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.
Castle Hill Players latest production, HOME I’M DARLING, by Laura Wade and directed by Dave Went is a terrific show. It’s a great story line, a mix of comedy and drama & all the cast fit their roles perfectly. …
A Shot in the Dark is a mix of French comedy and murder mystery adapted by Harry Kurnitz from the play “L’Idiote” by Marcel Achard. We have a victim, the chauffeur who was having an affair with the maid, …
FIRST, DO NO HARM is a powerful and confronting piece of theatre moving through struggling family relationships, confrontations with body identify issues and the devastating consequences of these on mental & physical health, all wrapped in serious moral and ethical …
Simon Longman’s MILKED is another powerful show as part of the Old Fitz Theatre’s late-night lineup. Presented by Dollhouse Collective it is a rather absurd comedy about a dying cow wrapping around a serious drama of two kids lost and …
Castle Hill Players’ latest production, Rona Munro’s THE LAST WITCH, is set in Scotland in 1727 when superstition thrives and, amongst other things, is a cautionary tale of the power of careless words and their devastating consequences. It is based …
Hornsby Musical Society’s production of Sweet Charity is a joyful, bubbly night of fun, great songs & wonderfully choreographed dance sequences. With music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon this is all about one …
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 …