A Heart-warming Aussie Tale

Season 2022 at the Pavilion Theatre continues to go from strength to strength with audiences returning after a pandemic induced hiatus.

Castle Hill Players is excited to present The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race written by Melanie Tait and directed by Bernard Teuben.

Appleton is a quintessential Australian country town where men are real men, women are real women… and vegetables are not used in cake. But things are changing.

City slickers, tree changers and refugees are moving in. Appleton might just have to face the new century but simmering tensions are about to boil over.

Prodigal daughter Penny has returned from the big smoke. Appleton’s annual Potato Race has never been something she cared about until she discovers that the men’s prize is five times more than the women’s.

Now she does care! The towns folk are about to get a lesson in gender parity… and Penny is going to get a lesson in history. A sparkling comedy about change and how we see our future.

Tait’s characters are easily relatable, and audiences will find themselves being drawn in to take sides until the final showdown with plenty of laughout- loud moments along the way.

“… a shrewd, big hearted love letter to the women of country New South Wales … gently critical and deeply loving.”- Time Out

Tickets available at paviliontheatre. org.au or 02 9634 2929; $30 Adult, $25 Concession; Season: Friday 23rd September – Saturday 15th October Wed, Fri, Sat 8PM; Sun 4PM More Info – paviliontheatre.org.au/ the-appleton-ladies-potato-race/ The Pavilion Theatre is located within the Castle Hill Showgrounds, Castle Hill