The Annual General Meeting of Canberra Philharmonic Society will be held on Monday 18 May, 7.30 pm at 18 Collie St, Fyshwick.
A new committee will be elected and annual reports and financial statements will be provided to members. Nomination and proxy forms, and the 2013 Annual Report are available here.
Only financial members are eligible to vote at the AGM. Membership can be renewed online.
Philo's next production will be The Pirates of Penzance, at Erindale Theatre from Oct 22 - Nov 7.
The production team is:
Director: Kelda McManus
Music Director: Rhys Madigan
Choreographer: Annette Sharpe
Audition information is located here. For future notifications of auditions, subscribe to our mailing list (see bottom right).
Tickets for EVITA are now on sale and can be purchased here. Gift vouchers are also available and would make a great Christmas gift. For further notice of specials and promotions, subscribe to our mailing list by entering your details below.
Philo is very grateful for the contributions of our members, as well as our major sponsor, Ricoh, whose generosity ensures our existence and continued success.
Membership forms and payments can now be processed online through our website. You can support Philo by joining as a 'full' member of the society or as a 'friend of Philo'. Full membership is required to be covered by our public liability insurance (required of cast members and volunteer), and to vote at AGMs. Click here for more details.
We offer a discount on tickets to Philo members (excluding current cast). To claim the discount, please contact .
We were very grateful to receive photos from Philo's 1983 production of Mame from Roland Butt. We don't have digital prints for many of our previous productions and we love receive more and archive these online. If you have any you could share, please let us know via .
The last time Evita was performed in Canberra, as far as we're aware, was in May 1988. A Canberra Philharmonic production ran for 6 performances at the Canberra Theatre. Jillian Donaldson starred as Eva Peron, with Stephen Fisher as Che and Phillip Dodd as Juan Peron. The production was directed by Stuart Maunder, with musical direction by Colin Fischer, choreography by Sami Shalom and costumes by Veronica Dzelde. Tickets were $17.
W. L. Hoffmann wrote of this production, "Having been present at the Sydney opening night of the professional production of Evita seven years ago, I can give no higher praise to this current Philharmonic production than to say that I enjoyed Firday night's performance just as much." (The Canberra Times, Thursday 12 May 1988)
If you were involved in this production, we'd love to hear from you (we'd also love to see photos). Please get in touch with us via or leave a comment below.
Philo is excited to announce the fabulous cast of Evita 2015.
Thanks to everyone who took the time to audition. If you would like to be part of this production in an off-stage role (crew, set building, painting, assisting with costumes, etc.), please contact us via .
Eva Peron: Kelly Roberts
Che: Grant Pegg
Juan Peron: Tony Falla
Mistress: Beth Deer
Magaldi: Michael Hansen
Understudy to Eva: Shell Tully
Understudy to Che: Lachlan McIntyre
Tony D’Abrera
Ian Bartlett
Hayden Crosweller
Neil Forbes
Sign Hanson
Michael Jeffries
Peter Karmel
Rhys Madigan
Lachlan McIntyre
Richard Niven
John Potter
Luis Santos
David Shannon
James Tighe
Jake Willis
Cara Bessey
Theresa Buetre
Deanna Gibbs
Adele Haussmann
Amelia Juniper-Grey
Kitty McGarry
Anne McLeod
Kelda McManus
Frances McNair
Emma Nichols
Eliza Niven
Lara Niven
Tessa Niven
Katie Phillips
Esther Ramsay
Shennia Spillane
Salote Temu
Fiona Tregoning
Kate Tricks
Shell Tully
Anna Tully
Karyn Tisdell
Jenny Watson
This Saturday we filled another skip load with rubbish from the yard ... and finally the yard is tidy! We had a good number of helpers out, lured by the promise of pies warmed in the pie warmer we found in the costume room. The pies were burning hot.
Inside the rehearsal room, work continued on the insulation - now over halfway stapling the sarking to the rafters. This work must be finished next weekend ahead of Evita auditions on the following weekend.
After enduring some chilly Cabaret rehearsals and having a strong desire not to bake during Evita rehearsals, this weekend the team took to the task of insulating the roof of the rehearsal space.
Auditions for Evita will be held on the weekend of 6-7 September. To request an audition time, please fill in the form with your details.
For more details, please read the EVITA Audition Pack.
Evita will be directed by Jim McMullen, with music direction by Casey White, and choreography by Shasha Chen and Eliza Shephard. Production dates: March 5-21 (13 performances).
