Tropic Sun Theatre Company
Tropic Sun showcased the talents of local actors, designers and directors as well as playwrights.
Tropic Sun produced an annual season of main house productions and, with its developmental arm "Terrifically Low Cost Theatre", provided other theatre services such as small avant-garde or local plays, tours, workshops and theatrical entertainment for business and institutional events. Tropic Sun focussed on local talent, particularly graduates from James Cook University. The ensemble of actors presented four major shows a year (including a play by Shakespeare) and several short plays mostly at the Old Magistrate's Court building in the city centre but also in other venues. Performances were often preluded by a pre-show dinner (or interval dinners for Shakespeare-in-the-Park).
Since October 2006 the company operated from the Old Magistrate's Court building. Along with funding from State and Federal Grants, the company was in 2006 given a funding boost of $40,000 by the Townsville City Council, an increase on the $15,000 the company received annually from the Council, to tide it over until it moved to the new "Arts Hub". Tropic Sun shared this new performing arts space with a capacity of 250–300 with dancenorth australia.
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