Season 2022 at the Pavilion Theatre continues to go from strength to strength with audiences returning in droves after a pandemic-induced hiatus. And Castle Hill Players are excited to present the Australian stage comedy hit The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race, written by Melanie Tait and directed by Bernard Teuben.
Appleton is a quintessential Australian country town where men are real men, women are real women… and vegetables are not used in cake. But things are changing. City slickers, tree changers and refugees are moving in. Appleton might just have to face the new century!
However… simmering tensions are about to boil over… Prodigal daughter Penny has returned from the big smoke. Appleton’s annual Potato Race has never been something Penny cared about, until she discovers that the men’s prize is five times more than the women’s. Now she has a bee in her bonnet! The towns folk are about to get a lesson in gender parity… and Penny is going to get a lesson in history.
A sparkling comedy about change and how we see our future.
“Tait’s characters are easily relatable,” says director and Castle Hill veteran Bernard Teuben, “and audiences will find themselves being drawn in to take sides until the final showdown. And there are plenty of laugh-out-loud moments along the way!”
The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race stars Julianne Horne, Karen Pattinson, Madhavi Shankarling, Jacqui Wilson and Gina Willison.
“A shrewd, big hearted love letter to the women of country New South Wales… gently critical and deeply loving.”- Time Out
Castle Hill Players present
The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race
By Melanie Tait
Directed by Bernard Teuben
30 September to 15 October
Wed, Fri, Sat 8pm; Sun 4pm;
plus new matinee Sat 8 Oct at 2pm
The Pavilion Theatre, Castle Hill
Tickets $30 Adult, $25 Concession
