Many members of our group and friends gathered together at the Zamia on Sunday 30 November to celebrate the first 85 years of the theatre. It has been "dark" for over two years and we are now looking forward, eagerly, to the refurbishment, so that we can continue in the fine tradition of providing good entertainment in an historic building.

To watch the video go to the Video page for Dial-up or to YouTube for broadband and widescreen viewing.

You can also find photos taken as well, if you go to the Gallery page.

This was put in the 12 November 2008 Beaudesert Times; a pity about the error on the name (sorry, Pam!).

Well, the two productions are now over, and, all in all, I reckon they were a success.  We played to good houses and every audience was appreciative.  As usual members of the group pitched in and helped back and front of house, and the heavy rain missed us by about 10 minutes on the final Saturday!  Great sighs of relief all round, as at one time or another, in each of the plays, we all had to stand outside awaiting our cues.  Still, that's the fun of amateur dramatics, isn't it?

Because of the logistics within the hall, it was impossible to film the plays with an audience present, so we had to make do with the dress-rehearsal night; complete with fluffs all round!  We will provide Jim McDonald (author of Living in the Sixties) with a filmed record of his play as he was unable to attend for what was its World Premiere . I have to knuckle down now and get the editing done, for both plays; hopefully they will be done before Christmas!

Thanks to everyone who helped and took part in the productions, and to all members of the audiences; it was great fun.  Let's hope it won't be too long before our dear little theatre will be restored so that we can get back to properly "treading the boards". 

Have a look at the photos on the Gallery Page.  If you have any comments you would like to make please visit the Discussion Forum page.

Barbara - 11 November 2008

                      Cast of The Perfect Marriage.

                         Cast of Living in the Sixties                   

I am very pleased to announce that both of the one-act plays are coming on a treat and we are all looking forward to the first night, which will be on Saturday 1 November; I am also pleased that a venue has been found which is the Youth Hall in the Convention Centre grounds.

For more details go to the Current Production and Tickets pages.

It is hoped that Jim McDonald, the author of "Living in the Sixties" will be able to attend one of the performances, although at this stage it isn't definite because he has an injured leg; still, we are keeping our fingers crossed, as this is the world premiere of his play and I am sure he would be keen to see it.

The good news is that two new plays are currently in production; the not so good news is that, at the time of writing, we don't have a venue to put them on.

Never mind, I know that, with the TMLT resourcefulness that won't remain an issue for too long.

For details of the productions go to the UPCOMING PRODUCTIONS page.

ZAMIA THEATRE TO BE RESTORED AFTER BEING GRANTED FUNDS

TAMBORINE Mountain's Zamia Theatre will be restored after receiving more than $240,000 in funding from Scenic Rim Regional Council.

Council announced the funds in its budget handed down last Tuesday. The funding matches $240,000 allocated from a Q150 grant to restore the theatre.

Tamborine Mountain Little Theatre (TMLT) patron Vanessa Bull and president Warwick Bailey said the group would be pleased to have its home back. "We're feeling good," Mrs Bull said. "Plans have been done and they're ready to go out to tender. "We're hoping local builders will apply because we think you really need that emotional connection to the Zamia to work on it."

Mr Bailey said TMLT had made some requests to council in regards to the theatre. "We did have a wish list and we presented that to council," he said. "We wanted toilet facilities behind the stage and disabled facilities." Mr Bailey said council had taken TMLT suggestions on board."What we're hoping for is to apply for more funding to buy state of the art equipment," he said. Zamia Theatre's previous equipment was several decades old.

Mr Bailey said he hoped the theatre would be finished by early next year. "We would like it to be open to the public because lots of groups are looking for a home," he said. "It hasn't been easy (for TMLT) but we have used other facilities."

Mrs Bull said TMLT was planning to sign a new lease with council for the Zamia Theatre which would make the group responsible for maintenance of the theatre. "We're very thankful to the whole of the new council," she said. "I'm really pleased the Council had good faith in the project."

Mr Bailey said TMLT was grateful for the support of councillors who fought for the project. "We're grateful to the councillors too, who threw themselves behind it and supported us," he said.

(Article courtesy of Beaudesert Times, Wednesday August 6th 2008)

Talent Revue Concert in December Postponed

Because of the proximity to Christmas with other concerts in the same time frame and festivity celebrations taking up the weekends, the Committee have decided to postpone this proposed event until early next year when the theatre will hopefully be operational. In the meantime
we are planning to present two one-act plays late October, early November.

We are extremely grateful to the State Government’s grant system in helping us to achieve our aims in water saving measures. The old galvanized tank can be seen in the background. We are confident that we shall soon hear from the council regarding the further restoration and maintenance of the theatre. In the meantime the Tamborine Mountain Little Theatre continues its activities.

REMINDER CHRISTMAS PARTY

SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER

President
Warrick Bailey

Vice-President
Brian Franklin

Secretary
Nathalie Gaveau

Minutes Secretary
Mary Comiskey

Treasurer and Membership
Secretary
Pam Marsh

Social Secretary
John St Clair

Editor of Titbits
Warrick Bailey

Publicity Officer and Raffle Co-ordinator
Frank Rotherham

Movie Co-ordinator
John St Clair

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Barbara Lassiter

Zamia Restoration Sub-committee
Warrick Bailey
Pam Marsh
Lyn Howard
Robert Wilson
Ian Young
Julie Young

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