Annual General Meeting 2024
Minutes of the Annual General Meeting of the Yeppoon Little Theatre
Held at The Showplace 64 William Street Yeppoon
Wednesday 8th October 2024
Meeting opened: 6:34pm
Present: Cindy Terrace, Ian Westley, Selena Payne, Kerry Kay, Vicki Lomasney, Mary Howard, Elizabeth Tansley
Apologies: Anthony Lomasney, Helen MacKay
Previous Minutes from last AGM:
The previous AGM minutes were read as correct. Moved by Selena Payne and seconded by Vicki Lomasney
President’s Report:
Supplied by Ian Westley (attached page 3).
Treasurer’s Report:
Supplied by Vicki Lomasney (attached Page 4) and tabled the Financial Statements for the year ended 31 August 2024 prepared by Shanahan Swaffield Partners.
With an income of $33,44.36 and expenditure of $30,453.10 YLT made a profit of $2,987.26 for the year. Net assets sit at $22,289.55. When compared with the previous year’s financial statement the main indicator for the profit was higher income and lower expenses – Girl in my soup was over last year and next year
Moved Vicki Lomasney that Treasurer’s Report be accepted and seconded by Mary Howard .
All positions declared vacant:
Election of office bearers:
| President: | Ian Westley |
| Vice President: | Selena Payne |
| Publicity Officer | Helen Mackay |
| Secretary: | Cindy Terrace |
| Treasurer: | Vicki Lomasney |
Next AGM is to be held on October 2025
Meeting closed: 6:42pm
Secretary Cindy Terrace verified as a true record
PRESIDENT’S REPORT 2023/24
It’s been my honour to be president of Yeppoon Little Theatre for the 2023/24 year.
2023 ended with the very successful “Halloween” production of The Passion of Dracula, in October, followed by a one-off show by TheatreINQ, Townsville, and Midpoint Theatre Company play called Chewing Gum Dreams. Thank you to all involved in both productions.
2024 started with our first coproduction with Rockhampton Little Theatre, The Long and Short of it. This experiment worked very well with shows in Yeppoon and Rockhampton being very well attended. I’d like to thank Vicki and Con for their hard work on getting this production off the ground and we look forward to another in 2025.
In late May Amanda Hock directed Ivy Shambitt and the Sound Machine with a (mostly) young cast. Two of the three shows were sold out and really showed the draw of youth productions. The effort that Amanda put in to this show, on stage and off, deserves a special thanks. I should also thank Elizabeth Westley who came in at the last minute to help with some set construction.
Due to the large gap between the first production and the end of year musical, it was decided to add an extra production to give some of our adult actors and extra opportunity and There’s a girl in my soup, directed by Kerry Kay, was added for a late August/early September performance slot. Unfortunately, the auditions weren’t well attended and it took some time to actually cast the show. The play was a challenge to stage and thanks to Elizabeth, again, or her set design and construction skills, along with the whole cast and crew who pitched in to get the set painted etc. The show was very well received and all credit to Kerry and his cast & crew for a great production. This production was also filmed for a behind the scenes documentary that will be screened next year.
Due to Illness the end of year musical has been postponed. Thank you to Mark Roberts who has stepped in to direct Last tango in Little Grimley.
Finally, I’d like to thank the committee who has worked so hard this year. Everyone has contributed in one way or another and it’s been a great team effort.
I look forward to seeing what our theatre produces in the coming year.
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Ian Westley
PRESIDENT.