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.
REHEARSAL FOR MURDER, staged by Castle Hill Players, is a highly entertaining night out at the theatre – an intriguing plot in the true “murder mystery” genre with plenty of twists and turns. I doubt many audience members picked the …
Castle Hill Players have opened their 2025 season with Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy Improbable Fiction. As the author of over 90 plays Ayckbourn has certainly let the imaginative and creative spirit run free as we move from a regular meeting of …
Castle Hill Players latest production, Grand Horizons by Bess Wohl, is a very well-presented comedy drama looking at the ups and downs of married life. There are lots of laugh out loud moments mixed with some very biting & telling …
Castle Hill Players have chosen THE GHOST TRAIN, a comedy thriller written in 1923 by Arnold Ridley, who is better known as Private Godfrey in Dad’s Army, for their present production. Directed by Stephen Snars this worked more as a …
Mrs Warren’s Profession is yet another very polished production by Castle Hill Players and highly recommended viewing. Written by George Bernard Shaw in 1893 it was banned in 1894 for 30 years by the then-official theatre censor Lord Chamberlain. It
ALMOST MAINE by John Cariani, is CASTLE HILL PLAYERS latest production and is a most delightful mix of nine short tales about love in many forms. Director Meredith Jacobs brings together a talented ensemble of actors who play various characters …
Donald Macdonald’s CARAVAN, part of the 2024 season at CASTLE HILL PLAYERS, and portrays the holiday everyone would all like to forget; the story of three couples in a nightmare two weeks’ vacation where everything that possible could goes wrong. …
Director David Went has certainly presented us with a powerful start to Castle Hill Players 2024 season with their present production of AN INSPECTOR CALLS. J.B. Priestley’s 1946 play is as relevant today as it was then. It is a …
If you’re after a night of terrific comic acting, a twisted plot and wonderfully clever scene changes you can’t go past Castle Hill Players present production, BASKERVILLE : A SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY, by the master of farce Ken Ludwig. …
For a wonderful night of music, singing and dancing get yourself and your friends out to see Hornsby Musical Society’s production of Jersey Boys. Even if you are not an expert on the Four Seasons this top-rate production …
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