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The Stirling Players, Adelaide

Locality: Stirling, South Australia

Address: Stirling Community Theatre 5152 Stirling, SA, Australia

Website: http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

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24.01.2022 The Adelaide Festival has just announced it's put together a fantastic iso kit. It runs the gamut of the Arts from Writers' Week interviews, Star Trek's, Sir Patrick Stewart, reading Shakespearean sonnets to UKARIA concerts.... Theatre-wise, On the Boards TV looks amazing! Enjoy!... https://adelaidefestival.cmail19.com//19B8D7E85180663C5281

22.01.2022 All action at the theatre on the weekend with WICKED SISTERS bumpin under the eagle eye of our esteened director, Megan Dansie!

22.01.2022 A couple of weeks ago, we took the brave step of going public with the threat to our future after insufficient nominations were recieved for our 2020 committee at our AGM. Since then, this news has galvanised the community into a discussion of how important companies like ours are to the wider Adelaide theatre scene. We are thrilled with the response. As the saying goes, what a difference a day makes. On Monday this week, we gained commitment from several people to nominat...e for the committee when a Special Meeting is held on 23 April to formalise our future. There are others in the wings. Three members of the current committee will be continuing. We now see exciting times ahead. And it's not too late to get on board. If you, or any of your theatre friends, are interested in being actively involved in taking The Stirling Players in a new direction, this is your chance! Email your interest or queries to [email protected] In the meantime come and see WICKED SISTERS! OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT. Runs weekends until 21 March. Another great production from us. With more to come... Book at http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au or phone 7481 6152

22.01.2022 Great news. NELL GWYNN has been nominated for a ComiCAL in the TASA 2019 TheatriCAL Awards! It's nearly a year since our audiences were delighted by director, Megan Dansie's superb production. And who will ever forget Emily Currie's portrayal of Nell? We congratulate Megan and her brilliant cast and crew on yet another accolade. The awards will be presented on 7 February 2020 at The Seven Seas Hotel in Angas Street. Tickets $15. Let us know if you would like to join other Stirling Players on the night. More details here...https://tasaonline.org.au//2019-theatrical-awards-night-2/

22.01.2022 Our Winter 2020 Newsletter CLASS ACT is out now! Meet our new committee & catch up with our latest news at https://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au/about/newsletter If you are not already on our mailing list, and would like to be, email us at [email protected]

22.01.2022 TiICKETS for WICKED SISTERS are now ON SALE from our online Box Office at http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

21.01.2022 OPENS THIS WEEK! WICKED SISTERS! Who hasn't known women like this? Their regrets and ambitions. Their lives and their loves? Alma de Groen’s dark comedy captures these women perfectly. It's a play for adults, both women and men.... Directed by award winner, Megan Dansie. Starring Tracey Korsten, Petra Schulenberg, April Stuart and Deb Walsh. See it at the Stirling Community Theatre, Avenue Road Stirling, Fridays and Saturdays 8pm 6- 21 March. Matinees 8 and 15 March at 4pm. Buy tickets online now at www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au or phone 7481 6152 See you at the theatre!

20.01.2022 The Stirling Players' ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING will be held at The Stirling Community Theatre, Avenue Road, Stirling, on SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY at 4pm. This is a great opportunity to become involved with our dynamic team. Everyone is welcome. Voting rights are for Members only, but don't worry, you can join on the day! Membership is also always available online: https://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au/join-us

20.01.2022 Now showing! One for the kids... and the older amongst us who loved the classic story of Treasure Island... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwNvC8sFTEU

19.01.2022 A great opening weekend for WICKED SISTERS. Audiences and critics alike are loving them! "Petra Schulenburg... deliver(s) a powerhouse performance as Meridee. She commands the stage at all times, and her final climactic moments are a masterclass in authentic character work." "April Stuart as Judith... soars in the second act"... "Tracey Korsten as Hester is excellent" "Deborah Walsh as Lydia...shines when Lydia’s deeper sadness is explored" Read the full Adelaide Theatre Guide review here. http://www.theatreguide.com.au//reviews/reviews_detail.php Better still, come and see these amazing women for yourselves. 5 more performances 13, 14, 15, 20 & 21 March at the Stirling Community Theatre. Tickets at http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au or phone 7481 6152 Photography by Brian Donaghy

19.01.2022 The Stirling Players and director, Aldo Longobardi, wish to thank all the actors who auditioned recently for HEISENBERG. We are pleased to announce that Kirsty Haigh and Andrew Horwood have been cast in the roles of Georgie and Alex, and we look forward to seeing them on stage in September 2020.

18.01.2022 First reading of COSI today, with the usual Stirling Players' hospitality on display to welcome director, Megan Dansie, and the cast. What a great afternoon! And what a great show this is going when it opens 12 March 2021!

18.01.2022 "I was looking at how my life was turning out to be, and it wasn't how I expected!"... Donna Ward reflecting on her memoir on a different kind of stage today. She could have been one of Alma de Groen's WICKED SISTERS. And interviewer Charlotte Wood's latest novel, "The Weekend", is about what happens when a group of women and too much wine collide in a storm of painful memories and longburied hurts! It was like a Writers' Week promotion for The Stirling Players! ... And very timely. WICKED SISTERS brings women like these to life from tomorrow night! Come and see for yourselves 6 - 21 March. Tix and details at www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au or phone 7481 6152

17.01.2022 It's all One Way this week as The Stirling Players head towards Opening Night of our DINKI-DI DOUBLE BILL of two great Aussie one act plays. 6 performances only from 6 - 15 November at the beautiful Stirling Community Theatre. Tickets selling fast! Buy now and read more at www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

17.01.2022 LOOKING FOR SOME GOOD BOOKS ON ACTORS AND THEATRE? It's World Book Day and we thought that after a month of social distancing you may be looking for something other than screen-based entertainment. Our resident reader/reviewer has reviewed a list of books that will take you into the world of theatre, without you having to leave home. You can read about them here... http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au... And if you'd like to add to the list, send your recommendations to [email protected] and we will be sure to share them. HAPPY READING!

17.01.2022 CALL FOR AUDITIONS 26 & 28 November 2019 The Stirling Players invite actors to audition for our September 2020 production, the SA Premiere of HEISENBERG, by Simon Stephens, to be directed by Aldo Longobardi. Find full details of this fascinating play and its cast here... https://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au/coming-next/auditions

16.01.2022 CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The Stirling Players invite directors to submit proposals for their opening production of 2021, which will run 12 - 27 March. Find all the details on our website... https://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au/

16.01.2022 FURTHER TO OUR PREVIOUS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR 2021 Following our earlier call, The Stirling Players now invite Directors to submit proposals for productions for our two seasons at the beautiful Stirling Community Theatre next year. ... Season 1: 12 27 March 2021 Season 2 : 10-25 September 2021 We are seeking plays with good audience appeal. Classic comedies and known plays are acceptable. DEADLINE is Friday 17 July, 2020. You will find ALL THE DETAILS at https://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au//call-for-submissio

16.01.2022 ANNOUNCEMENT It is with great regret that we announce the cancellation of the final two performances of WICKED SISTERS on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 March. We apologise to our patrons who have booked to see the show. You will be contacted via TryBooking to arrange refunds. We are sorry that you will not have an opportunity to see our wonderfully talented ensemble, Tracey Korsten, Petra Schulenberg, April Stuart and Deb Walsh, directed so beautifully by Megan Dansie. They have worked so hard over many months, and we thank them and the entire crew for bringing this play to life in the most amazing way. We are grateful that we have had most of our season. Our hearts go out to our fellow TASA Members and other companies who have not been so fortunate. We will be ready to support you when this difficult time is over.

16.01.2022 CALL FOR AUDITIONS ! We invite actors to audition for Louis Nowra's moving classic COSI to be directed by Megan Dansie... Season 12-27 March 2021 Auditions to be held TUESDAY 10 & THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2020 Stirling Community Theatre Find all the details at http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

15.01.2022 One of our aims is to support young people starting out in theatre. Lochie Daniel, currently playing Banjo in our DINKI-DI-DOUBLE BILL, has serious ambitions for his future and he's not wasting any time! At 17, and just finishing Year 11, he's already got his own company, Premiere Theatre, and has written a drama "A Second Chance to Say Goodbye". He'll be directing it with co-director, Lara Richardson, for an Adelaide Fringe season at the Hopgood Theatre, Noarlunga on the 2...6 & 27 February 2021 AUDITIONS ARE BEING HELD at the Morphett Vale Scout Hall on 20 November 2020. Roles for 4 Males, 2 Females, 3 Males/Females For more information email Lochie at [email protected] or to book an audition https://www.trybooking.com/BMRVY We hope you will share this with other young actors! Go Lochie!

14.01.2022 WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR 2021 SEASON! COSI, Louis Nowra's Australian classic, 12-27 March. Directed by Megan Dansie. THE HYPOCHONDRIAC, Molière's absurdist comedy, 10-25 September. Directed by Angela Short.... Calls for auditions coming soon!

13.01.2022 GREAT NEWS! We are pleased to announce that the final curtain has not fallen on The Stirling Players! A Special Meeting has voted overwhelmingly for The Players to continue, and a 16 strong committee has been elected, bringing a range of interests, theatrical experience and skills, which will ensure that the Players’ continue with the high standards audiences have come to expect. ... We thank the wider theatre community for your expressions of support over the past few months. We don't know when our beautiful will reopen, but we can now say, that when it does, we will be ready to welcome you back!

12.01.2022 Are you coming to the wedding and the wake? Better get a hurry on! CELEBRATION opens next Friday, 13 September, at the Stirling Community Theatre and runs over ...3 weekends until 28 September. Buy tickets and read more about this lovely comedy at www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au See you at the theatre!

11.01.2022 With curtains down, stage doors locked and Box Offices closed, we theatre-lovers have been in need of some cheer, and London's National Theatre has delivered it, with the announcement that a selectiom of NT Live shows will be streaming for free on YouTube beginning 2 April. They are cleverly starting with James Corden, as the man with two guvnors, in a masterpiece of comic brilliance. Dont miss it! Details here... https://www.whatsonstage.com//national-theatre-live-youtub

10.01.2022 The National Theatre's second offering is now showing! Happy viewing! https://youtu.be/mO0CXV0zEAQ

10.01.2022 Strike me Lucky! We can welcome you back! Throughout the lockdown and the long winter months we have been plotting the way to welcome you back and here it is! A DINKI-DI DOUBLE BILL... Directed by Bronwyn Chapple Two great Aussie short plays: Lissa Benyon's THE MARGARINE CONSPIRACY & Ian Austin's DOWN CAME A JUMBUCK running from 6-15 November at The Stirling Community Theatre. Covid-19 measures to safeguard our patrons mean that seats are limited so book early! Our Box Office is now open. Buy tickets and find out more about the plays and at http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

10.01.2022 What could have been more appropriate on opening night than a surprise wedding supper complete with bride and groom cutting the cake? A few nerves, as to be expected, but Christine sorted Bernard out, as usual. A great treat for the audience/guests and a time for the the cast/family to celebrate! Rob Andrewartha's superb cake was delicious.

09.01.2022 If you haven't discovered it already, here is the link to the fabulous series Actors on Actors. Dozens of conversations between two actors simply sitting down together to talk. It's unscripted, free ranging, insightful and massively entertaining. The Kate Winslett/Saoirse Ronan episode is a great one to start with. https://www.youtube.com/results

09.01.2022 We are so excited about our 2020 season. Two contemporary plays, both SA premieres. In the next few weeks we begin rehearsing WICKED SISTERS (6-21 March) and audition for HEISENBERG (11-26 September). If you would like to be involved in what is shaping up to be a great year of theatre, there are lots of opportunities to join our creative production team. Let us know! Find out more at www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

08.01.2022 Listen in to Hills Radio 88.9FM at 10am this coming Saturday, 31 August, to hear Patsy Thomas talking about directing CELEBRATION!

08.01.2022 A beautiful evening for our Opening Night tonight. It's going to be a CELEBRATION in more ways than one - chookas to director Patsy Thomas, the cast and crew who have brought it all together and had a great time along the way! Performances tomorrow and Sunday afternoon and then weekends until 28 September. All the details and tickets at www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

08.01.2022 If you've been immersing yourself in the National Theatre's productions over the past few weeks, you might like to listen to this week's terrific interview with the NT Artistic Director, Rufus Norris, on ABC Radio National's "The Stage Show". Check out the podcasts of past programmes, too! https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/the- stage-show/

07.01.2022 In a first for The Stirling Players, the evolution of one of our productions has been documented on film. Flinders University student, Sailesh Sharma, tracked the director, cast and crew for many months. The result is "A Sterling Performance", in which our lovely theatre also has a feature role. We look forward to seeing the film soon, but the first showing will be to Sailesh's examiners! We wish him all the best.

06.01.2022 It's the 1960s. One family. Two events. One happy. One not so. In CELEBRATION that means 14 actors needing a lot of costumes! The attention to detail that Viki Burrett and her team are paying to the period and the occasions is amazing. See for yourself when CELEBRATION opens at The Stirling Community Theatre on 13 September 2019. More info and tickets at http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

06.01.2022 We are pleased to announce the cast of Alma De Groen's dark Australian comedy, WICKED SISTERS, our March 2020 production, to be directed by Megan Dansie. Deborah Walsh as Lydia Cate Rogers as Hester Petra Schulenburg as Meridee... April Stuart as Judith Thanks to all the talented women who auditioned!

06.01.2022 What a brilliant start to the WICKED SISTERS' season last night! The applause and the buzz at the after show supper said it all. This a terrific play and the audience loved it. Tracey Korsten, Petra Schulenberg, April Stuart and Deb Walsh are an awesome ensemble! And what a great play to celebrate International Women's Day 8 March. Written by a woman, directed by a woman, with four formidable women in the cast, supported by an almost entirely female creative team and crew! Don't miss it! 7 more performances. Tonight 8pm. Tomorrow Sunday 8 March at 4pm. And two more weekends. Details and tickets at http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

05.01.2022 We're CELEBRATIng again this weekend! TONIGHT & TOMORROW NIGHT ay 8pm. MATINEE ON SUNDAY at 4pm, followed by a Meet the Cast, Q&A and theatre tour. Come and see why Adelaide's critics have reacted so warmly to CELEBRATION! "Director Patsy Thomas has assembled a very capable and highly experienced cast of performers. An ensemble piece, all have their moment to shine"... Trish Francis GlamAdelaide "...it becomes unexpectedly easy to be emotionally moved at the twists of fate that transpire between these flawed, recognisable, ultimately loveable characters" Anthony Vawser Stage Whispers "The Stirling Players have produced an entertaining rendition of a gentle comedy of manners as relevant now as it was in the 1960s" Alan Shepley TASA "It scores through a hardworking cast that bring alive two acts of wedding and funeral dramas" John Ovenden Weekender Herald Book at http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au or buy tickets at the door (cash only)

05.01.2022 Feedback on CELEBRATION from a patron who saw the play last weekend: "It was excellent! A stellar cast, fabulous interplay and wonderful costumes". Critics are ...loving it too. Only 4 more chances to see why! TONIGHT at 8pm. MATINEE TOMORROW 22 September at 4pm followed by a Meet the Cast, Q&A and theatre tour! Tickets at the door or online from http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au See you at the theatre! Photos by Mark Anolak

04.01.2022 "BRAVO! Absolutely unmissable!" John Ovenden Hills Weekender Herald... Three chances this weekend to see why we have had responses like this to WICKED SISTERS! Friday 13 and Saturday 14 March at 8pm. Matinee on Sunday 15 March at 4pm followed by our popular meet the cast & director, Q&A and theatre tour. Book at www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au or phone 7481 6152 Photography by Brian Donaghy

04.01.2022 A month out from opening and Deb Walsh and April Stuart, two of the WICKED SISTERS, are already mesmerising in rehearsal. Don't miss Alma de Groen's dark comedy opening 6 March! Tickets at www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au or phone 7481 6152

03.01.2022 The Stirling Players, Director, Megan Dansie and her audition panel, Tony Knight and John Graham, thank everyone who auditioned for COSI recently. What a talented and enthusiastic group of actors we have in Adelaide! We are thrilled to announce the cast - Lewis - Matthew Chapman Nick - Tom Edmonds-Wilson... Justin - Nathan Brown Roy - April Stuart Doug - Jethro Pidd Henry - Michael Feast Zac - Nathanael Bayliss Lucy - Laura Evans Cherry - Michelle Hvratin Julie - Alyssa Peters Ruth - Jenny Allan Looking forward to getting this great production under way! Season runs 12-27 March 2021.

03.01.2022 Now Showing on YouTube! The National Theatre's "One Man, Two Guvnors"Now Showing on YouTube! The National Theatre's "One Man, Two Guvnors"

03.01.2022 Male actors of a mature age, it's not too late to register interest in auditioning for HEISENBERG. See our website for details https://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au/coming-next/auditions

02.01.2022 Great Opening Weekend of our Dinki-Di Double Bill of two delightful Aussie plays live on stage! And to think only six months ago we were meeting on Zoom, with no idea of when we could reopen our doors. A great production team effort in support of director Bronwyn Chapple and her cast, Andrew Aitken, Rebecca Gardner, Georgi Clough, Maxine Grubel, Malcolm Walton and young Lochie 'Banjo' Daniel. Front of House, with Covid conditions observed, the fires were lit, flowers arranged, good wines served and complimentary sherries on offer. Just like old times. No wonder patrons said they loved being back in our beautiful theatre. It was something to celebrate and we'll do it all again this weekend, with 3 sold out shows!

02.01.2022 Imagine "Waltzing Matilda" written by an 1890s ad agency for an important client? It's what Ian Austin does in "Down Came a Jumbuk", his delightful dig at our national icon. We think it's a great little play to return to the stage with, and a lovely companion to Lissa Beyon's gentle spoof on earnest environmentalists, "The Margarine Conspiracy". ... See these two Aussie shorts in our DINKI-DI DOUBLE BILL, directed by Bronwyn Chapple, running 6-15 November at The Stirling Community Theatre. 6 shows only and Covid-safe seating, so book early! More info and tickets at http://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au

02.01.2022 Love seeing our huge poster go up! Glad to say there's more than "One Way" to book for Wicked Sisters. Online www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au OR phone (08) 7481 6152. See you at the theatre!

01.01.2022 TASA TheatriCAL Awards night tonight and a chance for the "Nell Gwynn" director, cast and crew who were there to get together. We didn't win, but it was great to catch up. Congratulations to Red Phoenix for receiving the ComiCAL for " A Bunch of Amateurs" in the Best Comedy category for which we were nominated!

01.01.2022 Please note that the AUDITIONS for HEISENBERG to be held on 26 & 28 NOVEMBER 2019 will take place in two different venues: Tuesday 26 November at The Stirling Community Theatre, 7pm Thursday 28 November at Church of Epiphany Hall, Crafers, 7pm Details at https://www.stirlingplayers.sct.org.au/coming-next/auditions

01.01.2022 We have your Sunday sorted. Lunch in a Stirling café. Meander to the Community Theatre for 4pm matinee of WICKED SISTERS. Meet the cast, q&a and theatre tour after the show! Tix at the door.We have your Sunday sorted. Lunch in a Stirling café. Meander to the Community Theatre for 4pm matinee of WICKED SISTERS. Meet the cast, q&a and theatre tour after the show! Tix at the door.