The Macquarie Players started in 1997 when a group of ex-Cardiff High School students, lead by the very able Paul King, decided to form a reunion show for all those people who had been involved in Cardiff High Schools productions over the past 30 years. The evening was deemed such a success that a follow-up was decided upon and organisation of our next show commenced. Following the success of our previous productions and our increasing membership a formal committee was implemented along with a plan for the future. Part of this plan was the trial of different concepts in theatre and so for our next show we trialed a dinner-theatre format.
Membership is available at our membership page .
Oklahoma was a watershed for The Macquarie Players in that we were joined by people from all areas of Newcastle and the Hunter and from various other local theatre companies. November 2000 saw us present Murder at the Music Hall, our second mobile show. Our final show of the season also bought our first sold out performance, a feat we hope to continue in the future.