by Yasmina Reza

An award winning comedy about what constitutes “art”  directed by Graham Fly

Art is a comedy set in Paris which revolves around three friends and raises questions about art and friendship. Moving from disagreement on the questionable purchase of a completely white painting their arguments become less theoretical and more personal. They border on destroying their friendships.

Serge has bought a modern work of art for a large sum of money. Marc hates the painting and cannot believe that a friend of his could possibly want such a work. Yvan attempts, unsuccessfully, to placate both sides with hilarious consequences. The question is: Are you who you think you are or are you who your friends think you are?

It’s 1971 and outside on the streets, Australia is protesting the war in Vietnam. But inside a burned-out theatre, the resident patients of a mental asylum are listening to Mozart, learning their lines and occasionally skipping their medication. Louis Nowra’s renowned Australian comedy finds light in the darkness and challenges our perceptions about love, madness, and humanity. A darkly funny and deeply moving ensemble piece, “Cosi” celebrates theatre and its power to transform lives.

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Susan Hill’s acclaimed ghost story comes dramatically alive in Stephen Mallatratt’s ingenious stage adaptation

A lawyer young Arthur Kipps is sent to settle a deceased estate in a remote part of Englands east coast.  He sees a wasted young woman dressed all in black at a funeral, while the locals remain mysteriously silent on who she is or her terrible purpose.

Years later, as an older man he is obsessed with the terrible curse he believes haunts him, hires a young actress in a desperate attempt to exorcise the memory of The Woman in Black.  As the tale unfolds they fall deeper in a dark world of eerie marshes and moaning winds.

This startling production relies on hints, atmosphere, glimpses and suggestions, heard and sometimes only half seen as it builds to a chilling climax.

Terence Rattigan’s ‘The Deep Blue Sea’ tells the story of Hester Collyer, the young wife of the High Court Judge William Collyer, who has embarked on a passionate affair with Freddie Page, a handsome young former RAF pilot troubled by his memories of the war. Their relationship is physical and passionate, but his ardour has cooled, leaving her emotionally stranded and desperate. Taking place over the course of one day we witness her battle as she struggles to come to terms with her situation and to find a reason to go on living. Will she return to William or will Freddie relent, and how will the interactions with others in the apartment block affect her circumstances and decision?

A comedy / drama by Alan Bennett Directed by Tracey Shields (A Highway 1 Production)

The Lady in the Van tells the true story of Alan Bennett’s somewhat strained friendship with Miss Mary Shepherd, a crabby, eccentric, and somewhat smelly homeless woman whom Bennett befriended in the 1970s.  He allowed her to park her Bedford van in the driveway of his Camden home “for three months” – she ended up residing there for 15 years.

As the story develops, Bennett learns Miss Shepherd’s true identity: Margaret Fairchild, and about her unfortunate past.

 Highway 1 Theatre Company is very excited to join forces with The Basin Theatre Company, to present one of Alan Bennett’s most well-loved texts, before embarking on a regional tour.

By Arrangement with ORiGiNTM Theatrical On Behalf of Samuel French: A Concord Theatricals Company

” It’s Now or Never” a riotous comedy by Miles Tredinnick.
Elvis Presley fanatic Tom and his fiancee Alice arrive in Spain in preparation for their long-awaited wedding. Keith Clark, a plumber and fellow Elvis fanatic, has offered them the use of his villa outside Marbella whilst he is in London. But their arrival has been predated by a sighting by Keith of the real Elvis alive and hiding out in a nearby villa!

Unbeknownst to Alice, who is not much of an Elvis fan, Keith talks Tom into helping him kidnap Elvis to sell the story to the British tabloid press. Things go according to plan until the victim appears to die in their custody.

The ensuing confusion resulting from the attempts to hide their hysteria (and the body) from Alice while convincing The Sunday Insider of their conquest leads to chaos as a variety of ‘Elvises’ appear and disappear and identities change by the moment in this fast-paced and frenetic comedy.

An amateur production in arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd on behalf of Josef Weinberger Ltd.

A timeless tale of “whodunit,” Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap strands seven strangers in a country house during a blizzard, only to discover to their horror there is a murderer in their midst. Who can it be? One by one the suspicious characters reveal their sordid pasts until at the last, nerve-shredding moment the identity and the motive of the killer are finally revealed.

Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the longest running show, of any kind, in the world, Running continuously in London’s Westend for over 60 years. It opened in November 1952 at The Ambassadors Theatre in London and moved to St.Martin’s Theatre in March 1974 where it is still running to this day.