Things to do in Richmond, Tasmania.

Grannie Rhodes'

"Turn the Key of Time"
45minute Cultural Heritage Attraction / Show*

in the heritage listed building

23a Franklin St
"An amazing unique re-creation of history"

An initriguing true story about

a cottage a key and a convict

& Tales from Tasmania

 TIDY TOWNS TOURISM AWARD '09

                                                                                                                              "Bringing joy to the lives of the young

                                                                                                                                 and not so young"
                                                   45 min professional theatre show in the 1830's cottage                                                                                          One of the best things to do in Tassie!

       Performance times: 3pm and 6pm, special arrangements for coach groups.

                                                   * Show closed from 10th June to 23rd July                                                                          Bookings recommended to avoid disappointment.

                   Other times by arrangement : phone  03 62602664  or 0407 473 015 or

email;  miriam23@bigpond.net.au

   "Don't miss this"-  "The jewel in Richmond's crown" 

 " The high-light of our trip to Tasmania"

Discounted with B&B tariff at Mulberry Cottage B&B on site, great value!

             $20.00 adults.   $5.00 children 

 Suitable for all ages from nineteen months to ninety nine!               Click Mulberry Cottage Story for the whole amazing story or scroll down!

   Other educational and entertainment programmes:
Tales from Tasmania, 1 1/2 hour programme
Grannie can travel to your venue or even entertain your guests on the bus to Richmond!

(educational establishment, restaurant or hotel)

for story telling gig, historic interpretation: commission a performance for your venue.

                               Tourism, Small Business and Use and Care of Voice lecture.

SCHOOLS/colleges- all ages:        "The best history lesson ever!"
NEW :-
   the Bark Hut Museum see how the colonials lived when they first arrived.
NB: Patrons are warned that the path and the kitchen floor
are old, so are uneven - care must be taken.

Please arrive on time, as the door will be shut

once the performance is in progress
Off street parking on site.

Large buses must park in the Franklin St public carpark
Children under 12, must be accompanied by an adult.

Birthday parties can be arrange. Thank you.
Your professional actress is Multi Award-Winning and Entrepreneur of the Year '07 for the whole project .

" The Hand of the actress

Slips into

The dead woman's glove

Five Fingers

                                                              One Hand            Hiaku poem by reknown Jeb Barton

A story about a Cottage,a Key a Convict. Solve the mystery of Grannie's legend when you experience extraordinary true stories from Tasmania's past- in telling one woman's story those of many others are told.DVD of the whole show can now be ordered by email or phone: $20 inc postage and packing. If you miss the show, you can buy the DVD at Richmond Delights in the village.

Historical background.
Reid's Cottage known as Grannie Rhodes' was so named after the character who lived there, the legend attached to her and the cottage being that "Granny Rhodes lived there till she was nearly 100, baked bread for the village and had all these children", the play tells the truth!
In the early 1800's a small number of women came to Van Diemen's Land to join their husbands who were already serving sentences. This story is of Mary Wilby and her three daughters who were such a family. One of these girls, Maria, became the legendary villager, "Granny Rhodes" of Richmond . Not only does the performance give insight into the life of the times both back in England , the sentencing of the father, the voyage out and the difficult life in the new land, but there are the strange stories that have happened to the current owner in the making of the project.
All stories are true, brilliantly told to enwrap the visitor in the changing atmosphere of two hundred years of history and to make the flesh crawl, including the finding of the key and discovery of buried dynamite, enough to blow up all of Richmond !
Grannie Rhodes' is the only cottage left in Richmond with no electricity or water in it. It has been restored to show the 1830's - 1880's



Miriam Cooper, wrote, produced and acts the performance.
Her background is in professional drama, ( London trained)
and in teaching from which she retired in 2005.

The show has now featured in the huge English Heritage Festival of history

 in the UK, July '09

SCHOOLS:see education/schools' page
Special arrangements for "The best history lesson ever!"
Mulberry Cottage & Grannie Rhodes'
23a Franklin Street, Richmond, Tasmania
Ph: (03) 6260 2664
Mob: 0407 473 015
Email: miriam23@bigpond.net.au