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The Crucible at Henry Lawson Theatre

The Crucible, set during the Salem, USA, witch trials in the late 17th century, offers an exploration of a community gripped by fear, paranoia, and the intoxicating allure of power.

Directed by Rebecca Fletcher, the gripping masterpiece by Arthur Miller will leave audiences questioning the dangers of unchecked power and the consequences of mass hysteria. Although it may seem like a piece of history, there is an undeniable relevance to the present day, just as Arthur Miller intended when he wrote it. It serves as an allegory that continues to unfold before our eyes.

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One Act Play Festival at Ipswich

Celebrating its 67th year of One-act Play Festivals, Ipswich Little Theatre is again playing host to a plethora of plays during the weekend 11,12,13th August, 2023, to be held at the beloved Incinerator Theatre in Burley Griffin Drive (near Queen’s Park).

Since the inception of the Drama Festival in 1955, the competition has gone from strength to strength and attracts many local and regional drama groups to the area.

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Two Weeks With The Queen at Wyong

Wyong Drama Group and Red Tree Theatre are pleased producing the Australian play Two Weeks With The Queen, based on the popular novel by Morris Gleitzman and adapted for the stage by Mary Morris, from August 18th to August 26th, 2023.

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Sharpies at Wollongong Workshop Theatre

Wollongong Workshop Theatre is bringing a set of local one-act plays to the stage in August 2023. Written by Illawarra playwright David Sharpe, Sharpies is a smorgasbord of eight one-act plays in one show:

Maggie & Miklos: A reclusive widow goes on an unexpected rescue mission.

Chain of Events: A chance discovery makes an ordinary couple turn to crime.

Mrs Smith of Sydney: An aging rock star meets an old friend with a new story.

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Evita Sells Out

Lead image: "Requiem for Evita"

Superstar Productions and The Darwin Chorale have rightfully celebrated a sell-out 2023 season of their production of Evita at the Darwin Entertainment Centre. Days before the first of only two performances, social media was abuzz with punters desperately trying to secure a spot in the 1,000 seat Playhouse Theatre – with no luck. The producers kindly offered to share a selection of Reuben Gore’s evocative photography of the performances with Stage Whispers.

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Things I Know to be True at Cronulla

The new production at Arts Theatre Cronulla is Things I Know to be True, a beautifully crafted play from Andrew Bovell that is a compelling, intense, unexpectedly funny and complex story of love in many of its forms.

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New Zealand’s Theatre Comeback

Musical Theatre companies in New Zealand are slowly returning to their pre-Covid level of production, although some are still wounded following cancellations.

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New Black Comedy about Tudor Queens

Meet the Tudor Queens as you’ve never seen them before in Ladies Who Wait, a black comedy premiering at the Subiaco Arts Centre in August 2023.

It’s execution day for Anne Boleyn and she’s got some visitors. There’s Jane, the next woman lining up to marry Henry VIII, and her predecessor Catherine. Throw in her unlikely ladies in waiting, Alice and Agnes, and it’s a rather unconventional final morning for the soon-to-be-late Queen Anne…

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Three Generations Combine For Wait Until Dark at Guild

Three generations of performers will come together for Wait Until Dark at the Guild Theatre, Rockdale. Glenda Kenyon, the director of the play, is joined by her daughter, Lauren Eade, who will be playing the lead role of Susy Henderson, and her granddaughter, Finlay Thomas, who is making her Guild debut as Gloria.

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Mr Bailey’s Minder in Adelaide

Themes of aging, family relationships, teenage rebellion and marital breakdown are tempered by those of love, kindness and forgiveness in Debra Oswald’s immersive play, Mr Bailey’s Minder.

To be staged from August 3rd to 13th by St Jude’s Players, Brighton, SA, the play is centred around its principal characters of Leo Bailey, a renowned artist and Therese, his minder, and enhanced throughout by the discussion of Leo’s art.

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