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.

Laycock Street Community Theatre, North Gosford

Above; the hugely successful collab with the Gosford Regional Gallery’s Edogawa Commemorative Garden where Laycock presented two family-friendly picnic-style, outdoor Shakespeare performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Tempest held Saturday, March 23.

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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.

May 2024 at Laycock Street Community Theatre

First up in May is Queen Porter Stomp. Get ready for some serious toe-tapping with this “dirty swamp magic” brand of blues and jazz.  Served up by an incredible musical troop, you know you’ll be in for a treat.  Plus for Coasties Mag readers we have an extra special cheeky 2 for 1 deal.  Simply add “studioseries” at check out to claim this deal.  Book here.

Then a little later in May Laycock will be presenting Highway of Lost Hearts by Lingua Franca, in association with Arts On Tour.

Here’s a little preview of what’s in store, Mot wakes up one morning to find that her heart is missing from her chest. She can breathe; she has a pulse—but she feels… nothing. So, she decides to go and look for it. With her dog enlisted as co-pilot, Mot heads down the Highway of Lost Hearts: into the deepest core of the Australian outback.

Book tickets here 

Coming up on Saturday, June 29 the Laycock Street Community Theatre presents a Merrigong Theatre Company production Dear Diary by Kay Proudlove.

Phenomenal South Coast Singer Songwriter, Kay Proudlove, brings her formidable talent and infectious personality to the stage in Dear Diary. Dear Diary takes us on a journey through Kay’s teenage diaries through a collection of intimate and vulnerable stories and songs. From first kisses, girl power, spice world, and Elijah Wood fan fiction to lost gigs, found memories and frayed friendships.

Dear Diary is a hilarious, nostalgic and sometimes painful revisiting of our teenage years, delving into the pressures and expectations of growing up. With wry humour and confessional stories, Dear Diary asks us to look at what we hold onto in our lives and when it’s the right time to let them go, if ever. One for women of all generations!

Here’s the all-important link to book your tickets.

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