Turns

Overview

There’s nothing quite like an old-fashioned panto (pantomime).

They seem to have faded out of favour in the last ten to twenty years, goodness knows why - pantos have something to suit the full gamut of theatre tastes: dress ups, melodrama, audience participation, music and more.

Two classic Australian stars of the stage, Reg Livermore and Nancy Hayes, are bringing back the traditional panto to Brisbane, combined with twists of cabaret, film noir, vaudeville and slapstick comedy.

Turns explores the lives of Marjory Joy and her son, Alistair, as they come to terms with their lives; their emotions attempting to understand who they are.  Sounds intense, but their highs and lows are shared with the audience in a variety of ways, taking the audience on a journey of laughter and tears with the characters.

Reg Livermore created Turns specifically with the intention for Nancy to appear in it. Together they bring almost a century of skills, experience and talent to the stage, both having performed in literally hundreds of productions from musicals, to plays, and television series, they are grand stars of the Australian theatre scene.