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GHOSTING THE PARTY by Melissa Bubnic

Between Thursday 18 September 2025 and Sunday 5 October 2025

Directed by Liz Chance, this is a truly Australian take on a universal theme, dealing head-on with a topic we spend most of our lives managing to avoid thinking about, let alone dealing with, death. Then along comes Grace. Now in her eighties, she's ready to leave. And says so in no uncertain terms. She is both serious and seriously funny with a bone-dry sense of humour and a solid grip on her own reality. Her daughter, Dorothy, is appalled. Her granddaughter Suzie is interested in discussing how. And how not to end up like Nan. This play deals with the complex reality of how ordinary people deal with the collision between the strongest primal urge we have, the survival instinct, and a deep longing for rest. Do we have the right to decide, or do others get to decide for us? This play pulls no punches but facing the Grim Reaper has never been so funny! Warning: References to suicide, drug use, descriptions of self-harm, coarse language and sex. Runs 80 mins no interval

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A Midsummer Night's Queen Fundraiser Cabaret

Friday 28 March 2025

Join us for a glittering night of music, dance, drama, and poetry as we raise funds to bring A Midsummer Night’s Queen to life! This bold and dazzling new Australian musical reimagines Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing through a fierce and fabulous LGBTQ+ lens, bursting with love, laughter, and theatrical magic. Expect camp, chaos, and romance in a world where everyone gets their moment in the spotlight! This electrifying cabaret features an incredible lineup of performers, including Sean Campbell & Co, Texas Hold Em (Move It Community), Max Foggon, Michael Sharmon, and many more special guests! Plus, enjoy an exclusive sneak peek performance by the cast of A Midsummer Night’s Queen! All proceeds will go directly towards costumes, props, set design, and marketing to help us reach our $10,000 goal—and make this production truly unforgettable. Don’t miss this one-night-only celebration of talent, passion, and creativity.

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10 Minutes of Fame

Between Thursday 5 December 2024 and Sunday 15 December 2024

Get ready for an unforgettable night of laughter, drama, and jaw-dropping moments! With biting humour and surprising twists, 10 Minutes of Fame is a fast-moving dramedy about the fleeting nature of fame in today’s viral world. It follows the intertwined lives of a political wife who accidentally becomes an internet sensation, a washed-up pop star clinging to his last hit, and a superhero actress hiding a scandalous secret. This sharp and witty play explores the ups and downs of modern fame, public scrutiny, and personal redemption. CONTENT WARNING This play has adult themes, including references to sexual assault. Please note online ticket sales close 2 hours before the performance, however, you are welcome to buy tickets at the door on the night at the Drill Hall Theatre.

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HOT SHORTS! 2024

Between Thursday 14 November 2024 and Sunday 24 November 2024

We’re excited to announce our biennial short-play competition, HOT SHORTS! Featuring nine original short plays - exploring love, life and loss - written by local playwrights and brought to life by some of your favourite performers. There’s $1000 in prize money up for grabs, including the $500 People’s Choice Award, where you get to decide the hottest short for 2024! 2024 featured shorts: Artificial Intelligence by Warwick Porter Big Fizzer by Brin Prichard By a Thread by Michael Lill Dream Dance by Shelly McNamara Judgement Day by Al Percival Love in the Afternoon by Tanya Ogilvie-White Saint Marie by Kylie Strelan The Impersonator by Ana Davis The Knot by Beth Would The Taming of Hamlet by Antoinette Ensbey Warning: Adult themes & coarse language

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THE CHRONICLES OF ELDERSHAW by Stephen Edgar

Between Wednesday 9 October 2024 and Sunday 20 October 2024

Adapted for the stage by Gregory Aitken Directed by Kate Horsley The Chronicles of Eldershaw is the story of Helen, a 1950’s Tasmanian feminist. Helen possesses a certain grandeur. People of both sexes are attracted to her. A wife and a mother, she is in touch with something greater than herself, Helen is also a bit of a drama queen. The performance slips between ethereal realms where reality and memory bend with poetic realism. An enigmatic world where time and space are not rigid. The production style is a combination of digital visuals, narrative poetry, physical theatre, with both a live and recorded soundscape. THE CHRONICLES OF ELDERSHAW is adapted from the award winning poet, Stephen Edgar’s narrative verse novel ELDERSHAW, which was short listed for the 2013 PM’s Award for Poetry. Stephen received the PM’s Award for Poetry in 2021. This is the world premiere production of his dramatic work.

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A new show by Mark Swivel. MUM. A Story.

Between Friday 6 September 2024 and Saturday 7 September 2024

A funny, raw and tender story. A man in his 50’s, speaks to his mother, who died 20 years ago. He conjures her life, and reckons with her mysteries. The secrets and the suffering at the heart of their relationship are slowly revealed. A show about how we turn up and when we don’t. A monologue, in the style of Spalding Gray. A fundraiser for production costs for The Drill Hall Theatre’s world premiere production, The Chronicles of Eldershaw by Stephen Edgar.

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Secret Bridesmaids' Business by Elizabeth Coleman

Between Thursday 30 May 2024 and Sunday 9 June 2024

It is the very eve of Meg's wedding. Her mother is fussing over every little detail and her best friends are doing little to help. Her wedding is the gala event that Meg has dreamed of since she was a little girl and one that has taken far too long to come true. But, anything that can go wrong does until finally the veil is lifted on an unhappy secret and Meg's dream is rocked by a revelation she doesn't want to be true. In this very funny play, Elizabeth Coleman asks serious questions about friendship, fidelity and tough life decisions. She gives us touching moments of female friendship, reveals some of the things women discuss when men aren't around and will make you wonder if all the fuss of a wedding is going just a bit too far. Director Mike Russo has chosen this hugely successful Australian play to feature his acting workshop students. Mike is delighted with the array of talent and dedication amongst his students and promises an enjoyable night at the theatre.

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GHOSTING THE PARTY by Melissa Bubnic (CANCELLED)

Between Thursday 2 May 2024 and Sunday 19 May 2024

Directed by Liz Chance, this is a truly Australian take on a universal theme, dealing head-on with a topic we spend most of our lives managing to avoid thinking about, let alone dealing with, death. Then along comes Grace. Now in her eighties, she's ready to leave. And says so in no uncertain terms. She is both serious and seriously funny with a bone-dry sense of humour and a solid grip on her own reality. Her daughter, Dorothy, is appalled. Her granddaughter Suzie is interested in discussing how. And how not to end up like Nan. This play deals with the complex reality of how ordinary people deal with the collision between the strongest primal urge we have, the survival instinct, and a deep longing for rest. Do we have the right to decide? Or do others, family, doctors get to decide for us? This play pulls no punches but facing the Grim Reaper has never been so funny! *Content warning: References to suicide and drug use, descriptions of self-harm, coarse language and sex

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ESCAPED ALONE by Caryl Churchill

Between Saturday 23 March 2024 and Sunday 24 March 2024

Directed by Susan Melhuish with Music by Alan Hughes with Lorrie Cruikshank, Susan Hayward, Georgia Martin & Brenda Shero A rehearsed reading for members & guests. Three old friends and a neighbour. A summer of afternoons in the back yard. Tea and catastrophe. Caryl Churchill is considered one of the world’s greatest living playwrights. Escaped Alone, her most recent work, premiered at the Royal Court in London in 2016. It combines the domestic with the epic. The play explores the idea of catastrophe, global and personal, verging into the absurd. It is a non-naturalistic play experimenting with dramatic form and structure, eclectic styles and shifts in time and place. A special Showcase event for Drill Hall Theatre members & guests. Cast & director available for discussion after the reading. Running time: approx. 50 minutes

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The Eldershaw Chronicles - with Script in Hand

Between Saturday 10 February 2024 and Sunday 10 March 2024

The Eldershaw Chronicles is an intricate, multi-layered story of love that spans sixty years - 1941- 2002. This new work for the stage is adapted from Stephen Edgar’s narrative verse novel, Eldershaw. Stephen Edgar was the recipient of 2021 Prime Minister’s Award for Poetry. Adapted for the stage by the director Gregory Aitken, The Eldershaw Chronicles received a creative development grant from the Regional Arts Fund. Audiences are invited to a special moved rehearsed reading of The Eldershaw Chronicles on 9 & 10 March. The Saturday moved reading is at 7.30 pm and Sunday’s at 6pm, followed Q&A about the development process. The full production will be unveiled at the Drill Hall Theatre, Mullumbimby, in September 2024. Audiences are invited to enjoy witnessing how the creation of this wonderful new work unfolds. The DHTC gratefully acknowledges the support of Regional Arts NSW for the development of this project.

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DIVINE Cabaret - TOO YOUNG TO BE ANGELS Finale

Sunday 14 January 2024

7 PM. The grand finale to a season of poetry, dance, cabaret, music and film. Now the spotlight turns onto ‘DIVINE Cabaret’ . Featuring a stellar cast of six performers, Jake Dix, Emily Turner, Tia Nelson, Rees Laird, Max Foggon and Brooke Karabache. A dazzling display of song and dance from these emerging angels.

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A Morning of FREE events ~ Celebrating Our Angels

Sunday 14 January 2024

11 AM. The launch of our upcoming production, The Eldershaw Chronicles by Stephen Edgar. Actors ~ Michael Sharmon, Linda Rutledge, Danni Dwyer, Rees Laird, Chris Benaud, Kate Horsley, Abby Green, Dane Bodley, Brooke Karabache and composer & pianist Fred Cole. Adapted and directed by Gregory Aitken, designed by Sunita Bailey with Jake Dix, movement director Deborah Mills, assistant director Michael Sharmon, costumes Abby Green, outside eyes and drama coach Avia Sebasio~Ong. Meet the cast and creatives who reveal the serendipitous events that lead to this premiere production. Followed by ~ Already an Angel. A comical archived video performance by the late Michael Borenstein ~ past President of the DHTC and a dear friend. Followed by the unveiling of a photograph of Michael by his lifetime sweetheart and wife, Sonia.

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GYAN ~ Kiss & Tell Song Conversations ~ TYTBA Season

Saturday 13 January 2024

7.30 PM. ARIA Award winning singer/songwriter Gyan goes behind the scenes of how some of her favourite songs were created. Many are still on her set list. Gyan also digs into the archives to unearth lost treasures. The score-stories draw on poignant events of the times and relationships that surrounded her as she wrote and recorded these tunes. Winning the grand final of TV’s Star Search; singing an original song in French (when the producers pleaded with her not to); signing with Desmond Child, one of Americas’ biggest songwriter/producers; then relocating from Bondi to London to Miami to Byron Bay; Kiss & Tell is a travelogue of song…. ‘I’d love this night to feel like we’re all sitting around a campfire, where we play songs from my timeline. This concert breaks the cone of silence, letting the audience hear what happened in the creative process and the music industry shenanigans. A kind of Kiss & Tell.’

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A DOUBLE BILL with CLAUDE GONZALEZ - Too Young to be Angels

Friday 12 January 2024

7 pm ~ Claude’s documentary, Sydney at War: The Untold Story. The untold story about the Japanese submarine attack in SydneyHarbour in WW2. Narrated by the late patron of the Drill HallTony Barry. Also the unveiling of the Drill Hall’s portrait of Tony, gifted by his family. Followed by Claude’s latest film, John Farrow, Hollywood’s Man in the Shadows. This is the first documentary ever made about the enigmatic Australian born Oscar winning filmmaker, John Farrow, who went to the very top in Hollywood but obscured his past from all who knew him.

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A Morning with the filmmaker CLAUDE GONZALEZ * Free Event *

Friday 12 January 2024

11 AM. Filmmaker Claude Gonzalez’s, The Ballad of Edgar and Mary - the film of the WW1 musical show created for the centenary of the Drill Hall (1916 - 2016) by Claude Gonzalez with Gregory Aitken. Claude and Gregory will be in conversation after the screening.

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YOU BY MY SIDE ~ Michael Sharmon & Sandra Leung Waters

Thursday 11 January 2024

7.30 PM. YOU BY MY SIDE - A Cabaret Born in Australia, Sandra Leung Waters and Michael Sharmon have performed across the globe in musicals, on event stages and on television. They now bring you their successful cabaret You By My Side to the Northern Rivers for the first time. Featuring songs from Judy Garland, Dean Martin, Barbara Streisand and many more. Spend an evening with Sandra and Michael as they take you on a cosy trip down memory lane. Please note that online bookings close 2 hours prior to the event start time. Generally there are tickets available at the door unless it is a sold-out show.

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A DOUBLE BILL OF FILM AND CONVERSATION

Wednesday 10 January 2024

7 pm~ RICHARD MORDAUNT with MICHAEL BALSON followed by DAVID BRADBURY with JAMES RICKETSON. Richard Mordaunt with Michael Balson. Selections from Ireland Behind the Wire and Master of Light will be screened and Richard will be in conversation with local filmmaker Michael Balson about his career and life. DAVID BRADBURY with JAMES RICKETSON. David Bradbury and James Ricketson in conversation about their FILMING IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS with selections from some of their films.

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WOMEN BEYOND TIME - Memoirs Through Poetry TYTBA Season

Tuesday 9 January 2024

7.30 PM. An evening that will sweep you up and draw you in like no other poetry night. Like voyeurs, we peek behind the curtain into a feast of the feminine, a journey into the lives of others through poetry. A night of humour, of tenderness and heartbreak, of love and of passion. Bringing this journey to life will be the skilled artistry of some of the regions most seasoned and admired actresses. This night will be remembered. May it stir the heart, ignite the soul and inspire the mind. Directed by Avia Sebasio~Ong & Maureen Lill, read by Linda Rutledge, Sonia Borenstein, Liz Chance, Kate Horsley, Cate Feldman, Lorrie Cruickshank, Cathy McDouall, Georgia Martin, Mandy Morris & Avia Sebasio~Ong Please note that online bookings close 2 hours prior to the event start time. Generally there are tickets available at the door unless it is a sold-out show.

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TWO JOURNEYS - A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION TYTBA Season

Monday 8 January 2024

7 PM. Selections from two well loved and respected local photographers GERHARD VEIT & JOHN McCORMICK projected onto the silver screen. GERHARD says "I left Germany in 1966 via the East and the journey is still continuing. Drawing, painting, and photography are my passions. You will see a collection of images of the past 60 years of places, some of which have vanished as time has erased them." JOHN says "Photography has been a wonderful journey …… the images I’ve selected give some idea of my life, lived in this place for 45 years." Please note that online bookings close 2 hours prior to the event start time. Generally there are tickets available at the door unless it is a sold-out show.

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THE MAKING OF THE MULLUMBIMBY GATEWAY * Free Event *

Monday 8 January 2024

11 AM. Jingi Walla ~ Welcome to Mullumbimby ~ celebrates the Arakwal and Bundjalung people as the original inhabitants and caretakers on this land which we all live. Made by Richard Mordaunt, produced by Delta Kay and the late Diana Mordaunt and edited with Michael Balson, this film tells the history of the Mullumbimby Gateway site since 1988. The Making of The Mullumbimby Gateway, is a film by the Season’s Angel, Richard Mordaunt. After the screening of the documentary Richard will be in conversation with Sunita Bailey & Gregory Aitken about The Gateway Project.

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DANCE SALON by KIMBERLEY McINTYRE ~ TYTBA Season

Sunday 7 January 2024

7 PM. The Dance Salon with Kimberley McIntyre and friends is a collective experience between the dancers and the audience. Kimberley has been dancing, researching and accumulating dancing friends for the past 26 years. This Salon will showcase pieces crafted from some of these relationships made here in the Northern Rivers. Contact Improvisation, ensemble arrangements, a trio responding to text, a trumpet player, Old Men Dancing, a touch of cabaret with Ménage and a new work -~ The Bolero. Seven collaborating dance artists with a live musician will be part of the evening and Kimberley will be an MC of sorts, giving insights and context throughout. Expect an evening of shifting moods and styles. Open to all ages. Please note that online bookings close 2 hours prior to the event start time. Generally there are tickets available at the door unless it is a sold-out show.

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MICHAEL HENNESSY ~ Reflections of a Dancer * Free Event *

Sunday 7 January 2024

11AM. Michael will be in conversation with Gregory Aitken. A fascinating insight into the life of a country boy who became a dancer with one of the country’s premier dance companies with arguably one of Australia’s best choreographers. REFLECTIONS chronicles Michael ‘s life. His time growing up in a small country town in Victoria, playing sport that lead to Michael becoming a PE teacher and then a dancer with the Sydney Dance Company under the direction of Graeme Murphy, touring nationally and internationally. After leaving the Sydney Dance Company he freelanced in Sydney, then moved to the Northern Rivers to be Head of Dance at the Northern Rivers Conservatorium and resident choreographer in NORPA. Under the artistic direction of Lyndon Terracini, Michael created numerous dance works for NORPA. In 2014 Michael became the Artistic Director of Sprung Integrated Dance Theatre. A local company of young dancers with and without disability, training and creating works for the company.

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JAMES RICKETSON DOUBLE BILL - TOO YOUNG TO BE ANGELS Season

Saturday 6 January 2024

7 PM. A screening of James’ film SLEEPING WITH CAMBODIA. Sleeping with Cambodia, filmed in 1995/96 is James’ record of his first few trips to Cambodia to document the plight of street kids and child prostitutes. Followed by RISKY BUSINESS. Risky Business, an improvised interactive theatre performance in which James recounts his 15 months in a maximum security Cambodian prison on espionage charges. Please note that online bookings close 2 hours prior to the event start time. Generally there are tickets available at the door unless it is a sold-out show.

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MAROON - TOO YOUNG TO BE ANGELS Season

Friday 5 January 2024

7.30 PM. Opening the Angel’s season is the jazz ensemble MAROON, featuring the talents of Dr Fred Cole (piano), Govinda Abbott (Trumpet), Hans Lovejoy (Bass) and Ben Cox (Drums). The trio of Cole, Cox and Lovejoy have been together for over a decade. With the addition of the trumpeter and flugelhorn player Govinda Abbott, the new ensemble perform contemporary original works by Dr Fred Cole and arranged interpretations from the jazz canon. Dr Fred will be playing on the Drill Hall’s newly acquired Beale piano. Please note that online bookings close 2 hours prior to the event start time. Generally there are tickets available at the door unless it is a sold-out show.

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The Almighty Sometimes by Kendall Feaver

Between Thursday 12 October 2023 and Sunday 29 October 2023

Kendall Feaver‘s The Almighty Sometimes, directed by Liz Chance, is the first production to open the newly refurbished Drill Hall Theatre. Anna is now eighteen and finished school. Brought up by her Mum, Renee, she is a typical teenager: curious, excited about the future, and rebellious. She wants to explore her creativity and finds a boyfriend, Oliver. But she has been medicated for mood swings for many years under the supervision of a brilliant psychiatrist Vivian, and she is keen to explore a life beyond pills. Renee, fiercely protective, finds herself torn in two between Anna’s zest for life and her rebellion against the medication. This is a funny, brilliantly observed piece that does not apportion blame but rather seeks to illuminate the current and ongoing problems with mental health in young people. Thursdays to Saturdays at 7:30pm & Sundays at 5pm. Contains coarse language; mature themes, references to suicide, overdose and mental illness. Warning: strobe lights

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SHOOT/GET TREASURE/REPEAT

Between Thursday 30 March 2023 and Saturday 1 April 2023

Rehearsed Readings Experienced Director/theatre worker Susan Melhuish is bringing Mark Ravenhill’s politically charged Shoot/ Get Treasure/ Repeat to the Drill Hall Theatre for 3 nights as part of the Company’s free Member Nights

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When the Rain Stops Falling

Between Wednesday 25 January 2023 and Sunday 12 February 2023

Andrew Bovell's When the Rain Stops Falling, directed by Gregory Aitken This epic family saga unfolds over 80 years. From 1959 London to the Coorong and to Alice Springs in 2039. In Alice, a fish falls from the sky at the feet of Gabriel York. Gabriel knows that something is not right. When the Rain Stops Falling is a multi-award winning modern Australian Classic. It is not to be missed.

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HOT SHORTS!

Between Friday 18 November 2022 and Sunday 27 November 2022

We’re excited to announce our biennial short-play competition, HOT SHORTS! Featuring eight original short plays - exploring love, life and loss - written by local playwrights and brought to life by some of your favourite performers. There’s $1000 in prize money up for grabs, including the $500 People’s Choice Award, where you get to decide the hottest short for 2022! 2022 featured shorts: If You Need Me I'll Be In The Corner Crying by Sara Browne Kali Girl by Ana Louisa Davis Broken by Peter Hall Siblings by Victoria King Sissy by James May The Well by Shelley McNamara Mother's Day by Kylie Strelan A Death Wish by Chelsea Thomas Warning: Adult themes & coarse language

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Eight Gigabytes of Hardcore Pornography

Between Friday 16 September 2022 and Sunday 2 October 2022

Take the plunge into the Age of Too Much Information! Funny and fiercely written, Eight Gigabytes Of Hardcore Pornography is not really about porn, it’s a story about two lonely, middle-aged people trying to find love online. She’s a compulsive spender, he works in IT and is hooked on downloading porn. Both seek escape from the constraints of their existence. Warning: this production contains nudity and is not suitable for children!

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Mr Bailey's Minder by Debra Oswald

Between Thursday 9 June 2022 and Sunday 26 June 2022

Leo Bailey is Australia’s greatest living artist. His house is a fabulous hovel built into the sandstone cliffs over-looking Sydney Harbour. Leo is also perpetually pissed and incapable of looking after himself. His investment banker daughter has been through a succession of Minders for him until Therese comes along - this job is her last chance, she has to make it work!

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Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith

Between Friday 3 December 2021 and Sunday 19 December 2021

This tense and sharp-witted two-hander is Joanna Murray-Smith’s greatest work to date. Starring veteran actor/NIDA teacher Liz Chance and newcomer Charlie Burton, Switzerland is edge of your seat theatre. You’ll be chilled, gripped, and seduced.

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SHIT

Between Friday 12 March 2021 and Sunday 28 March 2021

Out of control women are a sight to behold. They’re terrifying, electrifying, and everything that women shouldn’t be or so we’re told. This is the story about three such women. Their names are Billy, Bobby and Sam, and you will never forget them. Warnings: Offensive language, adult themes, violent scenes, reference to sexual assault and strobe lighting. For mature audiences only.

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Hot Shorts 2019

Between Friday 1 November 2019 and Sunday 10 November 2019

Eight short plays by local writers with the winners voted by the audience. Once again the Drill Hall Theatre Company has come up with a season of strong, locally written short plays, each with something to say and to interest a wide audience. As usual, the eight plays chosen for performance from the thirty-six entries include comedy, drama and farce and the topics are personal, political and social.

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50th Anniversary of Woodstock

Sunday 1 September 2019

The Film Woodstock (1969) For three days in the summer of 1969, a rock concert was given on an upstate New York farm, and 400,000 people attended . It rained, there was mud, all traffic in and out was gridlocked, and the music continued, night and day. It was filmed by Michael Wadleigh and a team that included a young Martin Scorsese. They exposed 120 miles of film, shot with 16 cameras.

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EXTINCTION

Between Friday 2 August 2019 and Sunday 18 August 2019

Hannie Rayson, multi award winning playwright, weaves her words with wit, intelligence and a great understanding of the human condition. She is a true dialogue Diva! Extinction delves deep into the heart of our moral values drawing the audience in to an emotive story, interwoven with both environmental and social ambiguities. Edgy, Provocative, Funny …Australian theatre at its best !

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EXTINCTION - Special Preview viewing for WIRES

Wednesday 31 July 2019

Hannie Rayson, multi award winning playwright, weaves her words with wit, intelligence and a great understanding of the human condition. She is a true dialogue Diva! Extinction delves deep into the heart of our moral values drawing the audience in to an emotive story, interwoven with both environmental and social ambiguities. Edgy, Provocative, Funny …Australian theatre at its best !

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Shit by Patricia Cornelius

Between Friday 10 May 2019 and Sunday 26 May 2019

In SHIT we meet three women (Billy, Bobby and Sam) who, Cornelius’ insists, are mean, down mouthed, down trodden, hard bit and utterly damaged. They speak with the voices of those who’ve survived foster care, institutionalisation, and neglect. They believe the world is shit, that their lives are shit, that they are shit. They love no one and no one loves them. This is a compelling, raw and powerful play . It is provocative and tragic, heart-breaking and bitterly funny.

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Mark Colvin's Kidney

Between Friday 28 September 2018 and Sunday 21 October 2018

A powerful show based on veteran award-winning ABC journalist Mark Colvin’s actual life, showing just how startling real-life can be. Mary-Ellen Field's career as Elle Macpherson's brand manager was destroyed by Murdoch phone hackers. This is the story of how their lives intertwined. Written by award-winning playwright Tommy Murphy. DOORS OPEN 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOW, including Bar and Kitchen (Tea/Coffee/cakes). Unreserved seating. Online bookings close 2 hrs before show which runs 2.5 hr

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Mark Colvin's Kidney private preview

Thursday 27 September 2018

A powerful show based on veteran award-winning ABC journalist Mark Colvin’s actual life, showing just how startling real-life can be. Mary-Ellen Field's career as Elle Macpherson's brand manager was destroyed by Murdoch phone hackers. This is the story of how their lives intertwined. Written by award-winning playwright Tommy Murphy.

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The Call

Between Friday 29 June 2018 and Sunday 15 July 2018

Inspired by the story of the Muslim convert and ill-starred adventurer David Hicks, Patricia Cornelius’s bleakly funny drama pits a young man’s search for meaning against the corrosive cynicism that regards faith in anything – religion, politics, one’s country, even love – as a sign of weakness or the first step on the road to another kick in the arse.

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Share House ~ Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre

Between Friday 25 May 2018 and Saturday 26 May 2018

Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre are back at the Drill Hall with a "rollicking, hilarious" show about a group of young people with disability living in a SHARE HOUSE and trying to get a party happening despite mess, unrequited love, differences in musical taste, and chronic laziness. SHARE HOUSE was the "feel-good show of ArtState" (Nia Cahill, Create NSW) and has also won hearts in Brisbane and Newcastle.

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HOT SHORTS 2017

Between Friday 3 November 2017 and Sunday 12 November 2017

HOT SHORTS is a biennial competition which aims to encourage writing for the stage by Northern Rivers writers. From over 30 entries, an independent panel has chosen nine plays for this year's season, hoping to create a well balanced program reflecting a variety of current interests and theatre styles. There are Prizes for the writers as selected by a panel appointed by the Northern Rivers Writers’ Centre and prizes for the audience favourites determined by audience vote.

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Do Not Go Gentle

Between Friday 13 October 2017 and Sunday 22 October 2017

An inspirational journey of creative cooperation. The Drill Hall Theatre Company and The Everyman Theatre's co-production of Do Not Go Gentle opens in Cardiff, Wales, in September. An international company of five actors from the Drill Hall and four from Everyman complete the expedition in Mullumbimby 13 – 22 October.

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The Drill Bits Show #2

Between Friday 2 June 2017 and Sunday 11 June 2017

For audience members who enjoyed our previous production of “Drill Bits #1”, you can look forward to “Drill Bits #2” commencing on Friday, 2nd June, 2017. The Show is a delightful collection of dramatic bits, comedy bits, dance bits, music bits, film bits, with all the bits shaken into a theatrical cocktail that will appeal to all tastes.

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The Incorruptible

Between Thursday 26 January 2017 and Sunday 19 February 2017

A political kingmaker a plain talking conservative Christian sugar cane farmer from the relative obscurity of the deep north and plants him firmly in the most powerful position in Queensland. But THE INCORRUPTIBLE high moral ground that Ion fights so hard to maintain feeds entrenched political corruption. A monster is created that devours all in its path. Louis Nowra’s razor-like wit cuts to the quick of Australia’s political past and helps us to understand our current malaise as a nation.

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Ngara Institute Fund Raiser - The Incorruptible

Wednesday 25 January 2017

An exclusive performance for Ngara Institute of The Incorruptible. A conservative sugar cane farmer is plucked from relative obscurity and planted firmly in the most powerful position in Queensland. But THE INCORRUPTIBLE high moral ground that Ion Stafford fights so hard to maintain feeds entrenched political corruption. Louis Nowra’s razor-like wit cuts to the quick of Australia’s political past and helps us to understand our current malaise as a nation.

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What Music Do You Speak?

Wednesday 23 November 2016

What music do you speak? – A documentary movie about music in Argentina. 2000 km of initiatory journey, where music is everyday’s beat Tickets: $12 trybooking or $15 at the door

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Twelfth Night

Between Friday 21 October 2016 and Sunday 6 November 2016

The Drill Hall Theatre Company presents 'not quite' Shakespeare's TWELFTH NIGHT, a Rock & Roll Musical with Circus Interludes featuring an all-female Cast.

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Encounters at Mullum by Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre

Between Friday 7 October 2016 and Sunday 9 October 2016

Sprung!! Integrated Dance Theatre presents ENCOUNTERS, Sprung!!’s latest, beautiful dance theatre work. Encounters explores the journey of individuation and the quest for identity and belonging with 12 dancers, with and without disability.

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'night, Mother

Between Friday 23 September 2016 and Sunday 25 September 2016

Raw, Real and Riveting Theatre! A co-production between the Drill Hall Theatre Company and White Swan Productions. 'night Mother by Marsha Norman is directed by Alka (Penelope Charter) staring two of the region's favourite actors, Linda Rutledge and Amanda Sebasio-Ong

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The Ballad of Edgar and Mary ~ The Film

Between Saturday 27 August 2016 and Sunday 4 September 2016

The film of the Drill Hall Theatre Company's 2015 Production of 'The Ballad of Edgar and Mary'. The film was directed by Claude Gonzalez co-writer and director of the stage play with Gregory Aitken and shot by outstanding cinematographer Sue Lumsdon. The film captures and highlights the superb performances of the players.

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The Drill Bits Show

Between Friday 15 April 2016 and Saturday 23 April 2016

Dramatic bits; Comedy bits; Musical bits; Dance bits; Film bits; with all the bits shaken (not stirred) into a theatrical cocktail that will appeal to all tastes

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The New Wave Martinis Evening Dinner

Friday 11 December 2015

The Drill Hall Centenary Season introduces The New Wave Martinis ~ singing songs from the heart. A delightful uplifting & moving performance by this accomplished trio that have recently began playing playing together . A three course dinner of simply scrumptious food by Alan Raabe of Edible Teas will complement the occasion.

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Hot Shorts 2015

Between Friday 6 November 2015 and Sunday 15 November 2015

10 locally written 10 minute plays competing in The Drill Hall Theatre's Hot Shorts competition

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Edgar & Mary - Opening & Closing Events

Between Friday 9 October 2015 and Sunday 25 October 2015

At the Opening and Closing Special Events you will be treated to "sliders and bubbles" as well as a sure fire hit production.

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The Ballad of Edgar & Mary

Between Saturday 10 October 2015 and Saturday 24 October 2015

The Ballad of Edgar & Mary, a boutique musical of love and war, was commissioned by the Drill Hall Theatre Company with assistance from The ANZAC Centenary Program.

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Becky Shaw

Between Friday 19 June 2015 and Sunday 5 July 2015

This Pulitzer prize-nominated play first premiered in 2008 and one reviewer said of it:- “Gina Gionfriddo’s comedy of bad manners, a tangled tale of love, sex and ethics among a quartet of men and women in their 30s, is as engrossing as it is ferociously funny, like a big box of fireworks fizzing and crackling across the stage from its first moments to its last”

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Honour

Between Friday 1 May 2015 and Sunday 17 May 2015

An Australian play written by Joanna Murray-Smith and directed by Penny Irving.

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Alastair and Alice present ...

Between Friday 10 April 2015 and Sunday 19 April 2015

A CABARET “Alastair and Alice present …” promises to be a sensational night’s entertainment for all. PLUS - enjoy amazing tapas and a drink or two with friends before the show, in an intimate cafe-style setting. Tapas and drinks from 4pm Sundays and 7pm all other nights.

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An Evening with Dylan Thomas

Between Friday 27 February 2015 and Sunday 8 March 2015

From Laugharne to Mullumbimby celebrating the life and work of the infamous Welsh poet. More details at www.drillhalltheatre.org.au

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5 Women Wearing the Same Dress Special

Between Friday 25 July 2014 and Sunday 10 August 2014

A seriously humourous play that combines a celebration of female friendship with a satire on the pretensions and foibles and of the upper-middle class and an expose of the skeletons in their closets. This play is for the broad-minded as it contains adult themes and includes some strong language.

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5 Women Wearing the Same Dress

Between Sunday 27 July 2014 and Saturday 9 August 2014

A seriously humourous play that combines a celebration of female friendship with a satire on the pretensions and foibles and of the upper-middle class and an expose of the skeletons in their closets. This play is for the broad-minded as it contains adult themes and includes some strong language.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream Special Nights

Between Friday 25 April 2014 and Sunday 11 May 2014

OPENING NIGHT SPIRIT OF THE 60's 25th, BARD's BIRTHDAY 26th & SEASON CLOSING 11th. This production is inspired by Shakespeare's 450th birthday, which the Company will celebrate in lavish style on 26 April, the Bard's birthday. With a cast of over 25 performers, the Dream is set in Mullumbimby in the late 1960s. The romantic comedy, navigates the highs and lows of passionate young love, traversing spiritual and earthy realms with spiraling misunderstandings and a deeply satisfying resolution.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream Season

Between Sunday 27 April 2014 and Saturday 10 May 2014

The DHTC's production of the Dream is inspired by William Shakespeare's 450th birthday, which the Company will celebrate in lavish style on 26 April, the Bard's birthday. With a cast of over 25 performers, the Dream is set in Mullumbimby in the late 1960s. The romantic comedy, navigates the highs and lows of passionate young love, traversing spiritual and earthy realms with spiraling misunderstandings and a deeply satisfying resolution.

Drill Hall Theatre, Mullumbimby