View the promotional video for Take Their Life on YouTube.

Hidden away in a dark corner of the world wide web, the ACT Government has posted information about community consultations that will be held as part of a review of the arts in the ACT. Anyone with an interest in the arts should complete the short survey. Three consultation sessions will be held, the first two of which are planned for today, so the notice is late, but another is planned for next Wednesday. All the information is available from the ArtsACT website (if you can find it!).

Canberra Dramatics' production process is under scrutiny in an article in the Spring 2009 edition of See Canberra titled Bringing a show to life by Bron Vickers.

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As Canberra Philharmonic open West Side Story, the classic musical interpretation of Romeo and Juliet, Canberra Dramatics is ready to announce the cast for their Romeo and Juliet project, Take Their Life! The great cast listed below will be joined by a talented ensemble, and they begin work on the show on Monday 31 August.

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For those who haven't been following Canberra Dramatics' activities this year, Take Their Life is a reimagining of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in which the tragic couple, rather than dying, are forced to live with each other! A creative team has been working since the beginning of the year on developing an altered script for the play, and this will be staged at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre in November. All we need is a cast and some crew!

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With script work on Take Their Life almost complete, and the play moving into the production phase, the time has come for all those eager workshoppers to come out of the woodwork again, and join us on the development of a new play for the 2010 Season. Playwright Seth Robinson has been in the writer's chair for the last few months, and needs the assistance of some creative types to help with the drafting process.

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Our friends at Canberra Repertory have put out the call! The scheduled Auditions for their forthcoming production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses will be on 11 & 12 July, at Theatre 3.

They've received a great response for audition spots, but ...they need men!...well more of them than they have already.

Rep holds open auditions for all it’s productions, and would hate to think that message had not reached as many people as possible.

The play has three speaking male roles and potentially several ‘significant extras’.

 

So check out the information online at www.canberrarep.org.au, call to have a chat during business hours and go from there. Scripts are available from Theatre 3.

We Three, one of Canberra's local theatre companies, are Ancient Greece to Belconnen! Adapted by award-winning playwright, Rachel Hogan, Agamemnon's canny Wise Woman guides audiences through the alien world of ancient Mycenae, its beliefs and behaviours, and the metaphysical perils courted by the play's protagonists.

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Our next production, Take Their Life: Romeo & Juliet Reimagined is currently being workshopped by a wonderful group of actors, scriptwriters and technical crew and we're very excited about it!

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Four performances remain of The Incident at Fugue Bay, so if you haven't been in to see it yet, it's time to book your tickets! Call the Tuggeranong Arts Centre on 6293 1443 during office hours, or turn up at the door and hope there's still a seat available!

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