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Redcliffe Musical Theatre is thrilled to bring Bare Production's award-winning "Shirley Valentine" to Redcliffe 20-22 October.
Director Annette Rowlison has had a successful career in theatre both here in Australia and overseas, with credits including professional stage management of "TIM" - NSW Tour 2023 among many others.
SHIRLEY VALENTINE
By Willy Russell
Why do we get all this life if we don't ever use it?
Shirley Bradshaw often finds herself alone and talking to the wall in her kitchen. But something's about
to change! While preparing her husband's evening meal of egg and chips, she wonders if she has the
courage to escape her dull married life. Can she follow her dreams and take an unexpected and exciting
trip to Greece in search of her fearless former self, Shirley Valentine? Maybe there she will fulfill her
dream of ‘sitting by the sea, drinking wine in a country where the grape is grown’.
Willy Russell's comic monologue, Shirley Valentine, opened at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre in 1986 to
rave reviews and awards and was later made into an Oscar nominated film.
After an overwhelmingly positive response to seasons at the Harp of Erin Theatre, Wollombi and The
Royal Exchange Theatre, Newcastle and Cowra - Bare Productions are proud to be bringing 'Shirley' to Redcliffe for 4
shows only!
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
Starring: Catherine Patterson as Shirley Valentine
Directed by: Annette Rowlison
An Amateur Production By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical, on behalf of RIGHTS HOLDER
PERFORMANCE DATES -
Friday 20th October 7.30pm
Saturday 21st October at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sunday 22nd October at 6pm
All performances are at THEATRE 102 in cabaret-style seating - tables of 4, 5 or 6
(or by request if you need a larger group catered for)
TICKET COSTS -
Adult - $30
Concession (Pensioner/Student/RMT Member) - $25
Audience response to this production:- (Bare Production Facebook page)
'If you haven’t seen it you must - and if you have seen it, go again if you can. So beautifully acted. A magical interlude- congratulations ladies ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'
'So powerful, stunning. Thank you.'
'Want a reminder of what it feels like to be alive? To really LIVE!?
Please go see “SHIRLEY VALENTINE” !!!
Be careful, it might just change your life 😘'
'Cath Patterson is 'Shirley Valentine'. Truly an awesome production. Words mirroring life...Thanks to Bare Productions - Annette Rowlison director, for another great night of entertainment and thought provocation.'
ABOUT BARE PRODUCTIONS
The main focus of the company is to present quality boutique theatre that pares back the production values of their shows to 'bare minimum’, thereby championing the scripted word, storytelling and character.
Bare Productions was founded in Sydney in 2015. Four women met and worked together on a production of To Kill a Mockingbird at the New Theatre, Newtown in 2014, & decided to form a new company, Bare Productions. Cinderella, The Best Pantomime Ever, opened to sold-out houses in 2015. The company performed numerous shows out of The Exchange Hotel, Balmain, relocating to the Hunter Valley in 2018 with one of the founders, Annette Rowlison.
Productions in the Hunter Valley and Newcastle include: Talking with... (2018), The Sum of Us (CONDA Award - Best Actor, Nominated for Best Production, 2019), Love Letters (2019), Bare on the Air Radio Show (2020), Vital Signs (2020), Bombshells (2021/22), Shirley Valentine (2022).
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR - ANNETTE ROWLISON
With a Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Theory and Practice) from the University of Western Sydney, Annette has worked both in Australia and the UK and has been directing theatre since 1997.
Annette's directing highlights with other companies in Australia and the UK include: Angels In America, Pt 1 (Chalkdust Theatre), To Kill a Mockingbird & Parramatta Girls (New Theatre), Light Bites & Tasty Treats (Straylight/Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009 & Hunter Valley Summer Theatre), I May Fly (Camden People’s Theatre, London), The Glass Menagerie (Pavilion Theatre), Aesops Fables (Luna Park), & The Cripple of Inishmaan (Phoenix Theatre Co).
In the UK and London's West End, Annette worked on shows including: My Fair Lady, Calendar Girls, The Lord of the Rings, Footloose, Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Horrible Histories tours - Egyptians, Romans, Victorians & Tudors as well as seasonal Christmas pantomime.
In Australia Annette has stage managed for Bell Shakespeare Company, Christine Dunston Productions and production managed for Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Q Theatre Penrith and National Theatre of Parramatta.
ABOUT CATHERINE PATTERSON
After a career in nursing, Cath turned to performing in 2014 and has since performed with Valley Artists Inc including: Educating Rita (Rita), The Family Frying Pan (Tamara), Shirley Valentine (Shirley), Pack of Lies (Barbara) and directed One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. With Bare Productions: Vital Signs, Bombshells, and Shirley Valentine. Cath is also a trained singer, is a member of Coastal A Cappella on the Central Coast, and sings in a quartet, Rise.
Director Annette Rowlison has had a successful career in theatre both here in Australia and overseas, with credits including professional stage management of "TIM" - NSW Tour 2023 among many others.
SHIRLEY VALENTINE
By Willy Russell
Why do we get all this life if we don't ever use it?
Shirley Bradshaw often finds herself alone and talking to the wall in her kitchen. But something's about
to change! While preparing her husband's evening meal of egg and chips, she wonders if she has the
courage to escape her dull married life. Can she follow her dreams and take an unexpected and exciting
trip to Greece in search of her fearless former self, Shirley Valentine? Maybe there she will fulfill her
dream of ‘sitting by the sea, drinking wine in a country where the grape is grown’.
Willy Russell's comic monologue, Shirley Valentine, opened at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre in 1986 to
rave reviews and awards and was later made into an Oscar nominated film.
After an overwhelmingly positive response to seasons at the Harp of Erin Theatre, Wollombi and The
Royal Exchange Theatre, Newcastle and Cowra - Bare Productions are proud to be bringing 'Shirley' to Redcliffe for 4
shows only!
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
Starring: Catherine Patterson as Shirley Valentine
Directed by: Annette Rowlison
An Amateur Production By Arrangement with ORiGiN™ Theatrical, on behalf of RIGHTS HOLDER
PERFORMANCE DATES -
Friday 20th October 7.30pm
Saturday 21st October at 2pm and 7.30pm
Sunday 22nd October at 6pm
All performances are at THEATRE 102 in cabaret-style seating - tables of 4, 5 or 6
(or by request if you need a larger group catered for)
TICKET COSTS -
Adult - $30
Concession (Pensioner/Student/RMT Member) - $25
Audience response to this production:- (Bare Production Facebook page)
'If you haven’t seen it you must - and if you have seen it, go again if you can. So beautifully acted. A magical interlude- congratulations ladies ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'
'So powerful, stunning. Thank you.'
'Want a reminder of what it feels like to be alive? To really LIVE!?
Please go see “SHIRLEY VALENTINE” !!!
Be careful, it might just change your life 😘'
'Cath Patterson is 'Shirley Valentine'. Truly an awesome production. Words mirroring life...Thanks to Bare Productions - Annette Rowlison director, for another great night of entertainment and thought provocation.'
ABOUT BARE PRODUCTIONS
The main focus of the company is to present quality boutique theatre that pares back the production values of their shows to 'bare minimum’, thereby championing the scripted word, storytelling and character.
Bare Productions was founded in Sydney in 2015. Four women met and worked together on a production of To Kill a Mockingbird at the New Theatre, Newtown in 2014, & decided to form a new company, Bare Productions. Cinderella, The Best Pantomime Ever, opened to sold-out houses in 2015. The company performed numerous shows out of The Exchange Hotel, Balmain, relocating to the Hunter Valley in 2018 with one of the founders, Annette Rowlison.
Productions in the Hunter Valley and Newcastle include: Talking with... (2018), The Sum of Us (CONDA Award - Best Actor, Nominated for Best Production, 2019), Love Letters (2019), Bare on the Air Radio Show (2020), Vital Signs (2020), Bombshells (2021/22), Shirley Valentine (2022).
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR - ANNETTE ROWLISON
With a Bachelor of Arts (Theatre Theory and Practice) from the University of Western Sydney, Annette has worked both in Australia and the UK and has been directing theatre since 1997.
Annette's directing highlights with other companies in Australia and the UK include: Angels In America, Pt 1 (Chalkdust Theatre), To Kill a Mockingbird & Parramatta Girls (New Theatre), Light Bites & Tasty Treats (Straylight/Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2009 & Hunter Valley Summer Theatre), I May Fly (Camden People’s Theatre, London), The Glass Menagerie (Pavilion Theatre), Aesops Fables (Luna Park), & The Cripple of Inishmaan (Phoenix Theatre Co).
In the UK and London's West End, Annette worked on shows including: My Fair Lady, Calendar Girls, The Lord of the Rings, Footloose, Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Horrible Histories tours - Egyptians, Romans, Victorians & Tudors as well as seasonal Christmas pantomime.
In Australia Annette has stage managed for Bell Shakespeare Company, Christine Dunston Productions and production managed for Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Q Theatre Penrith and National Theatre of Parramatta.
ABOUT CATHERINE PATTERSON
After a career in nursing, Cath turned to performing in 2014 and has since performed with Valley Artists Inc including: Educating Rita (Rita), The Family Frying Pan (Tamara), Shirley Valentine (Shirley), Pack of Lies (Barbara) and directed One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. With Bare Productions: Vital Signs, Bombshells, and Shirley Valentine. Cath is also a trained singer, is a member of Coastal A Cappella on the Central Coast, and sings in a quartet, Rise.