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RICHMOND PLAYERS PRESENT
THE APPLETON LADIES’
POTATO RACE
A PLAY READING
Written by Melanie Tate
Directed by Katja and Caitlin Maxx
Performance Dates 2026:
TWO SHOWS ONLY – Saturday 28th February
2pm and 7.30pm
Tickets: All tickets $10
All enquiries and group bookings: taz@taztix.com.au
Ph: 0413 613 256
Welcome to Appleton, a tidy country town with a population of 1557. Stop in at the pub in the arvo, try your luck with the pokies and why not stay for the annual Potato Race?
It’s the highlight of the year. Only this year Dr Penny Anderson is back home in Appleton, and she has a question. Why should the prize money for the race be $1000 for the men but only $200 for the women?
Penny, with the help of some locals, makes the whole town take notice!
Playwright Melanie Tait takes real-life events and brings us a warm comedy showing the world that there’s more than one way to win a race.
This is a rehearsed play reading.
Content Warning: This show contains strong language, and deals with topics of Racism, Homophobia and Misogyny.
Featuring: TBA
Venue: Richmond School of Arts
Corner March and West Market Streets, Richmond
Performance Dates 2026:
Saturday 28th February
2 shows only – Matinee at 2pm and Evening at 7.30pm.
(doors open 30min prior to start time)
Running Time: TBA
Seating: Seating is allocated, theatre style, aisle is on the outside, seating not raised.
Ticket prices – All tickets $10
Group Bookings:
To coordinate your group bookings contact TAZ Tix 0413 613 256
Booking/Processing fees apply
Wheelchair & Companion Card holders please phone to make your booking.
Accessibility:
The auditorium can be accessed via ramps on the March Street side of the building. Come to the main door and let us know you are there, if the door is not already open.
If you have a member of your party in a wheelchair or with mobility aid, we ask that you mention this in your booking.
If able, we recommend moving to a standard seat and we will store the chair or aid in a safe place in the auditorium (space permitting). Please come as early as possible to get you into the theatre before there are too many people to move around.
Phone Bookings: 0413 613 256
phone bookings are carried out by TAZ Tix
Hours – 12noon to 8pm Mon to Fri (manned part-time)
TAZ Tix carries out bookings for multiple theatres, if you miss them leave a message and they will return your call as soon as possible.
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You will need to show your tickets on either your mobile phone/electronic device or have printed your Print at Home Tickets as you enter the auditorium, however the theatre will have a door-list they can cross reference with if required.
BEST SEATING PRACTICE POLICY
Richmond Players reserves the right to adjust seating selected by patrons to enable best seating practices.
(Seating will only be adjusted by 1 and only when a show is close to full capacity)
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The Playreading of “The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race”.
SUBSCRIPTION (3 SHOWS)
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PREVIEW – Full Price $75
PREVIEW – Concession $60
OPENING NIGHT – Full Price $90
OPENING NIGHT – Concession $75
ALL OTHER SHOWS – Full Price $90
ALL OTHER SHOWS – Concession 75
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THE APPLETON LADIES’ POTATO RACE – A Play Reading
Written by Melanie Tate
Directed by Katja & Caitlin Maxx
ONE DAY ONLY – Saturday 28th February 2026, 2pm & 7.30pm.
When Penny Anderson moves back to Appleton as the local GP and discovers that the prize for the town’s famous Potato Race is $1000 for men, but only $200 for women, she decides to do something about it. It takes a while to get other women on side, but when she does the whole town takes notice.
Based on a real Australian story, this play is about justice, equality… and being courageous. It’s also funny – and heart-warming.
Content Warning: This show contains strong language, and deals with topics of Racism, Homophobia and Misogyny.
Tickets $10
Phone Bookings: 0413 613 256
Mon – Fri 12noon to 8pm
email enquiry here
HMS PINAFORE
Written by Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert
Directed by Christine O’Keeffe & Naomi Degabriele
Performing 9, 16, 23, 30 MAY 2026, 2pm & 7.30pm.
A cross between ‘Titanic’ (without the sinking) and ‘The Love Boat’, HMS Pinafore promises a rollicking good time for audiences and cast alike.
Tongue-twisting songs, instantly hummable tunes, outrageous plot twists and social satire are against the “mostly authentic” historical backdrop of the late 19th century English Navy.
Phone Bookings: 0413 613 256
Mon – Fri 12noon to 8pm
email enquiry here
ARE YOU BEING SERVED ?
Written by B. David Croft & Jeremy Lloyd
Directed by Sean Duff
Performing 1, 8, 15, 22 AUGUST 2026, 2pm & 7.30pm.
A light-hearted observation of the lives of the staff of the fictional department store Grace Brothers.
The play focuses on interpersonal relationships and events affecting the running of the store. The script is to some extent a parody of the British class system, evidenced by the use of the characters’ titles & surnames, rather than their Christian names.
The play features sexual innuendo, misunderstandings, mistaken identity, farce, sight gags and occasional slapstick. It is laced with double entendres and is distinctly a snapshot of its time and place, 1970s Britain.
Phone Bookings: 0413 613 256
Mon – Fri 12noon to 8pm
email enquiry here
TRAVELING NORTH
Written by David Williamson
Directed by Steven Wimmer
Performing 7, 14, 21, 28 NOVEMBER 2026, 2pm & 7.30pm.
Frank is 70. He wants to ‘travel north’ to escape the cold. Frances, his girlfriend, is 20 years younger and is worried about leaving her daughters, who think Frank just wants someone to look after him.
They could be right – but Frances takes the chance and they move to a rustic, rundown cottage in North Queensland where they meet Freddy, a helpful neighbour, and the local doctor Saul… who picks up on Frank’s heart condition. It appears life isn’t going to be quite as easy as they thought!
Written in the 1970s, this is one of David Williamson’s more serious plays albeit with some of Davidson’s distinctive one-liners. It’s about love, aging – and the complexities of family relationships.
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