Fur Better or Worse performed at the F.A.M.D.A One Act Festival (held on August 21/22 in Foster, South Gippsland).
Nominations:
Most Outstanding Actor (Female) - Rosie Renye
Most Outstanding Actor (Female) - Aynslie Watson
Most Outstanding Design
Awards:
Most Outstanding Actor (Male) - James Shaw
Most Outstanding Director - Laura Bradley
Most Outstanding Play
Congratulations to Laura, Fiona, James, Rosie & Aynslie on their fantastic results!
No Strings & Dissent performed at the Anglesea Festival (held on August 28/29).
Nominations:
Best Female Actor - Penelope Peck (for her role as Jenny in No Strings)
Congratulations Penelope!
All four of Hartwell's One Act plays performed at the Monash Festival (held on September 17-19).
Nominations:
Excellence in Acting Male Lead - James Shaw (for FELIX in Fur Better or Worse)
Excellence in Acting Male Lead - Colin Donald (for IVAN in Dissent)
Excellence in Acting Female Lead - Penelope Peck (for JENNY in No Strings)
Excellence in Direction - Laura Bradley (Fur Better or Worse)
Excellence in Direction - Nathan Jones (No Strings)
Best Production - Dissent
Awards:
Adjudicator's Award - James Shaw (for his cameo of HOTEL GUEST in No Strings)
Congratulations to all involved!
A season of One Act Plays
FUR BETTER OR WORSE
Written by Colin Donald
Directed by Laura Bradley
Synopsis
A play that looks at the joy of cat ownership – from the point of view of the cat (Felix). Felix maintains his cat aloofness and self-satisfaction towards his owner Toni but begrudgingly has to reveal his devotion when Toni’s love life falls on hard times. Felix sees a likely saviour for Toni’s broken heart in Robyn, a door-to-door saleswoman, but his plans have to involve a brutal bully of a dog and some self-sacrifice.
NO STRINGS
Written by John Tilbrook
Directed by Nathan Jones
Synopsis
Jenny arrives at the Hotel Burton for a secret rendezvous with a man she met online. But her heart skips a beat when she spies her husband. Has he caught her out? Or is this the ultimate coincidence, when he discovers that his own cyber-dalliance has lead him to the same hotel, only to meet his wife? As the truth comes out, where will they turn from here?
THE NIGHTLY NEWS (Youth Production)
Written by Gerald P. Murphy
Directed by Emmett Redding
Synopsis
The Nightly News team visits Sally Baba and the Forty Thieves, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and the Three Little Pigs – all in less than a half hour. Each report features a different speech pattern, including Spoonerisms, rhymes, hyperbole and finally, clichés.
DISSENT
Written by Kathryn Keeble
Directed by Felicite Keeble
Synopsis
A reflection on the precarious situation faced by journalists in Russia; Dissent is a detective story based on the 2007 death of a Russian journalist, Ivan Safronov, who worked for the Moscow daily newspaper, Kommersant.
Evening Performances - 8pm:
September 2010: Fri 3rd, Sat 4th, Fri 10th, Sat 11th
Matinée Performance - 2pm:
September 2010: Sat 4th
Ashwood Performing Arts Centre
Ashwood College
Vannam Drive, Ashwood (off High Street Road)
Melway ref: 60 J10