The Harvest Rain Theatre Company (HRTC) is a theatre companies which operates a training and rehearsal facility in Brisbane, Queensland. Since the beginning of 2009, they have been a resident theatre company at The Queensland Performing Arts Centre.[1]
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Harvest Rain Theatre Company is the largest independent theatre company in Queensland which for over twenty years has been producing amateur, professional, and pro-am(co-operative) stage productions. They were originally based at Sydney Street Theatre, where they produced the majority of their shows. In August 2008, at their annual Winter Carnivale fundraising event, Tim O'Connor announced the company would be leaving Sydney Street Theatre, and would be producing all their future shows at The Queensland Performing Arts Centre.
| Year | Production | Author | Director | Cast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Guys and Dolls | Mark Conaghan and Terri Brabon | |||
| 1999 | The Importance Of Being Earnest | Oscar Wilde | Jack Bradford | Mark Conaghan, Bryan Probets, Terri Brabon and David Knijnenburg | |
| 2000 | As You Like It | William Shakespeare | Jennifer Flowers | Andrew Buchanan, Julie Eckersley, Michael Futcher and Steven Grives | |
| 2000 | The Elephant Man | Ron Kelly | Hayden Spencer in the title role, John Dommett, Sue Dwyer and David Clendinning | ||
| 2000 | Godspell | Jack Bradford | Brett Budgeon, Grant Couchman, Justin Geange, Nick Knijnenburg | ||
| 2001 | Love's Labour's Lost | William Shakespeare | Andrew Buchanan | James Stewart, Catherine Miller, Yalin Ozucelik, Kellie Jones and Eugene Gilfedder | |
| 2001 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Bertolt Brecht | Andrew Buchanan | Caroline Kennison, Liz Buchanan, Hayden Spencer, Michael Futcher, Guy Edmonds | |
| 2001 | Oliver! | Jack Bradford | David Clendinning | ||
| 2001 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Robbie Parkin | Tod Strike, Joanna Bagley, Brett Budgeon, David Knijnenburg | ||
| 2005 | The Taming of the Shrew | William Shakespeare | Mark Conaghan | Nick Backstrom, Bil Campbell-Hurry, Ross Balbuziente, Michael Priest, Julie Cotterell and David Knijnenburg | |
| 2005 | Into the Woods | Stephen Sondheim | Tim O'Connor | Mark Conaghan, Bil Campbell-Hurry, Naomi Price, Michael Priest, Angela Cornford, Callum Mansfield, Joanna Butler and Judy Hainsworth | |
| 2007 | Children of Eden | Tim O'Connor | Penny Farrow, Michael Balk, Jack Bradford, Naomi Price, Luke Kennedy, Grant Couchman, Angel Dormer and Dirk Hoult | ||
| 2007 | Little Women | Adapted by Joanna Butler from the novel by Louisa May Alcott | Joanna Butler | Kathryn Marquet, Judy Hainsworth, Tammy Weller, Emma Grasso, Justin Truloff and Pauline Campton | |
| 2007 | Alice | Adapted by Tim O'Connor from the novels by Lewis Carroll | Tim O'Connor | Naomi Price as Alice and Luke Kennedy, Belinda Heit, Sarah McCoy, Nelle Lee, Emily Gilhome and Cameron Hurry | |
| 2007 | Cats | Tim O'Connor | Angel Dormer, Justin Geange, Wade Colbran-Thomas, Alex Feifers, Jo Heath, David Knijnenburg, Conrad Lange, Callum Mansfield, Jared Mifsud, Amanda Richardson, Danika Saal, Danae Stewart, Sharon Stoodley, Justin Truloff | ||
| 2007 | The Best of Broadway and Beyond | Tim O'Connor | Tim O'Connor, Naomi Price, Luke Kennedy, Justin Truloff, Samantha Turk, Alex Feifers, Angela Cornford, Wade Colbran Thomas, Jordan Reid, Julie Cotterell and the Velocity Dancers | ||
| 2008 | High School Musical | Naomi Price | Kimie Tsukakoshi, Sam Netterfield, Stefanie Jones, Jared Mifsud, Ayeesha Ash, Brendan Findlay, Michael Webber and Kristen Barros with special guest stars Belinda Heit and Peter Cottrell | ||
| 2008 | Hot Shoe Shuffle | Callum Mansfield | Callum Mansfield, Mark Hill, Reindert Toia, David Sheather, Bill Simpson, Justin Tamblyn, Chris Jordan, George Canham and Rob Emblen with Julie Cotterell as April | ||
| 2008 | Jane Eyre | Polly Teale | Joanna Butler | Tanya Dougherty as Jane Eyre and Kathryn Marquet, Edward Foy, Kylie Morris, Cameron Hurry, Leigh Walker, Jeni Godwin, Julie-anna Evans and Elizabeth Gibney | |
| 2008 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | William Shakespeare | Sarah McCoy | Julie-anna Evans, Vanja Matula, Ross Balbuziente, Melanie Zanetti, Sam Clark, Imogen Hopper, Nick Skubij, Amelia Dowd, Ilsa Wynne-Hoelschler, Dash Kruck, Belinda Heit and Matthew Filkins | |
| 2008 | The Sound of Music | Tim O'Connor | Sarah Punch as Maria, Chris Fennesy as Captain Von Trap | ||
| 2009 | The Awfully Big Adventures of Peter Pan | Adapted by Tim O'Connor | Tim O'Connor | Kevin Spink as Peter Pan, Naomi Price as Wendy, Helen Howard as Mrs.Darling/Mrs Hook, Eugene Gilfedder as Mr.Darling/Mr Hook, Belinda Heit as Tinkerbell | |
| 2009 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat | Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice | Tim O'Connor | Jordan Pollard as Joseph, Angela Cornford as the Narrator, Michael Falzon as Pharaoh | |
| 2009 | Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (return season) | Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice | Tim O'Connor | Jordan Pollard as Joseph, Angela Harding as the Narrator, Sandro Colarelli as Pharaoh | |
| 2010 | The Secret Story of Cinderella and Her Fabulously Fashionable Footwear | Tim O'Connor | Tim O'Connor | Kathryn Marquet as Cinderella with Sarah McIntosh, Julie Cotterell, Cameron Hurry and Belinda Heit as the Fairy Godmother | |
| 2010 | Harvest Rain 25 | - | Tim O'Connor | Luke Kennedy, Angela Harding, Naomi Price, Luke Venables, Julie Cotterell, Belinda Heit, Leisa Barry-Smith, Bec Laughton, Angel Dormer | 2010 |
| 2010 | Jesus Christ Superstar | Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice | Tim O'Connor | Naomi Price as Mary Magdalene, Luke Kennedy as Jesus, Tod Strike as Judas |
The current Artistic Director is Tim O'Connor. Previous Artistic Directors were brothers Robbie and David Parkin.