After more than a year of pandemic cancellations and postponements, Encore Theatre Company stormed back to the stage in October 2021 with MAMMA MIA, which had been previously cancelled five days prior to opening when COVID hit Australia in March 2020. The production received 13 nominations in the 2022 Tasmanian Theatre Awards (The Errols) in the category of COMMUNITY MUSICAL THEATRE, announced in January at the Princess Theatre. The...
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Encore Theatre Company are honoured to have received 25 nominations in the 2020 Tasmanian Theatre Awards (The Errols) in the category of COMMUNITY MUSICAL THEATRE, announced on 16 January at the Princess Theatre. STRICTLY BALLROOM has received a record 13 Nominations & WE WILL ROCK YOU received 12 nominations. The winners were announced at a celebration dinner on 22 February 2020 at Wrest Point, with Encore collecting the...
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Encore Theatre Company are honoured to have received 16 nominations in the 2019 Tasmanian Theatre Awards (The Errols) in the category of COMMUNITY MUSICAL THEATRE, announced on 17 January at the Princess Theatre . The winning nominations (in bold) were announced at a celebration dinner on 23 February at Wrest Point. LES MISÉRABLES has received a record 11 Nominations (tying with 11 nominations for WICKED in 2018) Best...
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Encore Theatre Company are thrilled to have picked up a staggering 15 nominations in the 2018 Tasmanian Theatre Awards (The Errols) in the category of COMMUNITY MUSICAL THEATRE, announced on 31 January at the Princess Theatre and won four awards (highlighted below), announced on 3 March at Wrest Point. Since the inaugural awards in 2015, Encore have already received 36 nominations and won 11 ‘Errols’. Now in 2018, their...
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Whether Encore are staging a mega-hit musical like Mary Poppins or The Phantom of the Opera, or something less well-known but an instant favourite with audiences like Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story, it is all about maintaining a consistently strong approach in all areas of production to deliver the best show possible for our audiences. The company was delighted to see that the many hundreds of hours of work put in by our team this past...
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Launceston Company scoops the pool winning seven 2016 Tasmanian Theatre Awards Encore Theatre Company were thrilled to have received 7 Tasmanian Theatre Awards (“The Errols”) for their 2015 productions of Mary Poppins and Evita. Mary Poppins received 6 Awards in Community – Musical Theatre: Best Production Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) – Abbey Hansson (Mary Poppins) Best Performance in a Leading...
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Aiming to be an organisation that that champions and shapes Launceston’s engagement in accessible live arts experiences and high quality theatre for all ages, Encore prides themselves on having built a sustainable organisation with an eye on the future development of theatre practitioners. In the inaugural of the TASMANIAN THEATRE AWARDS their achievements were acknowledged as follows: Impresario of the Year Belinda J King & Jamie...
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Community theatre, that wonder of nationwide, volunteer-run artistry, remains as popular as it is miraculous. If you’re a working actor, chances are your dream of theatrical stardom was born on a community theatre stage. Unlike the high stakes and cutthroat competition that may dominate professional acting, the local theatre world brings communities together, inspires local audiences, and launches the careers of emerging thespians....
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Community theatre has underpinned all theatre in this country and when you work in a local theatre it can only be done in friendship and by putting yourself out. There are many wonderful actors in community shows who could easily make a living for themselves in professional theatre, but they choose not to. Gathering together people with varying talents, Encore build teams that make something that wasn’t there before. Live theatre....
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Family, friendship, love, laughter, curiosity, risk… hope and possibility. The theatre is a place for experiencing all of these values that hold us together as a community. Encore believes that creativity strengthens communities, making them more vibrant places to live and work. Their focus is around enhancing that creativity in our community and making access to the arts an affordable possibility for all. In 2012, Launceston City...
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With Encore Theatre Company’s team members volunteer anything from 10 to 400+ hours per show, with a conservative estimate of annual volunteer hours coming in at 40,000+. Delivering affordable, locally produced shows to the wider community, Encore Theatre Company firmly believe that theatre is the greatest team sport ever invented, where individuals can only shine because of the work and dedication of the team supporting them....
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It’s not enough to announce ‘hey, let’s put on a show” and expect community support and to be successful. Theatre projects need to be driven by an energetic and disciplined committee to maximise audience awareness and most importantly, community engagement of the event. Following an outstanding 12 months of productions, including the Tasmanian Premiere season of The Boy from Oz and the epic Les Misérables, Encore Theatre Company was...
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