Legends of the Skies theatre is about to take off into the skies again from the Casey Hanger (Moorabbin Air Museum) from Thursday, October 27 to Sunday, October 30, including two matinee performances presented as part of the Victorian and Kingston Seniors Festival.
This will be the 10th season for LOTS, presenting stories of Australian aviators, male and female, with each series celebrating new stories and achievements.
Under the artistic direction of Maggie Morrison, Series 10 stories will include: Douglas Leckie, a Sandringham boy and aviator in the RAAF during WWII, who received an OBE, AFC, Polar Medal and won the Oswald Watt Gold Medal; Frederick Sidney Cotton, talented inventor, businessman, spy who was responsible for the development of photographic reconnaissance.
He was friends with Ian Fleming and Winston Churchill; Gaby Kennard, first Australian female to solo circumnavigate the globe by aeroplane. Awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia.
Stories about these and more aviators will be presented by local performers in the atmospheric Casey Hanger.
Performance season: October 27, 28, 29 at 7.30 pm; Matinee performances October 29 and 30 at 2pm
Bookings now open: Trybooking
Visit Facebook Legends of the Skies for more details, or call Chris 0415 868 609