	{"id":81204,"date":"2022-03-01T04:56:20","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T17:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=81204"},"modified":"2022-03-01T14:51:28","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T03:51:28","slug":"theatre-company-gets-in-synch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/theatre-company-gets-in-synch\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatre company gets in synch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PASSION is what drives the small but dedicated team at Synchronicity Performing Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Creative director Wendy Collishaw founded the boutique company with her husband eight years ago to bring intimate comedy and drama shows to life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we saw was a niche in the market,\u201d she said. \u201cWe try and listen to the market and what the market is looking for and try to choose plays that are appropriate to the people we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, the company announced their 2022 program theme \u2018Emerge\u2019, signalling a fresh start for an industry put on hold for the last two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like there\u2019s a feeling of hope that theatre is going to come out, emerge and be better because everyone is dead keen,\u201d Collishaw said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a bit of a pattern now where we start with a comedy, then we\u2019re going into a more serious show so we\u2019re doing <em>Twelve Angry Jurors<\/em> later in the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen we\u2019re going to finish up in December with a dinner theatre event that\u2019s going to be a real celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, work continues beyond the stage with a company training arm developed a few years ago aimed at giving emerging talent an opportunity to refine their skills.<\/p>\n<p>With an acting intensive set to begin this weekend, Collishaw said there were also classes designed for those found out of the spotlight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing a directing training and then we\u2019re running a one act play season called <em>Shards! <\/em>\u2013 short sharp pieces of drama and that will be around the middle of the year,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Based out of The Engine Room on View Street, Synchronicity\u2019s performance season will kick off in April with Ken Ludwig\u2019s <em>Leading Ladies<\/em>, a comedy set in the 1950s where two Shakespearean actors attempt to con their way into a dying woman\u2019s fortune.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to get involved, visit <strong>synchronicity.org.au<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PASSION is what drives the small but dedicated team at Synchronicity Performing Arts. 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