Spotlight Theatrical Co, Benowa, QLD

Although Queensland’s Gold Coast may not be known primarily for theatre, it boasts a company that has been going strong since 1955 and shows no signs of slowing down! The Spotlight Theatrical Company started life as the South Coast Revue Company, under the guidance of one Joyce Forbes, who wrote and directed the shows, originally staged at the old Diggers Hall in Scarborough Street, Southport - no-one on the Coast was doing musicals in those early days. Music was supplied by Isobel Williams, who continued with the company and played in about 85 of their shows until her 80th birthday.