Showing posts with label Canberra Repertory Society. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canberra Repertory Society. Show all posts

Friday, February 14, 2025

Award-Winning Play

In the midst of my sorrow, some joy. At The Ovations awards, back in Canberra, Dead Man's Cell Phone won the two Outstanding Lead Performances in a Comedy (Bruce Hardie and Jess Waterhouse) and Outstanding Production of a Play - Community. I am so proud of all the cast and crew, who attended the Awards night, and sent me these photos.

Monday, November 11, 2024

Making and Sharing Memories

The bedside book pile continues to evolve. Him Outdoors is constantly remarking on the potential hazards of such a pile, but I think he's just not seeing things from the correct perspective. 


Sky patterns above the lake keep me company in my lunch breaks at work. 


After booking in for a routine mammogram, I treated myself to breakfast at a local cafe, and then brought armfuls of flowers indoors from the garden and plonked them in vases. I may have mentioned that I have no skill in the flower arranging department, although I love the colours and natural shapes and smells. The cats, obviously, had to judge them. 


We had a gala night for the Canberra Repertory Society to feast and raise funds. Our cast and crew table for Dead Man's Cell Food were too busy with the frivolity and lacking in funds to be too much financial assistance, but we had a good time, and at least we raised some money by attending in the first place.


Chipz came round for afternoon tea and, although I have no photos of them or the cucumber sandwiches we ate in the garden, I do have images of the Pimms glasses full of fruity goodness.


Calamity Sue gathered some friends and family and we had a memorial service for General Philosopher, where we hired a boat and went out on the water to toast his memory and walk on Springbank Island. It was a beautiful thing to do and very emotional. Tears, laughter, and stories were shared. 

Monday, July 1, 2024

The Show Went On

What with all the excitement of finishing my course and opening my show, of course I was run down and got Covid.


There was nothing for it but to play with the cats and read books, such as those from the Marlow Murder Club that feature my home town and local pub.

 

Meanwhile, of course the show went on and my beautiful cast sent me photos from backstage.


And then, sadly it was all over. I was just about well enough to attend final night, see the set struck, tidy all our gear away and hand out thank you gifts to all the cast and crew. It has been a blast. And what a show!