Since its inception in 1980, The Hills Players
amateur theatre group has grown from a small band of very
inexperienced but enthusiastic people performing
secondary school one-act plays to an equally
enthusiastic, much more professional and larger group
performing, directing and in some cases writing its own
comedies, dramas, musicals and revues.
Our first meetings were held in a classroom at
Ferny Hills State School but this was soon abandoned for
the more permanent base at St Williams Catholic Church
Hall at Grovely, where a stage was built by members
families and church supporters. Our first production was
staged on borrowed drama boxes in the Arana Hills
Community Centre.
In 1986, we received a Service Award for
Community Involvement from the Pine Rivers Shire Council,
in 1990 we became The Hills Players Inc. and in 1993
obtained a grant from the Regional Arts Development
Fund.
We now have a membership in excess of thirty
and a mailing list of over 100 people who regularly bring
their friends and families to enjoy our three (usually)
productions per year.
The aim of The Hills Players Inc. has always
been to provide family entertainment to the community at
reasonable cost while offering members the opportunity to
learn and grow in their theatrical skills as well as
sharing in that tremendous fun which is
Theatre.
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