Glenn Hall and the Spontaneous Insanity team is bringing Theatresports™ back to Deckchair Theatre for six Sundays of improvised fun your whole family will love!
Hosted by Glenn Hall, 2009 National Theatresports Champion and WAAPA Impro Coach, Theatresports™ will have your family on the edge of their seats! Using your suggestions as inspiration, scenes, stories and songs will be made up on the spot, without a script – as teams face off to wow you and judges alike, with their theatrics.
With a sprinkling of musical director Courtney Murphy’s charm, each week Theatresports™ will scoop a different cast from the Perth impro talent pool that features, actors, comedians and Perthonalities – plus special guests. You’ll also get to enjoy Perth’s freshest new impro faces in action!
Come on down to Theatresports™ this Sunday, 14th March, to watch this week’s impro vets, elite and rookies battle it out:
Ben Russell, Ric Cairns, Nadia Collins, Paul Calligan, Craig Williams, Ben Beaton, Monica Main, Michael Burke, Damon Lockwood, Rhoda Lopez, Sarah Innes, Brendan Kerkvliet, Danuta Stansall, Rory Innes, Fiona Blakeley, Janelle Veitch, Neil Barnard, Paula Sayers, Shamini Joseph, Vidya Ryan, Bec Mahony, Manfred Yon and Louisa Fitzhardinge
We’ve had huge audiences, so pre-booking is strongly recommended to make sure that you don’t miss a second of the spontaneous spectacle!
6pm Sundays, until 28 March (doors and bar opens at 5pm)
Victoria Hall, 179 High Street, Fremantle
Tickets $18 Adults/ $12 Concession/ $48 Family Pass through deckchairtheatre.com.au or 9430 4771 (booking fees apply)
Special School Group Bookings price $10 per student (for 10 or more students) plus 1 complimentary ticket for accompanying teacher/s for each 10 tickets booked. Offer only available for phone bookings – call Deckchair on 9430 4771.  
Grace has come and gone, but you can find out more about this fabulous production on our website by clicking on the links and watching discussions on YouTube!
See adapter Humphrey Bower and Artistic Director Chris Bendall along with cast members Kirsty Hillhouse and George Shevtsov in conversation about the making of GRACE!
Click here to see Kirsty Hillhouse talk briefly about her character Grace
Click here to see Artistic Director Chris Bendall talk about the cast members for GRACE
“A bold, gritty and imaginative play that breathes vibrant life into my book and its characters. I was knocked out by this ‘Grace’.” ROBERT DREWE
Deckchair Theatre’s Umbrella Program presents: Binjareb Pinjarra
Created and Performed by Isaac Drandich, Geoff Kelso, Sam Longley, Frank Nannup, Kelton Pell and Phil Thomson
Standard $30 Concession $20 Previews $20 School Group and Mob Special $10
March 13 – April 3
Victoria Hall Fremantle
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We are very proud to bring you the long awaited return of this brilliant play about WA’s 1834 Pinjarra Massacre and it’s contemporary reverberations. Created by Nyoongar and Wadjella (whitefella) actors, BINDJAREB PINJARRA demonstrates extra-ordinary risk taking through its fusion of history, outrageous comedy and physical theatre.
Performing in Fremantle for the first time and acclaimed across Australia, this break-through cross – cultural production will be restaged for the 175th Anniversary of the contentious Pinjarra “incident”.
“This is reconciliation theatre at it’s best” Rhoda Roberts, (The Dreaming Festival, Queensland)
“Brilliant performances…a wonderful fusion of the comic with the tragic” (Sydney Morning Herald)
“Powerful and moving…delicious satire”(The West Australian)
GRACE
“Bendall manages to grab the threads of such complex issues and weave them into a theatrical feast that is wryly satirical and heartbreakingly moving. His direction is brave, bold and ballsy which rewards the audience with a production that is challenging, thought provoking, and carefully thought out, from the casting to the simple set and lighting design to the music” – The Fremantle Herald
See snippits from the Artists Talks between author Robert Drewe, adapter Humphrey Bower and Artistic Director Chris Bendall on the making of GRACE!
“There’s quite a lot going on in the world of Grace, and Humphrey Bower’s adaptation does not shy from tackling it all… The thriller ending is remarkably well done” The West Australian
“. . . a hard hitting play . . . thought provoking . . . uniquely Australian and worth seeing” Australian Stage
“Hillhouse is an attractive, feisty Grace, and her performance is affecting as she and the hunted Afghan refugee (engagingly played by newcomer Ismat Akbarzada) console each other….demented pursuer Carl played to creepy perfection by Russ Pirie” The Australian
“The formidably impressive George Shevtsov, plays Grace’s Father John with a quiet dignity and presence on stage that few actors have… Kirsty Hillhouse as Grace was exceptional” Australian Stage
“There is a lot to applaud in this multi – stranded narrative, it’s visually exciting and intellectually stimulating…” Sunday Times
“It is wonderful to see contemporary Australian stories as part of the texture of our Festival. It is vital that we support the creation of new Australian work such as this which reflects our culture and our times.” Shelagh Magadza, Artistic Director
“This adaptation by Humphrey Bower of Robert Drewe’s novel Grace is pacy, well realized, and engrossing in its theatrical dimensions and depth of human experience” Gillian Clarke artsHub
