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Rumors

Written by Neil Simon

Directed by Annie Blood

Season March 16-31, 2012

Tickets 1300 739 099

Reviews and Awards for Encore Theatre

2012 Pantomime a hit!

Our 2012 panto Cinders was a huge success with bumper crowds and followed our 2010 panto Jack and His Amazing Multi-Coloured Beanstalk and Aladdin in 2011. Cinders played to hundreds of happy children and their delighted parents and grandparents. Congratulations to all involved in what will hopefully become a regular date in the Encore playbill.

Encore at VDL Awards 2011

Nominations for Life After George

Set Design - Doug Bennett

Lighting Design - Deryk Hartwick - WINNER of Silver Award

Costume Design - Maureen McInerney, Anne Rendall and Bronwyn King

Best Actress in Leading Role - Kellie Bray and Gail Bradley

Gail Bradley WINNER

Best Actor in Leading Role - William Mulholland

Best Director - Doug Bennett

Best Production - Life After George

Encore in-house Awards 2011

The Brenda Miller Award for Best Leading Actor - William Mulholland

The Brenda Miller Award for Best Leading Actress - Juliet Hayday

Best Supporting Actor - Matt Wilson

Best Supporting Actress - Donna Pope

Best Actor in Minor Role - Joe Dias

Best Actress in Minor Role - Melanie Rowe

The Ron Conroy Perpetual Trophy for Best Director - Doug Bennett

Best Production - Life After George

Technical Award - Deryk Hartwick

Adjudicators' Awards

Glenda Benness gave the award to Kellie Bray [Life After George]

Graeme Moore gave the award to Christine Simmonds [director of Aladdin]

Encore at the Lyrebird Awards 2011

Nominations with winners announced in February 2012

Best sound in a drama - Annie Blood Life After George

Best set in a comedy - Doug Bennett Hay Fever

Best lighting in a drama - Deryk Hartwick Life After George

Best costume in a comedy - Bronwyn King Hay Fever

Best costume in a drama - Maureen McInerney, Anne Rendall and Bronwyn King Life After George

Best ensemble in a drama - Life After George

Best supporting actress in a drama - Venetia Macken and Melanie Rowe Life After George

Best supporting actor in a drama - Trevor Hanna Life After George

Best actress in a drama - Gail Bradley Life After George

Best actor in a drama - William Mulholland Life After George

Best director drama - Doug Bennett Life After George

Best production drama - Life After George

Encore at VDL and Lyrebird Awards 2009

At the VDL Awards, Encore Theatre's production of Wit achieved the following results

Best lighting in a drama or comedy - Dietmar Brisker [Silver]

Best sound in a drama or comedy - Vicki Smith [Gold]

Best actress in a minor role [Drama] - Judy Corderoy [Nomination]

Best actor in a minor role [Drama] - Ron Kofler [Winner]

Best actress in a supporting role [Drama] - Melanie Rowe [Winner]

Best actor in a supporting role [Drama] - Daniel Golshevsky [Winner]

Best actress in a leading role [Drama] - Juliet Hayday [Winner]

Best director of a drama - Vicki Smith [Winner]

Best Drama Production - Wit [Winner]

At the Lyrebird Awards, Encore Theatre's production of Wit achieved the following results

Highly Commended in a drama - Judy Corderoy

Best Supporting actress in a drama - Melanie Rowe

Best Supporting actor in a drama - Daniel Golshevsky

Best actress in a drama - Juliet Hayday

Best Director of a drama - Vicki Smith

Best Production - drama - W;t [Wit]

Congratulations to all involved with this wonderful production

More Success at the Lyrebird Awards

Find the Lady was nominated for:

Best Supporting actress in a comedy - Sarah Jowett (winner)

Best Director of a comedy - Tony Bird

Best Production - comedy - Find the Lady

I Ought to be in Pictures got one nomination, which won the award

Best actress in a comedy - Claire Hanley

So Encore won the best actress in drama and comedy!

Anne Rendall, along with Chris Bartle and Bronwyn King also won the best costume award comedy/drama, with Peridot's A Chorus of Disapproval.

Wit is a hit!

Our hugely successful production drew rave reviews.

In some 40 years of theatre-going, I cannot recall such a demanding and emotional role being so well served and here I include theatre at all levels from amateur to professional - and I think that on the night viewed the audience, like myself, were in awe of the quality and range of Juliet Hayday's performance. So for me, seeing Vicki Smith's excellent and honest production of Wit for Encore Theatre Company, whilst a gut-wrenching night at the theatre, I felt privileged to see a performance of such quality, although I must admit (like quite a few others) that I nearly lost it at the end.

Carolyn Gunn Curtain Up

This is, for the most part, an intelligent and uncompromising play. It creates the kind of haunting, poignant, absorbing and provocative experience that is the very essence of what the theatre should be. Regardless of subject matter, no apologies should ever be made for creating excellent theatre.

Kris Weber Theatre People

About Encore Theatre

Encore Theatre Inc is a non-professional theatre company based in Clayton, Melbourne, dedicated to staging quality live theatre. We encourage you to subscribe to our shows and so receive discounted ticket prices, first choice of seats and Echoes our free newsletter. Details of auditions for each new show are on this web page. Click AUDITIONS.

Encore performs in a new, state-of-the-art 133 seat theatre with raked seating, air-conditioned comfort and excellent acoustics. The audience feels they are part of the action on stage.

We offer charities the opportunity to raise funds and have done so for several years.

You're most welcome to join our acting troupe or work on sets, costumes, lighting, Front of House and elsewhere.

In 2009 Encore Theatre presents four sparkling shows. Click on WHAT'S ON and then CURRENT PRODUCTIONS.

Please visit other pages on this site. We'd love to have you involved.

Youth Theatre Project

Encore & City of Monash National Youth Week Theatre Project

This exciting new youth theatre venture began in February 2009 and staged a thrilling concert using drama, mime and movement. The aim is to build on that first performance and train young people in the field of acting and stagecraft.

If you wish to be involved or simply learn more about the project for yourself or your son or daughter, contact details are listed below.

You can find more information online at Monash Youth & Family Services http://www.myfs.org.au/

All Secondary school-age young people are invited to participate.

To register your interest, ring City of Monash Youth & Family Services on 9541 3130. Please note that places are limited; if demand is high, preference may be given to youth who live in the City of Monash.

Andrew Ferguson

Production Manager

Email contact: afconsulting@bigpond.com