7
Apr
Farewell to Marilyn Evers
It’s with great sadness that we say goodbye to a dear friend, and fantastic supporter of the company, Marilyn Evers, after her resignation from the position of Secretary of the Opus Committee.
Marilyn has been a rock for many years and given above and beyond the call of duty over and over again. She well deserves a rest and the opportunity to focus on other things in life. The Opus Performing Arts Community Committee, on behalf of the Company as a whole, would like to thank Marilyn for her outstanding support for both the company and for the Hopgood Theatre.
We hope to see plenty of Marilyn in the community, and are glad that she is still a member of Opus. The management of the Theatre greatly appreciates Marilyn’s ongoing support.
Thanks Marilyn, you’re wonderful.
We will be holding a Special General Meeting in the coming months, and will be seeking a new Secretary at that time, please watch this space for details!
1
Mar
Fleurieu Festival of One Act Plays
Opus will be presenting a play as part of the Fleurieu Festival of One Act Plays in April.
30
Nov
Opus wins ‘Best Amateur Musical Comedy’ Award
Taken from AdelaideNow
ARTS writer Matt Byrne hands out the bouquets and wooden spoons for SA’s 2010 theatre season.
THIS was the year when a lack of controversy was bad for the arts. Headlines were few and far between for the industry the Festival State uses as its slogan.
Paul Grabowsky’s 2010 Adelaide Festival barely left a dent on the artistic landscape, except for the larger-than-life opera The Grand Macabre and a jetty to nowhere on the Torrens.
If it wasn’t for the return of the Northern Lights on North Tce buildings, it would have been hard to know there was a Festival on.
It was up to the Fringe and the Cabaret Festival to keep our blood pressure and interest up. The Garden of Unearthly Delights, opened earlier than ever, expanded and dominated the Fringe agenda with its packed array of venues and free entertainment. Expect even more in 2011.
New Fringe boss Greg Clarke is keen to spread the love to new and equally exciting venues.
Shows like The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer,Slingsby’s Man Covets Bird, Guy Masterson’s The Sociable Plover,Horizon Arts’ Heroine for Breakfast and My Name is Rachel Corriewere Fringe standouts. At least Adelaide got its musical mojo back with Cats reviving memories, confirmation Stephen Schwartz’s Oz revival Wicked would fly in next April and Avenue Q taking Her Majesty’s hostage.
The manic puppet show produced by Adelaide’s own Arts Asia Pacific won five Helpmann Awards to upstage Jersey Boys at the Sydney Opera House and showed Sesame Street had finally grown up.
Singular Productions’ football musical Different Fields kicked a goal, as did its star Peter Michell as the veteran footy star betting on his future.
Across the border, Adelaide’s Verity Hunt-Ballard stole the national spotlight by winning hearts in the title role in Mary Poppins, and our own Grant Piro scored the daddy of all roles in Hairspray The Musical. And the amateur musical scene produced a stunning array of SA premieres, fromSpamalot to Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Curtains to Bat Boy The Musical and Spring Awakening.
The Oz-Asia Festival successfully used Korea as its main source of shows, and Slava Grigoryan’s Adelaide International Guitar Festival did better business this time with a biannual and smaller program.
State Opera’s Aida proved a major spectacle and Carrie Fisher made a memorable and very funny spectacle of herself.
Here are some of our Horatio and Yoricks awards for the best and the worst on stage in 2010.
Best Amateur Musical Comedy – ‘Dirty Rotten Scoundrels’, Opus Performing Arts.
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Nov
Season 2011
Opus Performing Arts Community is turning 10!
We’re proud to announce our Season for 2011.
January: James and the Giant Peach
Wizzpopping wonder and fruit filled fun abound in this stage adaptation of Roald Dahl’s greatest
adventure story. James is a lonely young boy who is forced to work like a slave for the most
revolting aunts in England. One day a mystical old man gives him a bag of magic.
When he accidentally spills it near the old peach tree, the most incredible things happen!
Directed by Fiona DeLaine. Click Here for More Information and Tickets.
March: Opus Quiz Night
Come along and test your general knowledge, show off your educated guessing skills, win some fantastic prizes and perhaps even learn something new!
A fun-filled family event co-operated by Opus and the Hopgood Theatre.
Licensed Bar, Snacks and Tea/Coffee on sale.
More information coming soon, watch this space!
April: Fleurieu Festival of One Act Plays
The inaugural Fleurieu Festival of One Act Plays will be hosted at the Aldinga Institute Hall on the 15th-17th of April 2011.
Opus is one of 11 Performing Arts Groups involved with organising the Festival, and will be showcasing 2 productions: “Audition Peace” and “Brer Rabbit Saves Easter”.
More information coming.
July: Musical Concert
Opus will be presenting a short season of a Musical Concert production in July.
This production will be similar to our 2009 show ‘Rodgers and Hammerstein & Friends’.
Full details will be announced when available.
October: The Six Degrees of Separation
The heart of John Guare’s Six Degrees of Separation can be summed up in a few sentences that Ouisa Kittredge directs at the audience:
“I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people.
Six degrees of separation….It’s a profound thought….How every person is a new door, opening up into other worlds.”
Directed by Harry Dewar.
We will have more details on these productions closer to the time.
We’re very excited about our Season for 2011 and we hope you enjoy.
Here’s to 10 years of Quality Theatre in the South of Adelaide.
