us for an information evening live via Facebook on Friday 25 September to hear about the plans for an original play "A 2020 Vision" that will be a collaborative project between Warrandyte Theatre Company and Ballarat National Theatre. Award-Winning Playwright, Emma Wood, previous Ballarat community member, and now a resident of Warrandyte, is creating a unique project that will give an opportunity to reflect and share real stories of our very human experiences with this ...COVID-19 pandemic. Warrandyte Theatre Company and Ballarat National Theatre will give voice to the real stories of real people in the creation of a new play, to be performed by local actors. "A 2020 Vision" will be compiled by Emma Wood, directed by Susan Rundle and Adrian Rice, and produced by WTC and BNT and WRITTEN BY YOU! THE LAUNCH The project will launch with Facebook live video on Friday 25th September for you, your friends, and neighbours to meet the team and ask questions. THE TOPIC "A 2020 Vision: COVID-19 Pandemic In times of trauma, fear, frustration, and confusion, people want to talk... we’ve all been on a rollercoaster and have so much to share: the funny, the ridiculous, right through to our darkest moments. A dedicated A 2020 Vision Facebook group has been created where Emma will pose DAILY QUESTIONS which people can answer in a word, a line, or a paragraph. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1439338836277050 While it won’t be possible to include every contribution, the play will reflect a wide range of local voices. Local actors from both Melbourne and Ballarat will perform in a live event online, followed by a Q&A. Please keep an eye on the WTC and BNT Websites, on the A 2020 Vision Facebook group, where the Facebook Live video will be published on Friday at 6.30 pm. THE PERFORMANCE The show will be performed live online on Friday 27 November. This will be a free event (with donations welcome). Booking details to follow. (It is anticipated it will be performed again live in Warrandyte and Ballarat in 2021!) How can people find out more about the event? Contact Adrian Rice - [email protected], leave a message on our FB page, comment in this event discussion or join the group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1439338836277050

03.01.2022 Emma Wood | A 2020 Vision Emma is an award winning actor and playwright and will be answering your questions live tonight for our A 2020 Vision Project with BNT and WTC Info Session! She is the writer that will be weaving our stories into a script to be performed in November. Emma Wood Playwright and Performer has played lead roles with Newcastle Theatre Company (NTC), Canberra Repertory, Ballarat Lyric Theatre Inc., and many other companies. A highlight of recent years incl...uded performing in Playhouse Creatures (Pigeonhole Theatre) in Monaco at the Mondial Theatre Festival, following a professional production at The Q Theatre. She currently plays the role of Mrs Hill in our #PrideAndPrejudicePodcast As a playwright, Emma creates stories that are both humourous and touching. Her four full-length plays have struck a chord with audiences in many productions. Mr Bennet's Bride may be of interest to Pride and Prejudice fans as it is a prequel exploring the courtship of a young Mr and Mrs Bennet. The play broke box office records at its Newcastle Theatre Company premiere and has been produced several times since in Australia and the UK. She and her husband ran independent company Pawprint Productions in 2006-07 working with many fine local actors on The Importance of Being Earnest, Vagina Monologues, Of Mice and Men in Ballarat. Now a happy resident of Warrandyte she is delighted to connect Warrandyte Theatre Company and Ballarat National Theatre for this collaborative project. Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/2456527531315608

03.01.2022 Loving our #PrideAndPrejudicePodcast? You can support our little production and our theatre company during the pandemic by buying some merchandise. Designs include this one featuring a quote from the conversation between Miss Bingley and Mr Darcy about Elizabeth Bennet’s fine eyes. It’s an extra fun design because our own Lizzy has one blue eye and one green, though you can’t really hear a detail like that in her amazing voice.This design is available on mugs, shirts, totes, travel mugs, notebooks aprons and whole bunch of clothing.Shop the full range of merchandise on our RedBubble store here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/balnattheatre/shop #LizzyInMyEars