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25.01.2022 Oh the joy of being in a room ( not zoom!) reading & playing with this lot! #shakespeareinthevines #18yearsandgoingstrong

25.01.2022 Every day feels the same at the moment... AND we forgot to draw our winners of 5 double passes to Romeo & Juliet in 2021 summer. Apologies. BUT the good news is the draw will now be this Friday May 15th. You still have time to enter. Good luck!! LIKE OUR PAGE TAG A MATE YOU WANT TO BRING ALONG SIMPLES!

24.01.2022 We proudly present to you our cast for Romeo and Juliet 2021

23.01.2022 The Dream Laboratory. We are back in development thanks to City of Greater Geelong As you can see we are having an awful time, out of zoom! So great to be creating, together at Geelong Arts Centre

23.01.2022 Hello Essential friends. Please take 30 seconds and sign this important petition. Let’s do everything we can to see our artists and industry survive.

21.01.2022 How to keep inspired in week 6 of Creative Development via zoom = Dress up! Geelong Arts Centre Regional Arts Victoria Creative Victoria

21.01.2022 We are so excited to announce that we were successful in receiving a grant with Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria with their Sustaining Creative Workers Initiative. It’s taken a pandemic to receive our first government funding in 19 years ... there has to be some good come from this time. We can’t wait to share our creative ideas with you!

20.01.2022 Last year our scheduled performance for Eurobodalla Shire Council was postponed due to bushfires, it was then again cancelled in April due to COVID. 12 months on we head to this wonderful part of the world with Romeo and Juliet, this Saturday night. We can’t wait. Pictured - Our glorious star struck lovers- Eddie Orton as Romeo and Mia Landgren as Juliet. ... Image by Theresa Harrison See more

20.01.2022 Week three saw us exploring venues in Geelong. The Palais Geelong oh, such an incredible space and wonderfully rich history! Creative Victoria Regional Arts Victoria

19.01.2022 Trapped in a bad dream - a masterpiece by Nathalia Suellen that inspired us through day 2 of our creative development. #creativedevelopment #independenttheatre #regionalartsvictoria #geelongartscentre #19yearsandgoingstrong

19.01.2022 Yes! We are back at Leura Park Estate tonight and Brighton Town Hall tomorrow night. Don’t mess with our stunning nurse Lachlan Martin and be sure to arrive early to guarantee a good spot, both evenings are sold out!

19.01.2022 R&J tour dates are live. We're thrilled to be returning to many of our favourites and we welcome Greenstone Vineyards in the Yarra Valley and Glenelg Shire Council to our summer season. https://www.essentialtheatre.com.au/essential_production//

18.01.2022 Our gorgeous cast basking in the Batemans Bay sun. Can’t believe we have only one performance left!

17.01.2022 Beyond thrilled to be welcoming sound designer extraordinaire @Clemmie Williams to our creative development! Five weeks in and some fabulous ideas germinating Creative Victoria Regional Arts Victoria

17.01.2022 So lucky to be exploring the sounds of the Behemoth as part of our development, thanks to local musician, Tim Hulsman. What is a Behemoth? Just imagine the biggest slide guitar in the world! Incredible. Creative Victoria Regional Arts Victoria Geelong Arts Centre

13.01.2022 Christmas shopping? How about some outdoor theatre on a summer’s evening! How about tickets to our preview performance of Romeo and Juliet at The Williamstown Botanic Gardens? Saturday January 30th. Perfect gift. https://www.trybooking.com/BNHHQ

12.01.2022 Audiences are loving R&J and now we have this terrific review to boot! Thanks to our amazing cast for keeping this show fresh and vibrant each weekend. https://theadelaideshow.com.au/reviews/romeo-juliet/ Thanks Steve Davis

11.01.2022 First day in creative development with these legends Alexandra Aldrich & Mark Wilson

10.01.2022 It's been a great time to reflect. We love this short clip- it seems to sum up our body of work beautifully! Thanks Nick McInerney

10.01.2022 To all of our loyal audience members, we are continuing to remain hopeful that 2021 will see us tour "Romeo and Juliet" for our 19th season! Rest assured we have everything ready in the wings, and as soon as we get the green light it will be all systems go for this team. But for now, stay safe and we hope we see all of your smiling faces soon! Design by Paul Kelly Creative

09.01.2022 Nunn’s bold, outlandish portrayal of Mercutio contrasted greatly against her diminutive size Don’t miss Maddie Nunn as Mercutio this weekend as our cast travel to Greenstone Vineyards Saturday night and Baw Baw Shire Council on Sunday eve.

08.01.2022 We’ve been so lucky to have designer, Dann Barber join our team. So great to see our ideas materialise! Geelong Arts Centre Regional Arts Victoria Creative Victoria

07.01.2022 Look at our fabulous Brains Trust (Board Members). So lucky to have them.

07.01.2022 So thrilled to be a successful recipient of the Federal Government Rise Funding. The Dream Laboratory was created in a zoom room during COVID and is now going to be fully realised. What a way to see in our 20th year of independent theatre making!! https://www.smh.com.au//feds-arts-rescue-package-to-fund-6

07.01.2022 Today we proudly introduced The Dream Laboratory - a result of our 8 week creative development. The Dream Laboratory is an immersive theatrical experience inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream. It is being purpose built for The Palais Theatre, Geelong. 4 hours a week we’ve met via zoom, and explored, played & created. This is just the beginning for this project, but we’ve got a great team behind us and momentum & determination to see this fully realised. ... Thank you to project collaborators Mark Wilson & Alexandra Aldrich for your imagination & talent! Thank you to Dann Barber for your incredible designs. Thank you to Clemmie Williams for your genius sounds. And to Tim Hulsman for providing his skills and introducing us to the behemoth. Thank you to Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria for your support in sustaining creatives. Thank you Geelong Arts Centre for your continued support. Until next time! Amanda & Sophie x

06.01.2022 To all of our Victorian supporters - can you spare one minute to fill in this survey - we need the data in the next 24 hours. Soph and I would be much appreciated x https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QV72P6N

06.01.2022 We’ve spent the day riffing and reimagining.... #independenttheatre #womenintheatre #18yearsandgoingstrong

06.01.2022 And the winners to the double pass to Romeo & Juliet 2021 are.... Patricia Fehlberg & Jackie @hawkgirl + @alofts @Rach Tux + 1... @Tracey Pirera & Mitchell @Byron Tompkins & Steve Well done! We will send you a direct message.

06.01.2022 Don't forget to tag a friend to be in the running for a double pass to Romeo and Juliet 2021

06.01.2022 We are back! In the same room. So good to be side by side again.

04.01.2022 In this crazy time, we still look to the future with hope & love. 2021 will see us tour the greatest love story of all time, Romeo & Juliet. At this stage we are uncertain what our tour dates will look like, we can only hope we get to visit each of our fabulous regions. As soon as we know we will shout it from the tree tops! ... In the meantime it’s COMPETITION time! Like our page Like our post Tag the friend you would like to join you to see the performance You can enter as many times as you like. Winner announced Friday 8th of May

03.01.2022 Exciting times as we commence auditions today for our 19th season.

02.01.2022 Let’s do this! We are very excited to announce our summer season is going ahead. Our calender will be announced shortly. See you later isolation... welcome back sunsets, wine and Shakespeare!!