Olde Tyme Music Hall Playlovers' 2006 Christmas Show

blank blank		Devised and directed by Chris Fillis Musical Accompanist Glen Hogue Chairman Ben Clarke December, 2006 : 7, 8, 9 @ 8pm Saturday 9th will include The Plover Awards
		Chris Fillis has devised a show that will delight and charm -- songs, skits and, of course, a sing-a-long. Your table awaits; just BYO table nibbleys - the bar will be open - and prepare to be entertained!
		MUSIC HALL had its origins in the exclusively male Song and Supper Rooms of the 1830's. These Rooms provided a hot supper, drinks and a variety of vocal and instrumental music hosted over by the owner of the establishment. These Rooms later became Halls complete with stages and raised areas for the Chairman, as the host was now known. Entertainment included a variety of acts but, at the heart of the performance, were the songs of the time that mirrored life with its simple joys and pleasure, and tears were often as close as laughter, as the rich were ridiculed and honest virtue found its own rewards. Honest vulgarity, sentimentality, robust joie-de-vivre, pointed social comment, all had a place in the smoky gas-lit magical atmosphere of a Music Hall presided over by a genial Chairman who introduced the acts, ad-libbed with both performers and audience and led the applause whilst retaining a dignified control.
		Troupe: Christine Fillis, Ann Robinson, Claire Warner, Rob Pring, Matthew Nankivell, Samantha Gaunt
		Performance Venue: Hackett Hall, Draper St, Floreat, WA Ticket Prices: $20 adult; $15 concession; Plovers Awards Night $15. Bookings: For December 7th and 8th, book through BOCS: 9484 1133, all BOCS Ticketing outlets - www.bocsticketing.com.au (booking fee may apply) For Plovers Awards Night on December 9th, book through Playlovers: 0415 777 173 - bookings@playlovers.org.au