Saturday 26 August, 2023
With two productions actively rehearsing in our new space, it has been important or organise the things we've been using regularly in the room. To do this, we've installed some new shelves in the room, which hold various company items as well as a range of prop and set things that are being developed for the current shows. Some volunteers collected and set up the shelving unit and spent time finding new homes for all the bits and pieces that have started living in the space.
We also now have a new clothing rack, as our previous ones were breaking and falling apart. The new one is a professional rack, incredibly sturdy and strong with industrial wheels, and can be folded up for storage when not in use. It's already home to costumes from the Wyrd Sister's production.
Tuesday 15 August, 2023
The crew (and some cast) of Wyrd Sisters have been busy during their weekly 'crafternoons'.
The sessions involve all sorts of crafting of props and set pieces for the September production. The first session involved the creation of a large map that will feature in a special scene in the play. The map was designed by the director, Liana Emmerson, who does cartography as a hobby.
The map measures 2.75m x 2.65m and has lots of details that include trees and mountains. The afternoons have been busy with paintbrushes and paint, listening to music and audiobooks. It will take around three sessions for the team doing the painting to get all the final elements of the map painted in detail.
Other items that have been coming to life include a parchment manuscript for the character of Hwel, who is a nod to Shakespeare himself. There have also been felt pennants that represent the various rulers of Lancre, as well as a fake dead body because someone in the play gets murdered. The afternoons at Barkly Square have been a lot of fun.
The crew will be there each weekend until it's time to bump-in their creations to the theatre.
Monday 24 July, 2023
Tickets are now available for our November production of Shakespeare's: Caesar.
Caesar is known by many to be generous, powerful, a brilliant tactician, and a wise leader.
He is also known to be ambitious.
Fresh from his victory over his political rival and fellow Consul, Pompey the Great, Caesar returns to Rome with dreams of seizing the absolute power that he believes he deserves.
Many Romans rejoice to see this happen, but there are some who do not. Some Romans look to an old custom; when one man seeks to make himself a king, it is every citizen's responsibility to see him dead.
Would this be an act of great treachery or great civil responsibility?
This is the story of the end of a centuries-old democracy and the birth of one of the most powerful Empires in human history.
Julius Caesar is one of Shakespeare's more unique plays; a story without a clear hero or villain, where the tension comes from the political backdrop of the Roman Republic's final days. A political thriller that tells the story of the conspiracy against Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of his conspirators.
Saturday 12 August, 2023
Earlier this week, patrons who had purchased tickets to our September production of Wyrd Sisters received notifications via text and email that the shows they were booked in for were cancelled. We can confirm that this is NOT the case and the message appears to have been an error made by the external ticketing system.
Patrons can be confident that if we would announce the cancellation of any show through our relevant channels such as our website, social media and newsletter.
If you have any questions regarding your ticket, you can contact Her Majesties Ballarat directly.
Monday 24 July, 2023 
Tickets are now available for our September production of Terry Pratchett's: Wyrd Sisters.
On the magical fantasy Discworld, in a kingdom called Lancre, the Land has woken up and it’s unhappy. It wants a King that cares for it, but it’s got a mad Duke who hates the trees and the witches, and definitely committed murder to get the throne. In the dark of the night out on the heath, three witches lean over a bubbling cauldron to figure out how to put things right.
Wyrd Sisters is one of the first books in the Discworld comedy fantasy series. Each story is a humorous standalone reflection of something we have in our society, shone back at the audience with wit and Monty Python-style humour. This particular Discworld story is where Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare’s Macbeth, King Lear, and Hamlet, and then turns them up ’till they reach eleven.
It’s all there – a wicked duke and duchess, the ghost of the murdered king, dim soldiers, strolling players, and a Land in peril. And who stands between the Kingdom and destruction? Three witches. Granny Weatherwax (intolerant, self-opinionated, powerful), Nanny Ogg (down-to-earth, vulgar), and Magrat Garlick (naïve, fond of occult jewellery and bunnies). It’s Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble but the witches are the heroes this time.
Show dates.
Friday 22nd, 7pm
Saturday 23rd, 7pm
Sunday 24th, 2pm
Wednesday 27th, 7pm
Thursday 28th, 7pm
Friday 29th, 7pm
Saturday 30th, 7pm
Sunday 1st, 2pm
This show is performed at Woodman’s Hill Performing Arts Center.
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