Newsletter of The Association of Community Theatre.

In this issue.

* ACT to investigation on-line booking system for all members.
* Second issue of What's On Deadline Approaching.
*AGM in the Blue Mountains on Saturday September 26.
*Date for ACT conference in 2010....July 24 - 25.
*New Zealand Invitation.

Fellow Actors,
Greetings after a long break in communication.
Please put in your diary Saturday September 26 for the Annual General Meeting of The Association of Community Theatre.
Venue. is the Springwood Civic Centre Macquarie Road Springwood . Just a little up the hill from Penrith.
Time. 4pm.
Optional entertainment. 8pm Blue Mountains Concert Society.  This concert will comprise pieces ranging from classical to gospel, to jazz.

Please send a representative and we encourage members to nominate for positions on the ACT Executive.

RSVP for AGM and optional entertainment    to the ACT secretary Michelle Mitchell    michellem@ozemail.com.au

What's On.

ACT is distributing a second edition of What's On in November and will follow with another edition in July 2010.

Please visit www.showline.com.au now and enter all your show details

Conference 2010.

ACT is excited to reveal the dates for the 2010 community theatre conference to be held once again at NIDA.

Please put in your diary July 24/25.

The timing is better for most members and  we are hopeful of a bigger turn out than last year.

For those who missed the 2008 conference you missed one of last chances to hear legendary actor Bud Tingwell speak in public.

Anyone wishing to assist in organising or making suggestions for this year's conference - please email me.


NZ Conference 2010.


Musical Theatre New Zealand extends a warm invitation to all Association Community Theatre members to attend their 50th Anniversary annual conference 19 – 21 March 2010 to be held in Auckland, the City of Sails, New Zealand.

Ian Reid, President the MTNZ Executive team would love to see you there as they reminisce 50 years of the Federation and look to the future.  On Saturday night there will be a Masquerade Ball, so please join us at Rydges Auckland for the 50th Anniversary MTNZ Conference and AGM. For further information go to http://www.musical.org.nz/conference.htm, or if you want to go on the MTNZ emailing list for conference information and Spotlight on MTNZ – Musical Theatre New Zealand’s monthly news letter, then contact the MTNZ Administrator Kate Ghent kate@musical.org.nz.

ACT is paying for their birthday cake - no help them dig in.


On-line ticketing system and website review.


The ACT committee has resolved to  investigate taking SHOWLINE to the next exciting level.

That is as not just a means of telling the public What's On - but allowing the public to buy tickets to our shows.


In brief the idea is to allow member companies to assign a limited number of their tickets to the Showline Box Office. These would be vouchers allowing them to exchange it for a ticket at the door.

This would be very advantageous to member companies with no on-line booking system, but also would need to be affordable enough sothat member companies who already have an on-line booking system would consider it as a viable additional option to their existing provider. Member companies who use it would be able to harvest the details of their ticket buyers. ACT as a whole could offer all ticket buyers direct mail of our What's On.There are two broad ways of going about this.

1. Contract an existing provider of a Box Office Computer Package and pay them a commission on every ticket sold.
2. Pay more upfront and build our own basic Box Office - and use the saved commission to defray initial capital costs and to provide on-going promotion for members.

At the same time as we move to a possible On-line ticketing system the ACT committee has resolved to upgrade and improve our website.

Your ideas are also welcome.
See you on September 26

David Spicer
Communications Officer