# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Waiting for Gertie - Starring Helen Moulder @ The Lyric Theatre
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 29 Oct, 2025 at 09:30 am
- **Event Description**: Waiting for Gertie
Written and performed by Helen Moulder
Directed by Jeff Kingsford Brown

Music, Mayhem and Madness
Yes, Miss Cynthia Fortitude, the legendary diva is coming to Granity to give a musical lecture to the Granity Opera Guild (GOG). Her indefatigable accompanist, the equally legendary Miss Gertrude Rallentando, is nowhere to be found, so Cynthia must battle on without her.

In honour of Rose Beauchamp (1946 - 2022) who played the delicious character of Gertie for 30 years. 

Helen has been working as an actor and singer for nearly 50 years. Her theatre highlights include A Toast to Melba, Wit, Doubt and Vita & Virginia (Circa), My Fair Lady and Suddenly Last Summer (Court), Hamlet and Vita – a Fantasy (La Boite, Brisbane). She writes and performs her own shows, written with Australian Sue Rider – Meeting Karpovsky, (with Sir Jon Trimmer) Playing Miss Havisham, Gloria’s Handbag and The Bicycle & the Butcher’s Daughter.
 
Helen has a comic musical character, a fading opera singer – Cynthia Fortitude - and has created two shows with the late Rose Beauchamp -The Legend Returns and Cynthia & Gertie Go Baroque. She has also been to Japan four times with Stetson Productions in A Phantom of the Opera.
 
Her film and television credits include Pictures, Close to Home, Country GP, Erebus - the aftermath, The Wall, Food for Thought, Sweet As and Growing Still.

"What really brings this concoction of delicate whimsy together and breathes life into it, is the charm, energy and vivacity Helen Moulder brings to her creation."
– THEATREVIEW 

"This is the most I’ve laughed all year."
– REGIONAL NEWS 

"The interaction is hysterical, and Moulder’s way with the audience makes the whole spectacle all the more entertaining"
– REGIONAL NEWS 

Doors open 6:30pm, show starts 7:30pm
Runtime 65 mins

Tickets: Presale - $25 (+BF), Door sales $30
Available from NBS Theatre Westport Box Office or via https://thelyric.nz/tickets
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/greymouth/waiting-for-gertie-starring-helen-moulder-the-lyric-theatre/200029088265124
- **Event Categories**: art, theatre, music, meetups, live-music, entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 8

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://nz.patronbase.com/_NBSTheatre/Performances/Single?prod_id=LY&perf_id=1&utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=greymouth-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Greymouth
- **state**: WC
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: The Lyric Theatre Granity
- **lat**: -41.628866778966
- **long**: 171.85424923897
- **full address**: The Lyric Theatre Granity, 92 Torea St, Granity 7823, New Zealand, Greymouth

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: The Lyric Theatre Granity (https://allevents.in/org/the-lyric-theatre-granity/23888789)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 29 Oct, 2025 at 09:30 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** The Lyric Theatre Granity, 92 Torea St, Granity 7823, New Zealand, Greymouth
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** The Lyric Theatre Granity
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, theatre, music, meetups, live-music, entertainment
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Waiting for Gertie - Starring Helen Moulder @ The Lyric Theatre ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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