Sept 17^th to Oct 2^nd, 2010

The story of Noises Off, if you can call it a story, depicts the onstage and backstage antics of a fifth-rate acting troupe touring in an awful sex farce. Nothing On is the title of this play-within-a-play. The curtain opens on the dress rehearsal of the first act of Nothing On the night before it opens and with things not going well. In the second act we hear the first act of Nothing On from backstage, after it's been running a month. The third act takes us back to the first act of Nothing On yet again, after two months of touring. It is, deliciously so, a disaster.

Oct 22^nd - Nov 6^th,  2010

Fun, zany and inspired, Cosi is a farcical comedy with touches of darkness. It is about a group of people crazy enough to follow their dream of mounting an operatic production that far outweighs their talents. They are determined to overcome the odds with a first time director who has no clue what he is getting into.

Nowra�s vibrant play is set inside a psychiatric institution where Lewis, a university student, has been employed to direct a show. He becomes emotionally involved with his patients-cum-actors as his operatic production lurches forward and anti-Vietnam protests rage outside.

Winner of the NSW Premier�s Literary Award for Drama.

Jan 14^th to 29^th,  2011

Andrew Rally seems to have it all: celebrity and acclaim from his starring role in a hit television series; a rich, beautiful girlfriend; a glamorous, devoted agent; the perfect New York apartment; and the chance to play Hamlet in Central Park. There are, however, a couple of glitches in paradise. Andrew's series has been canceled; his girlfriend is clinging to her virginity with unyielding conviction; and he has no desire to play Hamlet. When Andrew's agent visits him, she reminisces about her brief romance with John Barrymore many years ago, in Andrew's apartment. This prompts a seance to summon his ghost. From the moment Barrymore returns, dressed in high Shakespearean garb, Andrew's life is no longer his own. Barrymore, fortified by champagne and ego, presses Andrew to accept the part and fulfill his actor's destiny. The action becomes more hilarious with the entrance of Andrew's deal-making friend from LA, spouting the laid-back hype of the Coast and offering Andrew a fabulous new TV deal worth millions of dollars. The laughs are nonstop as Andrew wrestles with his conscience, Barrymore, his sword, and the fact that he fails as Hamlet in Central Park.

Feb 18^th to Mar 5^th,  2011

May 6^th to May 14^th

Based on the popular 1988 film, Dirty Rotten Scoundrel centers on two con men living on the French Riviera. The first is the suave and sophisticated Lawrence Jameson, who makes his lavish living by talking rich ladies out of their money. The other, a small-time crook named Freddy Benson, more humbly swindles women by waking their compassion with fabricated stories about his grandmother's failing health.

After meeting on a train, they unsuccessfully attempt to work together only to find that this small French town isn't big enough for the two of them. They agree on a settlement: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins and the other must leave town. A hilarious battle of cons ensues, that will keep audiences laughing, humming and guessing to the end!

Winner of the 2005 Tony Award� Best Musical

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Short Plays

Oct 13^th to 17^th,  2010 - in Studio A - One-Act Play

This Is a Play is a hilarious postmodern romp through the interior lives of actors in a bad play

Dec 1^st to 12^th,  2010 - Family Play