{"id":315125,"date":"2022-03-22T20:15:27","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T10:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=315125"},"modified":"2022-04-28T19:07:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T09:07:12","slug":"directors-step-up-to-have-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/03\/22\/directors-step-up-to-have-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Directors Step Up To Have Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_315126\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315126\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-315126 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-315126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Director Valerie Mathews, centre, with some of the stars of her play, &#8220;Speed Dating&#8221; &#8230; from left, Alex Alifrangis, Tyson Tunstall, Kiall Rowberry, Maddison Steffensen-Grant and Stewart Gray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>March 22, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Five plays by five new South Burnett directors &#8230; and a whole lot of fun! That&#8217;s what Nanango Theatre Company is promising in their latest season of hilarious one-act comedies which kicks off on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>The comedies have been billed together as &#8220;Speed Dating In The Nude&#8221;, so there&#8217;s a warning &#8230; there are some cheeky bits in one of the five plays!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Together they explore the ups and downs of romance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s &#8220;Speed Dating&#8221;, directed by Valerie Mathews, where prospective dates meet face-to-face (super fast).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Natural Dating&#8221;, directed by Kate McCormack, contains the naughty bits where singles set aside their inhibitions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dating Service&#8221;, directed by Annette McKeith, explores mature-age dating while &#8220;Creative Dating&#8221;, directed by Maxine Whitbread, adds a whole new slant to date nights where the classic movie and dinner is totally ditched.<\/p>\n<p>And the last play is &#8220;Pre Dating&#8221;, directed by Abigail Andersson, which heads back in time to pre-history to explore love, fire and the invention of the wheel.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening night is 7:00pm this Friday (March 25) at the Nanango Theatre Company&#8217;s playhouse at 1 Elk Street, Nanango.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This will be followed by performances on Saturday (March 26) at 7:00pm, Friday (April 1) at 7:00pm, and Saturday (April 2) at 1:00pm and 7:00pm (the final performance).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tickets can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trybooking.com\/events\/landing\/877693\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">booked online<\/a> <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_315127\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-315127\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-315127 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220322nanango2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-315127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abigail Andersson&#8217;s directorial debut explores love in the stone age with &#8220;Pre-Dating&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five plays by five new South Burnett directors &#8230; and a whole lot of fun! 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