Alan Seymour, The History Boys by the award winning Alan Bennett and from ...
boys who are pursuing the usual: sex, sport, and a place at a good university.
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If you would like to subscribe in 2014 please complete the attached Subscription Form, and send it with a stamped self-addressed envelope to: The Subscription Manager Chester St Theatre Group Inc PO Box 335 Epping NSW 1710 Subscriptions close Friday 14th February 2014 Regular prices: $27 (adult) $22 (concession) per play. Group Bookings For groups of 10+ the price is $22, which includes supper and a program. With school groups, the teacher entry is free. Q&A after can be arranged. Enquiries to the Business Manager on
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Performance Times Evening performances are at 8pm and Matinees are at 5pm. The Theatre on Chester offers 4 matinee performances per show, please see individual plays for details.
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In 2014 we challenge our audiences with cultural and societal values; how important is loyalty, morality, money, friendship, and education for its own worth not just for results. This year The Theatre on Chester offers you two Australian and one British play that deals with these conflicting values – the classic The One Day of the Year by Alan Seymour, The History Boys by the award winning Alan Bennett and from our most prolific playwright David Williamson - Money and Friends. The Theatre on Chester values excellence in Community Theatre and we also value your support as a subscriber. Our 2014 subscription price is excellent value. For only $57 you get preferential seating for the three plays, free programs and complimentary refreshments at interval; it is in fact, the best value in town!
PLAY 2. The History Boys by Alan Bennett has won every major award on the West End and Broadway. Set in an English grammar school in the 1980’s, we meet a bunch of bright, funny senior boys who are pursuing the usual: sex, sport, and a place at a good university. For the old-school humanist and eccentric teacher Hector, literature is a preparation for life and he engages students with culture and knowledge for its own sake. He is replaced by the up-and-coming rationalist Irwin who gives way to the results-driven education that we see today and breaks knowledge down into a set of bullet points that may come up on an exam paper. As one of the boys puts it: “Do you want us to be thoughtful or do you want us to be smart?” Directed by Carla Moore
Location The Theatre on Chester is centrally located at the corner of Chester and Oxford Streets, Epping and is an easy 5 minutes walk from Epping railway station and bus terminal. There are a number of local restaurants and cafés offering a variety of meals to suit all budgets. Please note that there is only street parking, and those arriving by car should allow sufficient time to park in order to be on time for the production. Contact details Phone: 02 9877 0081 Email:
[email protected] Post: PO Box 335 Epping NSW 1710 Web: www.theatreonchester.com.au
GOOD VALUE(S)
Is Anzac Day just an excuse for “one long grog-up” or is it a day when we as a Nation reflect on those who have paid the ultimate price? When Hughie Cook helps his girlfriend Jan write a newspaper article critical of Anzac Day, it sets up conflict with his father Alf, an ex-servicemen. This play questions the institution of Anzac Day, the sacred cow among Australian annual celebrations. It is the genuine nature of the characters however, that gives the play its memorable qualities: Alf, the nobody who becomes a somebody on this day of days; Mum, the anchor of the family; Hughie, their son, with all the uncertainties and rebelliousness of youth; and Wacka, the Anzac, with his simple, healing wisdom. Directed by Kaye Lopez
THE ONE DAY OF THE YEAR THE HISTORY BOYS MONEY AND FRIENDS
2014 Subscribers’ Launch Evening: First 160 subscribers. The three directors introduce the 2014 season PLUS a short entertainment of a work in progress. Admission is free but reservations are essential. Please complete the section below. A receipt for the 2014 Season Evening will be mailed to you with your subscription tickets. Please note there is a MAXIMUM of four tickets per subscriber as each night is restricted to 80 subscribers only. Table theatre restaurant style - please BYO picnic supper.
2014 Subscription Series
PLAY 1. The One Day of the Year by Alan Seymour
Fundraising The whole of the theatre is available for $1,200 and includes supper and a program. Please note the theatre seats 100 and this offer is for Wednesday performances only. Enquiries to the Business Manager on
[email protected] or phone 9877 0081.
Send Subscription Form to: (Before Friday 14th February 2014) The Subscription Manager The Theatre on Chester PO Box 335 Epping NSW 1710
Please reserve: Saturday 22nd February 2014, 6pm OR Sunday 23rd February 2014, 6pm OR We shall NOT be attending
Experience three plays, with supper and a program included in your ticket price. Subscribers gain their first or second choice of dates and are offered the best seats available. Also in 2014, there is the opportunity for subscribers only to attend the 2014 Subscribers Launch Evening with a work in progress entertainment.
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PLAY 3. Money and Friends by David Williamson reveals a clash of values between materialism and friendship. Peter, a professor of pure mathematics who embodies niceness itself, enjoys weekends at Crystal Inlet as do most of his friends. Peter is in financial trouble because of his brother’s bankruptcy and his neighbour Margaret decides to seek help from his friends who spend much of their time boasting about their wealth. But while his friends happily take advantage of Peter’s good nature in their own hour of need, how willing will they be to help him in his? Directed by Linda Lorenza
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The One Day of the Year Ist Choice
The One Day of the Year
The History Boys
Money and Friends
By Alan Seymour Directed by Kaye Lopez
By Alan Bennett Directed by Carla Moore
By David Williamson Directed by Linda Lorenza
By arrangement with HLA Management Australia
By arrangement with ORiGiNTM Theatrical, on behalf of Samuel French, LTD.
By arrangement with Currency Press
21st March – 12th April
25th July – 16th August
7th – 29th November
In this Australian classic, Hughie Cook, a young university student, helps his girlfriend Jan to write an adverse newspaper article about the Anzac Day memorial celebrations. This sparks family conflict between Hughie and his father Alf who is an ex-servicemen. Is this a day of “one long grog-up” or a day to reflect on loyalty to a Nation? The play gradually uncovers the strands of prejudice and ignorance and explores the universal theme of father/son conflict, against the background of the beery haze and the heady, nostalgic sentimentality of Anzac Day, the sacred cow among Australian annual celebrations - the one day of the year.
Set in an English grammar school in the 1980’s, we meet a bunch of bright, funny senior boys who are pursuing the usual: sex, sport, and a place at a good university. For the old-school humanist and eccentric teacher Hector, literature is a preparation for life and engages students with culture and knowledge for its own sake. He is replaced by the up-and-coming rationalist Irwin who gives way to the results-driven education that we see today and breaks knowledge down into a set of bullet points that may come up on an exam paper. As one of the boys puts it: “Do you want us to be thoughtful or do you want us to be smart?”
Peter, a professor of pure mathematics who embodies niceness itself, weekends at Crystal Inlet as do most of his friends. Peter is in financial trouble because of his brother’s bankruptcy and his neighbour Margaret decides to seek help from his friends who spend much of their time boasting about their wealth. But while his friends happily take advantage of Peter’s good nature in their own hour of need, how willing will they be to help him in his?
MONTH
WED
March March
26
April April
9
FRI
SAT
SUN
MONTH
21
22*
23*
July
28
29
30*
July/Aug
4
5
6*
11
12
*Performances at 5pm. All other performances are at 8pm.
WED 30
Aug Aug
13
Time
Date
Date
2nd Choice Time
Date
SAT
SUN
MONTH
26*
27*
Nov
1
2
3*
Nov
8
9
10*
Nov
15
16
Nov
WED 12 26
FRI
SAT
SUN
7
8*
9*
14
15
16*
21
22
23*
28
29
*Performances at 5pm. All other performances are at 8pm.
Time
Money and Friends Date
25
Time
The History Boys Ist Choice
Ist Choice
FRI
*Performances at 5pm. All other performances are at 8pm.
Date
2nd Choice
2nd Choice Time
Date
Time
NB: You must indicate a second choice.
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