Community Theatre Seasons 2023
Image: Chicago - CLOC Musical Theatre 2022. Photographer: Ben Fon.
Community Theatre across Australia bounced back strongly from its pandemic blues in 2022, though, like the course of true love, it didn’t always run smooth. Despite all manner of precautions, our reviews this year tell a story of shows courageously saved by last-minute stand-in performers carrying scripts, occasional opening nights or weekends postponed, and performances, sometimes even entire productions, cancelled.
On the other hand, we’ve also heard of several productions where audience hunger for local entertainment has been so strong that additional performances have had to be added to seasons. So, obviously audiences out there are keen to enjoy productions by their local theatre companies.
Image: Mamma Mia! 2022. Willoughby Theatre Company.
The coming year promises a great diversity of plays and musicals.
We’ve compiled a listing of Community Theatre seasons for 2023, along with images from 2022 productions. While we know that some companies are yet to announce their full seasons, we look forward to including their shows and will update this feature on a regular basis. If your show or season is missing, please contact Neil via neil@stagewhispers.com.au with the details. We can still add season advertisements to this feature as well - contact Angela at stagews@stagewhispers.com.au
Image: Picasso at the Lapin Agile. 2022 Castle Hill Players.
Victoria - Melbourne
CLOC Musical Theatre: Catch Me If You Can (May), Chess (Oct).
BATS Theatre Company: ‘Allo ‘Allo (Jul), Mystery Musical Mayhem! (Sep).
PLOS Musical Productions: The Boy From Oz (Jan), Strictly Ballroom (Jul/Aug), Catch Me If You Can (Jan 2024).
Babirra Music Theatre: All Shook Up (Jun), Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Jun 2024)..
Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Victoria: Only Make Believe (Feb), My Fair Lady (Mar), The Pirates of Penzance (Aug), Ages Ago (Nov).
Williamstown Musical Theatre Company: The Boy From Oz (May), Spring Awakening (Nov).
Waterdale: Legally Blonde (Apr), Bonnie & Clyde (Oct).
OSMaD: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dec 2023).
NOVA Music Theatre: Ladies in Black (Mar), Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (Oct).
FollowSpot Theatre Company: Be More Chill (Jan/Feb).
SLAMS Music Theatre Company: A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder (Mar), Bare (Oct).
Mountain District Musical Society (MDMS): The Sound of Music (May / Jun), Frozen Jr (Sep).
Fab Nobs Theatre: Tom Foolery and the Fun Crusade – A Pantomime (Jan), Bright Star (Mar/Apr), Disney High School Musical 2 (Jun/Jul), Double Homicide At The Manchester Manchester and Haberdashery Factory Outlet (Oct/Nov).
Diamond Valley Singers: Seussical Jr (Mar/Apr), Monty Python’s Spamalot (Jun/Jul).
MLOC Productions: Fiddler on the Roof (Aug), A Chorus Line - teen edition (Oct).
Playhouse Players (Doncaster): Dracula (May/Jun).
Windmill Theatre Company: Seussical (Jun).
Heidelberg Theatre Co: The Lady Killers (Feb/Mar), Molly Sweeney (Apr/May), My Old Lady (Jul/Aug), Cosi (Sep), Ladies in Black (Nov/Dec).
CPAC Musical Theatre: Jersey Boys (Feb/Mar), Anything Goes (Aug/Sep).
The Mount Players: The 39 Steps (Feb/Mar), Buried Child (May), The Complete Works of Wliiiam Shakespeare (Abridged) (Aug).
Lilydale Athenaeum Theatre: Family Values (Feb), Barefoot in the Park (Apr/May), Switzerland (Jun/Jul), The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] (again) (Sep), FRACKED! Or Please don't use the F-word (Nov/Dec).
Williamstown Little Theatre: All My Sons (Feb), Jumpers for Goalposts (Apr/May), Continental Quilt (Jun/Jul), Agnes of God (Sep), A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Nov/Dec).
Brighton Theatre Company: The Revlon Girl (Feb/Mar), Fabuloso (May/Jun), Fracked! Or Please Don’t Use the F-Word! (Aug/Sep), Here I Belong (Nov).
Mordialloc Theatre Company Inc: The Effect (Feb/Mar), It’s Only a Play (Apr/May), Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Jun/Jul), Consent (Sep), Four Flat Whites in Italy (Nov).
Frankston Theatre Group: Things I Know to be True (Mar/Apr).
Grover Theatre Company: Next to Normal (Mar), Heathers (Oct).
Strathmore Theatrical Arts Group (STAG): Fortune’s Fool (Feb/Mar), An Inspector Calls (Jun), The Normal Heart (Aug).
Malvern Theatre Company Inc: Ladies’ Day (Feb/Mar), Deathtrap (Apr/May), The Whales of August (Jun/Jul), The Third Act (Aug/Sep).
Peridot Theatre Inc: Night Must Fall (Feb), #BacchaeToo (May), Things I Know to be True (Aug)
Gemco: Stepping Out (Sep).
Encore Theatre Company Inc: The Wicked Witches of Oz (Jan), The Popular Mechanicals (Jul), Cul-De-Sac (Oct).
The 1812 Theatre: Confusions (Feb/Mar), Shoe-Horn Sonata (Mar/Apr), Picnic at Hanging Rock (Aug), Phantom Call (Oct), Art (Nov/Dec).
Eltham Little Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing (Apr/May), Disney High School Musical Jr (Jul), Almost Maine (Sep), Clue On Stage (Nov).
Beaumaris Theatre Group: Puffs (Mar), The Three Musketeers (May/Jun), Beaumarisical (Jun/Jul), Panto / Revue (Nov).
Castlemaine Theatre Company: Romeo and Juliet (May/Jun).
Basin Theatre Group: Two and Two Together (Feb/Mar), Same Time Next Year (Apr), The 39 Steps (Aug), Belles (Oct).
Essendon Theatre Company: Puffs (Mar/Apr).
Smile Theatre Company: Murder – A New Beginning (Jan).
CPP Community Theatre: Sense and Sensibility (Apr), Oliver! (Oct).
Warrandyte Theatre Company: The Glass Menagerie (Jun/Jul), Love, Loss and What I Wore (Sep), A Hit or Miss Christmas (Nov/Dec).
Image: The Yeomen of the Guard - GSOV - 2022. Photographer: Robin Halls
Regional Victoria
Geelong Repertory Theatre Company: The Beast (Feb), Extremities (Apr), Proof (Jun), The Drawer Boy (Sep), The Messiah (Nov).
Ararat Musical Comedy Society: Ladies in Black (Jun).
Ballarat Lyric Theatre: The Sound of Music (Jun/Jul), The Phantom of the Opera (Feb 2024).
Ballarat National Theatre: Dust and Rain (Apr), Wyrd Sisters (Sep/Oct), Julius Caesar (Nov).
Footlight Productions (Geelong): Fiddler on the Roof (Jan), Strictly Ballroom (2024)
Latrobe Theatre Company: Shrek The Musical (Aug).
Off The Leash Productions: The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later (Mar/Apr), The Children (Jul/Aug).
Bairnsdale Production Line Theatre Co: School of Rock (May), Murder on Cue (Oct).
Leongatha Lyric Theatre: The Producers (Jul), Falsettos (Mar 2024).
Wonthaggi Theatrical Group: School of Rock (Mar), Dusty (May/Jun).
Warragul Theatre Company: Jekyll and Hyde (May).
Benalla Theatre Company: The Drowsy Chaperone (Jun).
Leongatha Lyric Theatre: The Producers (Jun/Jul).
Maffra Dramatic Society: God of Carnage (Mar/Apr), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Aug).
Torquay Theatre Troupe Inc: The Other Place (Mar), The Lonesome West (Jun), One Act Plays (Jul/Aug), Tartuffe (Oct).
Wangaratta Players: Six Characters in Search of an Author (Apr).
Image: If/Then. Theatrical. Photographer: Ben Fon.
ACT
Queanbeyan Players: Downtown - The Mod Musical (Feb/Mar), Footloose (Jun/Jul), Oklahoma! (Oct), Next to Normal (Feb 2024).
Canberra Rep: Love Letters (Mar), Crimes of the Heart (Apr/May), Home, I’m Darling (Jun/Jul), Amadeus (Jul/Aug), Mr Bennet’s Bride (Sep), The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] (Nov/Dec).
Canberra Philharmonic Society (Philo): Cats (Mar).
Image: Exit Laughing - Arts Theatre Cronulla - 2022.
New South Wales
Sydney and Blue Mountains
Willoughby Theatre Company: The Sound of Music (May), Cats (Oct).
Miranda Musical Theatre Company: Rent (Mar), The Addams Family (Jun), School of Rock (Sep).
Engadine Musical Society: Shrek The Musical (May), Merrily We Roll Along (Oct).
Noteable Theatre Company: Kinky Boots (Mar).
Berowra Musical Society: The Scarlet Pimpernel (May).
Bankstown Theatre Company: The Pirates of Penzance (Apr), Into the Woods (Nov).
Hornsby Musical Society: Green Day’s American Idiot (Apr), Jersey Boys (Nov).
North Shore Theatre Company: Disney Aladdin Jr (Mar), Be More Chill (May), The Addams Family (Sep).
The Regals: Newsies Jr. (Mar), Carrie (Jun), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Sep/Oct).
Packemin Productions: Les Misérables (Jul/Aug).
EUCMS: The Sound of Music (May/Jun), The Pirates of Penzance (Sep), Fiddler on the Roof (2024).
Strathfield Musical Society: Legally Blonde (Oct).
Genesian Theatre Company: Love From a Stranger (Jan/Feb), A Streetcar Named Desire (Apr/May), The Hound of the Baskervilles (May/Jun), Brontë (Jul), The Hollow (Aug/Sep).
Holroyd Musical and Dramatic Society: The Producers (May), The Addams Family (Sep), Puffs (Nov).
Rockdale Musical Society: South Pacific (May), Heathers The Musical (Dec).
The Guild Theatre, Rockdale: Look Look (Feb/Mar), Mr Bailey’s Minder (May-Jun), Wait Until Dark (Aug/Sep), Love Letters (Nov/Dec).
Rockdale Opera Company: The Elixir of Love (Jul), La Bohème (Nov).
Hills Musical Theatre Company: Peter Pan (May/Jun), Catch Me If You Can (Nov).
Blackout Theatre Company (Castle Hill): The Hunchback of Notre Dame (May), Heathers The Musical (Oct).
Camden Musical Society: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (May), High School Musical 2 Junior (Sep/Oct).
The Henry Lawson Theatre: The Vicar of Dibley (Mar), Loves Labours Lost - a Modern Shakespeare (May), All Sorts - Short Plays Festival (Jun/Jul), The Crucible (Aug/Sep), Jasper Jones (Oct), Christmas Variety Night (Dec).
Sydney Youth Musical Theatre: Big Fish (Jan), The Little Mermaid (Sep).
Pymble Players: Rapture (Feb/Mar), Things I Know to be True (May/Jun), Table Manners (Aug/Sep), Gaslight (Nov).
Campbelltown Theatre Group: Heathers The Musical (Mar), Frozen Jr (Jul), Les Misérables (Oct).
Penrith Musical Comedy Company: Little Shop of Horrors (May), The Wizard of Oz (Oct).
Castle Hill Players: A Few Good Men (Feb), Funny Money (Mar/Apr), 33 Variations (Jun), In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play (Jul/Aug), Cactus Flower (Sep/Oct), Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville (Nov/Dec).
The Theatre On Chester (Epping): Blithe Spirit (Apr/May), The Peach Season (Jul/Aug), Clue (Nov).
Hunters Hill Theatre: The Dog Logs (Mar/Apr), When Dad Married Fury (Jun/Jul), Pope2Pope (Aug/Sep), The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race (Nov/Dec).
Arts Theatre Cronulla: Dead White Males (Feb/Mar), The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race (May/Jun), Things I Know To Be True (Aug/Sep), The Fox on The Fairway (Oct-Dec).
Lane Cove Theatre Company: The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s Production of Macbeth (Feb), Assassins (May), Cloudstreet (Aug), The Little Mermaid (Nov).
Glenbrook Players Inc: Ada and the Engine (May), The Comedy of Errors (Nov).
Liverpoool Performing Arts Ensemble: The Merchant of Venice / Nerissa Spills the Tea (May).
Cumberland Gang Show (Scouts and Guides): Ignite! (Jul).
Richmond Players: Richmond Players … This is Your Life (Apr), Captain Moonlite (Aug), Titanic: The Diamond of Dreams (Nov).
Blue Mountains Musical Society: School of Rock (May/Jun), Strictly Ballroom (Oct/Nov).
NSW - Newcastle and Hunter Region
Metropolitan Players: 12 Angry Men (Mar), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Jul), Jerry’s Girls (Sep).
Newcastle Theatre Company: Merrily We Roll Along (Feb), Dial M For Murder (Mar/Apr), The Government Inspector (May), Mother of the Maid (Jul), One Man, two Guvnors (Aug/Sep), Don’t Mention Casablanca (Oct), The Appleton Ladies Potato Race (Nov/Dec).
Maitland Repertory Theatre: And Then There Were None (Feb/Mar), Rumors (Apr/May), All My Sons (Jul), Calendar Girls (Nov/Dec).
The Very Popular Theatre Company: Billy Elliot The Musical (Oct).
Hunter Drama: The Wedding Singer (Apr), Unhinged History (Jun), War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script (Aug), Wowfest: The Final Frontier (Nov).
Young People's Theatre: Tuck Everlasting - Theatre for Young Audiences Edition (Feb), The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (Apr), Frozen Jr (Jul/Aug), A Pocketful of Stories (Aug/Sep), Honk Jr (Sep/Oct), Puffs (Nov/Dec).
NSW Central Coast
Wyong Drama Group: To Kill a Mockingbird (Feb), Ladies Day (Apr), Two Weeks With the Queen (August), The Full Monty (Nov).
Gosford Musical Society: Spongebob Squarepants the Musical (Jan), RENT (Mar) Disney's Frozen Jr (Jul), 9to5 The Musical (Jul/Aug), Kinky Boots (Oct/ Nov).
Woy Woy Little Theatre: Party Piece (Feb/Mar), Agatha Christie’s The Hollow (May/Jun), The Perfect Murder (Aug), Don’t Dress for Dinner (Oct/Nov).
Wyong Musical Theatre Company: A Night with the Stars (Jun), Monty Python's Spamalot (Sep).
NSW South Coast and Southern Highlands
So Popera (Wollongong): Strictly Ballroom (Apr), School of Rock (Jul).
Roo Theatre Co (Shellharbour): Pinocchio (Jan), The Pirates of Penzance (Mar), Wonka (Jun), Beauty and the Beast Panto (Aug).
Arcadians Theatre Group (Corrimal, Wollongong): Footloose (Feb), Frozen Jr (May), Stephen Schwartz’s Snapshots (Jun).
Highlands Theatre Group, Mittagong: The Pirates of Penzance (Jul).
Wollongong Workshop Theatre: Cosi (Feb/Mar), Change of Heart (Apr), Mr Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Jun/Jul), Sharpies (Aug), The God Committee (Oct).
Woods-Ray Theatricals (Wollongong): Songs For A New World (May), Disney’s Newsies JR (July), The Wedding Singer (October).
Albatross Musical Theatre, Nowra: The Sound of Music (Jul), Disney Frozen Jr (Oct), Footloose (Nov).
Nowra Players: The Diary of Anne Frank (Mar/Ap), When Dad Married Fury (Jun).
NSW North Coast
Ballina Players: Disney Moana Jr (Jan), Play On (Mar/Apr), Priscilla: Queen of the Desert (Jun/Jul), Avenue Q (Aug / Sep), Beautiful (Nov/Dec), Disney The Lion King Jr (Jan 2024).
Coffs Harbour Musical Comedy Company: School of Rock (May/Jun), Atomic (Nov).
Murwillumbah Theatre Company: Macbeth (Mar/Apr), The Maltese Falcon (May/Jun), Puss in Thongs (Oct).
Players Theatre, Port Macquarie: Get Smart (Feb/Mar), Chicago (May), One Act Play Festival (Jun), A Doll’s House (Aug), Me and My Girl (Oct/Nov).
CHATS Productions (Coffs Harbour): Avenue Q, Educating Rita (Jul), Arsenic and Old Lace (Oct).
Shepherd's Purse Theatre Company (Tyalgum): Shakespeare in Love (July).
Macleay Valley Theatre Company (formerly Kempsey Singers): A Hard God (Mar), Boys Own Macbeth (Sep).
Regional NSW
Orange Theatre Company: School of Rock (May), Footloose (Oct).
Tamworth Musical Society: Rent (May), Shrek The Musical (Oct/Nov).
Tamworth Dramatic Society: Alice in Wonderland (Mar).
Armidale Drama and Musical Society: There’s No Business Like Show Business (Feb), Transparency (May), Into the Woods (Jun/Jul), Black Comedy (Sep/Oct), Brokenville (Nov).
Albury Wodonga Theatre Company: Beautiful (May), Frozen Jr (Jun), The Little Mermaid (Oct).
Lieder Theatre Company (Goulburn): Mr Burns – A Post-Electric Play (Mar), Youth Theatre Showcase (Apr), Local Playwright Showcase (May), The Secret River (Aug/Sep), Mighty Playwrights (Oct), The Witches (Nov/Dec).
Rocky Hill Musical Theatre (Goulburn): The Lion King Jr (Jun/Jul), The Addams Family (Nov).
Parkes Musical & Dramatic Society: Cracks in the Mirror (Apr/May), Not Now, Darling (Jul).
Image: HMS Pinafore - Rockdale Opera Company - 2022.
South Australia
Adelaide Repertory Theatre: Who’s in Bed with the Butler (Apr), An Ideal Husband (Jun/Jul), Noises Off (Aug/Sep), Treasure Island (Nov).
Tea Tree Players: Rumours (Feb), Only an Orphan Girl (Apr), The Appleton Ladies’ Potato Race (May/Jun), 2061 – A Space Idiocy (Jul), Cosi (Aug/Sep), The Vicar of Dibley Christmas (Oct), Robin Hood & the Babes in the Woods (Nov/Dec).
The Metropolitan Musical Theatre Company of SA: Nunsense: The Mega-Musical Version (May), 42nd St (Oct).
Marie Clark Musical Theatre: Little Shop of Horrors (Nov).
Galleon Theatre Group: Hope and Gravity (May/Jun), The Duck Variations (Jun), Grow Up Grandad (Oct/Nov).
Noarlunga Theatre Company: Competitive Tenderness (Apr/May).
Northern Light Theatre Company: Catch Me If You Can (Mar/Apr), Singin' In The Rain (Oct).
St Jude’s Players: All About Eve (Apr), Mr Bailey's Minder (Aug), Scarlett O'Hara at The Crimson Parrot (Nov).
The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of SA: A Chorus Line (May/Jun), Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Sep).
Blue Sky Theatre: The Scarlet Pimpernel in the garden (Jan).
Blackwood Players: Dracula (Oct/Nov), Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em (postponed to Jun 2024).
Therry Dramatic Society: Four Flat Whites in Italy (Mar/Apr), Company (Jun), Home I'm Darling (Aug), Good Grief (Nov), Jersey Boys (Aug 2024).
Hills Musical Company: Kiss Me, Kate (Apr/May), Carrie (Nov).
The Stirling Players: Speaking in Tongues (Mar/Apr), The Flick (Jul), Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Sep).
University of Adelaide Theatre Guild: The Tempest (Mar), The Wonderful World of Dissocia (May), Kissing The Witch (Aug), Ink (Oct).
Adelaide Youth Theatre: Frozen Jr (Jan), West Side Story (Jan).
Hills Youth Theatre: Eternity (Jan).
Zest Theatre Group: Freaky Friday (Mar).
Venture Theatre Company: A Theatrical Thressome (Mar).
Riverland Musical Society: Shrek Jr (Apr) Musical Mixtape (Jun).
South Coast Choral and Arts Society: Gypsy (Oct).
Murray Bridge Players: Legally Blonde (May).
The Magpie Warblers (Port Pirie): Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Jun).
Image: Deliver Us from Mama - Ipswich Little Theatre - 2022.
Queensland
Savoyards: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Mar), 42nd St (Jun/Jul), The Music Man (Sep/Oct).
Ipswich Little Theatre: The Ladies Foursome (Mar), From Here to Eternity – one act plays (May), 12 Angry Jurors (Sep), My Fair Empire (Nov/Dec).
Empire Theatre, Toowoomba: The Boy From Oz (Mar).
Toowoomba Repertory Theatre: Mother and Son (Feb/Mar), Burn (May), Halfway Theatre (Jul), Nunsense (Nov/Dec).
Toowoomba Choral Society: Les Misérables (Sep).
Toowoomba Choral Society Youth Choir: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Jul).
Centenary Theatre Group: Kid Stakes (Feb/Mar), Drinking Habits (May/Jun), Killing Katie: Confessions of a Book Club (Jul/Aug), Across The Barricades (Sep/Oct), Pygmalion (Nov).
Nash Theatre: The Thin Man - Lux Radio Play (Feb/Mar), Arsenic and Old Lace (May/Jun), The Cemetery Club (Aug), A Murder is Announced (Nov/ Dec).
Phoenix Ensemble, Beenleigh: Anything Goes (Mar), Urinetown The Musical (May), The Addams Family (Aug).
Spotlight Theatrical Company, Benowa: Chicago (Feb/Mar), Exit (Apr), Gypsy (May/Jun), Cinderella The Pantomime (Jun/Jul), Monty Python's Spamalot (Jul/Aug), Dogfight (Sep), Xanadu (Nov/Dec).
Sunnybank Theatre Group: The Odd Couple (Female Version) (Feb), And Then There Were None (Apr/May), A Vicar of Dibley Christmas – The Second Coming (Jun/Jul), To Kill a Mockingbird (Sep), Red Riding Hood Villains’ Revenge (Nov/Dec).
St Luke’s Theatre Society: Steel Magnolias (Mar), Agatha Christie's Toward Zero (Jun), Macbeth (Aug/Sep), Little Women (Nov).
Redcliffe Musical Theatre: Cosi (Apr), The Sound of Music (Sep/Oct).
Tweed Heads Theatre Co: Jukebox (Mar), Armed N Dangerous (Jun/Jul), Hansel and Gretel (Sep).
Brisbane Arts Theatre: One Man, Two Guvnors (Jan), The Little Mermaid (Jan), Disney High School Musical (Mar/Apr), Bard Wars - Hope Renew'd (May), Cosi (Jun/Jul), The Voyage of Dawn Treader (Jul-Sep), Under Milk Wood (Jul/Aug), 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Aug/Sep), Sir Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment (Oct/Nov), Hansel & Gretel (Oct/Nov) Ebenezer: The True Story of A Christmas Carol (Dec), Peter and the Wolf (Dec - Jan 2024).
Villanova Players: The Sweet Delilah Swim Club (Mar), Very Still & Hard to See (Apr), Daylight Saving (Jun), My Family & Other Animals (Aug/Sep), The Cat's Meow (Nov).
Tugun Theatre Company: Forget Me Knot (Feb), Girls' Night Out (May), Proof (Aug), Spooky Dog (Nov).
Gold Coast Little Theatre: The Last Five Years (Jan/Feb), Guys and Dolls (Apr/May), Blackrock (Jul), Still Standing (Sep), 45 Seconds from Broadway (Nov/Dec).
Mates Theatre Genesis: Swingers (May).
Javeenbah Theatre: The Brothers Grimm Spectacularthon (Jan), Cinderella (Mar), Apologia (May/Jun), One Act Wonders (July/Aug), Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood (Sep/Oct), Falsettos (Nov/Dec).
Mousetrap Theatre Company: One Act Plays Night (May), Murder in Little Grimley and Lockdown in Little Grimley (Aug).
North Queensland Opera and Music Theatre: Chess The Musical (Mar/Apr), Chicago (Oct).
Mackay Musical Comedy Players: The Addams Family (May), Little Shop of Horrors (Sep) & You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown (Nov).
KUCOM (Mackay): Quartet - a season of four one-act plays (Feb).
Townsville Choral Society: Singin’ in the Rain (Jan), Freaky Friday (Aug).
Burdekin Singers and Theatre Company: Shrek (Feb).
Noosa Arts Theatre: Mother Goose (Jan), Shorts on Stage (Feb), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Apr), 46th One Act Play Festival (May), The Pirates of Penzance (Jul/Aug), The Pied Piper (Sep), Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Nov).
Coolum Theatre Players: Les Femmes Sur La Mer (Apr), All Shook Up (Aug), Last of the Red Hot Lovers (Nov/Dec).
Cairns Little Theatre / Rondo Theatre: Girl in Tan Boots (Mar), Four Days in Dallas (Apr/May), The Importance of Being Earnest (Jun/Jul), Drinking Habits (Sep).
Cairns Choral Society: Monty Python’s Spamalot (Jan), The 25th Annual Putnam Spelling Bee (Aug/Sep).
Image: The Boy From Oz - Noosa Arts Theatre - 2022.
Tasmania
Hobart Rep: Anne of Green Gables (Apr), The Winslow Boy (Jun), Let’s Kill Agatha Christie (Jul/Aug), The Glass Menagerie (Oct), Jingled (Dec).
Burnie Musical Society: Chicago (Oct).
The Old Nick Company: Grease (Feb), Uni Revue.
Encore Theatre Company: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (Mar).
Devonport Choral Society Inc: Freaky Friday (May).
DoMaur Productions (Burnie): Rent (Feb).
Launceston Players: Away (Apr), A Clockwork Orange (Sep).
Cradle Coast Theatre (Devonport): On The Road Again - A Tribute to U.S. Country Music (Oct).
Ulverstone Repertory Theatre Society: Heathers The Musical – Teen Edition (Sep).
Image: Gilber and Sullivan Society of WA. Iolanthe - 2022. Photographer: Nicholas Madeley.
Western Australia
Primadonna Productions: The Lion Kids Jr (Feb).
Stirling Players: Of Mice and Men (Feb), Absurd Person Singular (Apr/May), Seven Little Australians (Jul), Not a Clue (Sep) Lizzie’s A Darlin’ (Nov/Dec).
Gilbert and Sullivan Society of WA: HMS Pinafore (May), Ruddigore (Oct).
Melville Theatre: Plaza Suite (Feb/Mar), Quiz (May), Little Shop of Horrors (Aug/Sep).
Garrick Theatre: Golden Pathway Annual (Mar), My Brilliant Career (May), The York Realist (Jul), Man and Boy (Sep) The Boyfriend (Nov/Dec).
KADS: No Exit (Mar), Here on the Flight Path (Jun), Witness for the Prosecution (Aug/Sep), The Actress (Nov/Dec)
Roleystone Theatre: The Odd Couple (Apr/May), A Gentleman’s Guide to Murder (Jul), Sweet Charity (Sep/Oct), Shakespeare in the Park - As You Like It (Nov), A Terry Pratchett production - TBA (Nov/Dec).
Darlington Theatre Players at the Marloo Theatre: Wind in the Willows (Feb), Through the Lines (Apr/May). Much Ado About Nothing (Jul), One Act Season (Sep).
Wanneroo Repertory: The Greening of Grace and 150 Years of the Roman Empire in 20 Minutes (Mar), Do Not Disturb (May), Dusty (Jul), Tartuffe (Sep), Company (Nov/Dec).
The Murray Music and Drama Club: Behind Closed Doors (Mar), I’m Sorry the Bridge Is Out. You’ll Have to Spend the Night (May), The Matchmaker (Jul), The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Nov).
Stray Cats Theatre: Grease (May), Macbeth (Jul), Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Nov).
Lost Sheep Theatre (Bunbury): Mystery at Upton House (Mar).
AIM - Art in Motion: Once Upon a Mattress (May), Be More Chill (Jul), Starkids – Trail to Oregon (Oct).
Old Mill Theatre: Rabbit Hole (Feb), Private Lives (Apr), The Man From Earth (Sep/Oct), Pride and Prejudice (Nov).
Laughing Horse Productions: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Feb), Les Misérables (Jul).
Graduate Dramatic Society: Richard III (Mar), A Normal Heart (Nov).
Harbour Theatre: Lunenburg (Mar), Surviving Jeanette (Jun), Banging Denmark (Sep) Trivial Pursuits (Nov/Dec).
Midnite Youth: Cosi (Mar), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Jun), Robin and the Sherwood Hoodies (Sep), Grimm (Nov).
Colour Blind Theatre: 13 (Mar).
Bunbury Repertory Theatre: Love and Information (Apr).
New Zealand
Showbiz Christchurch: That Bloody Woman (Jul).
Manukau Performing Arts: 13 The Musical (Apr).
New Plymouth Operatic Society: We Will Rock You (May/Jun), Seussical Jr.
Auckland Music Theatre: Brothers (Feb), A Chorus Line (Jul).
North Shore Music Theatre: Wicked (Mar).
Variety Theatre Ashburton: The Wizard of Oz (May).
North Canterbury Musicals: Grease (May)
Musical Theatre Dunedin: Jersey Boys (May), Legally Blonde (Aug).
Whangarei Theatre Company: The Shawshank Redemption (Mar), Sister Act (Jun).
Harlequin Musical Theatre: School of Rock (Apr/May), Little Shop of Horrors (Aug).
Tauranga Musical Theatre Inc: Newsies Jr (Jan), Jekyll & Hyde (Apr), High School Musical 2 (May), Matilda (Sep), Disco Inferno (Nov).
Napier Operatic: The Producers (Apr/May), Disney Moana Jr (Jul).
Company Theatre (Auckland): The History Boys (Mar).
Blenheim Musical Theatre: Priscilla Queen of the Desert (May).
Butterfly Creek Theatre Troupe: Henry IV, Pt 1 (Mar).
Detour Theatre, Tauranga: The Hardcase Hotel (Mar/Apr),
Dolphin Theatre (Auckland): Kiwifruits (Feb/Mar), One Act Play Festival (Apr), Glengarry Glen Ross (Jun/Jul), Kimberley Akimbo (Aug), Misery (Sep/Oct), Rehearsal for Murder (Nov/Dec).
Ellerslie Theatrical Society: The Father (Mar).
Hamilton Operatic Society: Cut (Mar), Jersey Boys (Sep).
Elmwood Players: The Princess and the Pirate King (Jan), Keeping Up Appearances (Apr), Big Big Sky (Jul), Array ’23 (Aug), 12 Angry Men (Jurors) (Sep/Oct).
Hawera Repertory Society: Shakespeare’s Women (Mar/Apr).
Act Three Productions: We Will Rock You (Aug).
Howick Little Theatre: Home, I’m Darling (Feb/Mar), The Book Club Play (Apr/May), Precious Little (May/Jun), A Murder is Announced (Jul), Wait Until Dark (Sep), Howick Little Plays (Oct), Old Love (Nov/Dec).
Papakura Theatre Company: Noises Off (May).
Centrestage Theatre Company, Orewa: Here Comes The Sun (Mar).
Stagecraft Theatre (Wellington): Breadcrumbs (Feb), Pride & Prejudice (May), Gabriel (Jul), Abandonment (Sep), The Lady Demands Satisfaction (Dec).
Shoreside Theatre (Auckland): Shakespeare in the Park (Antony and Cleopatra and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Jan/Feb).
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