1980-1989

These pages are a celebration of the incredible productions and the many hands that brought them to life over the years. If you happen to have any additional details, photos, or even those treasured programs and flyers for productions that are missing, we’d be so grateful if you could share them with us. Please reach out to Karlana.

1988 - 1989

  • Ned Kelly (1988)

    By Janet Slattery
    Performed at Wooling Hill

    Director: Janet Slattery

  • Fiddler on the Roof (Oct 1988)

    Book by Joseph Stein
    Music by Jerry Bock
    Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

    Director: Leo Vandervalk
    Production: Lyn Beasley
    Choreography: Jan Mill, Ken Edmunds, Bernadette Bacash

  • Gaslight

     By Patrick Hamilton

    Director: Julie Wade
    Producer: Leo Vandervalk

  • Purple People Eater & Time and Space

    Youth Production
    By Janet Slattery

    Director: Janet Slattery

1985 - 1987

  • Here Under Heaven (1985)

    Director: Margaret Woods

  • The Spiders (1985 or 86)

    One Act Play

    Director: Lyn Beasley

  • Celebration (1986)

    Words by Tom Jones
    Music by Harvey Schmidt 

    ​Director: Margaret Cameron 

  • Robyn Hood

    By Janet Slattery
    Performed at Wooling Hill

    Director: Janet Slattery

198? (Unknown)

  • Buckley's Treasure Pantomime

    Youth Performance

    By Janet Slattery performed at Gisborne Mechanics Hall

    Director: Marna Thompson
    Music Director: Chris Milne
    Producer: Janet Slattery

  • Melodrama

  • Lucinda

    Director: Margaret Cameron

  • Ritual of the Dolls

  • Variety Show

    TMP performed various songs and drama pieces at Currimundi, a property at Macedon

1983 - 1984

  • Miranda (1983)

    By Peter Blackmore
    Performed at Gisborne Mechanics Hall

    Director:  Margaret Woods

  • Norman is That You? (June 1984)

    By Ron Clark & Sam Bobrick 
    Performed at Kyneton Arts Centre & Gisborne Mechanics Hall

    Director: Allan Maxwell

1982

  • Move Over Mrs Markham

    Director: Lyn Beasley and Jan Mill

  • The Wizard

    Pantomime by The Daytime Players

    Director: Janet Slattery

  • Double Bill

    Beyond the Point
    Written and directed by Alan Maxwell

    The Unfortunate Death of Colin Humphries
    Written and directed by Ross Oliver

  • Salad Days (Nov - Dec)

    Music by Julian Slade
    Lyrics by Julian Slade & Dorothy Reynolds

    Directors: Margaret Pierce & Jan Mill 
    Production: Margaret Woods

  • Alice in Wonderland  

    Pantomime by kids for kids


    Director: Janet Slattery
    Musical Director: Christine Milne

1981

  • Barefoot in the Park (May)

    By; Joseph Kesselring

    Director: Jan Mill

  • Time and Space (May)

    Pantomime by The Daytime Players

    Director: Janet Slattery

  • Arsenic and Old Lace (July)

    By: Joseph Kesselring

    Director: Margaret Pierce
    Production: Margaret Woods

  • Between the Soup and the Savory

    One-Act Play

    Director: Harold Hughs

  • Cabaret )December)

    Music by John Kander
    Lyrics by Fred Ebb 

    Director:  Carol Grose
    Producer: Richard Whiteley

1980

  • Rattle of a Simple Man (March)

    Director: Loris Blake

  • Alladin (March)

    Pantomime by The Daytime Players

    Director: Janet Slattery

  • Three One-Act Plays (May - June)

    White Liars
    Director: Terry Wilson
    As You Like It
    Director: David Reeves
    After Magritte
    Director: Richard Whiteley

  • Billy Liar (September)

    Director: Michael Mace

  • My Fair Lady (Nov - Dec)

    Book & Lyrics by Alan Jay
    Music by Frederick Loewe
    (adapted from Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmalion')

    Director: Carol Grose

    Production: David Reeves

  • The Emperor's New Clothes (December)

    Pantomime by The Daytime Players

    Director: Janet Slattery