OSPA INDOOR MARKET

Coming to Onewhero Society of Performing Arts this month!

A local indoor market with crafts, clothing, food and more.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Jubilation Choir

STARS COMING TO OSPA

Jubilation can’t wait to head south with a sea of harmony, for one night only at OSPA Theatre on Sunday 23 June.

Jubilation strives to live in that magic place where music really leaps off the stage and into the hearts of the audience. By marrying absolute attention to detail from the choral tradition to the exhilarating freedom of soloists lost in improvisation, Jubilation creates a truly unique, soulful rock’n’roll experience for audiences of all ages.

Put the date in your diary now because where else would you near NZ theatre icon Jennifer Ward-Lealand Te Atamira CNZM let loose in a gospel quartet Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody, or actor/writer Fiona Samuel MNZM melt hearts on the traditional folk song Poor Wayfaring Stranger, or entertainer extraordinaire Jackie Clarke MNZM bring the house down with vintage Tom Waits?

Steel Magnolias

OSPA is very excited to call for auditions for this amazing play by Robert Harling, which later became the movie we all know and love.

Hilarious and touching, this play for six women is set in a beauty parlour in Louisiana. Through four scenes spannin three years, the staff and customers engage in small-town gossip. But we see a deep strength and purposefulness emerge when Shelby – a diabetic – dies following a kidney transplant operation.

Auditions are at OSPA in Hall Rad, Onewhero, on 11 and 12 May 2024.

This is going to be a play you won’t want to miss!

magnoliasospa@gmail.com

Operation Mincemeat

The ground-level realities of military intelligence operations make fine fodder for this entertaining true story behind a huge gambit undertaken by the British during World War II.

In 1943, the Allies need Hitler to think they’re about to invade Greece, when in fact it’s Sicily they’re heading for.

Operation Mincemeat stars Colin Firth. It is rated for mature audiences.

OSPA AGM

NOTICE OF OSPA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of Onewhero Society of Performing Arts Inc. will take place at OSPA Theatre at 7.30pm on Wednesday 17 April 2024.

Clue

Inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party with murder and blackmail on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by the butler, Wadsworth, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs White, Mr Green, Mrs Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave audiences in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!

Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30pm, Sunday Matinees at 2pm.

Arts on Tour NZ Presents … Whirimako Black

We are gutted to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances, Whirimako Black will no longer be able to visit Onewhero this week! We are so sorry for any disappointment this may cause.

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all you awesome people who got out and pre-bought tickets – we would have had a good crowd! You will receive an email with refund details for your ticket if you bought on-line, or if you have purchased a ticket from the Urban Market please return your tickets to them for a full refund. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Ellise on 027 433 9743.

Arts on Tour NZ presents… Austen Found

“Jane Austen would be turning in her grave with delight…Rollicking good fun!” – Rip It Up Adelaide

“Austen Found: The Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen is the good pavlova, the one someone has taken a few goes to get just right. The brilliant version.” – Waikato Times

Addicted to Darcy? Lost all Sense and Sensibility? Bonkers for Big Balls? Well put down your cross-stitching and join Penny Ashton, Lori Dungey and Jamie Burgess, as they swoon, romp, and pianoforte their way through an entirely improvised Austenian Musical. Charming suitors, meddlesome mothers, tight breeches and surprisingly well-educated girls will all paint a vivid picture in song, dance and passionate handholding.

For her fifth Arts on Tour NZ Penny Ashton (Olive Copperbottom, Promise and Promiscuity, Sense and Sensibility – The Court Theatre, Hot Pink Bits) is bringing along her most accomplished improvising friend; Lori Dungey (M3GAN, Lord of the Rings, Xena) and her most melodical musical maestro; Jamie Burgess (Canterbury Opera, K Rd Strip, Basil Fawlty) to perambulate the NZ countryside spreading laughter and delightful bonnets as they go. An entirely improvised Austenian Musical.

Complete Sell-out Comedy Festival (2007 and 2021) and Adelaide Fringe (2010)

“Penny Ashton and Lory Dungey – two excellent improvisers who know what they’re doing.” – Dominion Post

Clue Auditions

On a dark and stormy night, six unique guests, play a butler and a maid, assemble for a dinner party at the home of Mr. Boddy. When their host turns up dead, it is clear that no one is safe! Soon the guests are racing to find the killer and keep the body count from stacking up.

Based on the popular board game and adapted from the cult classic film, Clue is the comedy whodunit that will keep you guessing (and laughing) to the very end.

Cast ages 12 – 17 years.

We’re looking for 15 cast for the following roles:

WADSWORTH – A traditional British butler in every sense: uptight, formal and “by the book.” He is the driving force in the play.
YVETTE – A sexy, French Maid, with her own secret aspirations. (Also plays THE REPORTER in the final scene).
MISS SCARLET – A dry, sardonic D.C. Madam who is more interested in secrets than sex.
MRS. PEACOCK – The church-going wife of a Senator. A bit bratty, neurotic, and quick to hysteria.
MRS. WHITE – A pale, morbid, and tragic woman. Mrs. White may or may not be the murderer of her five ex-husbands.
COLONEL MUSTARD – A puffy, pompous, dense, blow-hard of a military man.
PROFESSOR PLUM – An academic Casanova who woos women with his big…brain.
MR. GREEN – A timid, yet officious, rule follower. He’s a bit of a klutz and awfully anxious.

ENSEMBLE WOMAN TO PLAY:
THE COOK – A threatening presence.
THE MOTORIST – A benign gentleman who rings the wrong doorbell.
AUXILIARY SCARLET – The back of Miss Scarlet during a scene of theatrical trickery.
AUXILIARY WADSWORTH – Wadsworth during two scenes of theatrical trickery.
SINGING TELEGRAM GIRL – A cute, perky tap dancer.
AN AGENT – An FBI agent who helps to save the day.

ENSEMBLE MAN TO PLAY:
MR. BODDY – A slick, James Bond-type fella.
THE COP – A “Regular Joe.”
AUXILIARY MUSTARD – The back of Colonel Mustard during a scene of theatrical trickery.
AUXILIARY WADSWORTH – Wadsworth during two scenes of theatrical trickery.
AN AGENT – An FBI agent who helps to save the day.

Rehearsal Schedule to come

8 – 16 December 2023 (5 performances)

Caitlyn Lovatt

Email: Cricketctpl@gmail.com or Phone: 027 232 8955

Music & More

A night of entertainment of all kinds. From musical performances to poetry, this is going to be a night to remember!