Community Theatre

Olivier Award Winner Labour of Love for Adelaide

James Graham’s political play Labour of Love received the prestigious Olivier award in 2018, the same year another of his works, the celebrated play Ink was also nominated for the award, testament to the talent of the playwright.

St Jude’s Players, a long-standing Brighton beach-based community theatre company in South Australia, has chosen Labour of Love as the first in the lineup of plays in its 2025 season. Director Kym Clayton is excited to be at the creative helm for the play.

Night Must Fall at Rockdale

Charm Can Be Deadly!!

‘A psychological thriller that examines the inner workings of a murderer’s mind and our fascination for it.’

As a charming but manipulative stranger ingratiates himself into the household of a wealthy and cantankerous widow, her niece grows suspicious of his motives. Despite those suspicions, she finds herself fascinated by him. Emlyn Williams' classic thriller, a hit on stage and screen, provides thrills and surprises for audiences.

Australian Classic Summer of the Seventeenth Doll at Cronulla

Photographer: Graham West

For its first production of 2025, Arts Theatre Cronulla is staging Ray Lawler’s Summer of the Seventeenth Doll. The play, which rapidly became known as simply The Doll,premiered in Melbourne in 1955, toured cities and regional towns in Australia, had a short run on Broadway, and a long season in London, winning the London Evening Standard Best New Play of the Year for 1957.

GSOV Presents Fledermaus!

Two hundred years after the birth of Johan Strauss Junior, Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria (GSOV) presents a newly orchestrated, staged and choreographed version of Fledermaus! from Robert Ray and Geoffrey Urquhart for its opening season at the historic cottage and gardens of The Knowe from 15 February 2025. 

A New Brain in Concert at Mosman

Mosman Musical Society (NSW) is presenting A New Brain – a three-performance-only concert performance of the musical by Tony Award-winners William Finn and James Lapine, at the Mosman Art Gallery on 14 and 15 M

Alan Ayckbourn’s Improbable Fiction at Castle Hill Players

At the Pavilion Theatre from 7 Feb - 1 Mar, 2025

Written by Alan Ayckbourn and directed by Dave Went

Head Over Heels Kicks Off The Regals 80th Anniversary Season

The Regals Musical Society proudly celebrates its 80th Anniversary in with the NSW premiere of Head Over Heels! This vibrant jukebox musical, set to the iconic hits of The Go-Go's, will run at Rockdale Town Hall from 14-23 February 2025, as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras+ 2025. The production kicks off a year-long celebration of The Regals' eight decades of bringing community theatre to Southern Sydney.

Bishop Blesses New Genesian Theatre

David Spicer reports on a new home for Sydney’s beloved amateur theatre.

When the word Bishop is used in the same sentence as actresses – there is usually a ribald punchline on the way.

But for Sydney’s Genesian Theatre the entrance of a Bishop to their brand-new theatre heralded not a naughty laugh, but a new beginning.

Clue, The Classic Whodunnit, At Henry Lawson Theatre

Calling all mystery-loving theatre goers! Henry Lawson Theatre is rolling out the red carpet for a night of suspense and hilarity with the stage adaptation of Clue — the classic whodunnit that promises thrills, chills, and side-splitting laughter.

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