*** FINAL WEEK ** MORE REVIEWS ** ONLINE BOOKING ***     PRAISE FOR THE SHOW:

“The cast is perfect working with a very funny script and showcasing great comic timing.”

“This is a professional, quick-witted, interesting show… If you like your comedy with depth and your politics with laughs then you won’t be disappointed.”

- Caitlin Crowley, The Groggy Squirrel  

“I was completely convinced by the performances of Chris Buchanan, Julia Harari and Miriam Glaser”

“I found the play utterly absorbing and Clarke is definitely one to look out for.”

- Amanda Mulligan, pretendpaper.com  

"This is a beautifully-written, well-directed and professionally performed play, and judging by the level of laughter and applause coming from the Trades Hall audience I wasn't the only one that thought so.”

"Accurate, pointed, and, most importantly for a play at the comedy festival, bloody funny. The actors do a superb job with this torrent, and more besides.”

- Robert Merkel, The View From Benambra   DAYS LEFT TO SEE THE SHOW:   Five (5). Tuesday until Saturday. This week. Seriously. Get in there.   Tickets for the final week are still available HERE.   NUMBER OF PROPS (JELLYBEANS) CONSUMED TO DATE:   Approximately six kilograms. A theatre director in tracksuit pants is helping police with their enquiries.   Thank you to all our supporters who've helped us with the show and to all of you who came along in the first three weeks of Greatness Thrust Upon Them. It has been an excellent season with great audiences and we've enjoyed every second of it.  

- Our show is the only show in the comedy festival with Archduke Ferdinand related material AND a poo joke.

- The show has been extremely well received, plugged on the radio, reviewed (go here, and here), and it all begins again on Tuesday for just two more weeks.

As usual, ticket sales are hotting up as we come into the final stretch of the comedy festival, so we're advising everyone to buy your tickets online now by clicking the tickets link at www.greatnessthrustuponthem.com.au

For photos, more news, idle gossip etc, go to our webiste and to Lorin's diary at www.standingthere.com.au/diary

See you at the show!

Standing There Productions

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We're very excited to announce that this week our new play, Greatness Thrust Upon Them, will be premiering at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, at Trades Hall.

Greatness Thrust Upon Them is about insignificant people accidentally changing the world. At a UN environment conference. After a few drinks.

From the driver who took a wrong turn and caused World War I, to the directors of the Vienna Art Gallery who advised Hitler against an artistic career, insignificant people make history all the time.

 This show is about them.

Starring: Chris Buchanan, Miriam Glaser and Julia Harari

Written & directed by: Lorin Clarke

Produced by: Rita Walsh

Production coordination and design by: Stewart Thorn

Comedy @ Trades is a fantastic venue, with two late night bars so we can have a tea/coffee/beer/cocktail/dinner afterwards.

You can download the show flyer by right-clicking save link as here.

Greatness Thrust Upon Them is a carbon neutral show. Tickets are now on sale - book online at www.comedyattrades.com.au.

Finally, get your friends to join this mailing list via the show's website. That way, they have a chance to win a free double pass to see the show, which they might even share with you!

Send them to: www.greatnessthrustuponthem.com.au to sign up.

To find out more about the show, the launch party and all other updates, head to our website and check out Lorin's Diary.

We look forward to seeing you at the show,

Standing There Productions

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Launch Party

We're having a party! Greatness Thrust Upon Them is Standing There Productions' second ever comedy festival show. It opens in March. The Greatness Thrust Upon Them Launch Party is a show launch, an opportunity for a nice drink in our new venue (Trades Hall, Corner of Victoria and Lygon Streets in Carlton), and a chance for you to contribute to our public liability insurance AND the carbon neutralising of our show by contributing $5 at the door.

Highlights may include: DJs Alec M and Silent G, cast and crew, an optional short film screening, a brief but exciting auction, some fairly awesome loot (including a Crumpler bag called The Considerable Embarrassment, which bodes well), and the honour of having carbon neutralised a whole comedy festival show. Better still, the show itself is ABOUT the environment, so basically you'll be just like Al Gore (without the giant cherry picker, the pointy stick and the Nobel prize, but still with the large enthusiastic fan base).

Drinks at 7, ceremonies at 8, party after that. The flyer is attached.

Auditions & Casting

We have now held our final audition. More than 100 people generously gave us their time and auditioned in various sweltering, obscurely located rooms across Melbourne over the last two weeks. 100 people is a lot under any circumstances, but even more so when there are three roles in the show. So, casting was difficult but thanks to the quality of performers we met, it was loads of fun.

Julia Harari is playing the jellybean-wrangling Megan, Chris Buchanan is politics nerd Robin, and Miriam Glaser is Sam, who tolerates no shenanigans. Let the rehearsals begin.

Advance Ticket Sales

For those of you who are very organised, you can already pre-purchase your tickets to the show here.

In the next few weeks, check the website for any updates, and as always the Standing There Productions Diary will continue to inspire you to keep your day job.

See you at the benefit gig,

Standing There Productions

Auditions for our New Show - All Welcome

WEBSITE MISTAKE: IF YOU HAVE REGISTERED, PLEASE DO SO AGAIN

As you know, Standing There Productions is gearing up to hold auditions for our new play, Greatness Thrust Upon Them. The show will be performed in Trades Hall in Carlton from March 19th to April 13th this year (no Sunday night or Monday night performances). 

Greatness Thrust Upon Them is a one-hour show. It's set behind the scenes at an environment conference and it's a realistic, dialogue-based comedy. At this stage, that's all we're saying about it. As a result, our auditions are informal and we encourage any questions on the day. 

Everyone is invited to audition, no matter who you are or how much experience you have. All ages, any gender. As long as you can commit to the show, and to rehearsals between now until March, we'd love to see you. Auditions are casual and mostly script-based, so there is no need to prepare. If you'd like to be involved then sign up by going to www.standingthere.com.au and registering your interest through the Contact Us page. We'll get back to you shortly with some times and dates.

RATHER EMBARRASSING ADDENDUM: After our last newsletter, we had several people telling us there was a problem with the "Contact Us" page on the site. This has now been rectified, so if you have previously registered your interest to audition, could you please just do that once more... with feeling. 

We'll be in touch again. Don't you worry about that.

Standing Three Productions