b'The Great Eastern Mail AUGUST 26, 2022 13Good communication makesmusic & theatrefor a better communitySUMMER OF THE T HERE are 1.2 millionpathologist, Madison Evans,SEVENTEENTH Australians withsaid that communicationDOLLcommunicationinvolves at least two people and disabilities, which affects ais more than just speech alone. THURSDAY 15 September person\'s ability to understandShe said Australians with2022, 7:30pm - Forge Theatre and be understood by others. communication problemsand Arts Hub.Speech pathologists atcan communicate using signPERFORMANCE DURATION: Gippsland Lakes Completelanguage, electronic speech2 hours 30 minutesHealth (GLCH) know that gooddevices, or word or picture- (Including 20 minute interval) communication for all results inbased communication boardsTICKET PRICES: better communities. or books. Full: $39, Concession "In Australia today,"Greater public dialogue(Seniors/Pensioners) & communication disabilityabout communicationGroups 8+: $34,remains largely invisible. It isdisabilities broadens awarenessStudents $24,unseen and out-of-sight," GLCHand helps create moreSchool Group: $15speech pathologist Morganinformed and empatheticFORGE FRIEND Chester said this week. communities," Ms Evans said. Adults: $34,That is why during SpeechGLCH offers allied healthConcession: $29Pathology Week (21-27services tailored to the August), GLCH highlightsclient\'s communication the week\'s theme of \'Goodneeds. Therapy may include communication, betterindividual, small therapy communities.\' groups and virtual care."Communication is aFor more information, basic human right, and it iscontact Gippsland Lakes fundamental to a person\'sComplete Health Allied ability to participate fully in theHealth Services on 5155 social, educational, economic8370. For details on Speech and other aspects of ourPathology Week, visit www.community," Ms Chester said. speechpathologyaustralia.Fellow GLCH speechorg.au/weekFROM THE CANEFIELDS TO THE CITY, AN ICONIC AUSTRALIAN STORY OF PASSION, BITTERSWEET ROMANCE AND THE YEARNING FOR LOST YOUTHAnother wonderful LAYS and playwrightsseason in London\'s Westdifferent.Patsy Cline, Educating Rita, day out on the road P go in and out ofEnd where it won an awardOne of the barmaidsGlorious!, Hotel Sorrento fashion but somefor best new play, this 2022has \'settled down\' andand most recently, My By BCCC was fantastic which made theendure and speak to eachproduction of the Australianmarried a city bloke so aBrilliant Divorce. Suitable drive enjoyable. As always itsubsequent generation.classic Summer of thereplacement date has had tofor 15 years and up. T HE Bairnsdale Classicwas terrific to catch up withRay Lawler\'s much lovedSeventeenth Doll celebratesbe found. This \'off-season\'This play has adult Car Club met at Howitteach other, finding out whattale of Queensland canethe 67th Anniversary of thisproves challenging forthemes and broaches Park on Friday Augustthe families are doing, andcutters and Melbourneiconic play.them all. Presented by Eastissues of loyalty, friendship, 12, and travelled to Minglinghaving a few laughs.barmaids has endured,For sixteen years twoGippsland\'s Performingtradition, idealisation versus Waters at Nowa Nowa forThe coffee and lunch, asnot through nostalgia, norQueensland cane cuttersArts Centre, The Forgereality and maturity. coffee and lunch.always at Mingling Watersbecause it spawned a newhave worked the punishingTheatre and Arts Hub asMask wearing in indoor Twenty members turnedwas exceptional and the staffage in Australian writing, butroutine up north in theone of HIT Production\'sand crowded settings is up and drove along themade us feel very welcome.because the characters andsugar cane fields for sevenAustralian Voice Tours forstrongly recommended. highway through LakesThe art exhibition wastheir dilemmas are so true,months of the year and2022, this production willThe Summer of the Entrance and enjoyed theextraordinary, and the largeso beautifully observed, sotravelled back to Melbournebe directed by the award- Seventeenth Doll is view over the entrance as theystump was well worth thehumorous and so poignant.to meet up for five monthswinning Denny Lawrencepresented by the Forge drove down the Kalimna hill.look.A triumph at its 1955of partying and romancewhose history with HITTheatre and Arts Hub, East It is always a magnificent viewThe next event for the clubMelbourne premiere,with their barmaidincludes many successfulGippslands Performing Arts of the entrance.is a drive to Newry Hotel forfollowed by a nationalgirlfriends. This seventeenthproductions includingCentre, and produced by The weather on the daylunch on August 27.tour and hugely successfulsummer everything isShirley Valentine, Always. HIT Productions.Forge Theatre and Arts Hub presentsFrom the cane elds to the city, an iconic Australian story. Thursday 15 September, 7:30pm By Ray Lawler80 McKean StreetBAIRNSDALE'