Maggy Franklin has been involved in theatre and musical theatre in Sydney for many years. She has a teaching diploma in Speech and Drama, has attended Darlo Drama classes, acted and directed in Crash Test Drama, directed at Short and Sweet Sydney, is a regular judge at Short and Sweet and has directed in the Sydney Fringe Festival.
She runs the large internet based social theatre group Theatre Time Sydney which organises groups to attend and support independent theatre. An ex-high school teacher, she works in aged care, plays tennis, gets to the cinema whenever possible, and is a Lifeline volunteer.
She believes one can never go to too much theatre, and there is always something to be experienced at every production.
As we sit in our seats for Castle Hill Players‘ latest production The Graduate, we are greeted with familiar songs of the 60s as a video compilation, by Paul Sztelma, displays memorable scenes from events in United States …
AFTERGLOW is a powerful theatrical piece exploring complicated, messy relationships and the consequences of impossible choices.
Into an open and seemingly happy marriage between Alex, played by Julius Curtis and Josh, played by Matthew Mitcham, complete with surrogate baby …
The audience on opening night at Castle Hill Players production of Arsenic and Old Lace were having a great time from start to finish. This black comedy, written by Joseph Kesselring first became famous as a movie in 1944 staring …
The audience sat with trepidation as the directors of the show, Jennifer Jennings and Phillip McMahon, walked on the stage at the start and said, yes in fact something had gone wrong – which is usually the reason when directors …
From the moment one walks into the Coliseum Theatre there is an air of expectancy and excitement that something extraordinary is about to unfold and we are not disappointed. Cirque Alice, produced by Tim Lawson & Simon Painter, is a …
The Americas, A Theatre Company, are currently putting on a production of Neil LaBute’s IF I NEEDED SOMEONE. This is a biting, edgy story of two people coming together for the first time in an endeavour to manoeuvre …
While “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Elusive Ear” by David Macgregor, has all the trademarks of a traditional Sherlock Holmes story, this play is certainly an updated version of Sherlock and his companions with concepts & living styles …
For a great night of musical theatre get to Hornsby Musical Society’s production of City Of Angels. The Tony Award winning musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by David Zippel, and a book by Larry Gelbart is not …
Ben Colley’s I’LL BE BACK BEFORE MIDNIGHT is yet another fun and highly entertaining production from Castle Hill Players. Director Ben Freeman brings all aspects of the show together to achieve a type of murder mystery with all the right …
In a departure from their usual performance of a play, Castle Hill Players present production is the modern heartfelt love story musical “The Last Five Years”. Written and composed by Jason Robert Brown this tells the story of five years …