Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias A comedy-drama by Robert Harling Directed by Lyn Carr Season 1 2013: 6 March to 23 March By special arrangement with Origin Theatrical Pty Ltd Steel Magnolias, described as "the funniest play ever to make you cry", is set in Truvy's Beauty Parlour in Americas Deep South, where six remarkable ladies come to have their hair done. The distraught Annelle; the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy; the town's rich curmudgeon, Ouiser; an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee and the local social leader, M'Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby, is about to marry. These women are bonded together by their mutual triumphs and tragedies, enjoying a friendship that spans the boundaries of age and status. Sharing each other's strengths and loyalty, they survive the cycles of life, birth and death to emerge stronger, closer and still laughing! As the title suggests, the "female characters are as delicate as magnolias but as tough as steel".

CAST

Truvy:

Angela Glennie

Annelle:

Candice Sweetman

Clairee:

Sandy Fowler

Shelby:

Rhiannon Leach

M`Lynn:

Liz Matthews

Ousier:

Kath Kenyon

CREW

Director:

Lyn Carr

Prompt and Assistant to Director:

Stephanie King

Set Design:

David Dare

Scenic Artists:

David Dare, Alicia Templar

Set Dressing:

Merinda Backway

Lighting Design:

Colin Mortley

Sound Design:

Adrian Carr

Lighting Operation:

Terry Dean

Sound Operation:

Nicholas Ryan

Wardrobe:

Margaret Bayley, Sylvia Carr

Stage Manager:

Lynn Dean

Stage Crew:

Merinda Backway, Laurie Bell, Emily Carter

Properties:

Sally Eastough, Rebecca Pool

Hair Supervisor:

Tanya Burton

Set Construction:

Keith Boulton, Leigh Delmenico, Stephen Nichols Snr, Les Wallis, Luc Hermans

Front of House Manager:

Lesley Bailey

Assisted by the ladies and gentlemen of the Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre

Publicity:

Alan Quantrell

ATC Historian:

Jenny Boulton