Community Theatre

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Many people in a certain demographic will be familiar with the TV comedy series Mother and Son, which presented a funny, heartfelt look at life and ageing. In Geoffrey Atherden’s latest stage adaption of his classic TV show, we return to the home of Maggie Beare, who is struggling with the challenges of technology and growing old, along with her dutiful, overworked and under-appreciated son Arthur.

CLOC Musical Theatre was the big winner at the Music Theatre Guild of Victoria Awards, taking out 11 awards including production of the year for their season of Chess the Musical.

In the School/Junior division Emmaus College was the big winner taking out 5 awards for their production of Little Women.

The 36th annual Bruce Awards took place at the Costa Hall in Geelong, and included, as always, a smorgasbord of entertainment from companies which staged musicals across Victoria in 2023.

Here is the full list of winners.

Tony Award winning Stephen Sondheim musical Company plays at Limelight Theatre in WA during November 2023, exploring the complexities of modern relationships. 

The Fox On the Fairway, written by Ken Ludwig, debuted at the Signature Theatre in Washington in 2010. A tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, the play takes audiences on a romp that pulls the rug from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private golf country club.