Plays That Challenge Us

Plays That Challenge Us

The following post was written during the production of Cloudstreet which ran during May 2022. Going to the theatre serves many purposes. Escape. Entertainment. Reflection. Coming to see Cloudstreet will make you feel emotions. It will challenge you. It will encourage...
Plays That Challenge Us

Teamwork in the Theatre

Tim Winton’s beloved Cloudstreet is a show of epic proportions. Normally a five hour show, director Ainslie Yardley poured numerous hours of her life into editing it down to two and a half hours. Not an easy task! With her detailed vision of the show, stage manager...
Treading the Boards – Lara Campbell

Treading the Boards – Lara Campbell

Lara Campbell’s love for performing started at age seven, doing ballet at the Glenbrook School of Arts where she is now treading the boards in Cloudstreet with the Glenbrook Players. When asked what brought her to the Glenbrook Players,  Lara explains “ After high...
Treading the Boards – Madeleine Sheehy

Treading the Boards – Madeleine Sheehy

Growing up in Alice Springs with parents who were heavily involved in their local theatre group, how could Madeleine Sheehy not become involved in theatre? Madeleine has been with the Glenbrook Players for twenty six years. In that time, she has been in nineteen shows...
Drama and Diabetes

Drama and Diabetes

Having type 1 diabetes and working in the theatre are a combination, growing up, that Angela Pezzano didn’t think would be possible. Diagnosed at five and a half, in a time when technology wasn’t as good as it is today, a diabetic faced a potentially grim future of...