This August, The Regals Musical Society invites audiences of all ages to join a heroic quest full of monsters, mayhem, and modern-day Greek gods with The Lightning Thief: Theatre for Young Audiences Edition. Based on the best-selling novel by Rick Riordan, this action-packed musical brings Percy Jackson’s epic journey to Rockdale Town Hall in a vibrant and family-friendly production.
Inspired and touched by the stories told by her own elderly Hungarian neighbour Anna Bosjnak, playwright Lally Katz included several of Anna’s wartime tales in her play, Neighbourhood Watch. Out of her time spent with Anna, came Katz’s abrasive, manipulative, courageous and stoic Neighbourhood Watch character, Ana.
This July, Melville Theatre Company in WA invites audiences to experience Heart Lines; a moving and thought-provoking play that explores the extraordinary connection between a heart transplant recipient and the anonymous donor who made his second chance possible.
With a strong community focus, this production will also support a vital cause: $1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the Heart and Lung Transplant Foundation of WA.
Sandra and Kenneth are born into the optimistic “baby-boomer” generation, ready to “change the world”. We follow their lives from the heady 60’s into the challenging 90’s, with their adolescent children seeking new directions. We then meet them in the new millennium, as they and their now adult children have very different needs and conflicting world views. The baby-boomers discover life is not a bed of roses.
For the third production of their 2025 season, Wollongong Workshop Theatre is presenting a beautiful and moving journey through the cosmos with Silent Sky.
Image: Secret Bridesmaids' Business. The Guild Theatre, Rockdale, 2025
Already some companies across Australia are promising dress-up performances reminiscent of popular late-night movie screenings over the last five decades.
The Rocky Horror Show has been around for 50 years, but professional revivals have been so frequent that it’s never previously been released for amateur productions. Now, in 2026 it’s a hot new pick on the community theatre circuit, as companies line up to do ‘The Time Warp’.