Directed by:
Lin Lattimer
$25 — Standard
$22 — Concession
Four women are serving community punishment orders and are growing the vegetables for soup kitchens on an allotment. Marcie is convicted of dangerous driving; Norah, a serial shoplifter; Belle has blackmailed her boss and Lorna, an actress, is convicted of criminal damage. It is the first morning for Daisy, the new probation officer, and the tables are cleverly turned when a traumatic event in her past puts her on a par with the others.
The Allotment is preceded by a short work by Barbara Yates Rothwell called That’s Showbiz!, where an adjudicator arrives to judge a local village drama festival… What might she think of The Allotment?
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Jen's love of theatre was ignited way back in 2000, when she had her first audition at Spectrum Theatre — giving her the opportunity not only to act, but to sing on stage as well!
Jen has been bitten by the theatre bug ever since, with her involvement in countless shows to date, both on and off stage.
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The Allotment marks Lilly's second time performing in a secretary role after playing Julie in her Spectrum Theatre debut, Divorce Me, Darling (2018).
Lilly has also performed at Spectrum Theatre in a starring role as Missy Emily Brent in Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (2024), and as chatterbox Patty Hanslope in Her Tongue (2025).
Lilly is really enjoying working with such a talented group of ladies, and is loving everything each performing is bringing to their role, as well as being very impressed with the good eye of the director, Lin. Lilly feels the audience will have a lot to enjoy with this show from each character's little quirks to the last detail of the set.
She wishes to thank everyone involved for their contribution, as well as the audience for their incredible support.
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Christina first appeared on stage at Spectrum Theatre as Mr. Rogers, the butler, in Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None (2024) — alongside her partner in crime, Lin Lattimer, who played her onstage wife, Mrs. Rogers.
When Christina was given the opportunity to work alongside Lin again, she accepted without hesitation. She is enjoying the role of Marcie as her first onstage female role at Spectrum Theatre (and she's please she doesn't have to glue on a fake beard and wear a wig!).
She's also contributed by creating her own (fake) cigarettes, and a cute, handmade crochet shawl for the show.
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Carolyn is delighted to be playing the role of Norah in The Allotment, her second production with Spectrum Theatre.
Carolyn's theatre experience include many, many roles, mainly in Margaret River, from the wicked stepmother in Cinderella, to Hilary, the rejected wife, in The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband. She was involved with the Margaret River Theatre Group taking on acting, directing, writing and backstage roles for over 20 years before moving to Denmark last year. Carolyn also founded South-West Dames, a group performing small theatre in small spaces with three other women 'of a certain age'!
Carolyn loves being part of the Spectrum Theatre community, and is very grateful to all the members for their warm welcome.
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Laura joined Spectrum Theatre in 2023 when she landed the role of Marjorie in A Good Old Fashioned Big Family Christmas, and has caught the acting bug since!
Laura has since joined the committee of Spectrum Theatre, and has loved being part of the team.
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The Allotment is Lin's first time directing solo, although she has co-directed a couple of plays in the UK many years ago, and has approximately thirty-five years of experience both professionally and in community theatre.
Lin absolutely loves The Allotment, having previously played by the part of Norah, and finds it lovely to see it re-enacted by so many great actors to bring her vision to life.
Since joining Spectrum, Lin has had the honour of playing Mrs Rogers in Agatha Christies And Then There Were None; performing a very special monologue Ham Sandwich, which was written by her very dear friend, in Spectrum Theatre's One Actually; and Lin thoroughly enjoyed playing Dawn in A Composite Arrangement. Lin looks forward to hopefully performing in some of the fantastic plays we have lined up for the coming years — although after A Composite Arrangement, she might be typecast into the grandmother parts now, but says “bring it on”!
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The Allotment is Lin's first time directing solo, although she has co-directed a couple of plays in the UK many years ago, and has approximately thirty-five years of experience both professionally and in community theatre.
Lin absolutely loves The Allotment, having previously played by the part of Norah, and finds it lovely to see it re-enacted by so many great actors to bring her vision to life.
Since joining Spectrum, Lin has had the honour of playing Mrs Rogers in Agatha Christies And Then There Were None; performing a very special monologue Ham Sandwich, which was written by her very dear friend, in Spectrum Theatre's One Actually; and Lin thoroughly enjoyed playing Dawn in A Composite Arrangement. Lin looks forward to hopefully performing in some of the fantastic plays we have lined up for the coming years — although after A Composite Arrangement, she might be typecast into the grandmother parts now, but says “bring it on”!
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Peter Cook is a well-known staple of both Spectrum Theatre and Albany Light Opera Theatre Company, and has taken on many different roles backstage — and a few onstage too! He arrives in Albany back in 2001, and soon got into theatre soon afterwards, putting to use the stage-craft he learnt back in his student days.
Peter has stage-managed several productions both at Spectrum and ALOT Co., and was assistant director for the Musical of Musicals at ALOT Co. Recently, Peter's become a regular lighting and sound operator at Spectrum Theatre.
Peter was awarded a Life Membership at Spectrum Theatre in 2025.
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For many years, Findlay MacNish was a music teacher at Albany Primary School and, in that role, produced and directed numerous school plays and musicals. He has extensive experience in designing and set-building at both Spectrum and the Port Theatre, and was responsible for both designing and building a new proscenium arch at the Port Theatre.
Following the Port Theatre's recent production of Grease, Findlay received a Robert Finley Award for his set design.
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Tiger's been involved in the theatre ever since a child, but never quite expected to graduate University with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Theatre — the consequence of which was a rather brief spell as an English & Drama teacher!
Tiger joined Spectrum Theatre in 2018 have been a drunken butler in Dinner For One, the formidable Mrs Appleyard in Picnic at Hanging Rock, and Madame Arcarti in Blithe Sprit.
In the last couple of years, Tiger has become more involved in behind-the-scenes at Spectrum Theatre, and is now rather addicted to the joy that comes from people stepping into our unique and beautiful little venue for the first time, and loves the wonderful theatre community that we have here.