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Claire Carmichael's Death in the Limelight will be staged at The Space, MECC, on 17, 18 and 19 September. Bookings through MECC.
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Come see a team of local & extraordinarily talented young actors take you behind the scenes of a talent quest show where the only thing bigger than the secrets, is the laughter!
Where: The Lynnette Denny Space, MECC
When: 17 & 18 September - 8pm
18 & 19 September – 2pm
Bookings: MECC 1800 646 574 |
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History
Youth Theatre is not new to Mackay. Among the 'Coming Attractions' advertised in Kucom's program of Trap for a Lonely Man (April 1972) was a musical play titled The Rising Generation, 'to be performed by the members of Young Theatre, a new group of young people formed earlier this year' [1972]. The Rising Generation was performed over two nights in May 1972 at the Basketball Stadium in Juliet Street (adults 80c, children 50c).
The following year, Young Theatre staged Zigger Zagger, described as 'a football opera', this time over 3 nights at the Theatre Royal. The group described themselves as follows:
Young Theatre is a group of Mackay teenagers who have been meeting for weekly drama workshops for eighteen months, occasionally presenting a play. We try to do things which provide us and our audiences with a new theatrical experience - did you see The Rising Generation in the Basketball Stadium, or Archy and Mahitabel [sic] at the Bakehouse Gallery? Even if you didn't you must see Zigger Zagger which we're doing 'with a little help from our (adult) friends'.
Kucom's particular involvement in Youth theatre dates back some years, at least to 2000 with the production of Blackrock, followed in 2005 by Skate. A number of the cast from Skate appeared again in August 2007 when Betsy Atkinson directed Blurred, a play about that all-Australian rite of passage, Schoolies Week.
In addition, numerous young Kucom members have been involved in the five Theatre Sports events we have staged since 2003.
