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.
A rollicking night of high adventure, action and pirate treasure, not to mention voluminous quotes from the Bard is a great way for the Castle Hill Players to kick off their 50th anniversary year.
Based on the classic novel Treasure …
Since 2004 Circa has been creating powerful works of circus art that blur the lines between movement, dance, theatre and circus. Under the direction of Yaron Lifschitz the dynamic trio of two male and one female acrobat use everything at …
For a fun night of madness & mayhem Castle Hill Players A BAD YEAR FOR TOMATOES is just the thing. Written by John Stanley in 1973 the director Meredith Jacobs has filled the stage with a collection of crazy characters …
When it first appeared on Broadway in 1957 West Side story, inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with its dark themes, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre. …
This delightful and humorous presentation of The Marriage of Figaro by Rockdale Opera Company continues their long tradition of presenting high quality Gilbert and Sullivan operas, operetta and grand opera sung in English.
THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO is a comic …
Henrik Ibsen’s intense psychological drama, GHOSTS, was written in 1818 and first staged in Chicago Illinois the following year. Like many of Ibsen’s plays it is a scathing commentary on 19th century morality. Touching on issues such as free love, …
This adaptation by Jack Neary of the classic Edgar Allen Poe short story takes the challenging, haunting tale and re-invents it as a fast-moving 1930’s detective thriller, while still maintaining Poe’s basic story of family treachery and madness.
Director Paul …
Everyone knows about the enormous success of the movie Gone with the Wind. What few people know is that not long into the shooting of the film the movie was in desperate straits and it looked as if the …
STEEL MAGNOLIAS is a comedy drama about the bonds of friendship among six women in northwest Louisiana in the 1980s.
The piece was written by Robert Harding and first performed in New York in 1987. Harding wrote the play based …
Mosman Musical Society’s revival of the rock opera THE WHO’S TOMMY is a fun and entertaining production ably led by director Anthony Young. This opera was written by Pete Townsend and Des McAnuff and is adapted from The Who’s 1969 …