Picton Theatre Group Inc.

Contact Us

President - Stephen Gummerson
Ph - 0409 924 352
Email - president at pictontheatre.org.au

Secretary - Sharon Smith
Ph -
Email - secretary at pictontheatre.org.au

Treasurer - Colin Butcher
Ph - 02 4636 6218
Email - treasurer at pictontheatre.org.au

Publicity Officer - Colleen Soper
Ph - 0408 621 689
Email - publicity at pictontheatre.org.au

Help Us

Do you have experience in light or sound?
No - Do you want to learn?

The skills learned will give you valuable experience for later shows and career opportunities.
Even if performing is not your cup of tea, there are still plenty of ways to be involved with Picton Theatre Group.

We need:
Stage managers
Stage hands
Lighting
Sound
Wardrobe
Props
Publicity
Make-up
Set design and construction

See the "get involved" page for more info!

We use local talent for script writing and production and try to get youth involved in all our productions.

Meetings are held at 7.30pm on the 2nd Monday of each month.

Picton Theatre Group Inc.

About Us

Our History

The Picton Theatre Group was started by a few dedicated people who could see the need for amateur theatre in the local community.

In 1976 it was decided to hold auditions for "The Pyjama Game".
After many rehearsals the play was finally presented to the local community and played to full houses for each night of its performance in 1977.
Over the years the Picton Theatre Group has performed for patients at Queen Victoria Hospital, Stonequarry Lodge, Warragamba Jack Donohue Festival, Carols by Candlelight, Wollondilly Evening View Club and Highlands View Club.
Pantomime is another successful venture for the Picton Theatre Group with "Babes in the Woods" and "Cinderella's Christmas" as well as the premier of "The Spirit of Christmas".
The Picton Theatre Group has also presented several successful Music Hall Shows, reviews, lesser known comedies, dramas and innovative plays.

Our Aim

To present amateur theatre of high quality, and at a reasonable price for the whole community to enjoy. We also to have lots of fun!

What We Do

The Picton Theatre Group is a non-profit community based organization, run by volunteers for 31 yrs, providing affordable entertainment to the Wollondilly community.
We stage entertaining shows 3 times per year offering a unique BYO Dinner & Show package.
We perform predominantly comedies, dramas & musicals, we also have a costume hire dept.
With professional theatre prices making live theatre prohibitive to young families and seniors, we endeavor to keep our prices as low as possible offering exceptional value for money with ticket prices for show only, dinner & show, concession prices.

With most performances we offer:
Dinner and Show - $45 & $35 Concession
Our dinners are a gourmet buffet style with coffee, tea, & dessert included..
Show only - $25 & $15 Concession
Saturday 2pm matinee shows - all tickets $15
* prices include GST & booking fee
Coach Bookings of 20 people or more include a free 'dinner show ticket' for the driver.

See the bookings page for more information.

Youth in Theatre

Encouraging youth is very important to us.
Youth productions such as pantomimes and an annual Theatresport Night are proving very popular.
Theatre sports teams are invited from Picton High Scool, where drama is very strong, our own PTG group and from other theatre groups from surrounding districts.

Local Businesses

Local businesses are always invited to participate with our publicity of shows, contributions to support our show raffle prizes and production requirements, ie. set materials and props. Contact our president for details.

We would like to give an ongoing thank you to the local businesses who currently support us. It is much appreciated.
See the links page for some of the businesses which regularly support us.

Fundraising for Charity

We support local charities by granting them Charity performance nights, to help raise funds for their particular causes. So far we have helped raise in excess of $15,000 for local charities.