Production History

1974	December	“Babes in the Woods”, pantomime
		Director: Joy Wiedersatz
1975	June	“Many Moods of SPAT”, excerpts, choral verse
		Director: Joy Wiedersatz
	December	“Cinderella”, pantomime
		Director: Joy Wiedersatz
1976	April	“Play Parade”, 3 x 1 act plays
		Directors: Pat Simpson, Molly Billings & Dic Morgan; Produced by Joy Wiedersatz
	July	“No Coal Dumping”, Gilbert & Sullivan parody
		Director: Joy Wiedersatz
	December	“Dick Whittington”, pantomime
		Director: Joy Wiedersatz
1977	June	“Spot on SPAT”, variety, play excerpts
		Director: Joy Wiedersatz
	December	“Jack and the Beanstalk”, pantomime
	Director: Joy Wiedersatz
1978	April	“Night of Violent Theatre”, 2 x 1 act plays
		Director: Rod Lander
	August	“One Hand Clapping”
	Director: Joy Wiedersatz
	December	“Emperor of Trebizond”, musical play
	Director: Rod Lander
1979	April	“One Hand Clapping”, by Joy Wiedersatz,
		Director: Rod Lander
	Sept	“Our Town” by Thornton Wilder,
	Director: Lauren Mitsak
	December	“Platypus in Boots”, pantomime,
	Director: Rod Lander
1980	May	“Astonish Me”, 1 act play,
		Director: Joy Wiedersatz
	July	“Harlequinade” & “Browning Version” 2 x 1 act plays,
		Directors: Margaret Cruickshank and Debbie Galianus
	December	“A Christmas Story”, pantomime
		Director: Tony Harvey
1981	April	“Bush Night”, variety picnic supper
		Directors: Yvonne Terkildsen & Christine Johnson
	April	“Arsenic and Old Lace”
		Director: Margaret Cruickshank
	December	“Red Riding Hood” pantomime,
		Director: Alan Collis
1982	April	“The One Day of the Year” by Alan Seymour,
		Director: Carol Foran
	June	Adult acting workshop – Gordon Streek

	October	“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown”, Youth workshop
		Director: Alan Collis
	December	“A Mermaids Tale”” pantomime, by Viv Whittaker
		Director: Rod Lander
1983	April	“SPAT in Revue” variety/dinner
		Directors: Christine Johnson and Jan Chipperfield; Catering: Lorraine Morgan
	August	“Love of Four Colonels” by Peter Ustinov
		Director: Dic Morgan
	September	“Oh, What a Lovely War” Youth workshop
		Director: Stephen Carr
	December	“Mother Goose”, pantomime
		Director: Alan Collis
1984	April	“Putting on the Ritz”, music/dance/dinner with SPAT Singers
		Directors: Thea Harris & Rod Lander; Catering: Lorraine Morgan
	July	“Insect play”, Youth Workshop
		Director: Rod Lander
	August	“Floating World” by John Romeril
		Director: Mark Wilnott
	December	“Beyond the Yellow Brick Road”, musical play for children
		Director: Thea Harris
1985	February	“Here’s to the ‘Burgh”, play building workshop for Helensburgh Centenary Celebrations
		Director: David Efraemson
	May	“Dimboola” by Jack Hibbert
		Director: Rod Lander
	May-July	Youth Workshop
		Director: Margaret Cruickshank
	August	“Not Now Darling” comedy
		Director: Margaret Cruickshank
	November	“Venetian Affair” musical/dinner with SPAT Singers
		Directors: Thea Harris and Rod Lander; Catering Lorraine Morgan
	December	“Pirates at the Barn”, pantomime
		Director: David Efraemson
1986	February	“Daring Ditties and Dirty Deeds”, SPAT Singers
		Directors: Thea Harris and Rod Lander
	May	“Bullshot Crummond”
		Director: Rod Lander
	July	“Billy Liar”
		Director: Erik Mitsak
	August	“A Collection of Short Pieces & Sleeping Beauty”, Youth Workshop
		Director: Margaret Cruickshank
	September	“The Fantasticks”, musical
		Directors: Lauren Mitsak and Thea Harris
	December	“The Owl and the Pussycat”, pantomime
		Director: Sian O’Sullivan
1987	March	“Victoriana” dinner/show with SPAT Singers
		Directors: Thea Harris and Rod Lander; Catering Lorraine Morgan
	April	Youth Workshop
		Director: Margaret Cruickshank
	June	“Double Yolk, Hugh and Margaret Williams”
		Director Margaret Cruickshank
	July	“Between Mouthfuls”, by Alan Ayckbourne
		Director: TBA
	September	“An Evening of Coward” with SPAT Singers
		Directors: Thea Harris & Alan Collis
	December	“Cinderella” by Joy Wiedersatz, pantomime
		Director: Mike Mitsak
1988	March	“A Lasting Impression”, youth play building for Parkfest Bicentennial Celebrations
		Director: Paul Barrs
	April	“Stockade” by Kenneth Cook, with Bulli High School
		Director: Rod Lander
	June	Youth Workshop
		Director: Margaret Cruickshank
	August	“Bananas and Other Monkey Business”, 4 x Australian short plays
		Directors: Lauren Mitsak, Margaret Cruickshank & Liz Halkett
	August	“Bananas” and “The Forth Wall”
		SPAT’s entries to Theatrefest Chatswood
	September	“Pastimes with Goode Company” Renaissance music/dinner/dance/show with excerpts from “Rosencrants and Guilderstern are Dead”
		Helensburgh Community Centre, with Wollongong University’s Renaissance Players and SPAT Singers
		Directors: Rod Lander, Thea Harris; Catering Lorraine Morgan
	December	“Wind in the Willows” children’s play with music, from story by Kenneth Graham
		Director: Margaret Cruickshank
1989	February	“Musical Soiree” at Sonia Westwood’s home
		Rod Lander and SPAT Singers
	April	Five one-act plays by Alan Ayckbourn
		Director’s workshop
	May	“Mother Figure” by Alan Ayckbourn
		Entry into 1-Act Play Festival, Zentih Theatre, Chatswood.
		Director: Janelle Hanley
	June	“The Real Inspector Hound” by Tom Stoppard
		Director: Margaret Cruickshank
	September	“Orphans Drama” IPAC Wollongong, Proceeds to Illawarra Homeless Youth
		Director: Lauren Mitsak
	October	“Under Milkwood” by Dylan Thomas
		Director: Rod Lander
	November	Treetops garden party SPAT Singers and Sydney Technical College Boys High
		Producer Ruth Church, Catering Lorraine Morgan
	December	SPAT Singers – Illawarra Choral Festival, Kiama

	December	“Frankenstein” pantomime by David Swan
		Director: Brent Percy
1990	April	“Auntie Mame” comedy
		Director: Kevin James
	June	“Endgames” 1-act plays: “No Exit” Jean-Paul Sartre, “Out of the Flying Pan” David Campton; “Sorry Wrong Number” Lucille Fletcher
		Directors: Rod Lander and Ed Hills
	July	“Out of the Flying Pan” and “No Exit” Entries in Port Macquarie Play Festival
		SPAT winner Best Production, 4 nominations for best Actors
	July	“Dido & Aeneas”, opera by Purcell
		University Singers, SPAT Singers, orchestra and principals from Sydney Motet Choir
		Director: Rod Lander
	December	“Alice in Wonderland” musical play for children
		Director: Sian Morgan, Producer: Maura O”Sullivan
1991	February	“Big Al’s Birthday” dinner/dance with cabaret, Helensburgh Community Centre,
		Director: Janelle Hanley; Producer: Sonia Westwood; Caterer: Lorraine Morgan
	April	“Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead” by Tom Stoppard
		Director: TBA; Producer: TBA
	September	“Here to Save You, but Not Sure from What” a revue at Coledale by Kevin James
		Director: Kevin James; Musical Director: Thea Harris
	December	“Dick Whittington” pantomime
		Director: TBA; Producer: TBA
1992	April	“Twelfth Night” by William Shakespeare at Wollongong University
		Director: Ed Hills
	November	“Divertimento – Musical Soiree” at Hillcrest House
		Director: Lindy Sharp
	December	“Scrooge” Australian translation by Lisa Skene
		Director: Margaret Cruikshank; Musical Director: Judy Riley; Producer: Sue Scott
1993	May	“Nacheral Gentleman”, local playwright (TBA)
		Coledale Senior Citizen’ Centre and Woonona/Bulli RSL
		Director: Lauren Mitsak
	TBA	“Time and the Conways” by JB Priestly
		Director: Mark Wilmott
	December	“Marriage at Botany Bay”, by Adam Blackshore
		Director: TBA; Producer: TBA
1994	April	“The Dining Room” by A. R. Gurney
		Director: Tania Maleen
	December	“The Blue Hole”, by Erik Mitsak
		Director: Damion
	December	“Pinocchio” pantomime adapted by Bruce Carr
		Director: Margaret Cruikshank
1995	May	“Heddar Gabler” by Henrik Ibsen
		Director: Tania Maleen
1996	April	“An Evening of Cowards”, youth musical play
		Directors: Lauren Mitsak, Thea Harris
	June	“Virtues, Vices, and Victuals”
		Director: Tanya Leach
	September	“Diving for Pearls” by Katherine Thomson
		Director: Mark Wilmott
	December	“Jock & The Golden Lyrebird”, by Cameron Sharp
		Director: Stacey Bale
1997	April	“Over the Top” youth musical
		Directors: Lauren Mitsak
	June	“Play On”, comedy
		Director: Kevin James
	December	No pantomime! Variety show

1998	December	“Hansel and Gretel and the Three Pigs” by Cameron Sharp
		Directors: Stacey Bale and Thea Harris
1999	April	Youth Workshop – Story Telling
		Director: Erik Mitsak
	April	Opening night of SPAT Films: Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton silent films
		Piano: Elida Dickson
	April	SPAT Singers perform for Heritage Week celebrations, Stanwell Park

	April	SPAT Dance – Old Time at Helensburgh Community Centre

	May	SPAT Singers perform for Thirroul Seaside Arts Festival

	June	“Pushin’ Up Daisies” by Terence Crawford
		Director: David Efraemson
	August	SPAT 25th Birthday party, retrospective
		Directors: Thea Harris and Janelle Campbell
	September	3 x 1-Act plays, “Facing the Truth” by Xenia Natalenko, “Louis and Dave” by Norm Foster
		Director: Ed Harris
	December	“The Ugly Sisters’ Adventure”, pantomime by Cameron Sharp
		Director: Joshua Reed
2000	June	“Music Hall” musical with 1-act play “To Love a Lamp Boy” by Dic Morgan
		Directors: Dic Morgan and Sonia Westwood
	December	“Snow White Strikes Back” pantomime by Cameron Sharp
		Director: Olivia Duval
2001	May	“Shakespeare Revue”
		Directors: Dic Morgan and Sonia Westwood
	September	“A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream” an outdoor performance
		Director: Wendy Regan
	December	“Aladdin Down Under” pantomime by Cameron Sharp
		Director: Cory Newman
2002	March	“Gentle Tiger Burning”, by James Michael Langley
		Director: Lauren Mitsak
	June	“What the Butler Saw”, by Joe Orton
		Director: Van Badham
	December	“Goldilocks & the Three Fiery Koalas”, by Cameron Sharp
		Director: Cory Newman; Producer: Brian Hiscocks
2003	January	Youth Workshop
		Director: Wendy Regan
	April	“Pig Kazoo”, by Cameron Sharp, playwriting competition winner
		Director: Lajos Hamers
	September	“Wind in the Willows” by Graham Greene
		Directors: Cory Newman and Rosie Catalano
	December	“The Princess and the Lobster Potter”, by Cameron Sharp
		Directors: Lisa Divall and Sally Redman; Producer: Penelope Wood
2004	April	TheatreSports
		Director: Corey Newman
	July	“Youth Workshop”
		Director: Wendy Regan
	August	“Our Towne – Thirty Years of SPAT” by Eric Alexander
		Director: Eric Alexander
	December	“Tunnel of Love”, by Cameron Sharp
		Director: Lajos Hamers
2005	January	“Youth Workshop”
		Director: Wendy Regan
	February	Progressive Dinner, SPAT Singers
		Producer: Sonia Westwood
	June	SPAT Trivia Night;
		Producers: Penelope Wood and Wayne Turner
	July	“Youth Workshop”
		Director: Wendy Regan
	December	“Antarctica Ho!” by Cameron Sharp
		Director: Natalie Griffin
2006	March	“TheatreSports”
		Director: Cory Newman
	June	“The Magic Flout”
		Director: Rod Lander
	October	“Kindly Keep It Covered”
		Directed by Jennifer Woolsey
	December	“The Cucumber Crisis”
		Directed by Sally Redman; written by Cameron Sharp
2007	March	“Festival of Mud” – community event organised by David Mitsak
		Organised by David Mitsak
	December	“Robinson Crusoe”
		Directed by Jennifer Woolsey
2008	January	“Children’s workshop”
		Directed by Cameron Campbell
	March	“Love Lies”
		Written, directed and performed by David “Ratsack” Mitzak
	June	“3 One Act Plays”
		Directed by Kevin James, Lauren Mitzak & Jennifer Woolsey
	December	“Santa in Space”
		Directed by Jennifer Woolsey
2009	April	“Tango in the Park”
		Organised by Wayne Turner
	June	“Seasons Greetings”
		Directed by Jennifer Woolsey
	December	“A Mermaid’s Tale”
		Directed by Rod Lander
2010	July	“Three One-Act Plays”
		Directed by Jennifer Woolsey, Cameron Campbell & Lauren Mitsak
	December	“Rudolph Runaway Reindeer” by Cameron Sharp
		Directed by Rebecca Barrow & Cameron Campbell ,
2011	January	“Lisa and Jasmine Save Fairyland”
		Workshop written & directed by Bernadette Le Mesurier
	August	“Kindly Leave the Stage”
		Directed by Jennifer Woolsey
	December	“Puss in Boots”
		Directed by Mark Rylander
2012	January	Children’s Workshop
		Written & directed by Inez Playford
	May	“Murder in the House of Horrors”
		Directed by Wayne Turner
	June	“Victoriana” Singer’s Dinner Show
		Directed by Rod Lander
	December	“The Three Musketeer’s” pantomime
		Directed by Kelly-Maree Michael
2013	April	Theatre Games Evening
	May	“Love Lies”
		Written, directed and performed by David “Ratsack” Mitzak
	August	“Three One Act Plays”
		Directed by Bernadette Le Mesurier, Tom Peach & Lauren Mitsak
	September	“La Triviata – Verdi Undone” Singer’s Dinner Show
		Directed by Rod Lander
	December	“Blazin’ Suns” pantomime by Kelly-Maree Michael
		Directed by Inez Playford & Wayne Turner
2014	May	“Best Of Shakespeare”
		Directed by Tom Peach
	June	“Sins and Sensibilities” Singer’s Dinner Show
		Directed by Rod Lander
	November	SPAT’s 40^th Anniversary Show
		Directed by Wayne Turner
	December	“Babes in the Woods”, 40^th Anniversary pantomime
		Director: Lauren Mitsak
2015	April	“Three One Act Plays”
		Directed by Bernadette Le Mesurier, Tom Peach & Cameron Campbell
	October	“Beasts and Bedlam” Singer’s Dinner Show
		Directed by Rod Lander
	December	“The Most Incredible Thing”
		Directed by Lauren Mitsak
2016	August	“Geri and the Pacemakers” Singer’s Dinner Show
		Directed by Rod Lander
	September	“Bullshot Crummond”
		Directed by Rod Lander
	December	“Wish for a Wife” by Bernadette Le Mesurier
		Written and directed by Bernadette Le Mesurier
2017	June	“Bucolica” Singer’s Dinner Show
		Directed by Rod Lander
	July	“Not That Far From Sydney”, 2 one act plays, performed at both the Blood Moon Theatre, Kings Cross & Stanwell Park CWA Hall
		Written & directed by Tom Peach (The Viaduct Hotel) & Bernadette LeMesurier (City Fail)
	Oct	“The Importance of Being Earnest”
		Directed by Tom Peach; Stage Manager Bronwyn Balderston
	Dec	“Miss Lily’s Holiday House and the Stealing of Christmas” by Sage McAteer
		Written & directed by Sage McAteer, Produced by Christine Sykes
2018	Jan	Children’s Drama Workshop, supported by WCC
		Run by Isabella Franklin & Inez Playford
	Feb	Music in the Park
		Directed by Alison Gravies, produced by Ian Stevens
	April	“Are You Being Served”
		Directed by Karen Beavis, Produced by Deb Edwards
	May	“Love & Other Frustrations” Singer’s Dinner Show
		Directed by Lindy Sharp & Rod Lander
	August	A Midsummer Summer’s Dream
		Directed by Tom Peach, produced by Ian Stevens
	September	Music in the Park – Beatles to the Beach
		Directed by Alison Gravies, produced by Ian Stevens
	December	“Liesl and the Lost Melody” Pantomime by Matilda Dickson
		Directed by Matt Dickson, Produced by Rhiannon Morgan
2019	Jan	Music in the Park – Blockbusters to the Beach
		Directed by Alison Gravies, produced by Ian Stevens
	April	Children’s Drama Workshop, supported by WCC
		Conducted by Isabella Franklin & Trea Randall
	May	Steel Magnolia’s
		Directed by Karen Beavis, Produced by Deb Edwards
	June	“For God or Mammon” Singer’s Dinner Show
		Directed by Lindy Sharp & Rod Lander
	July	SPATYOULA – Childrens drama weekly workshops (Term 3)
		Conducted by Isabella Frankin and Trea Randall
	September	“GREASE” supported by WCC
		Directed by Inga Silfn Jon, Produced by Peggy Ni Cearbhallain
	October	SPATYOULA – Childrens drama weekly workshops (Term 4)
		Conducted by Isabella Frankin and Trea Randall
	December	Pantomime – The Wizard of Oz
		Directed by Isabella Franklin, Produced by Penelope Wood
2020	February	FAB FEB FEST
		Bushfire Recovery Benefit, held at the CWA hall and grounds
	February	SPATYOULA – Childrens drama weekly workshops (Term 1)
		Conducted by Isabella Frankin and Trea Randall (Cancelled in early March due to COVID-19)
	November	COVID “masked” Singers Show
		Directed by Rod Lander and Lindy Sharp
	December	Inprov Panto (COVID Style)
		Produced by Tom Peach and Kelly-Maree Michael
2021	April & May	The Sound of Music
		Director: Rod Lander; Musical Director: Catherine Rostron; Producers: W. Turner & Kelly-Marre Michael, Stage Mgr.: Isabella Franklin
	May & June	Dreaming of Normal. Singers Dinner Show
		Directed by Rod Lander and Lindy Sharp. Catering by many SPAT helpers
	June	2508 has Talent
		Produced by Peggy Ni Cearbhallain and Tom Peach
	Dec	No Christmas Panto this year due to Covid!

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