Events

EXIT LAUGHING
Written by Paul Elliott
Directed by Tom Richards

SEASON:
6th May to 11th June 2022
Wednesday, May 4th (Charity preview)
Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm
Sundays, May 15th & 29th & Jun 5th at 2pm

AUDITION DETAILS:
Sunday, 23rd January at 2pm
Thursday, 27th January at 7:30pm
Saturday, 29th January at 2pm
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Held at the Arts Theatre Cronulla, 6 Surf Road, Cronulla
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All enquiries, please contact the director, Tom Richards on 0400 806 588 or via email: ramsnews5@bigpond.com

SYNOPSIS:
When the biggest highlight in your life for the past 30 years has been your weekly bridge night out with the “girls,” what do you do when one of your foursome inconveniently dies?

If you’re Connie, Leona and Millie, three southern ladies from Birmingham, you do the most daring thing you’ve ever done. You “borrow” the ashes from the funeral home for one last card game, and the wildest, most exciting night of your lives involves a police raid, a stripper and a whole new way of looking at all the fun you can have when you’re truly living.

A winner of the AACTNewPlayFest, Exit Laughing broke all records for Springfield Little Theatre’s 50-year history at its premiere.

CHARACTERS:
RACHEL ANN: 21, a young woman who seems to have issues with life and men until bridge night opens her eyes.
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CONNIE HARLAND: 55-year-old mother of Rachel, who finds on this fateful bridge night that life doesn’t end at 55.
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LEONA: One of Connie’s closest friends and a member of the bridge club for over 30 years. A woman who’s a beautician by profession and a rather caustic lush by preference.
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MILLIE: Another of Connie’s friends and a long-standing member of the bridge club. This is a woman who moves to her own special drummer, even though she’s the only one who can hear him.
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POLICEMAN / BOBBY: 23, a young man of many talents, and they all come to “bare” on the ladies’ bridge night.
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BUTTER-BUTT: The cat.