Maggy Franklin has been involved in theatre and musical theatre in Sydney for many years. She has a teaching diploma in Speech and Drama, has attended Darlo Drama classes, acted and directed in Crash Test Drama, directed at Short and Sweet Sydney, is a regular judge at Short and Sweet and has directed in the Sydney Fringe Festival.
She runs the large internet based social theatre group Theatre Time Sydney which organises groups to attend and support independent theatre. An ex-high school teacher, she works in aged care, plays tennis, gets to the cinema whenever possible, and is a Lifeline volunteer.
She believes one can never go to too much theatre, and there is always something to be experienced at every production.
Castle Hill Players’ production of Abe Burrows’ play is a classic comedy of mishaps and lies resulting in mayhem and confusion – and it’s a hoot. The play is adapted from the French Farce Fleur de cactus by Pierre Barillet …
IN THE NEXT ROOM or THE VIBRATOR PLAY, Sarah Ruhl’s clever and powerful drama of female frustration and solitude, is in excellent hands with Meredith Jacobs direction of a talented cast in Castle Hill Player’s latest production. …
33 VARIATIONS is another wonderful offering from Castle Hill Players under the expert direction of Jennifer Willison. The beautifully woven script by Moises Kaufman draws the audience in from the start with its various layers and two …
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If you are looking for a show with lots of laughs and clever misunderstandings that is created by an implausible plot, which keeps getting more and more convoluted as lie follows lie, then Ray Cooney’s FUNNY MONEY is …
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Castle Hill Players production of Aaron Sorkin’s play A FEW GOOD MEN is a stunning start to their 2023 season. My two companions, one of whom knew the 1992 Academy Award nominated film of the same name well, …
In yet another top-class production from Castle Hill Players, Jan Mahony’s direction of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, presents us with a moving and tragic portrayal of a man fighting the demons of his past and the enormous consequences …
EARTH AND SKY, by Douglas Post, is a gripping and highly entertaining love story/murder mystery, very much in the film noir genre presented by Castle Hill Players. Yet again this company has excelled itself in its production. Here we are …
For a wonderfully hilarious escape to the world of vampires, ghosts, mummies and werewolves, set of course, in a stately manor on the moors, you can’t go past Castle Hill Players present production of The Mystery of Irma Vep – …
It was with anticipation that we entered the theatre to watch Castle Hill Players first production for the year. No wonder, as the actors, crew and we the audience, have been waiting since last year to see Richard Everett’s play …
It’s 1934 in the small town of Inishmaan on the Aran Islands off the coast of Ireland. This may be a world far removed from ours but the human condition remains the same. We become immersed as we laugh and …