2008 Season of Plays
DRAMA
10th – 18th October 2008
‘WHAT THE NIGHT IS FOR’
a Michael Weller play - Directed by Jimmy Barton
Two former lovers, whose affair ended inconclusively ten years ago, meet again by chance and arrange to have dinner together. Though they are both now married to somebody else, the old flame is still alive. Is this night for reminiscence simply a night of stolen passion or the start of something which will change the rest of their lives?

2009 Season of Plays

27th February – 7th March 2009
‘GOING STRAIGHT’
A Richard Harris play
Directed by Jimmy Barton

The new British comedy from the author of “The Business of Murder” and “Stepping Out”. Two former London crooks are now retired and “going straight”, but can a leopard change its spots?

30th April – 3rd May 2009
‘AMADEUS’
a Peter Shaffer play
Directed by John Hughes

*Special Joint Production between Cairns Civic Theatre and the Cairns Little Theatre. This production will not be eligible as part of the season of tickets package. In old age, Salieri recalls his successful career as Court Composer to Joseph II Emperor of Austria, his hatred of Mozart, and how he contrived the brilliant young composer’s demise. A large cast, lavishly costumed and underscored with Mozart’s incomparable music, evoke the glories and excesses of Eighteenth Century Vienna.

19th June – 28th June 2009
‘GULLS’
a Robert Hewett play
Directed by Lynn Cropp

A compassionate comedy about a brain-damaged man who is cared for by his sister at a beach cottage. Unable to converse with those around him, he shares his feelings and observations with the audience.

14th – 22nd August 2009
‘THE SHAGAROUND’
a Maggie Nevill play
Directed by Frank Joel

Staged in the female toilet of an hotel on New Years Eve. Someone’s been dumped by her boyfriend and someone’s been two-timed. A savage comedy about men, women, revenge and the amazing versatility of tights. With a shocking twist at the end, it will have you both laughing and crying all in one play. A “must see”.

30th October – 7th November 2009
‘BREATH OF LIFE’
a David Hare play
Directed by John Hughes

Life being what it is, one dreams of revenge. Gaugin's epithet serves as the motto for this moral tale of two women, both in their 60s, whose lives are interwoven in ways neither of them yet understands.