Laycock Street Community Theatre Levels Up Their Programming

Laycock Street Community Theatre Gears Up for a Bumper Season of Shows in 2024.

The arts and culture scene on the Central Coast has never looked so good. With the top-class calibre of events, artists, music, comedy, theatre and entertainment and more gracing our region, it’s no wonder that shows are selling out, audiences are being wowed and the demand for more is on the rise.  Laycock Street Community Theatre in North Gosford joins the culture swell with an artillery of shows this season, that will connect the theatre to new audiences across the Central Coast.

Laycock is an established Central Coast icon (last year marked 35 years of connecting the local community to the magic of storytelling and the performing arts) and 2024 will see Laycock presenting more music, local and experimental programming than ever before.

What’s coming up in Spring of 2024 at Laycock Street Community Theatre

Radiohead Uncovered: How to Disappear Completely | Saturday, October 5th | 7.30pm

This show will delve into Radiohead’s 30-year music catalogue of alternative, experimental rock that took them onto the international stage and into our hearts. Featuring 24 songs this is Radiohead reimagined in a masterpiece of sight and sound.  

Twelve sublime voices of the acclaimed vocal ensemble Eklektika, play original choral and instrumental arrangements that complement short films and live camera projections.

Expect an immersive experience that will transport you back in time and move you to the core. Radiohead Uncovered is set to be a truly unique feast of the senses. 

Don’t miss this one Coasties, book your ticket here.

Women of Song | Friday, August 30, 2024 | 7.30pm

An intimate conversation between three First Nations singers, Jessie Lloyd, Merinda Schreiber and Dyagula, is taking place. This innovative show is about preserving knowledge through song, respecting intergenerational practices and exploring the modern-day practice and living heart of First Nations women.

Presented by Laycock Street Community Theatre, in association with Musica Viva Australia it is one not be missed.  Book here.

Double Bill – Plenty of Fish in the Sea and Oyster Boy | Friday, Septmeber 6, 2024 | 7.30pm

Look forward to an incredible, yet absurd and humorous evening of Fringe Festival programming with this double bill.

Plenty of Fish is produced by Clockfire Theatre Company and in a nutshell, all about finding the perfect catch! Highly visual, darkly humourous as well as fun, cheeky and inventive. One thing is for sure and that is that a hell of an adventure is expected.

Oyster Boy described as “a dark, absurd comedy for anyone who’s ever tried to fit in and instead been found out.” Comic legends Elizabeth Millington and Kyle Walmsley produce this black comedy about a boy who lives in an oyster and is just waiting to be shucked, but also wondering whether the world really is ready for his nutrient rich, gender fluid, sand intolerant presence?

Learn more and book your tickets here.

Laycock Street Community Theatre, North Gosford

In March this year, the Theatre saw a hugely successful collab with Gosford Regional Gallery and Edogawa Commemorative Garden. Laycock presented two family-friendly picnic-style, outdoor Shakespeare performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest.

And, then there is the Theatre’s Studio Series. Taking place in the Don Craig Room, these are intimate shows with limited seating available that are designed to hit you “in the feels” as they say! Featuring local and national musicians, fringe artists, and performers – from one of Australia’s most exciting and versatile young classical pianists, Josh Hooke, to “best theatre award winner” at Adelaide Fringe, Andi Snelling’s Happy-Go-Wrong to The Broadway Boys’ Night of Broadway Hits and local Dorian Mode’s Coastie comedy cabaret – Budgewoi Variations.

The Studio Series is not to be missed. Click here for the full Studio Series programme booking links.

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2024 Program at Laycock Street Community Theatre

In May Laycock Street Community Theatre welcomed Queen Porter Stomp. Served up by an incredible musical troop, audiences were wowed and the show was described as toe-tapping fun, with their”dirty swamp magic” brand of blues and jazz.  Laycock also presented Highway of Lost Hearts by Lingua Franca, in association with Arts On Tour.