First things first – huge congratulations to the team that brought The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Murder Mystery Play to the stage over two weekends in May. Special thanks to the Stanwell Park CWA for their hard work in helping to put on the very popular Sunday High Teas.
Next up: We are very excited to present a new SPAT workshop: Improv Your Mind. Farndale co-director and panto arch-villain Nurina Simpson will run classes focusing on learning improv skills through a series of games (not on preparing a show).
Nurina first got into improv to overcome anxiety of public speaking, and has been part of the improv-comedy theatre scene in the Illawarra ever since. She brings a wealth of experience, energy and a fondness for the absurd to the task. “One of the great joys of improv is its transferability to everyday situations... professional networking, social interactions – in a way, every conversation is an improv!”
The classes will run at the Stanwell Park CWA Hall, on Tuesdays from 18 July to 14 August, 6:30-8:30pm. Open to people of all abilities aged 18+, the cost for a block of 5 classes is $100 per person, and places will be limited, so if you’re interested book now!
Also on sale are tickets for our 40th Anniversary Singers show, coming up at the end of July/beginning of August. Tentatively named Forty and Still Going Strong, this will be a Greatest Hits of the last four decades of SPAT Singers, according to musical director Rod Lander: “There will be high and low brow offerings… pretty much something for everyone!”
SPAT Films is hoping to screen that great Danny Kaye comedy from 1955 The Court Jester, in June. Keep an eye on our website and the sign at the top of Bald Hill for details!
Visit spat.org.au for bookings and information