Dates
Gala Night Sat 2 December 8 pm
Matinee Sun 3 December 2 pm
Wed 6 – Friday 8 December 8 pm
Matinee Sat 9 December 2 pm
Synopsis
Well it’s a comedy.
Love Is All Around the publishing company is running a competition to find new romantic fiction. Leonard submits his work under the female pseudonym "Myrtle Banbury". In order to collect his financial reward Leonard is forced to carry on the pretence that "Myrtle" exists.
His teenaged daughter and father play along with the deception, but expect, and receive, financial rewards from Leonard's wallet for their trouble. Things turn out OK in the end, but you’ll have to come to The Courthouse to find out how.
Playright
Simon William’s plays include: Boys Will be Boys, Double Death, Happy Birthday Me, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Kiss of Death, Laying the Ghost, A Little Matter of Dirt, Nobody’s Fool and Switchback.
Bookings
Bookings: Her Majesty's Theatre Box Office business hours, or Majestix https://hermaj.com/whats-on/ballarat-national-theatre-season
About the Play
This play is also known as Kiss My Aunt was first produced in 1997.
This is the first time Ballarat National Theatre have produced this play.
Director
Douglas (Doug) Bennett has been involved in theatre for over 45 years, also working as an actor in film, television and theatre. In the 1970s he became more interested in directing and stage design and has since worked with many theatre companies in Melbourne including: Malvern Theatre Company, South Yarra (previously known as Viaduct Theatre Company http://www.malverntheatre.com.au/); Heidelberg Theatre (http://www.htc.org.au/); Athenaeum Theatre Company (http://www.athenaeumtheatre.com.au/) and many more.
Doug moved to Ballarat in 2015 and has kindly agreed to direct Nobody’s Perfect.
Film: Alvin Purple, The Box, Squizzy Taylor, Mr B Says No, Death of a Solider.
Television: Homicide, Division Four, The Sullivans, Cop Shot, Power Without Glory, Carson’s Law, Prisoner, Henderson Kids, Flying Doctors, Neighbours and Blue Heelers just to name a few.
Cast
Peter Vanderkley
Olivia French
Liana Skewes
Hedley Thomas
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