THE 39 STEPS Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit for anyone who loves the magic of theatre! This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a ridiculously talented cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers, and some good old-fashioned romance!...
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Sponsored by: Guest starring Jon English as Pilate 16-24 March 2012 Princess Theatre Almost 40 years ago, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice wrote the greatest rock musical the world has ever known. Jesus Christ Superstar. When the show premiered in Australia at the Capitol Theatre Sydney in May 1972, Harry M Miller and Jim Sharman chose an unknown rock singer for the role of Judas and launched the career of one of Australia’s...
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Based on the classic British TV series 4-19 November 2011 Earl Arts Centre presented by Encore Theatre Company Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once: the original production played to packed houses at the London Palladium so book early as this glorious stage adaptation of the hugely popular British TV series is guaranteed to leave you helpless with laughter. Renee, Edith, Michelle, Herr Flick, Helga, Yvette, LeClerc and...
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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat The Swingin’ Sixties Spectacular 22-30 July 2011 Princess Theatre With a crash of drums and a flash of light, Encore Theatre Company’s production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat lit up the Princess Theatre stage in July 2011! This revised version (never seen before in Tasmania!) of the spectacular Swinging Sixties show blasts into the 21st century with a colourful...
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Disney’s High School Musical On Stage Based on a Disney Channel Original Movie Get ready for “the start of something new!” 10-19 March 2011 Princess Theatre The stage adaptation of the smash-hit Disney Channel Original Movie, High School Musical On Stage played the Princess Theatre for a strictly limited run. Produced by Encore Theatre Company and performed by Launceston’s hottest young performers and an electrifying live...
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BOYS OWN McBETH a really rotten tragedy 16-18 December 2010 Earl Arts Centre. Encore Theatre Company presented the Tasmanian Premiere Season Terry Shakespeare is really the school old boy – he’s 42. He’s been in fifth form for 26 years and his two children Dopey and SS are in the same class – but he’s not silly… he’s turned staying at school forever into a tax dodge. Finally the school becomes desperate to offload Terry and his...
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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast “For who could ever learn to love a beast?” 15-23 October 2010 presented by Encore Theatre Company at the Princess Theatre From the magic and wonder of Disney comes an event that brings a tale as old as time to life on the Princess Theatre stage. Based on the Disney animated film version of the much loved fairytale and featuring the stunning Academy-Award winning musical score that made the...
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Are You Being Served? Based on the classic BBC TV Series 2-10 July 2010 presented by Encore Theatre Company at the Earl Arts Centre Remember Mrs Slocombe’s pussy? Going up?? Yes, it’s Are You Being Served? To the delight of its fans everywhere the smash hit television comedy has been adapted for the stage by its original creators. Based on the long-running BBC TV sit-com and set in the ladies and menswear departments of Grace...
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Les Misérables It’s bigger, it’s better and it’s back! 12-20 March 2010 presented by Encore Theatre Company at the Princess Theatre Based on the Victor Hugo classic of the same name, Les Misérables has become one of the world’s most popular musicals. This theatrical masterpiece has been translated into 22 languages and professional productions have been seen by over 50 million people in 38 countries. It has...
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The Boy from Oz! “The musical of a lifetime…” 2-10 October 2009 presented by Encore Theatre Company at the Princess Theatre Tasmanian Premiere Season After 766 performances witnessed by 1.2 million Australians, followed by 12 months on Broadway and a return season in Australia playing to 10,000 seat arenas, The Boy from Oz finally arrived in Tasmania! Appropriately billed as “the musical of a lifetime”, the story focuses...
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Nunsense A-Men! “Need a good laugh? Then how about a change of habit? Boy, oh boy!!” 11-13 June 2009 Earl Arts Centre Australian Premiere Season presented by Encore Theatre Company Nunsense A-Men! is basically the original Nunsense show with most female characters being portrayed by male musical comedy performers. Think of it as Mrs Doubtfire meets Sister Act. Done totally seriously, this show is, to quote a critic, “no...
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HAIR The Original Rock Musical 4-14 February 2009 presented by Encore Theatre Company at the Annexe Theatre Inveresk “Open your mind and let the sunshine in….” Hair follows a group of hopeful, free-spirited young people who advocate a lifestyle of pacifism and free-love in a society riddled with intolerance and brutality during the Vietnam War. As they explore sexual identity, challenge racism, experiment with drugs and...
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