The Little Theatre Company

Lots has been happening and The Little Theatre Company has been busy with classes, theatre, radio shows and musical events.

Students and tutors are flowing with ideas and creative juices, so 2012 seems set to produce some interesting and varied and exciting works works.

The play Good People, by David Lindsay-Abaire, at Red Stitch in St. Kilda, was enjoyable and very successful.

Maddy, Mem and Sam as their band Wishful have just recorded an EP, produced by Paul Kelly, it's been mastered and will be available this Thursday.

Wishful are playing a gig with Kodo Motif this Thursday in Richmond. Go to Wishful facebook page for more details.

Sally and I  have started casting for Almost With You, written by Elizabeth Coleman, at La Mama in Carlton. I will direct this and Sal will be producing. Stay tuned for more information.

The Lineup, our music mentorship program, at Cube37, has been going great guns. Kerry Armstrong stepped in to host the show on March 25th.

The next Lineup will be May 27th at 6.00pm and will be hosted by James Reyne, book your table early it's going to be a beauty.

To stay up to speed go to our The Lineup page on Facebook

We are also producing a one hour arts program called ARTS ABOUT for local radio station RPP 98.7 The station has many wonderful opportunities for our young performers.

Many of our Lineup artists like Blackwater Riff and Wishful have been into RPP studios to perform live and be interviewed. Great experience for everyone.

The Little Theatre Company is starting this term working with Skills Plus.

We have arts tutors going to Frankston, Cheltenham and Upper Ferntree Gully,  to work with young people with the aim to improve self esteem and provide life skills, through the use of theatre techniques and more. This is exciting work for us, humbling and gratifying.

In September we will be taking our senior Ensemble Group back to Swan Hill for The Fairfax Festival 2012, a four day event for kids from the Mallee region to experience theatre and hang out with other like-minded artsy kids. The Little Theatre Company was invited last year and our company of young actors had a blast learning skills like slapstick circus, monologue work, music and performance creation, and of course, an opportunity to make loads of new facebook friends.

So this year is shaping up to be a doozie.

The Little Magic Club run by Marco Baretta, who bamboozled us with his skills at the showcase is spectacular. A magic School, Exciting times, look out world!

COMPANY REPORTS:

The Lights Up Company: Deira has this group creating, and writing their own scripts based around local news reports. The grou has devised the piece and are well underway with their rehearsals.

Fairfax Festival Ensemble 2011

THE ENSEMBLE: Will be working on a production called The Pot of Gold written by Peter Swan, from a brief by the Ensemble group, these rehearsals will commence once Fairfax Festival is completed

It is the story of a bunch of teenagers, known as the brats by their parents who are dropped in the jungle to learn the meaning of life, there thy meet, MC Rap Unzle, Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle Dee- internet search engines and Shaun the Leprachaun, with a soundtrack and Glee style showstoppers this is a show not to be missed.

THE ENSEMBLE 2

An all in group searching for an Oprah style experience in how to express what they feel inside and turn it into watchable and fascinating theatre. Using techniques of theatresports and Butoh to explore and create a fusioni where clear communication is the goal.

THE LITTLE MAGIC SCHOOL: well if I told you....