User:Srholt77/Yellow glass theatre

yellow glass theatre inc was formed in 2002 with a goal of producing high quality theatre and encouraging excellence in performance. With numerous awards, rave reviews and sellout performances to their credit, along with ingenuity and top quality performers, yellow glass theatre has firmly placed itself amongst the leagues of professional theatre companies.

yellow glass' inaugural production of THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND by John Kander and Fred Ebb was a huge success at the Mosman Park Arts Foundation Theatre Space, and even inspired an encore season at The Studio in the Subiaco Theatre Centre. The musical was a finalist for Best Musical in the Robert Finley Theatre Awards, and won an award for another category. THE WORLD GOES 'ROUND was directed by Chris Kabay and musically directed by Simon Holt, yellow glass' founders.

In 2003, yellow glass produced the Western Australian premiere of Stephen Sondheim's review PUTTING IT TOGETHER. Performed at The Studio in the Subiaco Theatre Centre, PUTTING IT TOGETHER was another huge success for yellow glass, with the final night completely sold out and people unfortunately turned away.

yellow glass continued success in 2003 with a short season of SWALLOW! A GASTRONOMICAL CABARET - a self devised cabaret comprising songs from various sources about food and wine. SWALLOW! was performed at the Blue Room as part of the 2003 Pride Festival and was again extremely successful, inspiring another longer season in 2004 at the Mosman Park Arts Foundation in repertory with MATTERS OF THE HEART AND OTHER ORGANS, another self devised work comprising songs from various sources about love.

SWALLOW! was revived at the invitation of St Brigid's School in Lesmurdie, and again at the invitation of the Independent Theatre Association's Interact workshops weekend.

In September 2004, as part of the Blue Room's Subsidy Programme, yellow glass theatre produced LAST DAYS OF WEIMAR, a devised work celebrating songs that were lost, banned or destroyed by the Third Reich regime. The show was a runaway success, selling out half of its season and securing interest from all over the country. It also won the Member's Choice Best Production at the 2005 Blue Room Awards.

To end 2004, yellow glass produced A SPLASH OF YELLOW! - a fundraising showcase of the best-loved songs from all previous shows plus the launch of the 2005 Season.

2005 was a very full year with yellow glass producing a show on average every two months. In February, RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS - THE SONGS OF THE CARPENTERS was performed and added another hit to yellow glass’ list. This was a celebration of pop duo The Carpenters, with three girls performing the duo’s best known hits at The Sun Room in Maylands.

To mark ANZAC day, yellow glass performed the workshop of Simon R. Holt’s exciting new musical work ANTHEMS FOR DOOMED YOUTH, a dramatic song cycle of World War One poetry set to music and sung by four male youth. This workshop was performed at The Blue Room over three nights to capacity audiences.

In May, yellow glass participated in the Cabaret Soiree series Downstairs at the Maj with MY FRIENDS WENT OVERSEAS AND ALL THEY BROUGHT ME BACK WAS THIS LOUSY CABARET ACT! This travel cabaret was such a hit that yellow glass revived it for one more performance in September.

In 2005, yellow glass performed its first book musicals - LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS and the Western Australian premiere of Jonathan Larson's RENT. Both shows were critically acclaimed hits with RENT one of the highlights of the year and the majority of performances having standing room only.

2006 was another very full year starting with the Australian Premiere of I SING! as part of the new Brainbox Project, Downstairs at the Maj. This was the first production of I SING! outside the United States and proved very popular.

I SING! was followed by a revised and extended production of ANTHEMS FOR DOOMED YOUTH at The Blue Room. With four new songs and the composer arranging the music to enable the addition of a string duo, ANTHEMS enhanced its place a respectful tribute to the Great War Poets.

Continuing to produce rarely performed shows, yellow glass produced Stephen Sondheim’s COMPANY at the newly refurbished Subiaco Arts Centre. This masterpiece has only been performed in Perth a handful of times and with yellow glass’ stylised and focused treatment, COMPANY was a memorable production.

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS also returned with a special free one-off performance for Sundays at Subi in September.

At the end of 2006, yellow glass were approached to collaborate with another production house, EVENTAINMENT, to be the creative force for their initial production, HAIR, and subsequent 2007 productions THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO and RENT. Through this collaboration, the team at yellow glass were thrust into the national spotlight attracting interest from all Australia as well as overseas.

Following RENT, yellow glass theatre parted company with EVENTAINMENT and reclaimed their independence with a new team and a new company structure.

2008 will be an exciting year for yellow glass theatre inc., not only in the growth of this company but also with a stimulating and original season already planned. The team at yellow glass theatre are constantly in demand for their renowned cabaret and corporate performances yet still strive to present theatregoers with shows that are inventive, unique, a little bit different and/or introduce new or unfamiliar works to audiences.