The Centenary Theatre Group is proud present a series of Radio Plays 

This is Centenary Theatre Group’s tribute to the time when Radio was King.   Long before Television arrived on the scene, families would gather around the radio in the evenings as a family and listen to a variety of favourite programmes,

Radio was,  and still is  – Theatre for the Mind and imagination.

For your entertainment we will be presenting episodes of --

Dragnet - The Big No Tooth which was first broadcast on April 5, 1955.

Gunsmoke - The Guitar which was first broadcast on December 26, 1953

Superman - Batman’s Great Mystery (Chapter 11)  first broadcast February 17, 1948.

Who’s on First (first performed on radio by Bud Abbott & Lou Costello in March 1938)

The radio Waves Season runs from 11 July – 1 August (no performance Sunday 12 July)

Performances – 11, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26 and 31 July, 1 August

We are a small amateur theatre company performing in the western suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. We were founded in 1976 (read the newspaper articles announcing our arrival), started playing properly in the Warana Festival in 1977 and are still going strong.

We put on 5 productions a year, varying from the serious (The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds) to the absurd (Baby With the Bathwater by Christopher Durang) to the whimsical (Dimboola).

We have also been privileged to have been involved with award winning productions at the Brisbane Arts Theatre Drama Festival -

• In 2003, "Little Brother, Little Sister" directed by Fred Wessely won the Adjudicator's Award, Susan O'Toole - Adjudicator's Award and Second Best Play

• In 2000 "Pier 12" by Ron Kelly directed by Len Granato and starring Alyssa Tait and Peter Moore. Both Peter and Alyssa were awarded acting honours, while director Len was presented with the George Roberts Memorial Shield for Best play

• In 1999 "Banana Bender" by Barry Dickens directed by Julie-Claire Hogben, starring Phoebe Todhunter and Antony King, which won a best actress award for Phoebe Todhunter

 

And we are very grateful for the continued support of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund -

For the grant in 2002 to help improve the lighting system and equipment, in 2003 with their grant towards an upgraded kitchen and a new staircase for ease of access to the stage area and for in 2006 for the grant to install a Breezeair Cooling System in the Hall (see link below to the GCBF site).

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