After a nightmare run of Covid cancellations, the Coolum Theatre Players are bouncing back this month with a short season of that fabulous ’50s coming of age musical, Ladies In Black.
Set in 1950s Sydney, Ladies in Black follows Lisa (played by CTP newcomer Sienna McRitchie) over the summer holidays as she begins work at F.G Goode’s, a fashionable department store, following her final year of school. Lisa and the audience meet the women of Goode’s ladieswear department, and we follow the stories of their growth and change, including a coming of age, a marriage breakdown and finding new love.
Fay (Ashleigh Marriott) and Patty (Shelley Hansen) work in cocktail frocks and are tasked with the role of training and nurturing Lisa, the young heroine, something that they initially find quite beneath them, but they soon come to love this intelligent girl and the way she touches their lives.
Says publicist Julia Loaney: “This is a wonderful musical by Carolyn Burns with music by Tim Finn, directed by Linda Gefken (We Will Rock You, Spamalot, The Addams Family and Sweet Charity, to name a few). This will be a visual delight as well as a musical treat, featuring well known faces and some talented newcomers.”
Coolum Civic Centre, Park St, Coolum Beach
Friday 26, Saturday 27 November at 7.30pm, and Sunday 28 at 2pm.
Friday 3 and Saturday 4 December at 7.30pm, Sunday 5 at 2pm.
Members $22, Adults $28, Concession $25. Tickets: coolumtheatre.com.au or from North Shore Realty on 5446 2500.
Tables seat eight/BYO nibbles and drinks.
