Theatre Royal Refurbishment Grand Opening Concert was performed on the 20th, 21st, and 22nd April 1961.
| Theatre Royal – Grand Opening after a refurbishment – April 1961 Official Programme PART 1 1- OVERTURE—"Tannhauser March" (Wagner) LILLIAN BENSTED'S ORCHESTRA 2.— JUNIOR CHORAL SOCIETY Conductor : PERCY WELLS Accompanist : IRIS GORDON CHORAL—"Forest Music" (By J. M. Gullam) "Shortnin' Bread" (Jacques Wolfe) THE CHOIR VOCAL—"Come Along and Dance" (N. Pennington) MARILYN JEFFRIES VOCAL—"A Rolling Stone" (Horace Gleeson) DALE SEANIGER VOCAL DUET—"Cheer-up Do" (R. Corerly. Arr. by C. Lucas) NEIL BALLMENT and BARRY HANSEN VOCAL—"The Birds' Philosophy" (A. Murray) ANNETTE HOLDEN CHORAL—"The Lord's Prayer" (Albert H. Malett) "Spring is a Lovely Lady" (Montagu Phillips) "Grandfather's Clock" (G. J. Trinkhaus) 3.— One Act Play : "THE PIONEERS" (By M. V. Fogorty) Townsville Genesians CAST: HELEN..................................MARGARET HOARE GRAMP.......................................BERT ROBSON MEG ................................................ANNE KEANE FRED ....................................................RAY BIRD JANET ..............................EVELYN LANDRIGAN CHARLIE .........................................RICK TONES Mrs. GOLLOGLY............................BABS GOVAN Make-up: STELLA BROWELL and GWENDA LEWIS Producer: BEATRICE TONES — Interval — PART II 1.— OVERTURE—"Tritseh Tratsch" (Johann Strauss) LILLIAN BENSTED'S ORCHESTRA 2.— One Act Play: "FUMED OAK" (By Noel Coward) St. James' Players CAST: HENRY GOW ................................................................HAL BUBB DORIS (his wife)..................................................BONNIE TAYLOR ELSIE (his daughter)..........................................WENDY LUCKETT MRS. ROCKETT (his mother-in-law).......BARBARA CHANDLER Scene 1: Morning — Scene 2: Evening. Setting: Mrs. Gow's sitting room. — Time: Present day. Producer: BARBARA DENMAN 3.— OFFICIAL OPENING HIS WORSHIP THE MAYOR, ALDERMAN A. SMITH. 4.— One Act play : "THE BEAR" (By Anton Chehov) Townsville Theatrical Society CAST : POPOVA YELIENA IVANOVA (young widow)..................................KAY TAYLOR SMIRNOV GREGORY STEPANOVICH (Landowner)........TONY KOOTSOOKOS LOOKA, (manservant)........................................................................MAX COOKE Make-up: BETTINA SMEATON Prompt: ALLISON RYAN Setting: Madame Popova's house in the country. Producer: LUCY MITCHELL 5.— TOWNSVILLE CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY SELECTIONS FROM MUSICAL PLAY Solo work with choral and orchestral accompaniment. Conductor: RAY PENPRASE — Accompanist: ELLA DAWSON Featuring KATH JONES and RAY CAMPBELL Arrangement by GENE QUIRKE — The End — |
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