Rep Talk: Meet Mr and Mrs Shenanigan
9 May, 2021 11:52 PM
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Seamus Shenanigan (Andrew Tagoai) and Sheila Shenanigan (Cathy Gribble). Photo / Russell Penton
Meet Mrs Sheila Shenanigan and her husband Mr Seamus Shenanigan, also known as Cathy Gribble and Andrew Tagoai.
I was curious regarding Andrew s involvement in theatre as our director Glenn Cameron attributes his own theatre involvement to Andrew. Well, my sister got me to take part in a musical in the 1990s. They were short of men so I got my friend Glenn to go along too. It was A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Glenn was a brothel keeper and I was a guy called Hysterium.
Rep Talk: Who s the Star?
25 Jan, 2021 12:09 AM
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Grace Lee is modelling her mother s wedding dress and Zoe Blanchard is wearing Pushpa Prasad s wedding sari. Photo / Michela Fox
Who was the star of the show? That s hard to say because everyone who took part in our Vintage Weekend Music Hall deserves a gold star.
Organisers Patrick McKenna and Cathy Gribble are natural entertainers musical, funny and kind. They soon had the audience singing and clapping along with them.
Irene Loder not only wrote an episode of the 1950s soapy, Portia Faces Life, she also starred in it. She also did a stirling job of organising the wedding fashion parade with wedding dresses from earlier times.
Ebony muso to play at Rep s Music Hall this weekend
17 Jan, 2021 10:24 PM
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Stefan Brown (left) will perform with local musician Patrick McKenna at the Repertory Music Hall during Vintage Weekend. Photo / Supplied
Stefan Brown (left) will perform with local musician Patrick McKenna at the Repertory Music Hall during Vintage Weekend. Photo / Supplied
There s been a lot of interest in our Vintage Weekend Music Hall wedding dress parade, so a huge thank you to all those people who have so generously donated their precious dresses to us.
If you have a wedding dress or a bridesmaid frock that you no longer want we would happily give it a loving home. Please ring Irene on 34 21 086 or Nadine on 3433312.
2020 . the year that was
14 Dec, 2020 03:02 PM
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Repertory celebrates the end of 2020. Photos / Russell Penton
I m sure we can all say 2020 has been a year like no other we can remember and certainly one we d not want repeated. This time last year I d not heard of coronavirus but within a few months our country was in lockdown in a bid to stem the spread of this often fatal disease.
Repertory Theatre started the year full of optimism. We had a great old time at Music Hall evening on the Saturday of the Vintage Weekend during the Wellington Anniversary and were full of plans for the rest of the year . but . the best-laid schemes of Mice and Men Gang aft agley An lea e us naught but grief and pain , as Robert Burns reminded us.