Script Reading

StageworX - our next exciting session will be on Wednesday 2nd MAY at:

Birkdale School of Arts Hall, (DOWNSTAIRS), 101 Birkdale Road, Birkdale QLD 4159

7pm for a 7.30pm start.

This is a free event and all are WELCOME!

FENCING

By Joy Hinkley

When Permaculture hippie Peregrine moves to the neighbouring property of cattle farmer Andy, sparks fly. Their wives Leanne and Sky get on well. Sky takes a traineeship at Rosy Acres, an Aged Care home, and joins The Turkey Gully Players, of which Leanne is also a member. 'Old Bill' a resident of Rosy Acres, is the Dad of 'Young' Bill, another group member. When a mining company cuts off their road to town, Peregrine and Andy are forced to set aside their differences to work together. Councillor Kirsten Grafton is less than helpful, as she is relying on the support of the mining company to get to Canberra. The Players stage a revue at The Turkey Gully Show, with the aim of getting their road back. 'Old Bill' stages his own protest, and dies at the road block. The Players' revue doesn't succeed, but in a surprise ending, an ABC news and current affairs crew turns up to feature 'Old Bill's' protest on TV, and the mine workers walk out on the job. It looks like they will get their road back after all. Style: Comedy

ONLY A HUMBLE GARDENER OR COMPOST IS A MAN'S BEST FRIEND

By Joy Hinckley

Setting: The house of Lady Sprout and her daughter Orchid. Time: 1920s or whenever you can round up the costumes for.

Dramatis Personae:

Lady Sprout, a widow
Orchid Sprout, her daughter
Derek Dibblestick, their gardener
Mr. Syde, a nasty villain
Herbert (Herbie) Syde, his son

All is not the bed of roses that it appears, in this delightful comedy about the passions of a gardener and what it takes to make a good compost.

MTG invites you to StageworX our Script Reading Group

1st WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH

Share a cuppa whilst we read a script together.

Plays read are from all Genres, from the Classics of Shakespeare, Ibsen and Hemingway, to Australian playwrights such as David Williamson and Thomas Keneally to up and coming playwrights like Kellie Silver from the Gold Coast.