Community Theatre

Mark Twain’s famous adage “truth is stranger than fiction” has never been more evident than in Tim Firth’s play Calendar Girls. We all know the story of a group of ordinary members of a local Women’s Institute who achieve an extraordinary thing, which becomes a world-wide phenomenon.  The story was well chronicled in the 2003 movie and Tim Firth, the screen writer, set about writing a stage version to keep the story alive. Specifically, he wrote the play with community theatre groups in mind.

On Sunday November 18th at 4pm, Rockdale Opera Company’s 70th Anniversary celebrations will culminate in a star studded Gala Concert at Rockdale Town Hall.

The Gala will be a celebration of the music performed by the company over the past seven decades, with favourites from opera, operetta and Gilbert and Sullivan performed by an impressive line-up of Rockdale Opera Company alumni.

Headlining the Gala will be international opera stars José Carbó, Barry Ryan OAM and John Bolton Wood AM.

Most Christmas stories are about good cheer and celebration but we all know there is often another side – isolation, depression and despair. Silent Night, Lonely Night by Robert Anderson is a bittersweet comedy of longing and love.

At a rural inn on Christmas Eve Katherine meets John.  Both are estranged from their spouses while circumstances bring them to this isolated place on what they agree is the loneliest night of the year. They both need love.

TWO star-crossed lovers come together despite constant opposition from their warring families in Limelight Theatre’s September / October 2018 production, described as “the greatest love story ever told”.

Directed by Peter Clark, Romeo and Juliet was first performed 424 years ago and is one of the most popular Shakespeare plays performed today – but it’s the first time Shakespeare has been performed at Limelight Theatre (WA) in its 45-year history.