Legends of the Skies (LOTS) Theatre Inc Zoom Showcase Review - 7.30pm, Saturday, 18 July 2020


Legends of the Skies (LOTS) Theatre Inc





Zoom Review


by 


Paul Karp

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Julia salutes the LOTS Cabin Crew & Passengers

Well done, Julia on another entertaining and 

professional job at emceeing 

the Legends of the Skies Theatre 
Zoom session.



It was good to see Cr Rosemary West in the 

audience indicating continued council 

interest in this exemplary 
digital community outreach.


Great to see Justine Gorny 

in full voice singing the 

LOTS introductory theme song.
Click the play button below to watch:








I enjoyed Maggie Morrison’s poetic tribute to

 the captain and crew of the 

Costa Victoria cruise ship she

 was on in the Mediterranean Sea when the

 COVID-19 crisis flared in March – I originally

 heard this poem read by Maggie live on 

ABC Radio.





Alison and Jim gave handy insights into


LOTS play script writing.


ALISON: As I write, I try to imagine how the play might be staged and how I might find new ways to engage the audience.
JIM: I found that the introduction of new characters, not necessarily directly related to the main story line helped to jog the audience's attention.

David Dodd (left) recalls the Mentone landing of aviator Francesco di Pinedo

I thoroughly enjoyed David Dodds’ anecdote

 about the aviator Francesco di Pinedo’s

landing of a flying boat at Mentone in June

 1925 - a mere month after Mentone Public

 Library first opened to the public 

95 years ago.




I coincidentally had a dream about the 

library’s 1925 grand opening with such a 

transportation machine making a cameo 

appearance…now I know the reason why!

Looking forward to seeing LOTS make its


Youtube debut to mark its eighth series on

Friday, 9 October 2020 at 7.30pm



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