{"id":22010,"date":"2026-10-23T19:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/?p=22010"},"modified":"2026-10-23T19:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T08:14:20","slug":"oibserver-50-years-for-essendon-theatre-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/2026\/10\/23\/oibserver-50-years-for-essendon-theatre-company\/","title":{"rendered":"OIBSERVER: 50 years for Essendon Theatre Company"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congratulations to members of Essendon Theatre Company who celebrated ETC&#8217;s 50th anniversary with many folk who made the milestone possible by sharing time, talent and passion.<br>Actors, directors, front-of-house personnel, backstage volunteers and audience members came together at the Bradshaw Street Community Hall for an afternoon of memories and celebration.<br>Essendon Theatre Company started as &#8216;The Jacobians&#8217;, formed in 1976 by local actors including Life Member Dawn Hinrichsen&#8217;s parents, Eileen and Davd.<br>In 1977, the company name changed to Essendon Theatre Company and at least four plays a year have been presented ever since.<br>The company&#8217;s early rehearsals were held in the Hinrichsens&#8217; lounge-room in Fairfield, with performances presented at the Civic Theatre in Moonee Ponds.<br>In 1978, the group discovered a disused hall in Bradshaw Street,West Essendon, and have been there ever since.<br>Over the years, Essendon Theatre Company has enjoyed many successes in One Act Play Festivals and in Victorian Drama League Awards.<br>Essendon Theatre Company is known for its inclusiveness, with everyone having a sense of ownership. A great example of theatre by the community, in the community, for the community.<br>Here&#8217;s to the next 50 years. Congratulations Essendon Theatre Company.<br><strong>Cheryl Threadgold<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pictured: Essendon Theatre Company Life Members and committee members celebrate 50 years. From left: Rhiannon Munro, Dawn Hinrichsen, Christine Nilsson, Ian Cairncross, Michael Bentley, Rosalin Shafik-Eid and Angelo Snell.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to members of Essendon Theatre Company who celebrated ETC&#8217;s 50th anniversary with many folk who made the milestone possible by sharing time, talent and passion.Actors, directors, front-of-house personnel, backstage volunteers and audience members came together at the Bradshaw Street Community Hall for an afternoon of memories and celebration.Essendon Theatre Company started as &#8216;The Jacobians&#8217;,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_siteseo_robots_primary_cat":"none","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22018,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22010\/revisions\/22018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dindi.com.au\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}